The Methodology of Qur'anic Exegesis of Imam Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī: A Descriptive Study

منهج التفسير عند الإمام محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري (دراسة وصفية)

Abstract

This study explores Muhammad Bin Ismail Al-Bukhari interpretative techniques, focusing specifically on his identity as an "Arabic Exegete" who mastered the linguistic and grammatical instruments necessary for textual analysis. The paper examines his dual methodology: his strict adherence to traditional transmissions  from the Prophet( Muhammad peace be upon him)and the Sahaba (رض), seamlessly integrated with his extensive reliance on classical Arabic grammar, lexical derivations (Ishtiqaq), rhetorical devices, and pre-Islamic poetic shawahid (evidences) to resolve textual ambiguities and clarify foreign or rare vocabulary (Gharib al-Qur'an). By analyzing the thematic arrangement, chapter headings (Tarajim al-Abwab), and explicit linguistic references within his work, this paper firmly establishes Imam Al-Bukhari not merely as a traditionalist compiler, but as a pioneering Arabic linguist and exegete whose framework effectively bridged narrative Hadith sciences with analytical Arabic hermeneutics