Historical Figure
Imam Bukhari
b. 810
Islamic hadith scholar (810–870)
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Biography
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī 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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Born Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari in Bukhara, in present-day Uzbekistan. His father, a hadith scholar, died when he was young. Left his son a modest inheritance and a library.
Performs the Hajj pilgrimage at age 16 with his mother and brother. He stays in Mecca and Medina for the next six years, studying under the leading hadith scholars of the Hejaz.
Completes Sahih al-Bukhari after 16 years of work. He reportedly examined 600,000 hadiths and selected 7,275 for inclusion based on their chain of narrators. The collection is considered the most authentic hadith compilation in Sunni Islam.
Expelled from his home city of Bukhara after a dispute with the governor over a private teaching request. Settles in Khartank, a small village near Samarkand. He reportedly prays for death rather than live in exile from his city.
Dies in Khartank on the night of Eid al-Fitr. He was about 60. His grave becomes a pilgrimage site. His collection of hadith remains one of the two most authoritative sources in Sunni Islam, alongside Sahih Muslim.
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List of works in the New York Public Library relating to Muhammadan law (IA listofworksinnew00prat)
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Painting of Fakir Syed Tajuddin of the Sikh Empire, Sikh school, Punjab Plains, ca.1845–50
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