The Earliest Extant Work on the Hadith, Sahifah Hammam Ibn Munabbih

Comprising As-Sahifah As-sahihah of Abu-Hurairah (d. 58 H./677) Prepared for His Pupil Hammam Ibn Munabbih (d. 101 H./719)

Ma'mar al - Basri ' was the first according to Basrah to Dhahabi ( al - Ibar , I , 220_221 ) to go from Yemen for study purposes . He seems to have died in 153 H./770 or a year later . For Ma'mar's date of birth , our note on § 89 .