Imam Al Bukhari or Muhammad Ibn Ismail al Bukhari was born in 194 Hijri Bukharah in Khorasan which is modern day Uzbekistan. His father was a well educated respected man among his peers and family

Imam Al Bukhari or Muhammad Ibn Ismail al Bukhari was born in 194 Hijri Bukharah in Khorasan which is modern day Uzbekistan. His father was a well educated respected man among his peers and family. He wasn’t a scholar of Hadith but he did dabble in Hadith here and there when he learnt under the hands of Imam Malik and others alike. Unfortunately for the Imam, his father had passed away soon after his birth. Fortunately, his family was middle classed and his father left a sizable inheritance for the Imam and his family to live from.
As a child, the Imam was distinguished from his peers and had accomplished what most didn’t. He had seen as a young lad a dream of him standing infront of the Prophet Muhammad swatting flies, protecting the Prophet. When he had told his sheikh about this dream, he said that the Imam will ward off fabricated Hadiths just like how he warded off those flies.