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Most famous

Sunni six major collections (Al-Sihah al-Sittah): Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih Muslim al-Sunan al-Sughra Sunan Abi Dawood Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja/Al-Muwatta Shi'a collections: Nahj al-Balagha "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) Kitab al-Kafi of Kulainy Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhib al-Ahkam by Shaikh Tusi al-Istibsar by Shaykh Tusi Ibadi collections: al-Jami' as-Sahih by al-Rabi' ibn Habib Tartib al-Musnad by al-Warijlani

Sunni collections

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal — 780-855 Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah — 923 Sahih Ibn Hibbaan — 965 Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain — 1014 Mawdu'at al-Kubra— 1128-1217 Riyadh as-Saaliheen — 1233 - 1278 Mishkat al-Masabih - 1340 Talkhis al-Mustadrak — 1274-1348 Majma al-Zawa'id — 1335-1405 Bulugh al-Maram — 1372-1449 Kanz al-Ummal — 1500th Zujajat al-Masabih - 1960 Minhaj us Sawi — 2003

Shi'a collections

The book of Sulaym ibn Qays — 600th Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 Wasael ush-Shia — 1600s Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s Haqq al-Yaqeen — 1600s Sharh Usul al-Kafi — ?-1081

Mu'tazili collections

Nahj with comments — ?-1258

The authentic collection (Arabic: الجامع الصحيح, al-Jaami al-Sahih ^[1]) or popularly al-Bukhari's authentic (Arabic: صحيح البخاري, Sahih al-Bukhari) is one of the Sunni six major Hadith collections (Hadith are oral traditions recounting events in the lives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ). Most Sunni Muslims view this as their most trusted collection of hadith. ^[2].

These prophetic traditions were collected by the Muslim scholar Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari (810-870) and published during his lifetime. He was a scholar from Bukhara, hence the name by which he is known. Imam Bukhari belonged to the Shafiie School and was overwhelmed by its juristic methodologies as recorded by Ibn Hajar. He traveled widely throughout the Abbasid empire, collecting traditions. He is said to have spent sixteen years writing down those traditions he thought trustworthy.

Sunni Muslims view this as their most trusted collection, calling it "The most authentic book after the Holy Qur'an".^{[citation needed]}However Shia Muslims believe that much of the book contains fabrications.

Muslims believe that al-Bukhari spent sixteen years collecting and writing down those traditions he thought trustworthy. They recount that Bukhari collected over 300,000 hadith ^[3] and transmitted only 2,602 traditions that he believed to be Sahih ^[4]. It is said that before he placed a hadith in his collection, he would perform ghusl (full\greater ritual ablution) and prayed two Rakah (Islamic unit for form of prayer) Nafl (voluntary prayer) to ask God for guidance.^[5]

Muslims believe that al-Bukhari finished his work in 846, and that he spent the last twenty-four years of his life visiting other cities and scholars, teaching the hadith he had collected. They say that in every city that he visited, thousands of people would gather in the main mosque to listen to him recite traditions. Regarding Western academic doubts as to the actual date and authorship of the book that bears his name, Sunni say that notable hadith scholars of that time, such as Ahmad Ibn Hanbal 855, Ibn Maīn 847, and Ibn Madīni 848, all accepted the authenticity of his book.^{[6] [7]} Thus, the collection's immediate fame makes arguments regarding its being changed after the author's death highly improbable.

Nine volumes of Sahih al-Bukhari

During this long period of twenty-four years, Bukhari made minor changes to his book, in particular its chapter headings. Each version is named by its narrator. According to Ibn Hajar Asqalani in his book Nukat, the number of hadiths in all narrations (versions) is the same. The most famous one today is the version narrated by al-Firabri (d. 932), who is a trusted student of Bukhari. Khatib al-Baghdadi in his book History of Baghdad had quoted Firabri saying: "There were about seventy thousand people who have heard Sahih Bukhari with me".

Firabri is not the only transmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari. There were many others that narrated that book to later generations, such as Ibrahim ibn Ma'qal (d. 907), Hammad ibn Shaker (d. 923), Mansur Burduzi (d. 931), and Husain Mahamili (d. 941). There are many books that noted differences between these versions; Fath al-Bari is the most famous among them.

Prominent Muslims scholars have written commentaries on this collection, most notably Fath al-Bari by Ibn Hajar Asqalani.

• The Translation of the Meanings Of Sahih Al-Bukhari - by Muhsin Khan.

1. ^ fatwa-online.com
2. ^ ummah.net, islamonline.com, sunnah.org, yarehman.com, inter-islam.org, fatwa-online.com
3. ^ The Sciences of the Hadith: Results of Islamic Scholarship, Muslim American Society, October 9, 2003, retrieved March 26, 2006
4. ^ International Islamic University
5. ^ The Life and works of Imam Bukhari (RA), Central Mosque.com, retrieved March 26, 2006
6. ^ http://www.ummah.net/Al_adaab/hadith/bukhari/imam_bukhari.html
7. ^ http://ahmed2004uk.blogspot.com/2005/09/imam-bukhari-ra.html

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• English Translation of Sahih Al Bukhari - translated by Muhammad Muhsin Khan
• Another translation (on Sunni Path website)
• Arabic Text of Sahih Al Bukhari الجامع الصحيح, with one of the most famous of its commentary by Ibn Hajar Fath al-Bari فتح الباري
• Al Adab Al Mufrad الأدب المفرد
• http://www.inter-islam.org/hadeeth/bukhari.html
• http://www.inter-islam.org/A-Z/B/Bukhari.htm
• Islamic Awareness, Are There Any Early Hadiths?
• Islamic Awareness, On The Nature Of Hadith Collections Of Imam Al-Bukhari & Muslim
• Islamic Awareness, Explosive Increase Of Isnad & Its Implications
• Islamic Awareness, Hadiths Inserted Posthumously In The Sahih Of Al-Bukhari?