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Al-Bukhari, Compiler of Sahih al-Bukhari

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ScholarCompiler of Sahih al-Bukhari

Al-Bukhariمحمد بن إسماعيل البخاري

Bukhara

A scholar of Bukhara whose Sahih is held to be the most reliable book after the Quran.

Orphaned young, he began memorising hadith as a boy and travelled from Khurasan to Egypt to hear them. Over about sixteen years he chose some 7,500 narrations, with repeats, from many thousands, and is said to have prayed two rak'ahs before entering each. He died in exile at Khartank near Samarkand.

What grew out of it?

Sahih al-Bukhari is the most studied hadith book in the world.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

BukharaMuhammad ﷺAhmad ibn HanbalMuslim ibn al-HajjajAl-TirmidhiKarima al-MarwaziyyaIbn Hajar al-AsqalaniAbbasid CaliphateNafi' mawla Ibn UmarAl-Daraqutni

Who lived at the same time?

Al-MutasimAbd al-Rahman IIAl-WathiqZiyadat Allah IAl-MutawakkilAl-MamunAl-MuntasirAl-Mustain

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