What is the meaning of our saying, "narrated by the Shaykhayn (two Shaykhs)"? And who are they?
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The term "the Two Shaykhs" refers to the two Imams, Al-Bukhari (author of al-Bukhari) and Muslim (author of Sahih Muslim). Their two books are the most authentic compilations of narrated from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, after the Noble Qur'an. Thus, if a Hadith is described as "narrated by the Two Shaykhs" or "agreed upon," it means that both Al-Bukhari and Muslim narrated it in their respective Sahih collections. Scholars have unanimously accepted both, with Al-Bukhari's being the more authentic and more beneficial of the two.
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