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on the authority of "Abu QaM from Abu Horayrah," and it is con- 

 firmed by a parallel foidyth of Anas b. Malik, which is evidently 

 identical with it and runs : Jlw tes)\'y» ^> ^\ ( J\ d^j ^ 

 cJlixfrjo ^yuLof. " A man complained that his memory was very bad, 

 and the prophet said, Assist it by your right hand." 



38. f*j JL? jJW| ±xs\ *U| dy*ji oJj [ jj+c ^j dlf| axc ] Jl5 



" 'Abd Allah (d. in 65 ?), a son of 'Amr asked the prophet, Shall 

 I fix knowledge 1 and he answered, Yes. In another version is 

 the addition : I asked, How shall I fix it ? And he answered, 

 By writing." 



A version of this Aadyth preserved by 'Amr b. Sho'ayb b. 'Abd 

 Allah b. 'Amr b. al-'Ac from his father, from his grandfather runs 

 v U£/b JUJ| [}<ijJ ^JJi JU>*. " The prophet said, Fix knowledge by 

 writing." The same saying is recorded by Anas, but the isnad is 

 weak. 



39. fjJtff Jlil l«AJXSJ| U£ u£Lc £*-J li| **Le &D\ J_y»ji t Ulil ^j\j Jtf 



Kan' b. Khodayj (d. in 74, at the age of 86) relates: " We said, 

 O prophet, we hear from you many things, shall we write them 

 down ? He answered, Write them down, there is no harm." 



This Aadyth is well authenticated. In one version it is preceded 

 by the following story, whose authenticity is doubtful : 



jU+*j ^^! ^ \jL~A\3 f«~JJJ fj&\ <j~^-> Axels' p*Lc &ii\ Jj+oj 



<Jx>o li«^» ^JJi lytii &yc>£2> $\ JjU, L> Jlpi &JJ| dj~») &* \j**m U> 



Jui Uj^i^r^ Jm ^s)* o+*3 ,^0 o^ji UJt <JJ& dj\ (J <y! Ju> aUi Jj-*^? 



-^k^l I^axTi JU> l^jiXU U£| cXi/o ^J U| aJU| J^*^J oJL> 

 Rafi' b. Khodayj relates : " The prophet passed us as we were con- 

 versing." He said, " What are you conversing about ?" We answer- 

 ed, " We repeat your sayings." He observed, " Do repeat them, but 

 speak the truth, for he who intentionally attributes to me a saying 

 which I have not uttered : goes to hell." The prophet had some 

 business and went along. The people hung down their heads and 

 refrained from repeating his sayings. The prophet asked, " Why do 

 you no longer repeat my sayings ?" They answered, " On account of 

 the remark which we heard from you." The prophet said, " This is 



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