Muhammad al-Bukhari
Islamic hadith scholar (810–870) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن إسماعيل بن إبرهيم الجعفي البخاري; 21 July 810 – 1 September 870) was a 9th-century Muslim muhaddith who is widely regarded as the most important hadith scholar in the history of Sunni Islam. Al-Bukhari's extant works include the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Kabir, and al-Adab al-Mufrad.
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Al-Bukhari | |
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البخاري | |
Title | Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith |
Personal | |
Born | 21 July 810 13 Shawwal 194 AH |
Died | 1 September 870(870-09-01) (aged 60) 1 Shawwal 256 AH Khartank, Samarkand, Abbasid Caliphate |
Resting place | Imam Bukhari Mosque near Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
Region | Abbasid Caliphate |
Denomination | Sunni |
School | Shafi'i/Mujtahid |
Creed | See School of Law and Theology |
Main interest(s) | Hadith, Aqidah |
Notable work(s) | Sahih al-Bukhari al-Adab al-Mufrad |
Occupation | Muhaddith |
Muslim leader | |
Born in Bukhara in present-day Uzbekistan, Al-Bukhari began learning hadith at a young age. He travelled across the Abbasid Caliphate and learned under several influential contemporary scholars. Bukhari memorized thousands of hadith narrations, compiling the Sahih al-Bukhari in 846. He spent the rest of his life teaching the hadith he had collected. Towards the end of his life, Bukhari faced claims the Quran was created, and was exiled from Nishapur. Subsequently, he moved to Khartank, near Samarkand.
Sahih al-Bukhari is revered as the most important hadith collection in Sunni Islam. Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, the hadith collection of Al-Bukhari's student Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, are together known as the Sahihayn (Arabic: صحيحين, romanized: Saḥiḥayn) and are regarded by Sunnis as the most authentic books after the Quran. It is part of the Kutub al-Sittah, the six most highly regarded collections of hadith in Sunni Islam.