Bukhari ki Chhanti: 6 Lakh Hadeeson se 7,400 Tak — Adaad ka Matlab Kya?

Solah Baras aur Har Hadees se Pehle Ek Namaz

Nishapur mein, Islam ki teesri sadi ke aaghaz mein, hadees ke imam Ishaq bin Rahawayh ne apne shagirdon ki majlis mein buland awaz se kaha: "Kaash tum Rasool Allah (SAW) ki sahih sunnat ki ek mukhtasar kitab murattab karte." Us majlis ke ek naujawan ne baad mein yaad kiya: "Yeh baat mere dil mein baith gayi." Us ka naam Muhammad bin Ismail al-Bukhari tha (194–256 AH / 810–870 CE). Khud un ke bayan ke mutabiq unhon ne phir solah baras taqreeban chhe lakh hadeeson ke zakheere ki chhanti mein lagaye. Jo kitab mukammal hui — al-Jami al-Sahih, jise duniya Sahih Bukhari ke naam se jaanti hai — us mein mukarrarat samet taqreeban 7,400 indrajat hain; aur takrar ke baghair 2,602. Yani athanwe fisad se zyada mawad kharij. Aur Bukhari ne woh qawaid kabhi nahin likhe jo unhon ne istemal kiye. Kitab ka na koi muqaddima hai, na sharait ka bayan, na manhaj ka koi bab. Sadiyon tak ulama khud kitab se ulte qadmon chal kar un ke meyarat ki bazyaft karte rahe — jis ki sab se mashhoor koshish Hady al-Sari hai: woh zakheem muqaddima jo Ibn Hajar Asqalani (wafat 852 AH) ne Bukhari ki wafat ke chhe sau baras baad apni sharah Fath al-Bari ke liye likha. In adaad ka matlab kya hai? Is nizaa ke dono khane neeche rakhe hain.

Yeh mazmoon kisi mazhab ka mazaq nahin urata. Hum wohi karenge jo hamesha karte hain: kitabein kholenge, mutoon ko jyon ka tyon pesh karenge, aur teen sawal poochenge — Bukhari ne khud in adaad ke bare mein kya kaha, naqideen ko in mein kya ishkal nazar aata hai, aur riwayat ne kya jawab diya hai? Dono fareeq jyon ke tyon naqal kiye gaye hain. Faisla, hamesha ki tarah, aap ka hai.