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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.
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Ayoub bin Sulaiman bin BilalMakki bin Ibrahim bin BashayrBadal bin al-Mahbar bin al-MunbahHajjaj bin al-Minhalal-Dahhak bin Mukhlad Abu 'Asim al-Nabil'Abdullah bin Raja' bin 'Umar'Abdur Rahman bin HammadMuhammad bin 'Abdullah al-Ansari'Ubaidullah bin Musa bin Abi al-Mukhtaral-Fadl bin Dakayn, Abu Na'eem'Abdul Quddus bin al-Hajjaj al-KhulaniAhmed bin Khalid bin Musa al-WahbiYahya bin Ma'inIshaq bin Rahwaya'Ali bin al-Madini'Abdul 'Aziz bin 'Abdullah al-Uvaisi'Affan bin MuslimTalq bin GhanamMuhammad bin Sabiq al-TamimiSa'id bin Abi MaryamSurayj bin al-Nu'man al-JuhariIbrahim bin Musa al-Razi al-Fara'Sadqah bin al-Fadl'Ali bin al-Hasan bin ShaqayqMuhammad bin Salam al-BaykandiYahya bin Yahya bin Bukayr'Abdullah bin al-Zubair bin 'IsaIbrahim bin Muhammad bin 'Ar'araKhalid bin Mukhallad al-Qatwani
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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
Areas of Interest
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2
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