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Biography of Imam al-Bukhari: His Sahih, His Trials, and the End of His Life

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Sheikh Aziz al-Enezy

This lecture explores the biography of Imam al-Bukhari (RH), focusing on the compilation of his monumental work, Sahih al-Bukhari. The speaker discusses the envy and trials the Imam faced from contemporaries, which led to his boycott. It concludes with his final days, highlighting his patience and reliance on Allah ﷻ while defending the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

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“And among people and moving creatures and grazing livestock are various colors similarly. Only those fear Allāh,

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from among His servants, who have knowledge. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Forgiving.” (Quran 35:28)

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Peace be upon you, the mercy of Allah ﷻ, and His blessings.

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“In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.”

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“[All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Lord of the worlds -” (Quran 1:1-2)

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and peace and blessings upon the most noble of prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, his family, companions, and followers.

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As for what follows, welcome, my brothers and sisters, to a new episode

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within the series on the biography of an Imam.

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I believe we are still with the biography of Imam al-Bukhari (RH),

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and I had promised you that I would complete something

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of his biography and also the end of his life (RH).

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May He forgive him.

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Of course,

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the most important event in the life of Imam al-Bukhari — indeed in the life of all Muslims — is the compilation of his Sahih,

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which became the foremost reference for the people of Islam.

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Imam al-Bukhari (RH) has more than twenty authored works.

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That is, al-Bukhari did not stop at compiling the Sahih alone; among his works are al-Adab al-Mufrad and al-Tarikh al-Kabir,

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It is a large book on biographies,

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in which he arranged the names of hadith narrators alphabetically.

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As we mentioned,

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he would say: 'Shall I show you something wondrous?'

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meaning it is one of the wonders of the world.

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He also has Al-Tarikh Al-Saghir,

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which is a concise history of the Prophet ﷺ, his companions, and the narrators who came after them,

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up to approximately the year 256 AH.

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He also has a work called Khalq Af'al Al-'Ibad (The Creation of the Acts of Servants),

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and this has a story behind it.

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He also has Raf' Al-Yadayn fi Al-Salah, Al-Kuna, and Al-Qira'a Khalfa Al-Imam,

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among his well-known published works, and many others.

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But the most famous book written by Imam Al-Bukhari (RH)

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— considered among the most famous Prophetic Sunnah collections —

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is Al-Jami' Al-Sahih Al-Musnad from the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, his practices, and his days,

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known as Al-Jami' Al-Sahih.

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or Sahih al-Bukhari. Some write 'Al-Jami' al-Sahih' and others write 'Sahih al-Bukhari'.

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Otherwise, the original title is "Al-Jami' al-Sahih al-Musnad" from the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,

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his Sunnah, and his days.

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Of course, this is considered the first book compiled solely for authentic Hadiths,

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and it took him sixteen years to write, collect, arrange, and classify it,

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sixteen years he spent writing this book (RH).

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Al-Bukhari says about his book: "I did not include a single Hadith in my Sahih book

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except that I performed ghusl before it and prayed two rak'ahs."

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And he also says: "I compiled the Sahih in sixteen years, and I made it a proof between me and Allah ﷻ."

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Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar (RH) mentioned the reason why Imam al-Bukhari compiled his Sahih book,

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in the introduction of course,

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He said: He mentioned three reasons. First, he found that the books compiled before him

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by design, combined what falls under Sahih and Hasan,

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and many of them included weak narrations, so it cannot be said they were named so out of oversight.

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He said: "This motivated him to compile the Sahih Hadith, whose authenticity no trustworthy person would doubt."

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Second, he said: "And his resolve for that was strengthened by what he heard from his teacher, the Leader of the Believers in Hadith and Fiqh,

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Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Hanzali, known as Ibn Rahwayh."

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And he narrated with his chain of transmission to him that he said: "We were with Ishaq ibn Rahwayh,

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and he said: 'If only you would compile a concise book of the authentic Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,'"

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He said: "So that fell into my heart, and I began compiling the Sahih."

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Subhan Allah, sometimes a word spoken by a person...

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...becomes a project.

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Look, glory be to Allah, Imam al-Bukhari's project was a word spoken by this Imam.

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It motivated Imam al-Bukhari, so he undertook this great project.

