Luqman Nagy's introduction to the life and times of Muhammad ibn Isma'eel — known to us as Imam Bukhari, the greatest of all hadith scholars. The story behind Sahih al-Bukhari. 9.5 x 6.75 inches.
| Publisher | IIPH |
| Author | Luqman Nagy |
| Binding | Flexi |
| Pages | 112 |
| Size | 9.40x6.60x0.25" (24x17x0.75cm) |
| Edition | 1st (2017) |
| Format | Full Color |
| Weight (lbs) | 0.56 |
Every Muslim quotes from Sahih al-Bukhari. Very few know what it cost to produce.
Imam Bukhari spent his entire life in the service of his Lord and of the Muslim community. His love of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, joined to a perseverance and stamina that were remarkable even among the scholars of that age, allowed him to achieve something no one had attempted.
He examined every narrator and every chain himself, traveling across the Muslim world to do it, and selected his collection from hundreds of thousands of narrations under criteria stricter than anyone had used before.
The collection of hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari, which Muslims cherish and read with confidence to this day. The story behind that achievement is one worth telling and worth knowing — and it is a story of ordinary discipline sustained over decades rather than of sudden brilliance.
That is the version young readers need. Genius cannot be imitated; persistence can.
Teenagers and older children. Students beginning hadith study. Anyone who has used the phrase "narrated by al-Bukhari" for years without picturing the man behind it.
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