Maulana Sayyid Anwar Shah Deobandi

Maulana Sayyid Anwar Shah Deobandi (may Allah have mercy on him) clearly and rightly stated: “Indeed, in my view, Imam Bukhari adopted the path of ijtihad and did not follow anyone in his book, etc.” [Fayd al-Bari, Volume 1, p. 335] — meaning: “Imam Bukhari, as a mujtahid, formed his own methodology and did not engage in taqlid (imitation) of anyone in his book.”