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Third, he said: "We have narrated with an established chain from Muhammad ibn Sulaiman ibn Faris,

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who said: 'I heard al-Bukhari say:

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I saw the Prophet ﷺ, meaning in a dream,

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I saw the Prophet ﷺ,

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and it was as if I was standing in front of him,

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holding a fan with which I was warding off flies from him,

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with this fan, warding off flies from him.

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I asked some dream interpreters, and one said to me: 'You are warding off lies from him,'

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and that is what motivated me to compile the Sahih.'"

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Imam al-Bukhari (RH) began authoring this book in the Masjid al-Haram and in the Masjid al-Nabawi.

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And he did not rush to release it to the people after he had finished it.

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He left it and reviewed it time and again,

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committing himself to revising and refining it.

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Thus, he compiled it three times until it reached the form it is in today.

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Of course, Sahih Al-Bukhari contains

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7,275 Hadiths,

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that is, 7,275 Hadiths,

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which Al-Bukhari chose from among 600,000 Hadiths

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at his disposal, because he was meticulous in accepting narrations.

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He had set special conditions

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for accepting a narrator's Hadith transmission,

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namely, that he must be contemporary to the one he narrates from,

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and that he must have heard from him.

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Meaning, he did not suffice only with contemporariness, as Muslim did,

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no, he says: there must be a meeting.

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Also, of course, along with...

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the narrator being trustworthy, just, precise, and proficient,

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and also among the people of knowledge and piety.

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Therefore, Al-Bukhari (RH) was strict regarding acceptance in his Sahih book,

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but in other books, like Al-Adab al-Mufrad, he did not apply the conditions of his Sahih,

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for example, in Al-Adab al-Mufrad. Is that clear?

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However, sometimes he might mention,

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or record a suspended hadith in the Sahih, but connect it in Al-Adab al-Mufrad (RH).

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Therefore, in this book, he combined narration and comprehension,

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preserving the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ and understanding it,

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and he divided it into ninety-seven books, starting with the Book of Revelation.

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Look, Subhan Allah, even the choice of books

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was not by chance, as they say. No, it was based on fiqh.

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He began it with the Book of Revelation, indicating what?

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That the Hadith of the Prophet ﷺ is a revelation from Allah ﷻ,

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just as the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed, I have been given the Quran and something like it with it."

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And he shows, by placing the Book of Revelation at the beginning of the Sahih,

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that this religion is indeed a revelation, a revelation from Allah ﷻ.

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He also divided each book into chapters, by setting titles and headings for the chapters,

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which contain many, of course, Quranic verses—introducing them with a Quranic verse, then a Hadith,

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then sometimes, Mu'allaqat, and the fatwas of the Companions (RA) and the Successors,

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thereby showing the fiqh of the chapter and its evidence.

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That is why they say: "Al-Bukhari's fiqh is in his chapter headings."

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In them are jurisprudential benefits he extracts through his understanding of the texts.

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For this reason, for example, we find that the chapter headings on their own

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became scholars' main preoccupation—studying them and uncovering their secrets.

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Until now, there are academic theses solely on the chapter headings of al-Bukhari.

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This is due to his deep understanding (RH),

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which is why they said: "Al-Bukhari's fiqh is derived from his chapter headings."

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Al-Bukhari (RH),

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regarding the scholarly principles, he followed scholarly principles,

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which is why we find this book to be a wonder of the world.

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For this reason, he took care, for example, to mention the verses of rulings,

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from which he extracts indications that correspond to the chapter headings of the issues he mentions.

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Of course, the Sahih book was accepted by all scholars.

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Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ali ibn al-Madini, and Yahya ibn Ma'in praised it,

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and testified to the authenticity of its contents.

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Of course, four hadiths were criticized, as mentioned by al-Daraqutni and others,

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They were criticized, but Al-Uqayli says: "The correct view is Al-Bukhari's, and they are authentic." Glory be to Allah.

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This criticism was, of course, from the brilliant giants [of Hadith].

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Al-Bukhari is not criticized by someone who doesn't know left from right, nor knows the basics of knowledge,

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because some people might dare to criticize while understanding nothing,

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understanding nothing of Hadith terminology or the science of narrators.

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Rather, giants like Al-Daraqutni—he was a giant among the giants of knowledge.

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Al-Uqayli says: "The correct view regarding them is Al-Bukhari's, and they are authentic."

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Of course, the entire Ummah, praise be to Allah, received this book with acceptance,

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and it was considered the most authentic book after the Book of Allah ﷻ.

