A’imah tus-Salaf wa-Ashaabul Hadeeth compiled by Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari First Published 2000  His Birth And Lineage His kunyah was Abul-Khataab. He was a great scholar and a famous memoriser of hadeeth. He was also blind. He was born in 60H and was a well known explainer of the Qur’aan.