The conditions of al-Bukhari in the context of the primary (Asl) hadiths

With the beginning of the classification period, the hadiths that would be the basis for the chapters related to Islamic sciences were also determined by the authors of hadith. Undoubtedly, these main hadiths vary according to the criteria observed by the authors. At this point, the starting point of this study is to examine the place and difference of al-Bukhari, who has an important position in hadith sciences, in determining the primary hadiths. This study thus seeks to examine the minimum conditions that al-Bukhari considered necessary for a hadīth to be regarded as primary, with a particular focus on the hadiths he included in the Sahih and those he omitted. Accordingly, the study begins with an introductory chapter in which the meaning of the term 'primary hadith' and the aim and objectives of the study are clarified. In the first chapter, the determinations about al-Bukhari's conditions in the historical process are evaluated, the conditions that are seen to be reduced to the rijal are reviewed, the conditions related to the text and isnād obtained with concrete data are tried to be put forward, and their connection with the primary hadīth is examined. In the second chapter, Bukhari's period and its predecessors are compared and his dispositions regarding the primary hadiths and his different aspects are tried to be revealed. In addition, the meaning of the hadiths that other authors accepted as authentic but Bukhari did not include in his Sahīh is discussed, and the importance of examining the primary hadiths that Bukhari did not include rather than the hadiths that he included in his book is emphasized in order to see his difference in this regard in a concrete way. In the third chapter, whether the hadiths that were accepted as primary by other muhaddithis but not included by al-Bukhari in his Sahih have any cause or not is analysed through sample narrations and its connection with the issue of 'sahih hadith' is investigated. Thus, the study tries to present a different perspective by addressing the issue of the situations that al-Bukhari observed in the hadiths he included in his book through 'primary hadiths/primaries' and including the issue of 'primary hadiths that al-Bukhari did not include'.