This study deals with the status of Imam Al-Bukhari in terms of his ability to be independent in ijtihad or otherwise as opinions and trends differ between scholars of previous generations and the contemporary.Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar says in Al-Fath "… Al-Bukhari in all that he narrates in the interpretation of al-Gharib is only transmitted from the people of that Art, such as Abu Ubaidah, Al-Nadr Ibn ...