Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman, Ahmad bin ‘Ali bin Shuiaib bin ‘Ali Al-Hafiz was born in 215H. In Nasa’, a city in Khurasan.

He became famous for the study of the methodology of Hadeeth, memorizing and mastering it. His book known as Sunan An-Nasa‘ee is third to Sahih Al-Bukhari in terms of containing the least weak Hadeeth.

He lived in Egypt then moved to Damascus in Syria and died in Makkah in the year 303 A.H.