Ibn Abd al-Barr reported that the first who compiled a book...

Ibn Abd al-Barr reported that the first who compiled a book in al-Madinah on the basis of the meaning of al-Muwatta’ — as unanimously concurred by men of al-Madinah — was Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Salamah al-Majshun (d. 164 H.), which was reviewed by Malik before compiling his Muwatta’. Criticism of Ibn Mu’in to Malik: Ibn Mu’in said: Malik was not a man of hadith but a man of opinion.

Al-Layth ibn Sa’d said: I have counted seventy issues for Malik, all of which being contradictory to the Messenger'’ Sunnah. Malik admitted this fact, and al-Daraqutni compiled a booklet containing the traditions recorded by Malik in al-Muwatta’ and other books, that were contradictory (to the Messenger’s Sunnah). This booklet is kept at al-Zahiriyyah Library in Damascus. Pillars of the…