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SUMMARY:Al-Bukhārī: The Life\, Theology and Legal Thought of Islam’s F
 oremost Traditionist
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:​Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī (d. 256/870) is one 
 of the most distinguished figures in Islamic intellectual history. His 
 Ṣaḥīḥ is revered as the most authoritative collection of Prophetic
  traditions in Sunni Islam and is the most cited book in Islamic history.
  For centuries it was more than a reference work. It was recited for bles
 sing\, to seek salvation\, and even to pray for rain. Yet the man behind 
 it has rarely been the subject of sustained critical study.\n\nIn this CI
 K Talk\, Dr. Belal Alabbas presents his new monograph\, Al-Bukhārī: The
  Life\, Theology and Legal Thought of Islam's Foremost Traditionist (Edin
 burgh University Press\, 2026). It is the first comprehensive critical bi
 ography of the Imam. Dr. Alabbas will take us through:\n\nLife and contex
 t: al-Bukhārī's travels in collecting and teaching hadith\, and the pol
 itical and intellectual landscape that shaped him.\nThe making of the Ṣ
 aḥīḥ: the purpose\, composition\, and early transmission of his work
 s.\nHadith criticism: the methods and principles behind his judgements on
  reports and transmitters.\nThe jurist: his legal principles and his pole
 mics with Ahl al-Raʾy\, including the cases where he openly challenged 
 Ḥanafī authorities.\n\nThe talk closes by looking beyond al-Bukhārī 
 himself: what his career tells us about Ahl al-Ḥadīth and the formatio
 n of Sunni Islam. It will interest students of hadith\, law\, theology an
 d early Islamic history\, and anyone who wants to understand the scholar 
 behind one of Islam's most revered books. A Q&amp\;A session will follow.
URL:https://www.cikedu.org/ciktalks.html
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