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INTRODUCTION......1

BACKGROUND OF IMAM BUKHARI.......2-3

THE ADVENTURE OF IMAM BUKHARI IN PURSUIT KNOWLEDGE..4-6

THE CHARACTER OF IMAM BUKHARI7

THE CONTRIBUTION AND DEATH OF IMAM BUKHARI8-9

THE EXAMPLE OF HADITH AND EXPLANATION10

CONCLUSION....11

REFERENCES.12

INTRODUCTION.
 First of all, from this assingnment ,we will look up about who is the well-known great

scholars, Imam Bukhari. As we know, Imam Bukhari is the famous collector of hadeeth but

majority of us do not know about his background. He is a very pious man and has a good

memory. He shows his interested in hadeeth when he still 10 years old .He loves history of Nabi

Muhammad (s.a.w) and gives his full effort and attention to learn about hadeeth and how to

argue either the hadeeth is sohih or not. At 18 years old ,he produces his first kitab entitled of

Ashabul Nabiy .He is well-known with his famous book which kitab Sahih Bukhari .The

objective of this book is to collect all the sohih hadeeth . Imam Bukhari said that he has compiled

the sohih bukhari within a period of 16 years.it is important to realize that imam bukharis

collection is not complete but there other scholars who worked as bukhari did and collected other

authentic reports.Last but not least Allaamah Nawawi whos relates that all scholars in islam

have agreed that sohih bukhari has earnestly gained he reward of being the most authenthic after

the holy quran.

IMAM AL-BUKHARIS WORKS AND COLLECTIONS.

Imam Bukhari is remembered by islamic history as he have extensive work on Hadith,

History , ethics and feqh. Imam Bukhari wrote many kitab and some books written by Imam

Bukhari are : Qadhaya al-Sahabt wa al-Tabiin, Raf al-Yadyn.Qira at Khalf al-imam , Khalq

Afaalal-Ibad ,Al-Tafsir Al-kabir,al-Musnad Al-Kabir,Tarikh shaghir,Tarikh Aswath,Tarikh

Kabir,Al Fawaid and the most known,Sahih Bukhari.

Although he wrote several books on hadith but in his book ,Al-Jami-Al-Sahih (Al- Jami

al-Musnad al-Shahih al-Mukhtashar min Umuri Rasulullilahi wa sunanihi wa ayyamihi).Imam

Bukhari had recorded all the sayings of the Prophet which he found to be genuine after thorough

by the examination and scrutiny.He spent almost sixteen years compiling it, and ended up with

2602 hadeeth which is 9082 hadeeth are the repetition. His criteria for the acceptance into his

collection were amongst the most fix of all the scholars of ahadeeth. In compiling the book,

Imam Bukhari was very careful. According to Al-Firbari, one of his disciples, he heard Imam

Bukhari said. "My story book Al-Jami 'as-Saheeh it in the Haram, Mecca and I'm not specify a

hadith except after two cycles istikharah prayer to God for help, and after believing correctly that

it was really authentic".

Regardless of differences in the results of the calculation of hadith written by him,

clearly,he chose the number among 300 000 hadeeth that he had memorized since young. He

chose the hadeeth because these were the traditions that held strong testimonial s well as having

no doubt in their authenticity.

BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT IMAM BUKHARI

His full name is Muhammad ibn ismail ibn Ibrahim ibn almaghirah al bukhari.he was

born on jumaat 13 Syawal 1994.He was born al Bokhara uzbeskistan .his father died when he

still chld and his mother only look after him. usually people called him al jafil because his father

is qabilah of yemen. He interested in al ilmu alhadith since 11 years old and he had remembered

700 000 hadiths of rasulullah in young age.

When he was sixteen years old, he went to pilgrimage to macca and he fond the

intelligent teachers of hadiths.He went to Damsyik Kaherah,Baghdad,Basra,Madinah other

famous city to learn about hadith an talaqqi with his intelligent teachers. He wrote the hadith

from Maki Bin Ibrahim Albakhir,Abdullah Bin Uthman Almarwazi, Ubaidillah Bin Musa Al

Abasi,Abu Nuaim Al Fadhil Bin Dakin,Al Madiri,Ahmad Bin Hambal,Yahya Bin Main And

others.His objective is one to collect as many as possible the hadths and be the first highest of

collecter hadith rasullallah (s.a.w)

CONTRIBUTION

At 18,Imam Bukhari produced his first book about Ashabul Nabi and after that he produced

another book about at Tarikh Alkabir.He loved the historical about Nabi Muhammad and give

his full effort and attention to learn about hadith and how to argue neither the hadith is sahih or

not.Imam Bukhari also adopted as the framework of his books heading which covered the whole

range of fiqh such as Islamic Theology .Imam Bukhari make 97 books which are divided into

3450 chapters. Besides,His contribution in science.He made also Al Jami Assohih until 16 years

and looked up 600 00 hadith before he chooses 7525 the best of sohih hadith.

