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)

Certain facts relevant to this aspect of the matter are noted hereunder: Collection'
of State Documents by 'Amr ibn Hazm. § 55. 'Amr ibn Hazm was a celebrated
governor of Yemen appointed by the Holy Prophet. We owe much to his
intellectual acumen. His taste was maintained in his family for many generations,
(As we shall see later, one of his descendants was the governor of Medinah in
the time of the caliph 'Umr ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, and was charged by this caliph to
undertake the ...