About hadiths: works and terms

Imam al-Bukhari wrote more than twenty works, among them “Al-jome’ as-sahih” (Sahih al-Bukhari), “Al-adab al-mufrad”, three “At-ta’rix” books and “Barr ul-volidayn”. A hadith is the Prophet’s words, instructions and decisions. Each has two parts: the sanad – the chain of those who passed it on – and the matn, the text itself; each narrator in the chain is a roviy, and a scholar of hadith is a muhaddis. “Sahih” means reliable; al-Bukhari sorted hadiths into reliable and unreliable ones. By the textbook, the “Sahih” has 7275 hadiths with repeats and about 4000 without, and was written about 1200 years ago. The book opens with a section on faith and moves to a chapter on knowledge; the saying “seek knowledge even in China” is read symbolically – as a far and hard road. The textbook says the spirit of hadiths echoes in Yugnakiy, Yusuf Xos Hojib, Navoiy, Ogahiy and Furqat. The sayings of the Prophet’s companions are called “asar” (osor).