BIOGRAPHY OF BUKHARI: Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari Title: Imam al-Bukhari Amir al-Muminin fi al-Hadith Born: 19 July 810 C.E. 13th Shawwal 194 A.H. in Bukhara, Khorasan Died: 1 September 870 (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 Denomination: Sunni Islam Main interest(s): Hadith studies Notable work(s): Sahih al-Bukhari Influenced by: Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ali ibn al-Madini, Yahya ibn Main, Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh . Influenced: Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Ibn Abi Asim Abū ‘Abd Allāh. Muhammad ibn Ismā‘īl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mughīrah ibn Bardizbah al-Ju‘fī al-Bukhārī ( 19 July 810 – September 870), or Bukhārī ( Persian ) commonly referred to as Imam al-Bukhari or Imam Bukhari, was a Persian Islamic scholar who authored the hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, regarded by Sunni Muslims as one of the most sahih (authentic) of all hadith compilations. He also wrote the books Al-Adab al-Mufrad. Biography: Birth; Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-Bukhari al-Ju`fi was born after the Jumuah prayer on Friday, 13 Shawwal 194 A.H (19 July 810) in the city of Bukharain Khorasan (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. Lineage: Bukharis great-grandfather, al-Mughirah, settled in Bukhara after accepting Islam at the hands of Bukharas governor, Yaman al-Ju`fi. As was the custom, he became a mawla of Yaman, and his family continued to carry the nisbah of al-Ju`fi. Al-Mughirahs father, Bardizbah, is the last known ancestor of Bukhari according to most scholars and historians. He was a Magianand died as such. As-Subki is the only scholar to name Bardizbahs father, who he says was named Bazzabah ( Persian) . Little is known of Bardizbah or Bazzabah, except that they were Persian and followed the religion of their people. Historians have also not come across any information on Bukharis grandfather, Ibrahim ibn al-Mughirah. Hadith studies and travels: The historian al-Dhahabi described his early academic life: He began studying hadith in the year 205 ( A.H.). He memorized the works of [‘Abdullah] ibn al-Mubaarak while still a child. He was raised by his mother because his father died when he was an infant. He traveled with his mother and brother in the year 210 after having heard the narrations of his region. He began authoring books and narrating hadith while still an adolescent. He (bukhari ) said, “When I turned eighteen years old, I began writing about the Companions and the Followers and their statements. This was during the time of ‘Ubaid Allah ibn Musa (one of his teachers). At that time I also authored a book of history at the grave of the Prophet at night during a full moon. At age of sixteen, he, together with his brother and widowed mother, made the pilgrimage to Mecca. From there he made a series of travels in order to increase his knowledge of hadith. He went through all the important centres of Islamic learning of his time, talked to scholars and exchanged information on hadith. It is said that he heard from over 1,000 men, and learned over 600,000 traditions. THATS THE LEAST I COULD.
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