Scholarly attention to his biography and legacy:

Historians and biographers have devoted considerable care to the life of Imam Muslim, may Allah have mercy on him, speaking of him with the commendation and fair remembrance he so richly deserves. By way of example, I shall mention ten authors who crowned their works with a biography of Imam Muslim, listing their dates of death, the title of the printed book that contains his biography, the number of pages allotted to it in each work, and the first page on which it appears. I provide this information to ease the path for anyone who wishes to consult some of what has been written about this imam—whose memory Allah has preserved by granting him success in compiling the sound, well-established hadiths of the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him. All of this is set out in the table on the following page.