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Muhammad al-Bukhari

Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari
محمد بن اسماعيل البخاري
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Title Imam al-Bukhari
Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith
Born (810-07-19)19 July 810 C.E.
13th Shawwal 194 A.H.
Bukhara, Transoxiana (in present-day Uzbekistan)
Died 1 September 870(870-09-01) (aged 60) C.E.
1 Shawwal 256 A.H.
Khartank, near Samarqand
Resting place Khartank (Samarkand, Uzbekistan)
Ethnicity Persian
Era Abbasid Caliphate
Occupation Muhaddith, Hadith compiler, Islamic scholar
Religion Islam
Denomination Sunni Islam
Main interest(s) Hadith studies
Notable work(s) Sahih al-Bukhari
Imam Bukhārī
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Imam Bukhārī's mausoleum near Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Hadith Traditionalist
Born (810-07-19)19 July 810 C.E.
13th Shawwal 194 A.H.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Died 1 September 870(870-09-01) (aged 60) C.E.
1 Shawwal 256 A.H.
Khartank, near Samarqand
Venerated in All traditional schools of Sunni Islam
Major shrine Khartank (Samarkand, Uzbekistan).

Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mughīrah ibn Bardizbah al-Ju‘fī al-Bukhārī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن اسماعيل بن ابراهيم بن المغيرة بن بردزبه الجعفي البخاري‎‎‎; 19 July 810 – 1 September 870), or Bukhārī (Persian: بخاری‎‎), commonly referred to as Imam al-Bukhari or Imam Bukhari, was a PersianIslamic scholar who was born in Bukhara (the capital of the Bukhara Region (viloyat) of Uzbekistan). He authored the hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, regarded by Sunni Muslims as one of the most authentic (sahih) hadith collections. He also wrote other books such as Al-Adab al-Mufrad.

Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-Bukhari al-Ju`fi was born after the Jumu'ah prayer on Friday, 19 July 810 (13 Shawwal 194 AH) in the city of Bukhara in Transoxiana (in present-day Uzbekistan).

His father, Ismail ibn Ibrahim, a scholar of hadith, was a student and associate of Malik ibn Anas. Some Iraqi scholars related hadith narrations from him.


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