What is Sahih al-Bukhari?
[[File:Shahih al-Bukhari jilid 1 Imam Khairul Annas.JPG|thumb|right|''Sahih al-Bukhari'']] {{Hadith}} '''Sahih al-Bukhari''' ({{lang-ar|صَحِيحُ الْبُخَارِيِّ}}), also known as '''Bukhari Sharif''' ({{lang-ar|بُخَارِيٌّ شَرِيفٌ}}), is one of the [[Kutub al-Sittah]] (six major hadith collections) of [[Sunni]] [[Islam]].<ref>Mabadi Tadabbur-i-Hadith, Amin Ahsan Islahi</ref> These [[hadith]], were collected by the Muslim scholar [[Imam Bukhari|Muhammad al-Bukhari]]. Among Sunni Muslims, it is considered the most authentic book after the [[Quran]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nyMKDEAb4GsC&q=The+Canonization+of+Al-Bukhari+and+Muslim|title=The Canonization of Al-Bukh?r? and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunn? ?ad?th Canon|first=Jonathan|last=Brown|date=5 June 2007|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-9004158399|via=Google Books}}</ref> Sahih al-Bukhari together with [[Sahi Muslim|Sahih Muslim]] is known as ''Sahihayn''. == Details == [[Imam Bukhari]], from the age of 16 traveled a lot of places to collect hadith reports. It is reported that he collected nearly 600,000 ahadith in his collection. Experts say that the number of full-isnad sayings mount up to roughly 7,397, and without considering repetitions of the same report, the number of hadith sayings reduces to roughly 2,602.<ref>A.C. Brown, Jonathan (2009). Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Foundations of Islam series). Oneworld Publications. p. 32. {{ISBN|978-1851686636}}.</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Hadith]] [[Category:Hadith Books]] {{religion-stub}}