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And of course, you know how scholars cared for the Sahih

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through explanation, study, commentary, abridgment, and summarization,

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and compiling it together with Sahih Muslim, that is, compiling the two Sahihs.

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Therefore, Sahih Al-Imam Al-Bukhari is one of the books that received the most attention from scholars.

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The commentaries on the Sahih are very numerous, such as 'A'lam al-Sunan' by Al-Khattabi,

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'Al-Kawakib al-Darari fi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari' by Shams al-Din al-Kirmani,

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'Fath al-Bari fi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari'—

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so much so that scholars said: 'There is no migration after the Conquest.'

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Meaning, it would be a mistake for someone to come after Fath al-Bari to commentate on Sahih al-Bukhari. But of course, this

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is not academically acceptable — for how much did the first leave for the last.

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But in general, Fath al-Bari is among the finest of commentaries.

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Likewise, 'Umdat al-Qari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari' by Badr al-Din al-'Ayni,

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'Irshad al-Sari ila Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari' by al-Qastallani, and 'Al-Tawdih' by Ibn al-Mulaqqin.

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Of course, there are many commentaries that we cannot count, but generally,

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the book of Imam al-Bukhari (RH) remained the reference for scholars,

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and it is considered the most authentic book after the Book of Allah ﷻ.

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Of course, Imam al-Bukhari, as I mentioned to you and promised to discuss the trials and tribulations he faced,

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What I mentioned just now is but a drop in the ocean

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regarding the biography of this brilliant Imam.

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Were it not for the fact that this is a brief overview and a summary,

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I would have spoken at length about this amazing personality and the details of his life. But...

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we have mentioned what I believe is sufficient,

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and for anyone who wishes to expand on this

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by researching the biography of Imam al-Bukhari and some details that might...

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...that I may have neglected, as what we have mentioned is sufficient.

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Of course, Al-Bukhari (RH) became the talk of the world.

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And his book became the talk of the people; his fame spread to all regions.

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When he wanted to return to Nishapur, Imam Ahmad advised him to stay in Baghdad,

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where people needed his knowledge, but he preferred to go to Nishapur to reside.

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Of course, he arrived in Nishapur, and I mentioned to you that Nishapur...

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...was one of the scientific centers, where the scholarly movement was strong.

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When he arrived in Nishapur, he was given a reception...

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...they say no one is known to have received such a welcome,

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that all the rulers and scholars went out to meet him before he reached the city.

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They said it was two or three stages away, about 100 km in today's estimation.

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People went out to welcome Imam Al-Bukhari (RH),

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and they went to extremes in honoring him in a way that had not been done for anyone before or after him.

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But, of course, this scene, this celebration, and this overwhelming love...

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did not let the envious people leave Al-Bukhari (RH) alone; their veins throbbed with envy.

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We ask Allah ﷻ for safety and well-being.

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They began to plot against him, seeking to harm and annoy him,

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out of envy—we seek refuge in Allah ﷻ. We ask Allah ﷻ for safety and well-being.

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Of course, I mentioned to you the story of the governor, Khalid Al-Dhahli, who asked Imam Al-Bukhari (RH)

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to come and read Hadith in his private gathering for him and his children.

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The Imam said, "I do not humiliate knowledge; I do not humiliate knowledge."

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Some envious people exploited this situation,

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and they began to fuel evil in the mind of this governor.

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and of course, they began

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they began to fabricate charges and invent lies—we seek refuge in Allah ﷻ—against Imam Al-Bukhari (RH).

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...the Exalted. Of course, Al-Bukhari (RH),

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faced with this reception and the pavilions on the outskirts of the city,

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and it was said that dirhams and dinars were showered, showing the people's love for him.

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But it was so that Allah might accomplish a matter already ordained.

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What happened, happened, due to this jealousy which anyone blessed with favor faces.

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But what was most painful and hardest on Imam

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Al-Bukhari was that his envier was his teacher.

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And unfortunately, this teacher was Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Dhahli.

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He was the head of the scholars of Nishapur, the foremost expert in the Hadith of al-Zuhri.

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Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Dhahli commanded awe and obedience, not only in Nishapur, but all of Khurasan.

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to the point that people obeyed him more than they obeyed the governor.

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Of course, at the beginning, when Al-Bukhari (RH) arrived,

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Al-Dhahli (RH) was among those who welcomed him.

