His full name is Abu Abdullah, Muhammad bin Isma'il bin Ibrahim bin Al-Mughira bin Bardizbah Al-Ju'fi Al-Bukhari. He was born in Shawwal 194 H. in Bukhara in what is now Uzbekistan. Al-Bukhari studied Ahadith at an early age and travelled widely over the Muslim world collecting Ahadith and compiled the most authentic ones in his book Al-Jami' As-Sahih, which later became known as As-Sahih Al-Bukhari and contains 2602 Ahadith which he selected from the thousands of Ahadith that he had memorized.
Al-Bukhari studied under famous Hadith Imam like Malik bin Anas and Yahya bin Ma'in. He died in Samarqand, the present day capital of Uzbekistan, the night of Eid-ul-Fitr, 256 H. Al-Bukhari was unique in the science of the methodology of Hadith and his book Al-Jami' As-Sahih is considered to be the most authentic book after the Qur'an.
(Excerpts of the biographies that will be posted are from Bulugh Al-Maram by
Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani)
Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani)
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