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mentioned the matter to the prophet, and he said, "Write, by Him 

 in whose hand I am, nothing proceeds from me but truth." 



This &adyth has been taken from 'Abd Allah by Ytisof b. Nahik, 

 and handed down from him by an isnad quite distinct from any other. 



42. Abii Horayrah said, " No one of the companions of the pro- 

 phet has preserved more 7wtdythes than I, except 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr. 

 But he used to write them down and I did not write them down." 



There are several versions of this Aadyth extant, in some is added, 

 11 He wrote them down and learned them by heart, whereas I merely 

 learned them by heart. The prophet allowed him to write them 

 down." 



VI. — Companions of the prophet who wrote down hadythes. 



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Tawi'is relates "'Abd Allah b. 'Amr b. al-'Ac said, Qadiqah is the 

 title of a book in which I collected sayings of the prophet." 



44. Mojahid relates : " I paid a visit to 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr, and 

 I found a volume AA-vs^ 5 under his couch. He prevented me from 

 taking it. I asked, ' What is it, that you prevent me from taking it ?' 

 He replied : ' This is the Qadiqah (the Truthful Book) and contains- 

 what I heard from the prophet.' There was no one between me and 

 the prophet, when the information which it comprizes was com- 

 municated to me. As long therefore, as I have this book, the Qoran 

 and the Wahtf, I do not mind the whole world," 



Mojahid says : Cadiqah is a volume Ai^sc^ in which he wrote down 

 what he heard from the prophet, and Wah£ is a piece of ground 

 which he gave away for the support of the poor. 



45. Anas Ibn Malik says : " that Abu Bakr wrote down for him 

 the laws regarding alms, which were sunnah of the prophet." 



IZammad relates, " I took from Thomamah b. 'Abd Allah (d. after 

 110) a document U-& of which he believed that Abu Bakr had writ- 

 ten it for Anas when he appointed him to collect the alms prescribed 

 by law. There was the prophet's seal impressed upon it, and it 

 contained the laws regarding alms." 



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