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He used to urge people to learn from Al-Bukhari (RH),

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and saying to them, "Attend his gathering and narrate Hadith from him."

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But, Glory be to Allah, the Almighty, he himself benefited from Imam Al-Bukhari (RH),

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They mention he used to walk behind Al-Bukhari (RH) at funerals,

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asking him about names, kunyas, and Hadith defects,

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and Al-Bukhari (RH) would answer them like an arrow, as Imam Al-Bukhari (RH) excelled in this.

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But when Imam Al-Bukhari (RH) settled in Nishapur,

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and the gatherings of Hadith narration began to empty gradually

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of Hadith students, from the gathering of Muhammad ibn Yahya in favor of Al-Bukhari's gathering,

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and the scales tipped until the decline became apparent in the gathering of the chief scholar of Nishapur, Muhammad ibn Yahya Al-Duhli.

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Here, of course, the latent human impulses in the hearts of peers were stirred,

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and unfortunately, envy crept into the heart of al-Dhahali,

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and blameworthy jealousy gradually crept into his soul.

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There were also those among the envious and wicked who stirred the stagnant waters.

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It even reached the point where he spoke ill of Imam al-Bukhari and slandered him,

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accusing him of things of which he was as innocent as the wolf of the blood of Jacob's son.

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At that time,

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the fitnah of claiming the Quran was created was well-known,

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and I have previously mentioned it in the story of Imam Ahmad (RH).

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Another innovation emerged — the Lafdhiyyah, who say: "My pronunciation of the Quran is created."

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Imam Ahmad (RH) said this is worse than the innovation of the Jahmiyyah, worse than the innovation of those who say the Quran is created.

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That is, whoever says: "My pronunciation of the Quran is created."

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Of course, al-Bukhari (RH) was then targeted by the people of envy,

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or the envious ones — they would plant, so to speak,

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what we colloquially call a 'loaded question.'

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They would send someone to ask Imam al-Bukhari (RH).

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They attributed this to al-Dhuhli — Allah ﷻ knows best — that he told some hadith scholars:

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'Ask al-Bukhari about the utterance of the Quran.'

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'What do you say about this?' Of course, they tested him in the gathering.

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They tested him in the gathering. And this is why we find that al-Bukhari (RH) used to say:

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'The Quran is the speech of Allah ﷻ, revealed, uncreated,'

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'from Allah ﷻ it began and to Him it returns.'

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But the voice — meaning the reciter's voice — that is the voice of the reciter.

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Of course, they planted a man who asked him three times — he repeated the question to Imam al-Bukhari three times.

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saying to him, "What do you say about the Quran?"

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"Is the pronunciation [of it] created or uncreated?"

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Al-Bukhari (RH) ignored him and did not answer, while he kept asking and repeating.

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And what does this show you? That this man did not come for the sake of Allah ﷻ,

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but rather he is one of the wretched — we seek refuge in Allah ﷻ.

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Al-Bukhari (RH) turned to him and said: "The Quran is the word of Allah ﷻ, uncreated, and the actions of servants are created,

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and testing people is a bid'ah."

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But al-Bukhari (RH) felt apprehension about this question,

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in which the questioner was so eager to get an answer by any means,

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So the question was not innocent.

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The question was not innocent,

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and this questioner did not seek by it the Countenance of Allah ﷻ,

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but rather he wanted to bring down the scholars, as is the way of some of those—we seek refuge in Allah ﷻ—

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who have made a profession out of this.

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These are wretched people — we seek refuge in Allah ﷻ.

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These people seek to cause discord and division among the people.

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Of course, the man caused a disturbance in Al-Bukhari's gathering.

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He started speaking and so on, so Al-Bukhari left his gathering and stayed in his house.

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Then the accusation began to be falsely and slanderously attributed to Imam Al-Bukhari,

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that he agreed with the Jahmiyyah on the issue of the creation of the Quran,

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and that he held the view of the Lafdhiyyah.

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Far from it! And before Allah, adversaries will gather; before Allah, adversaries will gather.

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Of course,

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Ad-Dhahli shifted from speaking about Al-Bukhari

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in private gatherings to doing so publicly,

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and he called for boycotting Imam Al-Bukhari.

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Among the things he said was: "Al-Bukhari has manifested the view of the Lafdhiyyah,

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and the Lafdhiyyah, in my view, are worse than the Jahmiyyah.

