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Sahih Bukhari is a hadith collection written by Bukhari . It is the most important hadith collection for Sunnis . "Sahih" is a Arabic word that means among other things "authentic", so "Sahih Bukhari" could be translated as "Bukhari's Authentic sources". The authentic part in the name is a reference to the credibility of the hadiths in his collection, that is, they are all authentic. Shias however disagree, and deem that included are many false hadiths, some of which serve only to defame the Prophet and his pure household . The Shias' most important hadith collection is Usul al-Kafi ; but even this collection is not considered to be authentic by Shias themselves as well (some shia books are considered authentic such as Nahjul Balagha and Sahifa-e-Kamila ) Bukhari was an Iranian from the Persian city of Bukhara in what is today Uzbekistan .1
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These prophetic traditions, or hadith , were collected by the Muslim scholar Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari (810–870) (about 200 years after Muhammad died) and compiled during his lifetime.Most Muslims view this as their most trusted collection of hadith and it is considered the most authentic book after the Qur'an .Sahih translates as authentic or correct .Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah , pg. 160-9 Dar al-Ma’aarif edition "Meaning of sahih" .
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Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī ( ), is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections) of Sunni Islam .These prophetic traditions, or hadith , were collected by the Persian Muslim scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari , after being transmitted orally for generations.Sunni Muslims view this as one of the three most trusted collections of hadith along with Sahih Muslim and Muwatta Imam Malik .It is also used as an authentic hadith collection by Zaidi Shia Muslims.In some circles, it is considered the most authentic book after the Quran .The Arabic word sahih translates as authentic or correct .Mabadi Tadabbur-i-Hadith , Amin Ahsan Islahi Article by Sayyid 'Ali ibn 'Ali Al-Zaidi, A short History of the Yemenite Shi‘ites (2005) .The Canonization of Al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon by Jonathan Brown, BRILL , 2007 Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah , pg. 160-9 Dar al-Ma’aarif edition "Meaning of sahih" .
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Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e Sahih al-Bukhari Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī ( ) is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections) of Sunni Islam . Whereas, out of all these six major books, the collection of prophetic traditions, or hadith for Sahih al-Bukhari, was performed by the Muslim scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari .It was completed around 846 CE / 232 AH.Sunni Muslims view this as one of the two most trusted collections of hadith along with Sahih Muslim . The Arabic word sahih translates as authentic or correct. Sahih al-Bukhari, together with Sahih Muslim is known as Sahihayn .
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9th-century collection of Islamic hadith Sahih al-Bukhari ( ) is a hadith collection and a book of sunnah compiled by the scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846.Alongside Sahih Muslim , it is one of the most valued books in Sunni Islam after the Quran .Both books are part of the Kutub al-Sittah , the six major Sunni collections of hadith of the Islamic prophet Muhammad .It consists of an estimated 7,563 hadith narrations across its 97 chapters.Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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First hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e Sahih al-Bukhari ( Arabic : صحيح البخاري , romanized : Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī ) is the first hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam .Compiled by Islamic scholar al-Bukhari ( d. 870 ) in the musannaf format, the work is valued by Sunni Muslims, alongside Sahih Muslim , as the most authentic after the Qur'an .Al-Bukhari organized the book mostly in the Hijaz at the Sacred Mosque of Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque of Medina and completed the work in Bukhara around 846 (232 AH).The work was examined by his teachers Ahmad ibn Hanbal , Ali ibn al-Madini , Yahya ibn Ma'in and others.
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