164 hadith
The Prophet ﷺ called for a sheet of paper near the time of his death so that he could write a document by which they would never go astray after him. Umar bin Khattab opposed this, until the Prophet ﷺ set the matter aside.
أحمد 14726HasanThe Prophet ﷺ called for a sheet of paper near the time of his death so he could write a document by which they would not go astray after him. Umar bin Khattab disagreed about it until the Prophet ﷺ set the matter aside.
الأعظمي 9310HasanWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on the verge of death, he said, "Come, let me write for you a document so that you will never go astray after it." Some men were in the house, among them Umar bin Khattab. Umar said, "The Messenger of Allah…
أحمد 2990SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on his deathbed, there were Some men in the house. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Come, let me write for you a document so that you will never go astray after it." Some of them said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is…
البخاري 4432SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was nearing death, there were some men in the house. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Come, let me write for you a document after which you will never go astray." Some of them said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is overcome by…
الأعظمي 6114SahihWhen the Prophet ﷺ was on the verge of death, Some men were in the house, among them Umar bin Khattab. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Come, let me write for you a document after which you will never go astray." Umar said, "The Prophet ﷺ is overcome…
البخاري 7366SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on his deathbed, there were some men in the house, among them Umar bin Khattab. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Come, let me write for you a document after which you will never go astray." Umar said, "The Messenger of…
الأعظمي 9309SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was approaching death, there were men in the house, among them Umar bin Khattab. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Come, let me write for you a document after which you will never go astray." Umar said, "The Prophet ﷺ is…
الأعظمي 3484SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was approaching death, there were some men in the house, among them Umar bin Khattab. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Come, let me write for you a document after which you will never go astray." Umar said, "The Prophet ﷺ…
البخاري 5669SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on the verge of death, there were some men in the house, among them Umar bin Khattab. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Come, let me write for you a document after which you will never go astray." Umar said, "The…
مسلم 4234SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was approaching death, there were some men in the house, among them Umar bin Khattab. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Come, let me write for you a document after which you will never go astray." Umar said, "The Messenger…
أحمد 3111SahihWhen the Prophet's ﷺ illness grew severe, he said, "Bring me writing materials so I may write for you a document after which you will never go astray." Umar said, "The pain has overwhelmed the Prophet ﷺ. We have the Book of Allah, which is…
الأعظمي 1167SahihWhen the Prophet's ﷺ illness grew severe, he said, "Bring me writing materials so I may write for you a document after which you will never go astray." Umar said, "The pain has overcome the Prophet ﷺ. We have the Book of Allah, which is…
البخاري 114SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was about to die, he said, "Bring me a shoulder blade so I may write for you a document after which two men among you will never disagree." The people then began to argue noisily among themselves, so the woman…
أحمد 2676HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote, and he then mentioned it.
أحمد 2371Sahih"Thursday, and what a Thursday it was!" Then his tears began to flow until I saw them on his cheeks like strings of pearls. He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Bring me the shoulder-blade and the inkwell,' or 'the tablet and the…
الأعظمي 6113SahihBin Hadrami said, my father narrated this to us through Hushaym twice, once from Ibn Ala and once without connecting it, that his father wrote to the Prophet ﷺ and began with himself.
أحمد 18986Daif"Thursday, and what a Thursday it was!" Then I noticed his tears streaming down his cheeks like strings of pearls. He said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Bring me a tablet and inkpot, or a shoulder-bone, so I may write for you a document…
أحمد 3336SahihI used to write down everything I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wanting to memorize it. The Quraysh forbade me, saying, "Do you write down everything you hear? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is a human being who speaks in anger and in…
أبو داود 3646SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Madinah, I was taken to the Prophet ﷺ, and he was pleased with me. The people said, "Messenger of Allah, this is a boy from the Banu Najjar, and he has memorized some ten or more surahs of what Allah…
أحمد 21619HasanWhen Mecca was conquered, the Prophet ﷺ stood and delivered a sermon. After the Prophet's ﷺ sermon, a man from Yemen named Abu Shah stood up and said, "Messenger of Allah, write it down for me." He said, "Write it down for Abu Shah."
