The First to Collect Hadith
The first city to collect and compile Hadith was Madinatul’ Munawarrah ~ The Illuminated City. Imam az-Zuhri was one of Imam Malik’s teachers and he would go over the Ahadith with the Imam to make sure he recited everything correctly. Kind of like, how Imam Malik would check his Quranic recitation with Imam Nafi. The …