IMAM BUKHARI HIS LIFE WORKS pdf download

Imam Bukhari His Life Works Shaykh Ahmad Ali

IMAM BUKHARI HIS LIFE WORKS

Imam Bukhari’s name is known to most Muslims wherever they live, but if they were prompted about his contribution most would only know that he was associated with books on hadeeth and even then, they would be unsure about what a hadeeth was.

We have mentioned that the preservation of the Quran can be seen all around us, but how did the Muslims through the ages preserve the Sunnah which had become fragmented and could so easily have been lost?

The answer to this is that Allah created Muslims in all times who dedicated their lives to the propagation and preservation of Islam by collecting and compiling books on hadeeth.

A hadeeth is a saying, action, or approval of the Prophet (S). These were recorded in written form or memorized because they contained the Sunnah of the Prophet (S).

A hadeeth in Arabic generally means any narration but in Islamic terms, it means anything that gives us in¬ formation about the Sunnah of the Prophet (S). The preservation of the Sunnah of the Prophet (S) started in his lifetime.

There are various narrations about how certain companions (Sahaaba) of the Prophet (S) would write down certain actions of his or her sayings.

However, after the death of the Prophet (S), the only way to refer to his Sunnah for the Sahaaba was to refer to each other about what they needed to know. Naturally, some Sahaaba were more knowledgeable than others, having spent more time with the Prophet (S).

These Sahaaba through their actions and words would relay the Sunnah to the people who had not met the Prophet (S).

 The people who had not met the Prophet (S) but had met the Sahaaba were called the Tabi’un (R) (the successors).