International Sama’ Hadis Opens in Putrajaya as Updated Sahih al-Bukhari Translation Proceeds

PUTRAJAYA November 13, 2026 — Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (YADIM) opened an international hadith-reading assembly at Masjid Putra on Friday, with YADIM’s Yang Dipertua, Datuk Dr. Hasan Bahrom, describing the night as the start of the Majlis Sama’ Hadis Jami’ at-Tirmidhi dan Syamail al-Muhammadiyyah Peringkat Antarabangsa 2026 and the launch of Sahih al-Bukhari 2.0.

The gathering, organised by YADIM with the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs), runs from November 13 to 23. Datuk Dr Hasan said it continues a series that began with Sama’ Hadis of Sahih al-Bukhari in 2024 and Sahih Muslim in 2025.

He said the assembly was a principal activity of the 2026 national dakwah programme, which runs from October 1 to December 31 under the theme “Membangun Adab, Membina Negara” (Building Adab, Building the Nation). After the Sama’ Hadis, he said, YADIM would also convene a national Muzakarah Umara dan Ulama, as it had the previous year.

Senator Dr. Zulkifli Hasan, the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs), said in his opening speech that the tradition of sama’ and talaqqi was not only a method of receiving and transmitting knowledge, but one that taught respect for knowledge, honour for teachers, accuracy of sources and the trust of conveying knowledge with adab.

He said Malaysia wanted to be a respected international centre for hadith and turath scholarship, and that the tradition should live in mosques, pondok schools, educational institutions, universities and, above all, in society. “Kita mahu Malaysia menjadi pusat perkembangan ilmu hadis dan turath yang dihormati di peringkat antarabangsa,” he said. (We want Malaysia to become a centre for the development of hadith and turath knowledge that is respected internationally.)

The minister welcomed students and scholars from India, Indonesia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Japan, Thailand, China and Syria, and recalled the sacrifices of early scholars who travelled long distances to obtain a single hadith.

He also said religious agencies had agreed to proceed with an updated translation of Sahih al-Bukhari. The work, he said, would not be a mere reprint, but would improve the accuracy of the translation, spelling, terminology and technical layout across volumes one to eight, and would be issued digitally through the My Hadis portal as well as in official printed copies.

“Penerbitan semula ini bukan sekadar mencetak kembali, bukan sekadar reprint tetapi melibatkan penambahbaikan dari aspek ketepatan terjemahan, ejaan, istilah, susun atur teknikal bagi keseluruhan jilid satu hingga lapan serta penerbitan dalam format digital menerusi portal My Hadis dan naskhah fizikal untuk edaran rasmi,” he said. (This republication is not merely a reprint, but involves improvements in the accuracy of the translation, spelling, terminology and technical layout for the whole of volumes one to eight, as well as publication in digital form through the My Hadis portal and physical copies for official distribution.)

Datuk Dr Hasan thanked the minister, the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM), the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council, Yayasan Pembangunan Ekonomi Islam, RTM, Perbadanan Putrajaya and other partners, and welcomed participants to the programme.

Source : Video by Mohd Nazhrieyan Jailani/LNA, recorded at Masjid Putra, Putrajaya, on November 13, 2026.

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