Imaam Bukhari

Imaam Bukhari       

1) Name:

Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Ebrahim ibn Mugira ibn Bardizba Al Ju’fi Al Bukhari.

2) Birth and Lineage:

Born on Friday (after Jumuah) 13 Shawwal 194 A.H. Passed away on Friday 1 Shawwal 256 A.H. (the night before Eid-ul-Fitr) (Hadyus Saari – pg.477).

Bardizba was a fire worshipper. His son Mugira accepted Islam on the hands of Ju’fi the governor of Bukhara. That is why the name Ju’fi appears at the end of his name. There is not much mention about Imam Bukhari’s grandfather, Ebrahim. However his father, Ismail, was a muhaddith and Ibn Hibban has rated him in the 4th category of reliable muhadditheen. He has narrated from Hammad ibn Zaid and Imam Malik. Abu Hafs Kabir says that he was present at the time of Ismails death when he heard him say: “I do not have a single dirham of doubt in my earnings.”

3) Abilities (Remarkable Memory):

When Imam Bukhari was 11 years old, he was once at the lesson of Imaam Daakli and Imaam Daakhli narrated the following sanad: Sufyan from Abu Zubair from Ebrahim. Imaam Bukhari said that this sanad is incorrect because Abu Zubair did not narrate from Ebrahim. When it was checked up, Imaam Bukhari was correct. (Hadyus Saari pg.478).

Hashid bin Ismail mentions that Imam Bukhari (R.A.) in his youth use to come to the Mashaaikh of Basra but he never used to write. After 16 days, we rebuked him for not writing down the notes (Ahadith). After a while he said: “You have rebuked me enough – bring your kitaabs.” Hashid says: “We brought our kitaabs and Imam Saheb mentioned each and every Hadith with their sanads and also corrected our kitaabs and said: “You think I’m wasting my time!” (At that time there were over 15 000 Ahadith taken from those Mashaaikh of Basra) (Hadyus Saari pg.478).

Once Ishaaq bin Raah-weih mentioned that I know the 70 000 Ahadith mentioned in my book like I’m looking at them. When this was mentioned to Imam Bukhari (R.A.), he replied: “You are astonished at that, perhaps in this time and age, there are such people who know 200 000 Ahadith as mentioned in the kitaab (by this Imam Bukhari was referring to himself) (Hadyus Saari pg.487).

Once when Imam Bukhari went to Baghdad, the muhadditheen got together and took 100 Ahadith and mixed up their sanads (chain of narrators) and matan (text). Thereafter 10 muhadditheen were appointed to present ten of these Ahadith each to him incorrectly. When each Hadith was presented, he replied each time with these words: “I don’t know this Hadith.” After all the Ahadith were presented to him, he mentioned each Hadith as it was narrated by those ten muhadditheen and then mentioned the correct version of each one (Hadyus Saari pg.486).

Abu Azhar (R.A.) says; “Once when Imam Bukhari (R.A.) came to Samarkand, 400 muhadditheen got together and mixed up the sanads of Iraq with Yemeni sanads and the sanads of the Haram with the Yemeni sanads in trying to make Imam Saheb commit a mistake, but not one mistake was taken out by anyone of the 400 muhadditheen.

4) Teachers:

Imam Bukhari (R.A.) said he has more than 1000 Teachers. He knows the chain of narrators of every Hadith from every Teacher. Ibn Hajar has categorized Bukhari’s Teachers into 5 groups:

    1) Tabi’een

    2) Contemporaries of Tabi’een but did not narrate.

    3) Heard from elderly Tabi’een.

    4) Narrates from his colleagues who were his seniors.

    5) Narrates from his juniors.

5) Students:

90 000 people have heard the Bukhari Shariif directly from Imam Bukhari (Hadyus Saari pg.491).

6) Sacrifices:

Imam Bukhari (RA) invested his money of inheritance from his father’s estate and he should receive 500 dirham’s monthly. All this used to be spent in attaining knowledge.

When he went to Aadam ibn Abi Ayas there was a delay in receiving money – he ate grass, after 3 days somebody gave a bag of coins.

He got sick, his container of food was shown to doctors, and they said this is like the Raahibs. Imam Bukhari did not eat curry for 40 years. When people insisted, he accepted to have bread and sugar as curry.

7) Piety and Character:

Imam Bukhari said: “From the time I knew backbiting is haraam I never spoke ill about anyone.”

