Sahih al-Bukhari – Maknaz edition – certified by al Azhar University

The Maknaz edition of Sahih al-Bukhari is considered to be one of the best ever printed editions with meticulous attention to detail given when typesetting and the minimisation of errors when producing the final edition from the manuscript(s) used.  The above slideshow picture is from one part of an original handwritten manuscript of Sahih al-Bukhari dated 873 AH.  The printed edition found below was certified by the premier institute of Sunni Islam, al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.  Some details from the publishers:

“A full-time team of qualified Hadith specialists has been working on the creation of a properly-edited and reliable text. Further, the process has benefited from the guidance of living Hadith authorities. The result has been the first critically-edited versions of the Hadith literature ever produced.

This long overdue scholarly production has met with acclaim and admiration from Hadith specialists around the world and opens new possibilities for research into early Islamic history, into Arabic literature, and into the complex disciplines of Islamic doctrine, law, and spirituality.”

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