Ismail ibn Ibrahim
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Ismail Ibn Ibrahim is most notable for being the father of Imam Bukhari.
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Mugheerah eventually had a son named Ibraaheem, the father of Ismail Ibn Ibrahim.
, praised by Sunni Muslims as a man of great piety and sound reputation. Scrupulous in his habits, he is said to have mentioned on his deathbed that in all he possessed there was not a penny which had not been earned by his own honest labour.
Ismael also married and had two sons, Ahmad and Muhammad. Muhammad would later be known as Imam Bukhari, the most prominent Sunni hadith collector.
Ismail died. He left a considerable fortune to his widow two sons.
Ancestry
Ismail's ancestry can be traced to a farmer named Bardizbah who lived in the vicinity of BukharaBukhara
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Mugheerah eventually had a son named Ibraaheem, the father of Ismail Ibn Ibrahim.
Life
Ismail Ibn Ibrahim became a known scholar of HadithHadith
The term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....
, praised by Sunni Muslims as a man of great piety and sound reputation. Scrupulous in his habits, he is said to have mentioned on his deathbed that in all he possessed there was not a penny which had not been earned by his own honest labour.
Ismael also married and had two sons, Ahmad and Muhammad. Muhammad would later be known as Imam Bukhari, the most prominent Sunni hadith collector.
Death
When Imam Bukhari was only an infant,Ismail died. He left a considerable fortune to his widow two sons.