The need once arose for Imam Bukhari (R.A.) to travel by sea. He had with him 1000 ashrafis (gold coins). While on the ship, he met a person who became very close to Imam Saheb. One day (while on the ship) that person began shouting, when asked the reason for the shouting he mentioned that he had a thousand Ashrafis that were missing. While every passenger on the ship was being searched, Imam Bukhari (R.A.) threw his 1000 Ashrafis into the sea. After all the passengers on board were searched and the money not found, the people began rebuking that person. When the journey ended that person came to Imam Bukhari (R.A.) and enquired: “As to what he had done with the money.” Imam Bukhari (R.A.) replied: “That he had thrown it into the sea.” That person asked: “Why he had borne such a huge loss.” He replied: “Are you not aware that my entire life has been devoted to the Ahadith of Rasulullah (SAW) and my authenticity is very renowned. I was not prepared to loose what I had earned my entire life because of a few gold coins.” (Zafrul Muhassileen – pg.103)

Whilst practicing archery, the arrow hit a bridge and damaged it. He asked the owner for forgiveness and offered to repair it.

Abu Hafs Kabir sent goods to him which he promised to sell to somebody at a certain price. Others offered a higher price. He refused.

Imam Bukhari (R.A.) mentioned: “I did not write any Hadith in this book before taking a bath and performing 2 rakaat and I deduced this kitaab from 600 000 Ahadith in 16 years.

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Jannah

JANNAH: Expect This Inshallah. Aameen.

When Mu’mineen enters into Jannah, it will be announced: “You will remain healthy forever, disease will never come. You will remain alive forever, death will never come. You will remain in bounties, which will never be finished.”

Jannah is made with bricks of gold and silver, its cement is of perfumed musk. Its chips are pearls and Yaqoot. Its sand is Saffron. There are eight doors of Jannah.

These are eight grades of Jannah:

1) Jannatul-Mava

2) Darul- Maqaam

3) Darul- Salaam

4) Darul- Khuld

5) Jannah -ul-Adan

6) Jannah -ul-Naeem

7) Jannah -ul-Kasif

8) Jannah -ul-Firdous

Food of Jannah

They will eat foods and fruits continuously up to 40 years. Every bowl will have a new taste. They will take eructation, which will digest the food and there will be perfumed sweating for the digestion of water. There will be no urine and stool.

Garden of Jannah

There will be gardens in Jannah. Every garden will have the length of about 100 year’s journey. The shadow of these gardens will be very dense.

Their plants will be free of thorns. The size of their leaves will be equal to ears of elephants. Their fruits will be hanging in rows.

Jannatul Mava is in the lowest, Jannatul-ul-Adan is the middle and Jannah-ul- Firdous is on the highest. Those who-love each other for the sake of Allah, will get a pillar of Yaqoot, on which there will be seventy thousand (70,000) rooms. These will shine for the residents of

Jannah as the sun shines for the residents of Duniya.

There will be rooms in Jannah in such a way that every room will have 70,000 dinning sheets. On every dinning sheet 70,000 types of foods will be served.

For their service 80,000 young boys will be moving around looking like beautiful scattered pearls.

One bunch of dates will be equal to the length of 12 arms. The size of a date will be equal to the big pitcher. These will be whiter than milk, sweeter than honey and softer than butter and free from seeds. The stem of these plants will be made up of gold and silver.

There will also be gardens of grapes. The bunches of grapes will be very big. The size of a single grape will be equal to a big pitcher (pot). Someone asked, “Ya Rasulullah (SAW), will it be sufficient for me and my family?” Rasulullah (SAW) answered: “It will be sufficient for you and your whole tribe.”

The Dresses of Jannah

The dress of Jannah will be very beautiful. One will wear 70 dresses at a time. These

will be very fine, delicate, weightless, having different colors.

These dresses will be so fine that the body even the heart will be visible. And the waves of love in the hearts will also be visible. These dresses will never become old, never be dirty and will never tear.

There will be four canals in every Jannah.

They are of water, milk, honey and Sharabun Tahoora. There will also be three fountains in Jannah. (1) Kafoor. (2) Zanjabeel. (3) Tasneem.

Qualities of People of Jannah.

1) In Jannah, height of every Mu’mineen, will be equal to the height of Hazrat Adam (AS) = 60 arms (90 feet).

2) Beauty will be like that of Hazrat Yusuf (AS)

3) Age of youth will be like that of Hazrat Eesa (AS) (30-33 years).

4) Sweetness of voice will be like that of Hazrat Dawud (AS)

5) Tolerance will be like that of Hazrat Ya’qub (AS).

6) Patience will be like that of Hazrat Ayyub (AS).

7) Habits will be like that of Sayyadina Muhammed (SAW)

If a person makes Du’aa for Jannah three times, Jannah requests: “O, Allah; make his entry into Jannah. If a person makes Du’aa for safety from Jahannam three times, the Jahannam requests: “O, Allah; save him from Jahannam.

Your Islamic Test

Test your Islamic Knowledge – Prophets

 QUESTIONS :( Answers below)

1) What did Musa (A.S.) do to the “GOLDEN CALF”?

2) What du’aa did Yunus (A.S.) make in the belly of the fish?

3) Which Prophet’s nation asked, that a unique camel emerge from the mountains, as a miracle, to prove he was a messenger of Allah?

