Sahih Al-Bukhari

Generally regarded as the single most authentic collection of hadiths, Sahih al-Bukhari covers almost all aspects of life in providing proper guidance from the Messenger of Allah.

This book is the work of over 16 years by Imam al-Bukhari who before writing any hadith in this book performed two rak’ahs prayer of guidance from Allah and when he was sure of the hadith’s authenticity he wrote it in the book.

Misconceptions and Refutations

In the Arabic original, the author gives his book the title Sabighat, borrowing the Quranic description of the coats of mail Prophet David used to make for his soldiers. In its linguistic sense, the word means ‘of good length, full covering, etc.’ The implied sense is that those coats gave proper protection. Hence, the reference in this forwards to the coats of mail as giving protection against misconception.