Islom olamining mo‘’tabar olimlari qatorida, shubhasiz, muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Usmon Abu Imom Zahabiy hijriy 673 yili Suriyaning Damashq shahrida tavallud topganlar. “Zahabiy” taxallusi u kishiga otalarining kasbiga nisbatan berilgan bo‘lib, “zargarning o‘g‘li” degan ma’noni anglatadi. Hadis ilmi bilan 18 yoshdan shug‘ullanishni boshladilar, Ba’labakka, Hims, Hama, Aleppo, Tripoli, Nabulus, Ramla, Qohira, Iskandariya, Quddus, Hijoz kabi jami o‘ttizta shaharda bo‘ldilar. Ilm tahsili uchun juda ko