Yahya ibn Ma'in
Iraqi Muslim scholar
Yahya ibn Ma'in (Arabic: يحيى بن معين) was a classical Islamic scholar of Persian origin.
He was a close friend of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal He is often quoted regarding Ilm ar-Rijal
Imam Yahya ibn Ma’een (rahmatullahi alaih) (died 233 A.H.) was a famous Muhaddith and expert of Rijaal (critical analysis of the narrators of ahadeeth). He taught Imam Bukhari (rahmatullahi alaih) and other muhadditheen.