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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad al-Bukhari has received more than 2,423,899 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Muhammad al-Bukhari is the 43rd most popular religious figure (up from 67th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (up from 5th 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 43 out of 3,187. Before him are Ruhollah Khomeini, Pope John Paul I, Mark the Evangelist, Queen of Sheba, Anthony the Great, and John the Apostle. After him are Pope Alexander VI, Isaiah, Saul, Joshua, Pope Pius IX, and Pope Benedict XVI.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Muhammad al-Bukhari ranks 4 out of 190. Before him are Avicenna (980), Timur (1336), and Al-Biruni (973). After him are Babur (1483), Al-Tirmidhi (824), Islam Karimov (1938), Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (893), Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957), Shah Rukh (1377), 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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