ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 7

A commentary on the qur'an in Bukhari's Al-Jame As-Sahih

*Doctoral student, International Islamic Academy, Uzbekistan

Online published on 27 August, 2020.

Abstract

In this journal highlights of a commentary on the Qur'an in Bukhari's “Al-jame as-sahih”. The title of each chapter takes into account the content of the hadith: important sentences in the hadiths are taken out and put in the headlines. Some of the headlines seem to have nothing to do with the hadiths. This has led to various controversies among scientists. But if studied carefully, we will see that such headings have a logical connection with the text. Another feature of the work is that most of the chapters contain verses from the hadith, the hadiths, the words of the Companions and the followers of the followers before the hadith. These are called ta‘laq in the terminology [i.e., one or more narrators are omitted consecutively at the beginning of the document]. The talismans serve to support the judgments taken from the chapter. The talaqs do not give a list of hadiths and messages. In addition, the play contains commentaries on the verses and hadiths given by the Companions, followers and their successors at that time. The Muhaddith used this art of tabbib (chaptering, title-laying) perfectly. His work Al-Jame as-Sahih has emerged in the world of Islamic hadith as a work enriched by the art of medicine. The achievement of the work is that the titles are placed in sections and chapters and that they are presented in a remarkably different way. Through his headlines, Bukhari showed that he had mastered the science of narration (the method of narrating hadiths) and dirayat (jurisprudential issues in hadiths). This is confirmed by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's Hadi al-Sari al-Muqaddimatu al-Fathi al-Bari, which states: “That is why most scholars say that Bukhari's jurisprudential views are reflected in his titles”[1.166].

Keywords

Hadith, Sahih (true) Hadith, Hadith study, Tafsir Hadith collection, Hadith titles, Muhaddith (Hadith specialist), Source study, Textual studies, Sunnah, Testament