Sahih al-Bukhari

At a glance

History, context & interpretation

The text and its story

The most respected hadith collection in Sunni Islam, arranged by topic from faith and prayer to trade and war. Each report includes its chain of narrators.

Traditional attribution

Authentic sayings and deeds of the Prophet.

Historical scholarship

Compiled by Muhammad al-Bukhari from Bukhara, who is said to have examined some 600,000 reports.

Context and curiosity

Al-Bukhari reportedly prayed before recording each hadith.

Chronology and transmission

This text belongs to Islam (Abbasid Caliphate). The catalogue gives its approximate dating as c. 846 CE and original language or script as Arabic. The dated manuscript witnesses and traditional claims may not refer to the same historical event.

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Sources and further reading

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahih_al-Bukhari

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