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Qur’an and translations
The Arabic reader contains the Uthmani text. The English interpretation of meaning is by Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a reading aid and does not replace learning Arabic pronunciation. The local text editions were provided through Al Quran Cloud; optional recitation is streamed from Islamic Network.
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Hadith reading
Hadith are reports about the Prophet’s teachings and example, distinct from Qur’an verses. The English Bukhari edition is translated by M. Muhsin Khan. Different editions number and group reports differently, so use the reference shown in the reader.
About this translation and its references
This English edition is distributed by IslamHouse.com ↗. The main introduction and EPUB metadata identify M. Muhsin Khan as the translator. EPUB edition: 2010; source upload: 2 May 2019; retrieved: 7 October 2026. Its original paragraphs and references are preserved.
English references use volume / book / report numbering, for example 1 / 2 / 7. This differs from the Arabic collection’s modern continuous numbering. The editions group and repeat narrations differently; their counts and book numbers are not interchangeable. An English report is not automatically paired with an Arabic report bearing a similar number.
This reader contains all 7,111 numbered reports across the 93 books supplied in this English edition. This is the complete imported edition, not a claim that it reproduces every variant, chain or chapter heading of every Arabic edition.
Hadith reports are distinct from Qur’an verses. Translation conveys an interpretation of meaning. Read surrounding reports and seek qualified guidance for personal religious rulings.
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This site provides the edition for non-commercial educational reading. The EPUB’s prefatory credits include a conflicting translator credit; its main introduction and package identify M. Muhsin Khan. All original credits remain available below and in the unmodified source file.
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“O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe in Allah and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable for final determination.”
An-Nisa: 59.
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http://www.islamworld.net/resources/cache/128
Translated by: Abdul Hamid Siddiqui
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19 November 2010
13 ZulHijjah 1431
Friendly Reminder
This is translation of the book Sahih Bukhari, if you found anything in this translation that make you doubt, please refer to the original text of Arabic.
Introduction to Translation of Sahih Bukhari
Introduction to Translation of Sahih Bukhari
Translator: M. Muhsin Khan
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Sahih Bukhari is a collection of sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), also known as the sunnah. The reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds are called ahadith. Bukhari lived a couple of centuries after the Prophet's death and worked extremely hard to collect his ahadith. Each report in his collection was checked for compatibility with the Qur'an, and the veracity of the chain of reporters had to be painstakingly established. Bukhari's collection is recognized by the overwhelming majority of the Muslim world to be one of the most authentic collections of the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh).
Bukhari (full name Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin al-Mughira al-Ja'fai) was born in 194 A.H. and died in 256 A.H. His collection of hadith is considered second to none. He spent sixteen years compiling it, and ended up with 2,602 hadith (9,082 with repetition). His criteria for acceptance into the collection were amongst the most stringent of all the scholars of ahadith.
It is important to realize, however, that Bukhari's collection is not complete: there are other scholars who worked as Bukhari did and collected other authentic reports.
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Note for WWW Developers
Sahih Bukhari is divided into nine volumes, each of which has several books. Each book contains many ahadith. The ahadith are numbered consecutively per volume. The books really only serve to group ahadith together, but the volumes impose the numbering.
MSA-USC has placed anchors (hyperlinks) for all the ahadith in the translations presented here. Prospective developers of Islamic sites may find it useful to refer to these anchors. For example, one could use the anchors to create an 'active' subject index into Sahih Bukhari.
The format of the anchor names for the translated ahadith in Sahih Bukhari is very simple:
DDD.DDD.DDD[A]
where D stands for a digit and [A] means an optional letter. The first three digits are the volume number, the second three digits are the book number, and the last three digits (with optional letter) are the report number. The format of the file names (one per book) is:
DDD.sbt.html
The three digits are the book number, and sbt stands for Sahih Bukhari Translation. Given the anchor, you can tell which file it is found in (e.g. 005.059.716 is found in 059.sbt.html).
For example, the following snippet of HTML should take you to volume 2, book 16, number 108:
<a href="016.sbt.html#002.016.108">SAMPLE</a>
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About this collection, language and numbering
Sahih al-Bukhari is a collection of Hadith: reports about the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, his teachings and example. Hadith are distinct from Qur’an verses. Imam al-Bukhari compiled this work in the third Islamic century.
All 97 major books are available here in classical Arabic, including chains of transmission. The imported edition has 7,589 entries, including repeated narrations, decimal variants and combined reports; this is not a count of unique sayings. Edition numbers run from 1 to 7563. Major books (kitab) are different from individual subchapters (bab); the source does not supply subchapter headings.
Arabic transcription: Hadith API · ara-bukhari edition ↗. Unassigned book references are placed by the edition’s numbering sequence. Combined narrations are marked with their range. Numbering may vary between editions.
English study notes are short, original learning summaries, not full translations. A complete imported English edition is now available in our local English reader, distributed by IslamHouse with its source notices retained. The English edition uses different numbering. Sunnah.com links offer optional comparison reading. Read reports in context and ask a qualified teacher about personal rulings.
Learning summaries and history
The guides explain passages in everyday language. They are introductions rather than personal religious rulings or a complete tafsir. Reflections are suggestions for learning, not scripture. Historical family relationships and disputed details are identified as such; a missing name or date is not filled in as fact.
Open References beside a topic to read its evidence. For a personal religious question, speak with a qualified teacher familiar with your circumstances.
Artwork and listening
The landscapes and architectural illustrations evoke settings rather than depicting prophets or reconstructing the unseen. Narration is a browser reading aid, distinct from Qur’an recitation.