38. Al-Bukhari distorted a narration to hide the name of Marwan whose house had pictures which was forbidden by Prophet (ﷺ).

Muslim bin Hajaj Neysaburi (Died 261 AH) narrated like this :

حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة، ومحمد بن عبد الله بن نمير، وأبو كريب وألفاظهم متقاربة، قالوا: حدثنا ابن فضيل، عن عمارة، عن أبي زرعة، قال: دخلت مع أبي هريرة في دار مروان فرأى فيها تصاوير، فقال: سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: قال الله عز وجل:  ومن أظلم ممن ذهب يخلق خلقاً كخلقي؟ فليخلقوا ذرَّةً، أو ليخلقوا حبَّةً أو ليخلقوا شعيرةً

Abu Zur’a reported:

I visited the house of Marwan in the company of Abu Huraira and he found pictures there. whereupon he said: I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, said: Who is a more wrongdoer than one who tries to create creation like Mine creation. Let him create an atom or a grain of wheat or that of barley.

Sahih – Muslim // Volume 5 // Page 482 // Number 2169 // Edn. Dar Al-Tasil Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

Same narration having same wording is narrated by Ahmad bin Hanbal (Died 241 AH).

Musnad – Ahmad bin Hanbal // Volume 12 // Page 84 // Number 7166 // Edn. Risalah Al-Alamiyyah Beriut Lebanon.

Same narration having same words is narrated by Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Sha’ybah (Died 235 AH).

Musanaf – Ibn Abi Sha’ybah // Volume 12 // Page 607 // Number 25721 // Edn. Dar Al-Minhaj Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

Now the Al-Bukhari (Mudalis AlKabeer) narrated same narration he erased out first part in which images were hanging in the house of Marwan and then Abu Huraira narrated a tradition against his act.

Sahih – Al-Bukhari // Volume 5 // Page 308 // Number 7559 // Edn. Risalah Al-Alamiyyah Beriut Lebanon