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al-Bukhārī

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Also known as: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī
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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī
Born:
July 19, 810, Bukhara, Central Asia [now in Uzbekistan]
Died:
August 31, 870, Khartank, near Samarkand (aged 60)
Subjects Of Study:
Hadith

al-Bukhārī (born July 19, 810, Bukhara, Central Asia [now in Uzbekistan]—died August 31, 870, Khartank, near Samarkand) was one of the greatest Muslim compilers and scholars of Hadith (the recorded corpus of the sayings and acts of the Prophet Muhammad). His chief work is accepted by Sunni Muslims—i.e., those following the majority tradition—as second only to the Qurʾān as both a source of religious law and a sacred work. Al-Bukhārī began learning the utterances and actions of the Prophet by heart while still a child. His travels in search of more information about them began with a pilgrimage to Mecca ...(100 of 286 words)

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