Sahih al-Bukhari
صحيح البخاري
The Jami' al-Musnad al-Sahih of Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH): the best-known chapter-arranged hadith collection, distilled from the hundreds of thousands of reports its author gathered on his journeys, with the chapter headings themselves taught as lessons in jurisprudence.
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Overview
"Al-Jami al-Musnad al-Sahih al-Mukhtasar min Umur Rasul Allah wa Sunanihi wa Ayyamihi" (The Concise Authentic Collection of Reports on the Affairs, Practices and Days of the Messenger of God ﷺ), by Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH). It is one of the Six Books. 1
The sources describe it as the first book composed on sound hadith alone, and the best known of the hadith books arranged by jurisprudential chapters. 1
The author selected its hadiths from hundreds of thousands that he gathered on his travels over sixteen years. He made the headings of its chapters into lessons in jurisprudence and deduction. Unlike Muslim, he required proof that the transmitters actually met, not merely that they could have met. 1
Connections
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- The Six Books
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Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari, p. 9
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