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Ismail ibn Ibrahim
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “most notable for being the father of imam bukhari”. Today it says “most notable for being the father of muhammad al-bukhari”.
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Ismail Ibn Ibrahim ( Arabic : اسماعيل بن ابراهيم ) (756 – 810) was most notable for being the father of Muhammad al-Bukhari . Ismail ibn Ibrahim died in 810, when Bukhari was only an infant, not yet 1 year old.
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most notable for being the father of imam bukhari
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most notable for being the father of muhammad al-bukhari
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