Narrator Geography Map — Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Where hadith narrators lived, taught, and transmitted

The hadith sciences flourished across a vast network of cities. This map places narrators in their home cities, revealing the geographic spread of Islamic scholarship from Makkah and Madinah to Khurasan and beyond. Circle size reflects the number of narrators associated with each city.

Note: Per-collection narrator geography for Al-Adab Al-Mufrad is not yet available. Showing aggregate city totals across all collections instead.
20 cities on map
50+ narrators
10–49 narrators
1–9 narrators
Circle size reflects narrator count (square-root scale)