Imam al-Bukhari and the transmission of prophetic knowledge: the role of the Imam Bukhari international scientific research centre in Samarkand

Abd Rahman, Shukran and Ziyodov, Shovosil (2025) Imam al-Bukhari and the transmission of prophetic knowledge: the role of the Imam Bukhari international scientific research centre in Samarkand. Islamicity, NA (NA). pp. 1-16.

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Abstract

Abu ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī, or Imam al-Bukahri, was born in 194 AH (809/810 CE) in the city of Bukhara, in present-day Uzbekistan. He came from a Persian family that had embraced Islam three generations before his birth. His father passed away when he was still an infant, leaving his upbringing in the care of his mother. Since his childhood, Imam al- Bukhari displayed remarkable dedication to learning. He studied under local scholars, immersing himself in the sciences of hadith and Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh). In his late teens, al-Bukhari traveled to Makkah with his mother and brother to perform the Hajj. Al-Bukhari remained in Makkah and Madinah for several years, where he learnt from some of the most eminent scholars of the time. He memorized both the texts (matn) and the chains of narration of hadith, while also mastering ʿilm al-rijāl, or the discipline concerned with evaluating the reliability of narrators.

Item Type:	Article (Bulletin)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Imam al-Bukhari, Transmission of Prophetic Knowledge, The Research Centre in Samarkand
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Psychology Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr Shukran Abd Rahman
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2026 17:20
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2026 17:20
Queue Number:	2025-12-Q1531
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/126696

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