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even though Muhammad ibn Yahya Ad-Dhahli was one of the Imams of Hadith.

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But, glory be to Allah, the Almighty, the brothers of Joseph envied Joseph.

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and they were the sons of a Prophet.

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Anyway, Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Duhli used to declare that whoever went

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to the gathering of Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari—they would accuse him...

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Everyone who went to the gathering of Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, they accused him of being a Jahmi,

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and that no one should attend his gathering except those who shared al-Bukhari's view.

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Al-Duhli went too far in defaming and attacking al-Bukhari,

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to the point he forbade Hadith students from sitting with him.

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Then he obliged everyone who attended his gathering,

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saying, "Whoever attends my gathering must not sit with Al-Bukhari."

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Of course, among those who attended the gathering of Muhammad bin Yahya al-Dhahli

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were Imam Muslim (RH) and Ahmad bin Salamah, who were imams.

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Of course, when Muhammad bin Yahya al-Dhahli spoke

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and said, "Whoever attends Al-Bukhari's gathering must not attend ours,"

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Imam Muslim (RH) and Ahmad bin Salamah stood up,

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It was said that Imam Muslim had narrated four thousand Hadiths from Muhammad ibn Yahya and threw them back at him,

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because it was injustice and wrongdoing. How could he accept injustice?

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"Support your brother, whether oppressor or oppressed."

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Of course, when Muslim and Ahmad ibn Salamah stood up,

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the standing of these two giants had a severe impact on al-Dhahali,

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which made him increase his attacks on Imam al-Bukhari (RH),

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to the point that he said, "This man shall not live in the same city as me."

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And they began to incite the ignorant and foolish against him,

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confronting Imam al-Bukhari (RH) on the street, harming him verbally, saying, "O Jahmi! O Jahmi!"

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which forced him to leave the city and leave it to its people,

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so he left the city.

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And remember the words of Imam Ahmad (RH): "If only you had stayed in Iraq, in Baghdad."

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Of course, Imam al-Bukhari (RH) had an amazing saying, Subhan Allah,

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because he expected such an event.

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He said, "A prominent scholar is not safe from his peers regarding three things:

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the slander of the ignorant, the blame of friends, and the envy of scholars,"

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and this is exactly what happened to him (RH).

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Of course, al-Dhahabi, the historian of Islam, when mentioning the trial of Imam al-Bukhari,

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said beautiful words that comfort the soul.

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He said, "The criticism of peers against one another is not to be taken seriously,

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especially if it is clear to you that it is due to enmity, sectarianism, or envy,

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and none escapes it except those whom Allah ﷻ protects.

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I do not know of any era whose people were safe from this, except the Prophets and the truthful."

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Ahmad ibn Salamah, a student of al-Bukhari, said, "I visited al-Bukhari and said, 'O Abu Abdullah...'"

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"This is an accepted man in Khorasan, especially in this city."

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He means Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Duhli, also the sheikh of Ahmad ibn Salamah, but he left him.

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He said, "O Abu Abdullah, this is an accepted man in Khorasan, especially in this city,

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and he has persisted in this matter so much that none of us can speak to him about it. What do you think?"

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He said: Al-Bukhari (RH) grasped his beard and then recited:

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“And you will remember what I [now] say to you, and I entrust my affair to Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Seeing of [His] servants."” (Quran 40:44)

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"O Allah ﷻ, You know that I did not intend to stay in Nishapur out of vanity,

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nor out of insolence, nor seeking leadership."

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And this man—meaning Al-Dhahli—has targeted me solely out of envy for what Allah ﷻ has bestowed."

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Then he said to me, "O Ahmad, I am leaving tomorrow so that you may be free of my Hadith,"

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He said, "O Ahmad, I am leaving tomorrow so that you may be spared of trouble on my account."

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Ahmad ibn Salamah said, "So I informed a group of our companions of the Imam's departure,

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and by Allah, none bid him farewell but me.

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Glory be to Allah ﷻ, the Magnificent. It was intimidation, indeed.

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Anyone who approached al-Bukhari would be utterly ostracized.

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He says, "By Allah, no one bid him farewell but me, and I was with him when he left the city."

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Of course, when Al-Bukhari returned from Nishapur to his hometown, Bukhara,

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in which he was born and raised,

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his original hometown. Canopies were erected for him at a distance of one farsakh.

