Who formed a society called Ahl al-Hadith to collect traditions?
Q1. Who formed a society called Ahl al-Hadith to collect traditions?
Answer: Imam Malik ibn Anas
Explanation: Imam Malik ibn Anas, residing in Madinah, played a foundational role in systematically collecting and prioritizing hadith; his school emphasized the practice of the people of Madinah as a living hadith corpus.