Nama lengkap Imam Dhahabi adalah Shamsu ed-Deen, Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Ahmed Ibn Uthman Ibn Qayma, yang tinggal di Turkman lalu pindah ke Damaskus. Ia lahir pada tahun 673 H di Damaskus. Ia kemudian pindah ke Kairo dan mengunjungi banyak negeri. Sebelum wafat, ia menjadi buta. Ia adalah seorang Hafiz, ulama hadis, dan sejarawan.

The full name of Imam Dhahabi is Shamsu ed-Deen, Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Ahmed Ibn Uthman Ibn Qayma, who lived in Turkman and then moved to Damascus. He was born in 673 A.H. in Damascus. He moved to Cairo and visited many countries. Before he died, he became blind. He was Hafiz, scholar of Hadith, and historian.

Dia menulis banyak buku menarik seperti Tazkirat al-Huffaz, Negeri-negeri Islam, Sejarah Islam, Biografi Para Bangsawan Terkenal, Biografi Catatan Para Perawi Hadis, Tingkatan Para Pembaca, Kedokteran Kenabian, Kepemimpinan Terbesar, Keseimbangan Moderat dalam Menilai Para Perawi, Mustadrak atas "Mustadrak al-Hakim". Selain itu, ia meringkas banyak buku lainnya. Ia wafat pada tahun 748 H.

He wrote many interesting books such as Tazkirat al-Huffaz, Islamic Countries, History of Islam, The Biography of Well-known Nobles, The Biographic of Notes of the Hadith Transmitters, Classes of Readers, Prophetic Medicine, Greatest Leadership, Moderate Balance in Evaluating the Transmitters, Mustadrak on "Mustadrak AI-Hakim" Furthermore, he summarized many other books. He died in 748 A.H.