تدوين الحديث
'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz orders hadith recorded
c. 100 AH · c. 719 CE
Damascus دمشق
The caliph writes to scholars, including Abu Bakr ibn Hazm in Madinah and al-Zuhri, asking them to write down the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ for fear that knowledge would be lost.
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Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari (Book of Knowledge, chapter on how knowledge is taken away)
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.