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Imam Bukhari and his Book Sahih Al-Bukhari

It has been unanimously agreed that Imâm BukhârI's work is the most authentic of all the other works in Hadith literature put together. The authenticity of Al-Bukhâri's work is such that the religious learned scholars of Islam said concerning him: "The most authentic book after the Book of Allah (i.e. Al-Qur'ân) is SahIh Al-BukhârI." Imâm Bukhâri was born in the year 194 of Islamic calendar His real name is Muhammad bin Ismâil bin Al-Mughirah Al-Bukhâri.

His father died when he was still a young child and he was looked after by his mother. At the age of ten he started acquiring the knowledge of Hadith. He travelled to Makkah when he was sixteen years old accompanied by his mother and elder brother. It seemed as though Imâm Bukhâri loved Makkah and its learned religious scholars for he remained in Makkah after bidding farewell to his mother and brother.

He spent two years in Makkah and then went to Al-Madina. After spending a total of six years in Al-Hijâz which comprises Makkah and Al-Madina, he left for Basrah, Küfa and Baghdad and visited many other places including Egypt and Syria. He came to Baghdad on many occasions. He met many religious learned scholars including Imâm Ahmad bin Hanbal.

Many a stories have been told about Imâm Bukhâri regarding his struggles in collecting Hadith literature. He travelled to many different places gathering the precious gems that fell from the lips of the noble Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) . It is said that Imâm Bukhâri collected over 300,000 Ahadith and he himself memorized 200,000 of which some were unreliable. He was born at a time when Hadith was being forged either to please rulers or kings or to corrupt the religion of Islam.

It is said that Imâm Bukhâri (before compiling Sahih Al-Bukhâri) saw in a dream, standing in front of Prophet Muhammad having a fan in his hand and driving away the flies from the Prophet (PBUH) . Imâm Bukhâri asked some of those who interpret dreams, and they interpreted his dream that he will drive away the falsehood asserted against the Prophet (PBUH) So it was a great task for him to sift the forged Ahadith from the authentic ones.

He laboured day and night and although he had memorised such a large number he only chose approximately 7,275 with repetition and about 2,230 without repetition of which there is no doubt about their authenticity. Before he recorded each Hadith, he would make ablution and offer a two Rak'a' prayer and supplicate his Lord (Allah). Many religious scholars of Islam tried to find fault in the great remarkable collection - Sahih Al-Bukhâri, but without success. It is for this reason, they unanimously agreed that the most authentic book after the Book of Allah is Sahih Al-Bukhâri.