possessed for worship and try to ignite the passion of performing worship in ourselves too.

Imam Bukhari’sرَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه passion for worship

Once, the famous Muhaddis Imam Bukhari رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was invited by some of his students. Upon this, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه went to them. When the time of Zuhr approached, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه offered Salah and then engaged in offering Nawafil. When he finished, he lifted one of the edges of his kameez [long shirt] and said to someone: ‘Look what’s inside my kameez?’ When he saw, there was a poisonous insect that had stung him at sixteen or seventeen different places. Due to it, his blessed body had swollen. People said: ‘When it stung you for the first time, why did you not leave Salah right then?’ He      رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: ‘I had started (reciting) one surah. I wished for it to be completed (and then I would perform Salaam). (Tareekh Baghdad, vol. 2, pp. 13)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic sisters! Let’s listen to the definition of Muhaddis.

Definition of Muhaddis

The one who remains engaged and occupied in the Ahadees of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is called a Muhaddis. (Nuzha-tul-Nazr, pp. 41)

Birth and lineage

O devotees of Awliya! The famous Muhaddis Sayyiduna Imam Bukhari         رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was born in the famous city of Bukhara on 13^th Shawwal 194 A.H., on Friday after ‘Asr Salah. His name is Muhammad and Kunyah is Abu Abdullah. His lineage is as follows: ‘Muhammad Bin Isma`eel Bin Ibraheem Bin Mugheerah’. The great grandfather of Imam Bukhari رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was a farmer and worshipped other than Allah. However, he embraced Islam later on at the hand of the ruler of Bukhara, “Yamaan Ju’fi”. Sayyiduna Imam Bukhari رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had an age of around 62 years and passed away on 1^st Shawwal 256 AH Saturday in the night of Eid-ul-Fitr in the state of an illness.