322 Origin and progress of writing down historical facts . [No. 4. 



Id another version it is stated, that 'Abd Allah b. Mohammad b. 

 T Aqyl was accompanied by [his relations], Mohammad b. 'Alyy Abu 

 Ja'far, and Mohammad b. al-_Hauafyyah. And in one version it is 

 stated that they were provided with tablets ^Ij^l for writing. 



67. v-^ftJb j*«^Ij 1^1 ^ c^-^J &%SJfj <JU> Lr *A. ^j &)J\ ±±z v* 

 'Abd Allah b. -Hans (?) relates : " I saw them in the lectures of 



Bara [d. 72] employing their hands in writing with reeds." 



68. 'Obay b. al-Mokattab says : " I saw them writing down the 

 comments on the Qoran in the lectures of Mojahid [who died at 

 the age of 83 in A. H. 102]." 



69. ^j j& ^1 ^\ «~^ y&^\ «H* D-? j** ^ J&t* u-? *W «H* n^ 



<JlU| cjIA^ j J.x/| ^jvjjd vlA^i. tiJr ^li «XaI^U iT^ 0J^a.j| AjjaoLo 



'Abd Allah b. Dynar [d. 127] relates": "that the Khalif 'Omar 

 b. 'Abd al-'Azyz wrote orders to Abu Bakr b. Mohammad b. 'Amr 

 b. Hazm, See what ^adythes on ancient institutions are extant and 

 pay particular attention to the ^adythes which 'Amrah knows, and 

 write them all down, for I fear that the knowledge of y^adythes will 

 disappear, and those who know them will die away." 



There are various versions extant of this ^adyth. In one it is 

 said, " He wrote to Abu Bakr b. Mohammad at Madynah," and in 

 one, " He wrote to the people of Madynah." See on Abu Bakr b. 

 Mohammad supra, p. 209. 



70. iil^ *l*j jt±> ^ ^j^J\ i-JS Ujj lsj*jS\ ^1 [j*** ] <J^ 



Ma' mar relates : " Zohry frequently noted down a ^adyth on the 

 upper leather of his boot for fear it might escape him." 



71. $jt> **h Ua/J J^ fkJ\ v lj ^ b& lir dU \sj*y*\ <^j+** 



^xJ—Jl u /o ( <fcat| ) \te*\ A*i+j % &\ Gj(y |ycV| 



Zohry said according to Ma'mar: "We disapproved of writing 



down 7iadythes to such an extent, that we induced also those chiefs 



[who are not mentioned] to disapprove of it, but at last we saw that 



no Moslim forbids writing." 



72. fejilUj iiy Jyo, v tfr£ fctfl ^ixj &!*+*» [ <j$j*yh {S L\ w i| ] JL> 

 Ajltf U A3 oJj| ^|j &&=>■ o^' Lc l«iytj $ ^j£u Cj^J\ lUJ' i&° ^ 



The nephew of Zohry relates: "that he heard his uncle saying: 

 It is only on account of ^adythes which come to us from the east, 



