Sahih al-Bukhari

A Sunni collection of hadith compiled by Muhammad al-Bukhari in the ninth century. Its reports are organized by topic and selected according to stringent criteria for transmission and reliability.

Hadith: A report about the words, actions, or approvals of the Prophet Muhammad, transmitted through a chain of narrators. Sahih al-Bukhari is a collection of these reports.
Muhammad al-Bukhari: A ninth-century Muslim scholar best known for compiling Sahih al-Bukhari. He selected, arranged, and transmitted the reports in the collection.
Ninth-century Islamic scholarship: The scholarly activity across the Islamic world during the 800s. Al-Bukhari's collecting and criticism developed within this intellectual setting.
Kutub al-Sittah: The six hadith collections widely recognized as canonical in Sunni Islam. Sahih al-Bukhari is commonly treated as the most authoritative of the six.
Sunan Abu Dawud: A Sunni hadith collection compiled by Abu Dawud, organized around reports relevant to legal practice. Unlike al-Bukhari's collection, it includes reports across a broader range of reliability.
Isnad: The chain of transmitters through whom a hadith is reported. Al-Bukhari assessed each report partly through its chain of transmission.
Hadith transmitter: A person who reports a hadith and passes it through a chain of transmission. The collection's chains depend on the reliability of individual transmitters.
Travel in pursuit of hadith: Scholars' journeys to hear hadith from transmitters and compare their reports. Al-Bukhari traveled widely to gather and verify transmissions.
Sunni Islam: The largest branch of Islam, shaped by the authority of the Prophet's teachings and the early community. The collection holds a central place in Sunni religious learning.
Jami al-Tirmidhi: A Sunni hadith collection by al-Tirmidhi that includes reports and commentary on their classifications. Its explicit grading notes offer a different presentation from al-Bukhari's selection.

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