Imam Bukhari
Persian Islamic scholar (810-870)
Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari (Arabic: محمد بن اسماعيل البخاري; 810 – 870), or Imam Bukhari, was a Persian Sunni scholar who was born in Bukhara (the capital of the Bukhara Region of Uzbekistan). He wrote the hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, regarded by Sunni Muslims as one of the most authentic (sahih) hadith collections.[1][2][3]
References
change- ↑ Bourgoin, Suzanne Michele; Byers, Paula Kay, eds. (1998). "Bukhari". Encyclopedia of World Biography (2nd ed.). Gale. p. 112.
- ↑ Salaahud-Deen ibn ʿAlee ibn ʿAbdul-Maujood (December 2005). The Biography of Imam Bukhaaree. Translated by Faisal Shafeeq (1st ed.). Riyadh: Darussalam. ISBN 9960969053.
- ↑ Lang, David Marshall, ed. (1971). "Bukhārī". A Guide to Eastern Literatures. Praeger. p. 33.