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Hammaam ibn Munabbih<br />

"Of <strong>the</strong> earliest collections <strong>of</strong> hadeeth one in particular deserves closer<br />

attention. This is <strong>the</strong> Saheefah <strong>of</strong> Hammaam ibn Munabbih. It is<br />

actually a written collection <strong>of</strong> hadeeth that <strong>the</strong> <strong>Com</strong>panion Abu<br />

Hurayrah dictated to his student Hammaam.<br />

Since Abu Hurayrah died around 58 A.H. (or some 48 years<br />

after <strong>the</strong> death <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Prophet) this collection must have been dictated<br />

to Hammaam sometime from that date...<br />

Imam Ahmad Ibn Hambal incorporated <strong>the</strong> entire work<br />

except two hadeeth into his famous Musnad.<br />

Al-Sulami (a muhaddith), on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, continued <strong>the</strong><br />

passing on <strong>of</strong> this collection as an independent work. It was<br />

continually passed on until <strong>the</strong> 9th century which is <strong>the</strong> date <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Berlin manuscript, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> four manuscripts <strong>of</strong> this work that is still<br />

in existence.<br />

Since Ahadeeth in Ahmad's Musnad are<br />

arranged according to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Com</strong>panions who<br />

narrated <strong>the</strong> Hadeeth. It is very easy to find<br />

all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hadeeth from Hammam on <strong>the</strong><br />

authority <strong>of</strong> Abu Hurayrah in that<br />

collection.<br />

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