al-Bukhari, Ala al-Din

البخاري علاء الدين

1331 CE · 731 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Hanafi jurist from Bukhara; died 1331 CE (the printed Hijri year does not match and is not recorded).

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At a glance

Roles
Jurist · theologian
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Scripture and its sciences

Place in the story

  • JuristTradition

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Abd al-Aziz ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Bukhari, known as Ala al-Din, a Hanafi jurist from Bukhara and one of the Hanafi scholars of his age. He died in 1331 CE. 1

The Hijri year printed in the source does not match the Gregorian year, so the museum's data do not record it.

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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