Muhammad al-Bukhari

Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (21 July 810-1 September 870), also known as Imām al-Bukhāri or Imām Bukhāri, was a 9th-century Persian Muslim muhaddith. Al-Bukhari is widely regarded as one of the most important hadith scholars in Islamic history, and his works include the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, Al-Tarikh al-Kabir, and Al-Adab al-Mufrad. He is among the most important historical figures in Uzbekistan.

Al-Bukhari, who was born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, began learning hadith at a young age. He traveled throughout the Abbasid Caliphate, learning from several influential contemporary scholars. Bukhari compiled the Sahih al-Bukhari in 846 after memorizing thousands of hadith narrations. He spent the rest of his life passing down the hadith he had gathered. Bukhari was exiled from Nishapur near the end of his life after being falsely accused of claiming that the Quran was created. He later relocated to Khartank, near Samarkand.

The most important hadith collection in Sunni Islam is Sahih al-Bukhari. Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, the hadith collection of Al-student Bukhari's Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, are known collectively as the 'Sahihayn' and are regarded as the most authentic books after the Quran by Sunnis. It is included in the Kutub al-Sittah, one of the six most revered collections of hadith in Sunni Islam.