Imam Bukhari & his Sahih

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In recent times, orientalists and modernists have tried to disprove various aspects of the Sunnah of the Chosen One ﷺ so as to be able to create doubt in Muslims and to also distort aspects of Islam that the Sunnah protects. Out of the all the works on the Sunnah, the most famous is without doubt the Sahih of Imam Bukhari, a uniquely magnificent work, and the magnum opus of one of most remarkable geniuses in Islamic history. This has meant that his Sahih has had to face multiple attacks on aspects as varied as its textual veracity, the contents of the narrations like the age of Hz Aisha, and the life and approach the Imam took in compiling this text. A response is long overdue.

This one-day course will attempt to substantiate the authenticity of the extraordinary book of Imam Bukhari, introduce students to his life and methodology and also clarify the moral discomfort of some of its content. The presenters are all expert scholars on the science of Hadith, both secularly and traditionally trained.
The course will be online and a bursary is available for select students.

Course instructors
Dr Jonathan AC Brown
Dr Brown is Associate Professor and Chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University. He is the
editor in chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law, and the author of several books
including Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenges and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy.

Mufti Muntasir Zaman
Mufti Muntasir Zaman graduated from the ʿĀlimiyyah program of the Madrasah ʿArabiyyah Islāmiyyah in South Africa. He then completed the Iftā program and a course specializing in the field of Hadīth. He holds an MA in Islamic Studies from the Markfield Institute of Higher Education in Leicester, England. Currently, he is a full-time instructor at the Qalam Institute, teaching advanced Hadīth studies. He writes articles, book reviews, and translations of classical Islamic literature.

Dr Belal Alabbas
Dr Belal Abu-Alabbas studied for sixteen years at the renowned Al-Azhar before obtaining a doctorate from Oxford University. He is currently a Lecturer at Al-Azhar University and a British Academy Newton Fellow at Exeter University, UK.