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'''Sahih al-Bukhari''' ({{lang-ar| صحيح البخاري|translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī}}){{Refn|Full name in {{lang-ar|الجامع المسند الصحيح المختصر من أمور رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وسننه وأيامه|Al-Jāmi` al-Musnad as-Ṣaḥīḥ al-Mukhtasar min Umuri Rasulullahi sallallāhu 'alaihi wa sallam wa Sunanihi wa Ayyāmihi|The Abridged [[Hadith terminology|Sahih Musnad]] Collection of the Matters of the Messenger of God, [[Islamic honorifics|sallallāhu 'alaihi wa sallam]], and his [[Sunnah|Sunan]] and his Times}}|group=note}} is a ''[[hadith]]'' collection and a book of ''[[sunnah]]'' compiled by the scholar [[Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī]] (810–870) around 846. Alongside ''[[Sahih Muslim]]'', it is one of the most valued books in [[Sunni Islam]] after the [[Quran]]. Both books are part of the [[Kutub al-Sittah]], the six major Sunni collections of ''hadith'' of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]]. It consists of an estimated 7,563 ''hadith'' narrations across its 97 chapters.{{Hadith|Sunni|width=22.0em<!--should match width of sunni template -->}}

Sources differ on the exact number of hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari, with definitions of ''[[hadith]]'' varying from a prophetic tradition or ''[[sunnah]]'', or a narration of that tradition. Experts have estimated the number of full-''[[Hadith terminology|isnad]]'' narrations in the Sahih at 7,563, with the number reducing to around 2,600 without considerations to repetitions or different versions of the same ''hadith.'' Bukhari chose these narrations from a collection of 600,000 narrations he had collected over 16 years.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=About - Sahih al-Bukhari - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم) |url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari/about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023031103/https://sunnah.com/bukhari/about |archive-date=2021-10-23 |access-date=2021-09-20 |website=sunnah.com}}</ref><ref name="jacb1">{{cite book |last1=A.C. Brown |first1=Jonathan |title=Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World ''(Foundations of Islam series)'' |date=2009 |publisher=[[Oneworld Publications]] |isbn=978-1851686636 |page=32 |author-link=Jonathan A.C. Brown}}</ref> The narrations are distributed across 97 chapters covering ''[[fiqh]]'' (Islamic jurisprudence), among other subjects. Each chapter contains references to relevant verses from the Quran.<ref name="GulfTimes 2021">{{cite web |date=2021-11-04 |title=Two most authentic books of Hadith |url=http://m.gulf-times.com/story/703813/Two-most-authentic-books-of-Hadith |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227044903/https://m.gulf-times.com/story/703813/Two-most-authentic-books-of-Hadith |archive-date=2021-12-27 |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=GulfTimes}}</ref><ref name="International Islamic University Malaysia – Garden of Knowledge and Virtue">{{cite web |title=Introduction to Translation of Sahih Bukhari |url=https://www.iium.edu.my/deed/hadith/bukhari/sbtintro.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200536/https://www.iium.edu.my/deed/hadith/bukhari/sbtintro.html |archive-date=2021-06-23 |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=International Islamic University Malaysia – Garden of Knowledge and Virtue}}</ref> It provides proper Islamic guidance in almost all aspects of [[Muslims|Muslim]] life such as the method of performing [[Salah|prayers]] and other actions of worship directly from [[Muhammad]].