Title: Muhtesar Sahih Al-Bukhari
Author: Imam Zaynuddin Ahmed Ibn Abdul-Latif Zebidi
Publisher: AIITC
Publication Year: 2015
Attributes of Imam Bukhari:
Imam al-Bukhari occupies a very high position among the scholars of the prophetic hadith, due to the special care he showed for recording the most accurate prophetic hadith. He was one of the most prominent scholars in the collection of hadith. When he was little and had not yet learned to write, he went to teach with the scholars of Basra. After 16 days he saw the hadiths that they had been able to record and added another 15,000 hadiths he had heard. This testifies to his strong memory since he was a child.
Often, in assemblies between men, others wrote while he was listening. When someone asked why he did not write, they replied that Bukhari is a reference and others write from his memory. He himself confessed that he had memorized 100 thousand inaccurate hadiths and 200,000 inaccurate hadiths. When asked if he had any remedies, he replied: “There is no better remedy than thirst for wisdom and staying on the books.” When people asked him for advice, he said that in the prophetic hadith there is the answer to every question of human being. Bukhari died on the night of Eid, the first night of Shawwal, in the year 256 AD.
The Value of “Muhtesar Sahih Al-Bukhari”
Sahih Al-Bukhari is one of the largest and most useful books on Islam and is held as the second authentic source of Islamic writing after the Qur’an. Its significance lies in the fact that all the hadiths included therein are original and cover a very wide range of Islamic teachings. For his voluminous work with the Sahih, Bukhari has stated that he wrote 600,000 hadiths in sixteen years.
Whereas Muhtesari is a translation of an abridged version that brings ease of use. The book contains 2221 authentic hadiths, ie one third of “Sahih al-Bukhari”. These hadiths serve as a reference for scholars of Islam, students of theological faculties and students of madrasahs, as regulators of the life and religion of every Albanian Muslim believer.
This book stands out for its theological values and the breadth of human and scientific messages it conveys, bringing together the most treasured treasure of the Prophet Muhammad’s (a.s.) tradition. It contains rules and examples for believers in several areas of life: marital relations, treatment of the elderly and children, family, patience in the event of disaster, rules of trade, etc.