Al-Bukhari (256H)

Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mughīrah al-Bukhārī (194–256 AH)

A towering figure in hadith scholarship, best known for compiling Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, the most authentic collection of prophetic traditions in Sunni Islam. A master of hadith memorization and critical analysis, his meticulous methodology set the gold standard for hadith verification and influenced generations of scholars across the Muslim world.