DEATH OF IMAM BUKHARI.

His popularity makes others traditions jealous.His gabenor chases him from Bukhara.He died

when he was 62 years old.In the night of Hari Raya Aidilfitri(Syawal) 256 Hijrah at Khartank in

Samarkand.His grave is located 12 km from north of Samarkand which is known as Khawajah

Saaheb,Eventhough he was passed away,muslims had lost an authentic imam but his knowledge

still alive among Muslims heart .May Allah have mercy upon the great Imam and may Allah

admid him into paradise.(amen)

THE ADVENTURES OF IMAM BUKHARI IN PURSUIT KNOWLEDGE

The wisdom of Imam Bukhari has seen since his childhood. He has been given a strong

memory. By the age of ten, he was memorize a lot of Hadith. By the age of sixteen, he had

memorized the works of Waki and Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak and he also know opinions of

member rayi.

His travelling begins when Imam Bukhari went to House to perform the

Pilgrimage with his mother and brother, Ahmad at age of sixteen. After the pilgrimage, he stayed

in Makkah and this became his first real journey in search of knowledge. He stayed for some

time in either Makkah or Madina. It was at this time that he began his writing career. In Makkah,

he wrote his Tarikh al-Kabeer which is a biographical work concerning the narrators of hadith.

In his travel, Imam Bukhari has gone to various countries to seek knowledge. He has

visited Iraq, Syam, Basrah, Jazirah, Kufah, Baghdad to meet scholars of Hadith. He often met

Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal in Baghdad. Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal always invites Imam Bukhari to

stay at Baghdad and he very disappointed when Imam Bukhari left Baghdad to return to

Bukhara.

Imam Bukhari has become popular in many Islamic countries, and wherever he went

always welcome. But one day, he was slandered. They told that Imam Bukhari as a person who

believes that Al-Quran as a creature. This statement has caused angered his teachers az-Zihli,

so he said whoever believe that Al-Quran is a creature, then he is a member of bidah. So the

people began to keep away.

One ask him about the slander, he said Al-Qur'an is the word of God, not a creature,

while humans are creatures act and slander is bidah." Az-Zahli really angry with him, so he said
"He (Bukhari) can not stay with me in this state.Imam Bukhari make a decision to get out from

the country to protect himself. He back to his country,Bukhara.

EXAMPLE OF BUKHARI HADITH

Narrated Abu Huraira:

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) was asked, "Which is the best deed?" He said, "To believe in Allah and His( The Prophet

Apostle." He was then asked, "Which is the next (in goodness)?" He said, "To participate in

Jihad in Allah's Cause." He was then asked, "Which is the next?" He said, "To perform Hajj-

" Mabrur.

'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'as (May Allah bepleased with them) reported:

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;) said, "A Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hands the Muslims are safe( The Prophet

and a Muhajir (Emigrant) is the one who refrains from what Allah has forbidden".

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Narrated Anas:

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) said, "Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness( The Prophet

(delight) of faith: The one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything

else.Who loves a person and he loves him only for Allah's sake. Who hates to revert to Atheism

"(disbelief) as he hates to be thrown into the fire.

( It has been narrated on the authority of Umar b. al-Khattab that the Messenger of Allah

) said:

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(The value of) an action depends on the intention behind it. A man will be rewarded only for

what he intended. The emigration of one who emigrates for the sake of Allah and His Messenger

( )is for the sake of Allah and His Messenger ( ; )and the emigration of one who emigrates

for gaining a worldly advantage or for marrying a woman is for what he has emigrated.

REFERENCES

1. Sejarah Perkembangan Hadis dan Tokoh-Tokoh Utama Dalam Bidang Hadis

(2000),Zulkiflie Yazid, Zuharudin Yazid

2. Shahih Bukhari 1 ,(1986), Ahmadie Thaha.
3. Introduction To The Hadith , (1991) A.Rahman I.Doi
4. The Translation of the Meanings of Sahih Al-Bukhari,Arabic.English Vol 1,(1984)

,Dr.Muhammad Muhsin Khan.

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abdullah-al-bukhari
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