At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Arabia · Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesEducation
Overview
Shihab al-Din Ahmad al-Bukhari by origin, of Mecca, the Hanafi; born at Mecca in Safar 883, he gave himself to learning, reading under al-Sakhawi in Sunan Abi Dawud and al-Shifa', entering Cairo repeatedly and hearing hadith from a company including the hafiz al-Daymi and Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti. 1
His offices
He donned the kharqa of tasawwuf from one of the shaykhs and held the high offices — the judgeship, the imamate, the shaykhdom; some licensed him; he read the Six Books and more and heard much fiqh and hadith — a strong memory with fine preaching and eloquence. He died at Jeddah at noon on Saturday 10 Rabi' II, was carried to Mecca and buried at al-Ma'la. 1
People and things also explored
Ibn al-Athir al-Jazri· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Experience versus service, and self-development· Scientific matn (condensed school text)· Reading and culture (al-qira'a wa-l-thaqafa)· Shama'il Muhammadiyya
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 689
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad al-Bukhari al-Makki”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-bukhari-makki-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.