Muhammad ibn Hamid al-Bukhari

محمد بن حامد البخاري

Muhammad ibn Hamid ibn Ali, Abu Bakr al-Bukhari, a Hanafi jurist. 1 He heard from al-Haytham ibn Kulayb al-Shashi. 1 Al-Hakim called him the leading Hanafi scholar of Bukhara, the most learned in disputation and argument, the most ascetic, and the most committed to seclusion and to avoiding rulers. 1 He died in Bukhara, and the shops were closed for three days in his mourning. 1

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Muhammad ibn Hamid ibn Ali, Abu Bakr al-Bukhari, a Hanafi jurist. 1 He heard from al-Haytham ibn Kulayb al-Shashi. 1 Al-Hakim called him the leading Hanafi scholar of Bukhara, the most learned in disputation and argument, the most ascetic, and the most committed to seclusion and to avoiding rulers. 1 He died in Bukhara, and the shops were closed for three days in his mourning. 1

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.14966
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