AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF GHUNYA-TUL-QARI, A COMMENTARY OF SAHI AL-BUKHARI

Abstract

The saying (Ahadith) of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) are interpretations and explanations of the Holy Quran. There are many books of Ahadith among which six are the most prominent which are known as Sihah-e-Sitta (Six Most Authentic Books). The authors of these Six Books are Non-Arab. This means that Non-Arab have done immense services of Hadith. Sahih Al Bukhari is one of the most authentic Books of hadith. Shaikh Ibn-e-Hajar Al-Asqalani says:"اصح الکتب بعد کتاب الله الصحیح للبخاری"[i]  (The most authentic Book after Qur’an is Sahih Al Bukhari).  Many Muslim scholars have written commentaries on Sahih Al Bukhari in different languages. The most prominent commentaries of Sahih Al Bukhari are: Fath-ul-Bari and Umdat- ul- Qari, Al Kawakib ud Durari, Irshadu Sari and Kashf Ul Bari. One of the commentaries of Sahih Al Bukhari is Ghunya-tul-Qari, which is in Arabic language by Maulana Muhammad Abdul Khaliq Bajuri. Although he is a foreigner but this commentary does not see the signs of Non-Arabs. This commentary is actually the summary of Fath-ul-Bari, Umdat-ul-Qari, Sharh Ibn-e- Battal etc. Most of it is in the form of manuscript, on which the research work has just started. This article is also a part of the research. It presents an analytical study of Ghunya-tul-Qari. Molana Abdul Khaliq explains the ahadith in a good way. He introduces the narrators of the hadith, its difficult words, meanings and much more which are explained in this article.