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Refuting the doubt regarding al-Bukhari narrating the hadith while he was not an Arab

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Question:
He says: There is a doubt that asks how could Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) narrate these hadiths from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he was not an Arab? So what is our response to this?

Answer:
Whoever Allah wills, He grants Him favor. Whoever Allah wills, it is not exclusive to the Arabs. The Messenger is not exclusive to the Arabs; the Messenger is for all of humanity, indeed for the jinn and mankind, (peace and blessings be upon him). It is possible that the non-Arabs are guided by Allah and become better than the Arabs. This is the favor of Allah, which He grants to whom He wills. This religion is not exclusive, and this knowledge is not exclusive to the Arabs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
If knowledge were in the Pleiades, men from the people of Persia would have reached it.لو كان العلم بالثريا لناله رجال من أهل فارس.

And what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) foretold has come to pass. There emerged from Persia and other non-Arabs those who excelled in knowledge. One in the Arabic language, such as Sibawayhi, and another, and one in jurisprudence, such as Abu Hanifah, and one in tafsir, and one in the vocabulary of the Arabic language. Most of the linguists and grammarians are not Arabs. Most of the hadith scholars are not Arabs. Most of them are not Arabs.
Do you know the story of the Caliph? Do you know the story of the Caliph? I think it was 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz from the Umayyads. A scholar came to him and he started asking him: Who is the judge in such-and-such a country? Who is the mufti? And every time he mentioned someone, he would ask: Is he an Arab or a non-Arab? He said: No, he is a non-Arab. So he listed a large number, mentioning one Arab. He said: Now you have relieved me, O Zuhri. It became like... He said: Now that you have mentioned one Arab, he said: Now you have relieved me, O Zuhri. So the favor of Allah and the religion, this is not exclusive to the Arabs, and knowledge is not exclusive to the Arabs. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source شرح كتاب الصيام من كتاب هداية الراغب، شرح كتاب الصيام من هداية الراغب [5] — alfawzan.live (48:05)

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