RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Muhammad al-Bukhari

810 - 870

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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن إسماعيل بن إبرهيم الجعفي البخاري; 21 July 810 – 1 September 870) was a 9th-century Persian Muslim muhaddith who is widely regarded as the most important hadith scholar in the history of Sunni Islam. Al-Bukhari's extant works include the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Kabir, and al-Adab al-Mufrad. Born in Bukhara in present-day Uzbekistan, Al-Bukhari began learning hadith at a young age. He travelled across the Abbasid Caliphate and learned under several influential contemporary scholars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad al-Bukhari is the 67th most popular religious figure (down from 43rd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Uzbekistan (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Uzbekistani Religious Figure.

Muhammad al-Bukhari is most famous for collecting and compiling the hadith, which are sayings and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Muhammad al-Bukhari ranks 67 out of 3,187. Before him are James, brother of Jesus, Saint Stephen, Elizabeth, Samson, Saint Lucy, and Pope Pius VIII. After him are Pope Adrian VI, Ignatius of Loyola, Anthony the Great, Pope Urban VIII, Mary Magdalene, and Husayn ibn Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 810, Muhammad al-Bukhari ranks 1. After him are John Scotus Eriugena, Pope Benedict III, Abbas ibn Firnas, Kenneth MacAlpin, Kassia, Halfdan the Black, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, García Íñiguez of Pamplona, Hastein, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and Eulogius of Córdoba. Among people deceased in 870, Muhammad al-Bukhari ranks 1. After him are Rastislav of Moravia, Piast the Wheelwright, Al-Muhtadi, Lü Dongbin, Judith of Flanders, and Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Muhammad al-Bukhari ranks 3 out of 190. Before him are Avicenna (980), and Timur (1336). After him are Al-Biruni (973), Babur (1483), Islam Karimov (1938), Al-Tirmidhi (824), Shah Rukh (1377), Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (893), Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957), and Isma'il ibn Ahmad (849).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Uzbekistan

Among religious figures born in Uzbekistan, Muhammad al-Bukhari ranks 1. After him are Al-Tirmidhi (824), Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (893), Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), Ad-Darazi (1000), and Amoghavajra (705).

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