4) Who was the mother of Ishaaq (A.S.)?

5) A Prophet of Allah left a message for his son, as follows: “To replace his doorstep” .The message was a saying which meant that his wife was not a befitting wife for him; and he should replace her with a good befitting wife”. Who is this Prophet?

6) Who or what delivered the messages from Suleiman (A.S.) to (Bilqees) the Queen of Sheba?

7) Which Prophet was executed and his head was brought to Herodias (a cruel woman) who gloated with delight?

8) What are the descendants of Ya’qub (A.S.) known as?

9) Which Prophet saw in a dream, 11 stars, the sun and the moon prostrating before him?

10) Who was the first Prophet who made this du’aa that is mentioned in the Qur’an: “My Lord, expand my mind so that I can carry the burden of Prophethood. Ease my task by removing all difficulties in the way, and loosen the knot in my tongue so that I can make them understand what I say-so that my words could penetrate their souls. And give me a companion in my task, an assistant from my own folk.”?

11) Allah revealed to Musa (A.S.) that no man could know, all that is to know, nor would any person, alone be the custodian of ALL knowledge. Allah sent someone to Musa (A.S.) to illustrate this aspect and to illustrate the vastness of knowledge and the unseen as a lesson. Who is this someone?

12) A member of Musa (A.S.)’s family was extremely wealthy and treated the poor with contempt. He not only refused to pay zakaat, but spread a rumor that Musa (A.S.) had invented the law of zakaat. He was punished by Allah. The earth opened up and swallowed him and all his wealth. Who is this person?

13) A Prophet delivered Allah’s Messages to the people through the precious gift of his melodious voice. When he chanted the Book of Allah, it was as if the entire creation chanted with him. Who is this Prophet?

14) Who appeared before Ayyub (A.S.) in the guise of a wise old man, and said to him,” All your wealth is lost. Some people say that it is because you gave too much charity, and that you are wasting your time with your continuous prayers to Allah.”?

15) Name the Prophet that spoke when he was a new-born baby?

16) Did Nuh (A.S.)’s son accompany him on the ark when the floods came? Yes or No?

17) Lut (A.S.)’s wife was a good, noble, pious and obedient wife to Lut (A.S.) True or False?

18) Ayoob (A.S.) lost his sight due to his excessive weeping for his long-lost son, Yusuf (A.S.). True or False?

19) Dawud (A.S.) was a king and was well experienced in the craft of weapon-making. True or False?

20) Dawud (A.S.) was the son of Suleiman (A.S.). True or False?

21) Which two prophets (father and son) were both kings and prophets in their lifetime?

22) Suleiman (A.S.) was lying down flat; facing the Qibla, when he passed away (i.e. when his ruh (soul) was taken out. True or False?

23) Zakariyyah (A.S.) was a Prophet of Allah, and was blessed with many, abundant pious children when he was young. True or False?

24) After Maryam (A.S.) just gave birth to Eesa (A.S.); she shook a dry palm tree, from which ripe dates fell. True or False?

25) After Ya’qub (A.S.) passed the first trial, with patience. Iblis (Shaytaan) shook the foundation of Ya’qub (A.S.)’s house, killing all of his children. True or False?

ANSWERS:

1) Musa (A.S.) melted down the “Golden Calf” into a mass of molten metal and dumped it into the sea.

2) “La ilaaha illa anta subhanak inni kuntu minaz zaalimeen” -

There is no God save Thee! Glorified be Thou! Indeed, I have been a wrong doer.

3) Saleh (A.S.)

4) Sarah (A.S.)

5) Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S.)

6) The Hoopoe Bird.

7) Yahya (A.S.)

8) Bani Israeel.

9) Yusuf (A.S.)

10) Musa (A.S.)

11) Khidr (A.S.)

12) Qarun.

13) Dawud (A.S.)

14) Iblis (Shaytaan)

15) Eesa (A.S.)

16) No.

17) False

18) False. Ya’qub (A.S.) was nearly blinded due to missing his son; not Ayoob (A.S.).

19) True

20) False. Dawud (A.S.) was the Father of Suleiman (A.S.).

21) Suleiman (A.S.) and Dawud (A.S.)

22) False. He was sitting holding his staff overseeing the Jinns at work. He died in this position.

23) False. Zakariyyah (A.S.) had a son in his old-age.

24) True.

25) False. Iblis shook Ayyub (A.S.)’s house, not Ya’qub (A.S.)

Quraanic Name of Prophets Biblical Name of Prophets:

Ayoob – Job

Ibrahim – Abraham

Eesa – Jesus

Ishaaq – Isaac

Ismail – Ishmael

Lut – Lot

Musa – Moses

Nuh – Noah

Saleh – Salih

Suleiman – Solomon

Ya’qub – Jacob

Yahya – John

Yunus – Jonah

Yusuf -Joseph

Zakariyyah – Zacharia