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Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri

ابْن شِهَاب الزُّهْري

First systematic collector of hadith

Born: 658 CE, Medina
Died: 742 CE, Sham
Era: Tabeen
Field: Hadith
Origin: Medina, Arabia
Muhammad ibn Muslim al-Zuhri was the first scholar to systematically collect and write down hadith. He is considered the father of hadith science.