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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Critical Assessment of Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim Chapter 1: Bukhari as a Narrator It has to be mentioned right in the beginning that Abu Zar’ah Razi and Abu Hatam Razi have abandoned citing traditions from Bukhari, prohibiting others as well to quote traditions from Bukhari.

Abu Zar’ah and Abu Hatam on Bukhari In his Al-Tabaqat Al-Shafi’ayya Al-Kubra, Subki quotes Taqi Al-Din Bin Daqiq Al-‘Aeed as saying: The honor of Muslims is one of the pitfalls of Hell. Two groups of people stand around it: narrators and rulers. Subki goes on saying: In my point of view, the opinion mentioned by some that Abu Zar’ah and Abu Hatam shunned citing Bukhari’s traditions because of Bukhari’s belief in Qur’an as being created is an instance of the above-mentioned word.

May Allah help Muslims! Is it permissible for some to abandon Bukhari who is considered as a forerunner in hadith science and an Imam of Sunnis?![^1] Shams Al-Din Al-Dahabi has mentioned the name of Bukhari among the weak and rejected. Regretting this, Manawi says: Bukhari is the ornament of Islamic community, honor of the Imams, author of the most authentic book after the Holy Quran and owner of perpetual excellence.

Commenting on him, Ibn Khazima says: Bukhari is a divine sign that walks on land. In his Al-Kashif, Dahabi says: Bukhari was a religious minded, pious person with utmost dignity. In his Al-Du’afa Wa Al-Matrukin, he, nevertheless, ignoring his being a Sunni, says: ماسلم من الكلام لاجل مسأله اللفظ تركه لاجلها الرازيان Because of his belief in the Holy Qur’an as being created, people spoke ill of him and that was why Abu Zar’ah Razi and Abu Hatam Razi refrained from narrating his traditions.

Dahabi goes on saying: I have only quoted his words. I ask Allah to forgive him and to grant us good health. I feel lonely and take refuge to Him.[^2] In his Mizan Al-Itidal, Dahabi, commenting on Ali Madini, says: Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Ja’afar Bin Hassan is a memorizer of tradition and an outstanding figure of his time.

One of the objections concerning Aqili is that he has mentioned the name of Ali Bin Abdullah in his Al-Du’afa, saying: He was a supporter of Ibn Abi Dawood and was a member of Jahmiyya, but, Allah willing, his traditions are (good) unaffected by these objections. Abdullah, son of Ahmad Bin Hanbal told me: My father used to narrate us traditions from Ali Bin Abdullah, but he would never mention his name, saying: “Somebody told me”.