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This ^adyth is also in Bokhary, and there is one version of ifc 

 which runs " we asked him" and " he refused us" 



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 " Abu Horayrah says : The prophet came out to us and found us 

 writing ^adythes. He asked us : What are you writing ? We 

 answered, Aadythes, which we hear from you. He observed : Tou 

 are writing a book, besides the book of God ? Do you not know 

 that it is writing books besides the book of God what has led 

 the people before you astray. We enquired : Shall we relate 

 ^adythes of you, O prophet of God ? and he replied : You may relate 

 ^adythes of me, there is no harm. But he that says intentionally 

 a falsehood on my authority, will find a place in lire." 



In one version of this ^adyth is added: Then, says Abu Horayrah, 

 we made a heap of our writings and burned them *^*^ ^ l&lXx+s 9 



"Zayd b. Thabit paid a visit to the Khalif Mo'awiyah, and he 

 asked him for JSadythes, and ordered a clerk to take them down. 

 Zayd observed : The prophet has commanded us not to write down 

 any of his iZadythes. Upon this he expunged what had been 

 written down." 



II. — Sayings and examples of companions of Mohammad showing 



that it is not lawful to commit hadgthes to writing. 

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" Abu. Nadhrah relates, we said to Abu Sa'yd Khodry, It would 

 be a grand thing if you were to write down /iadythes for us, we 

 cannot recollect them. He replied, We will not write them down 

 for you, nor shall we collect them in books. The prophet com- 



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