Thulaathiyyaat

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Imam Bukhari narrated Hadith from 22 Muhaddith in his Sahih with only three people (Thulaathiyyat) between him and The Prophet (SAW).

SubhanAllah, Imam Bukhari came much later on, but he managed to narrate from the most top Scholars of Hadith.

By Brother Muadh Khan, may Allah 'azza wa jal reward him.

Asslamo Allaikum Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh ,

Shaykh Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani (RA) has written his magnum opus named “Al-Fathul-Bari” which is a commentary on Saheeh Bukhari. In it the following facts are mentioned.

1) Imam Bukhari (RA) compiled his Saheeh Al-Bukahri over 40 years

2) Imam Bukhari (RA) analysed over 600,000 Ahadeeth

3) Imam Bukhari (RA) chose 7397 Ahadeeth in his book entitled “Saheeh Bukhari”

4) Imam Bukhari (RA) mentions 2602 Ahadeeth which are UNIQUE and NOT REPEATED

5) Imam Bukhari (RA) mentions 22 Ahadeeth which are termed as “Thulathiyaat” meaning that there are ONLY 3 Narrations between Imam Bukhari (RA) & Rasul-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam)

6) Imam Bukhari (RA) calls these 22 “his pride”

7) Out of these 22, 11 ARE CONFIRMED narrated by Sayyidina Makki Ibn Ibraheem (RA) who was a student of Imam Abu Haneefa (RA), Imam Malik (RA), Imam Auzai (RA) and many great Imams but he singles out his teacher Imam Abu Haneefa (RA) and says, “"Imam Abu Hanifa was the most knowledgeable person of his time."

Can you Imagine the Status of Imam Abu Hanifa. Many people accuse him of being Weak in Hadith. If that was the case, those Muhadditheen would not follow the fiqh of such a man. There are also accusations that Hadith did not reach him, SubhanAllah. See the other posts on what the great Masters of Hadith & Fiqh have said about him:

Yahya bin Saeed Al-Qattan

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

Imam Ahmed

Imam Muhammad Shaybani

Imam Suyuti

Narrations from theProphet (SAW)

Amongst some of Imam Bukhari's Teachers, they are listed here.

Muhammad ibn Abi Haatim narrated that he said:
I wrote from one thousand and eighty persons, all of whom were scholars of hadeeth. End quote, from Siyar A'laam al-Nubala' (12/395).
The importance of his Shaykhs varies according to different considerations: their importance may be due to the high academic status of a Shaykh, or it may be because al-Bukhaari narrated a great deal from him, or because his isnaad is of high quality, or because al-Bukhaari was greatly influenced by him, or there may be more than one reason in the case of a particular Shaykh.

As for his Shaykhs from whom he narrated a great deal in al-Saheeh, and from whom he narrated more than one hundred reports, they are:
'Abd-Allaah ibn Yoosuf al-Tunaysi from whom he narrated more than three hundred reports; 'Ali ibn 'Abd-Allaah al-Madeeni from whom he narrated more than two hundred reports; Abu'l-Yamaan al-Hakam ibn Naafi'; Moosa ibn Ismaa'eel al-Taboodhaki; 'Abd-Allaah ibn Muhammad al-Musnadi; Abu Nu'aym al-Fadl ibn Dukayn; Muhammad ibn Bashshaar who was known as Bandaar; Qutaybah ibn Sa'eed; Salmaan ibn Harb; Abu'l-Waleed Hishaam ibn 'Abd al-Malik al-Tayaalisi; and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna.

With regard to those from whom he narrated a middling number of reports - less than one hundred but more than fifty - they were:
'Abd al-'Azeez ibn 'Abd-Allaah al-Uwaysi, 'Abd-Allaah ibn al-Zubayr al-Humaydi, Ibraaheem ibn Moosa, Ibraaheem ibn al-Mundhir, Muhammad ibn Yoosuf al-Firyaabi, Muhammad ibn Katheer and Hafs ibn 'Umar.

Among the most important of his Shaykhs who reached the status of imam (prominent figure) in knowledge and religious commitment were:
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, although he did not narrate from him in al-Saheeh; Ishaaq ibn Raahawayh from whom he narrated nearly thirty reports; Ahmad ibn Saalih al-Masri; Abu Nu'aym al-Fadl ibn Dukayn and others.

Perhaps the one who had the greatest influence on the character of Imam al-Bukhaari and who was held in the greatest esteem by him was Imam 'Ali ibn al-Madeeni (may Allaah have mercy on him), of whom al-Bukhaari said:
I never thought little of myself in the presence of anyone except when I was in the presence of 'Ali ibn al-Madeeni. End quote. Tadhkirat al-Huffaaz (2/428).

al-Dhahabi mentioned in his biography of al-Bukhaari the names of his most famous Shaykhs, and he listed them in order of their homelands. He said in Siyar A'laam al-Nubala' (12/394-396): As for al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar, he listed them in a different order which is also useful, as he said in Hadi al-Saari (479):

Those who narrated to him from the Taabi'een, such as Muhammad ibn 'Abd-Allaah al-Ansaari who narrated to him from Humayd; Makki ibn Ibraaheem who narrated to him from Yazeed ibn Abi 'Ubayd; Abu 'Aasim al-Nabeel who narrated to him from Yazeed ibn Abi 'Ubayd also; 'Ubayd-Allaah ibn Moosa who narrated to him from Ismaa'eel ibn Abi Khaalid; Abu Nu'aym who narrated to him from al-A'mash; Khallaad ibn Yahya who narrated to him from 'Eesa ibn Tahmaan; and 'Ali ibn 'Ayyaash and 'Isaam ibn Khaalid who narrated to him from Hurayz ibn 'Uthmaan. The Shaykhs of all of these narrators were from among the Taabi'een.

Those who lived at the same time as these but did not hear from the trustworthy (thiqaat) Taabi'een, such as Adam ibn Abi Iyaas, Abu Mus-hir 'Abd al-A'la ibn Mus-hir, Sa'eed ibn Abi Maryam, Ayyoob ibn Sulaymaan ibn Bilaal, and others.

The middle-ranking ones among his Shaykhs, who did not meet the Taabi'een, rather they learned from the senior followers of the Taabi'een, such as Sulaymaan ibn Harb, Qutaybah ibn Sa'eed, Nu'aym ibn Hammaad, 'Ali ibn al-Madeeni, Yahya ibn Ma'een, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ishaaq ibn Raahawayh, Abu Bakr and 'Uthmaan the sons of Abu Shaybah, and others. Muslim also took hadeeth from this group.

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