#imaam bukharee

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Allah curses the one who curses his parents

 'Allah curses anyone who sacrifices an animal to something other than Allah. Allah curses anyone who steals a milestone. Allah curses anyone who curses his parents. Allah curses anyone who gives shelter to an innovator.'

Advice of the Prophet to Ali,

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad - A Code For Everyday Living: The Example of the Early Muslims. By Imaam al-Bukhari

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Oh Allah, I ask You for guidance, virtuousness and wealth.

Abdullah said, the Prophet, (صلى الله عليه و سلم) used to supplicate the following du'ah;

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[Al-Adab Al-Mufrad - By Imaam al-Bukhari]

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The Humbleness of Imaam al-Bukharee

Imaam al-Bukharee, is reported to have said; “a person cannot be considered a scholar or will never reach scholarship except by taking from those less than him, those on his level and those above him (in knowledge).”  More often than not, we become accustomed to utilising beneficial books in a monotonous and robotic manner, overlooking the characters of the authors of those books. Such is the case of Imaam al-Bukharee.  Imaam al-Bukharee, author of Sahih al Bukharee is known for his momentous work in hadith. What many do not know is that he was also a Historian. In the latter years of his life, Imaam Bukharee met a young boy by the name of Muhammad ibn Is'haaq as-Saraaj. To give you an idea of the age gap between them it may help to know that Saraaj died in the year 313 (AH) and Imaam Bukharee died in the year 256 (AH). He was nearing the end of his life and Saraaj was a young man when this meeting took place. Imaam al Bukharee came to know that Saraaj had managed collect certain narrations which were of particular interest to him from a few places that he had not visited. Imaam Bukharee then went out to seek this knowledge from Saraaj by humbly asking the boy to read those narrations to him whilst he made notes. These were historical narrations which Imaam Bukharee added to his book called ‘Taarikh al-Kabeer.’  Here we see an elder scholar, the Imaam of the whole dunya when it comes to Hadith taking narrations from a young boy who had approximately 20 narrations which Imaam Bukharee did not have. In addition to his humbleness, Imaam Bukhaaree referred to this boy as Abul Abbas, giving him a kunya thus showing Saraaj respect and appreciation of his efforts regardless of Saraaj’s young age.  Indeed Allaah blessed Imaam Bukharee, we see Muslims from around the world referring to his Sahih after the Qur’an, in order to help them understand Islam. May Allaah give us success by seeking beneficial knowledge which will not only rectify our creed but also our characters and manners.