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3rd Century AHNo Doubt30001

al-Bukhari

Abu 'Abdullah

محمد بن اسماعيل البخاري

Muhammad Ibn Ismail Ibn Ibrahim Ibn al-Mughirah Ibn Bardizbah al-Ju'fi al-Bukhari

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Biography
Compiler of the most authentic Hadith book. \r\nAl-Bukhari studied Hadeeth at an early age and travelled widely over the\r\nMuslim world collecting Hadeeth and compiled the most authentic ones in\r\nhis book Al-Jami 'As-Sahih, which later became known as As-Sahih\r\nAl-Bukhari and contains 2602 Hadeeth which he selected from the\r\nthousands of Hadeeth that he had memorized. Al-Bukhari studied under\r\nfamous Hadeeth Imam like Malik bin Anas and Yahya bin Ma'in. He died in\r\nSamarqand, the present day capital of Uzbekistan Nowadays, the capital\r\nis Tashkent. , the night of 'Eid-ul-Fitr, 256 H. Al-Bukhari was unique\r\nin the science of the methodology of Hadeeth and his book Al-Ja'mi\r\n'As-Sahih is considered to be the most authentic book after the Qur'an.\r\nSaheeh al-Bukhari has been translated to English and is easily\r\navailable.

Father

Ismail Ibn Ibrahim

Siblings (1)

A Brother
Classical References
  • ·Tahdheeb al-Kamal — al-Mizzip. 12
  • ·Tahdheeb al-Tahdheeb (extended) — Ibn Hajarp. 12/391-471

10[pg:12],18[pg:12/391-471 ]

Life Details

Born

194 AH/810 CE (Shawwal 13)

Birth City

Bukhara

Died

256 AH/870 CE

Death City

Samarqand

Cause

Natural

Lived in

Bukhara/Basra/Hijaz/Egypt/Bagh

Scholarly Profile

Narrator Grade

No Doubt

Madhab

Shafi'ee

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