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Muhammad Ibn Ismail Ibn Ibrahim Ibn al-Mughirah Ibn Bardiziyeh al-Bukhari محمد بن اسماعيل بن ابراهيم بن المغيرة بن بردزبه البخاري), was the author of a collection of traditions, compiled in Sahih Bukhari , which Sunni Muslims regard as being the most authentic Sayings about Muhammad . Bukari ( 810 - 870 ) was born in the Persian city of Bukhara , in what is today Uzbekistan . He distinguished himself in the learning of traditions by heart at a very early age, and when, in his sixteenth year, his family made the Pilgrimage To Mecca , he gathered additions to his store from the authorities along the route. Already, in his eighteenth year, he had devoted himself to the collecting, sifting, testing and arranging of traditions. For that purpose he travelled over the Islamic World , all the way to Egypt , Syria , Arabia , and Iraq , seeking hadith narrators and listening to them. It is said that he heard from over 1,000 men, and learned over 600,000 traditions, true and false. He became the acknowledged authority on the subject, and developed a power and speed of memory which seemed miraculous, even to his contemporaries. His Theological position was conservative and anti- Mu'tazili ; he enjoyed the friendship and respect of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal , and was persecuted because he held to Ibn Hanbal's views in matter of Aqidah (creed), specially that Qur'an is not created. His legal views appear to have been Shafi'ite . After sixteen years' absence he returned to Bokhara, and there drew up his al-Jami' al-Sahih, a collection of 7275 tested traditions, arranged in chapters so as to afford bases for a complete system of Jurisprudence without the use of speculative law, (see Islamic Law ). His book is highly regarded among Sunni Muslims, and considered the most authentic collection of hadith (a minority of Sunni scholars consider Sahih Muslim, compiled by Bukhari's student Imam Muslim , more authentic). Most Sunni scholars consider it second only to the Qur'an in terms of authenticity . He also composed other books, including '''al-Adab al-Mufrad''', which is a collection of hadiths on Ethics and manners, as well as two books containing biographies of hadith narrators (see Isnad ). It is said by the age of 10, Imam Bukhari had memorised 70000 hadith by heart with their complete chain of narrations going from him to his teacher, and his teacher's teacher, all the way to Muhammad. On one occasion, it is said that he was travelling on a boat and had 500 gold coins with him to get him through his journey. While at see, one of the persons on the boat saw his money, and out of greed, he began screaming "I had 500 gold coins and someone has stolen it". At that moment, iman Bukhari threw his 500 gold coins i the ocean. The whole boat was searched and no 500 gold coins was found. After arriving at their destination, the man asked Imam Bukhari, "what did you do with the money", he replied, "I threw it in the ocean". Out of shock the man asked "why?". Imam Bukhari replied, "I am compiling a book of the hadith of the Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him), I cannot allow anything to damage my reputation and discredit me". He died in A.H. 256, in banishment at Khartank, a suburb of Samarkand . His grave is still visited, and some believe that prayers are to be heard there. WORKS
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