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The people of Bukhara rejoiced at his return,

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people came out to receive him, and dirhams and dinars were scattered.

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He settled there for a period, until there occurred—

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you remember the story between him and the governor of Bukhara,

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who demanded that he come to his house to recite hadith.

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in his house. Al-Bukhari (RH) said: 'I do not humiliate knowledge,

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and if you, as the ruler, wish to prevent me,

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so that I may have an excuse before Allah ﷻ.'

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It is said that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Dhuhli did not leave al-Bukhari alone, but continued to pursue him.

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He sent a letter to this governor — who was approximately from the same tribe —

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mentioning that it was necessary

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to leave him and not give him any opportunity.

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Of course, Imam Al-Bukhari (RH) supplicated against him.

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Glory be to Allah, he did not supplicate against his Sheikh, Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Duhli.

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He did not. He said: "And I entrust my affair to Allah."

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But as for this emir, he supplicated against him.

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They even mentioned in his biography that not a month had passed before he was dismissed,

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this emir, and imprisoned, and paraded around the town on a female donkey.

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And Allah Almighty punished everyone who strove

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to harm Imam Al-Bukhari (RH).

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Of course, the people of Samarkand heard about the story,

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and they wrote to Imam Al-Bukhari (RH) inviting him.

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So he traveled to them after leaving Bukhara.

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And he was informed, when he was at a distance of two parasangs from Samarkand,

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that its people had differed because of him. Glory be to Allah, the Almighty.

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It is amazing how history repeats itself.

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They said to him, "Come,"

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But someone spread a rumor that Muhammad ibn Yahya...

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...disapproved of al-Bukhari and accused him of such-and-such.

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So the people were divided between those who loved and followed Imam al-Bukhari,

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and those who hated him, saying, "We do not want him."

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They disputed because of him; some said, "Let him enter," while others said, "Do not let him enter."

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Of course, al-Bukhari disliked this, as he had now become a source of trial for the people.

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So he stayed in a village called Khartank,

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with Abu Mansur Ghalib ibn Jibril al-Khartanki al-Samarqandi.

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Abd al-Quddus ibn Abd al-Jabbar al-Samarqandi, one of his disciples who accompanied him during that period, said

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that he heard him supplicating to Allah ﷻ in the middle of the night, saying:

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"O Allah, the earth has become narrow for me despite its vastness, so take me to You."

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He said, "Not even a month had passed before Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He, took him."

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Of course, the people of Samarkand...

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...when they agreed—after they had requested him and then differed, they later agreed...

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...to invite him. But here, may Allah ﷻ have mercy on him,

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...he saw the situation,

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and he saw that the matter had become a trial, we seek refuge in Allah.

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Of course, he agreed to go to them. But when he prepared to ride and put on his khuffs and turban,

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And he walked about twenty steps,

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he said to those around him, as Abd al-Quddus says,

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He said, "Let me go, for I have grown weak."

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Meaning, "leave me." He felt a weakness in his body. He said,

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He said, "Let me go, for I have grown weak."

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So they let him go, made supplications, then lay down

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and passed away, may Allah ﷻ have mercy on him.

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His death was after the Isha prayer on the night of Eid al-Fitr,

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meaning the end of Ramadan,

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when tomorrow was to be Eid, the first day of Shawwal.

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He passed away on that night, may Allah ﷻ have mercy on him, in the year 256 AH.

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Of course, his age was sixty-two years minus thirteen days.

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Of course, Al-Bukhari (RH) left this great heritage

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whose shade the Ummah still enjoys and from whose spring it drinks.

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Peace be upon Al-Bukhari among the worlds, and peace be upon him until the Day of Judgment,

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and I ask Allah ﷻ to gather us with him in the Gardens of Pleasure.

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This trial and tribulation is one of Allah's ﷻ cosmic laws

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to join, as I mentioned, the unique necklace of prophets and the righteous,

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And Allah ﷻ says:

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“Alif, Lām, Meem.”

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“Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?”

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“But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allāh will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars.” (Quran 29:1-3)

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...the liars."

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May Allah ﷻ have mercy on Imam Al-Bukhari (RH) and gather us with him in the Gardens of Delight,

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And we will have a meeting with another figure who is no less than Imam Al-Bukhari (RH),

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but in the next episode, by the permission of Allah ﷻ, so stay tuned.

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