TBMM’de Buhârî

Bukhari at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

In this study, we will focus on the commentary on Bukhari, which began to be written in Turkish in 1925, after the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. This work, titled at-Tajrid as-Sarih by Zabidi, is significant in terms of the revival of hadith studies in the newly established Turkish Republic following the end of the Ottoman Empire. It is an abridged version of Sahih al-Bukhari. This study is consisting of four chapter. In the first chapter, Buhârî (ö. 256/870)’s, Yemenite traditionist Zebidî (ö. 893/1488)’s, Bâbanzâde Ahmed Nâim (1872-1934)’s (who translated and explained Tecrid’s first three volumes) and Kâmil Miras (1875-1957)’s (who translated the rest of Tecrid into Turkish and explained them in 12 volumes), lives and works were put forward. In the second chapter, concepts that are among hadith technical terms were focused on. Concepts that were specifially adressed in the work we examine which are “İhtisar”, “Câmi”, “Tecrîd” were defined. Tecrid’s that were made on Sahîh-i Buhârî and commentaries that were made on Tecrîd-i Sarîh were researched. Features of Tecrid which was made by Zebidî were specified. In the third chapter, the features of translation into Turkish and the commentation method that was followed were also mentioned. Author’s explanations of Hadith by another Hadith; specifiying the causes of Hadith; making explanations of odd words; including grammatical analyses; mentioning Islamic Law, and Kalam related issues were put forward. Techniques used for translating the work into Turkish were included. In the fourth chapter, we determined Tafsir, Kalam, Islamic Law, the History of Islam, the method and history of Hadith, biographies books and the names of other diciplines their authors that were used by Ahmed Nâim and Kâmil Miras when commenting Tecrîd-i Sarîh. I tried to introduce these sources as briefly as possible.

Keywords: Hadith; Bukhari; Zebidi; Ahmet Naim; Kamil Miras; Commentary; Tecrid