The Textual Integrity of ?a?i? al-Bukhari: A Study on the Primary Recensions, Textual Variants, and Transmission of the ?a?i?

By Muntasir Zaman

Second only to the Quran, ai al-Bukhari occupies a near-sacrosanct space in Muslim intellectual and spiritual history. Much ink has been spilled engaging contentions related to the contents of the ai, but less attention has been given in anglophone literature to its textual integrity. How faithfully was the ai transmitted after al-Bukhari's demise? Were the people responsible for disseminating the ai trustworthy and meticulous? With over a millennium separating us from its initial compilation, to what extent does the contemporary rendition of the ai correspond to al-Bukhari's autograph? By tracing the transmission of the ai from its compilation until the eve of hadith canonization in the fifth century AH, reconstructing its primary recensions from secondary sources, and comparing hundreds of its textual variants, Muntasir Zaman answers these questions surrounding the transmission of the most acclaimed hadith collection.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CWYY2XBG
• ISBN13: 9798883067722
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"