أبو داود 3649SahihI used to write down everything I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wanting to memorize it. Then the Quraysh forbade me, saying, "Do you write down everything you hear from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is a human…
الأعظمي 13412SahihI used to write down everything I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wanting to memorize it. But Quraysh forbade me, saying, "Do not write down everything you hear from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is a human being…
الأعظمي 698Sahih"Thursday, and what a Thursday it was!" Then his tears began to flow until I saw them on his cheeks like strings of pearls. He said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Bring me a shoulder blade and an inkwell," or "a tablet and an inkwell, so…
مسلم 4233SahihI used to write down everything I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wanting to memorize it. The Quraysh forbade me, saying, "Do you write down everything you hear from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is a human being…
الأعظمي 1169SahihThe Prophet ﷺ delivered a sermon and mentioned the story contained in the hadith. Abu Shah said, "Write it down for me, Messenger of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Write it down for Abu Shah." The hadith contains a longer story.
الترمذي 2667SahihI said to Abu Umar, "What were they writing?" He replied, "The sermon they heard from him that day."
أبو داود 3650SahihI asked, "Messenger of Allah, shall I write down everything I hear from you?" He replied, "Yes." I asked, "In times of contentment and in times of anger?" He replied, "Yes, for I say nothing in any of those states except the truth."
الأعظمي 1170HasanMy father said to me, "Have you written down anything from me?" I replied, "Yes." He said, "Bring it to me." So I brought it to him, and he erased it. Then he said, "Memorize as we memorized from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."
الأعظمي 1164HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you writes a letter, let him sprinkle dust on it, for that is more conducive to the fulfillment of the need."
الترمذي 2713DaifI said, "Messenger of Allah, shall I write down what I hear from you?" He replied, "Yes." I asked, "Even when you are pleased and when you are angry?" He answered, "Yes, for it is not fitting for me to say anything in either state except…
أحمد 6930DifficultI used to write down everything I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wanting to memorize it. The Quraysh forbade me from doing so, saying, "Are you writing down everything, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ speaks in anger and in pleasure…
أحمد 6802SahihI said, "Messenger of Allah, we hear narrations from you that we cannot memorize. May we not write them down?" He replied, "Yes, write them down."
أحمد 7018DaifI used to write down everything I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wanting to memorize it. But the Quraysh discouraged me, saying, "You write down everything you hear from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, yet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is a…
أحمد 6510SahihZayd bin Thabit entered upon Muawiya and related a hadith to him. Muawiya ordered someone to write it down, but Zayd said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from writing down anything of his hadith." So he erased it.
أحمد 21579DaifWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made the treaty with the people of Hudaybiyyah, Ali wrote the document between them. He wrote, "Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah." Then he mentioned a narration similar to the hadith of Muaz, except that he did…
مسلم 4630SahihWe did not used to write anything other than the tashahhud and the Quran.
أبو داود 3648SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not write anything from me. Whoever has written anything from me, let him erase it."
أحمد 11087SahihIn a long hadith describing the pilgrimage of the Prophet ﷺ, it is reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "I have left among you that which, if you hold fast to it, you will never go astray after me, the Book of Allah. You will be questioned…
الأعظمي 15638SahihWe heard him say, "No one had more knowledge of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than I did, except for Abdullah bin Amr. He used to write them down with his hand and retain them in his heart, while I retained them in my heart but did…
أحمد 9231SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not write anything from me except the Quran. Whoever has written anything from me other than the Quran, let him erase it."
أحمد 11158SahihZayd bin Thabit said, Abu Bakr sent for me after the men killed at Yamamah, and Umar was with him. Abu Bakr said, "Umar came to me and said, 'The fighting on the day of Yamamah has taken a heavy toll among those who had memorized the Quran,…
الأعظمي 7721SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no man who takes from what Allah and His Messenger have decreed a word, or two, or three, or four, or five, and places them in the corner of his cloak, then acts upon them and teaches them to…
أحمد 9517SahihZayd reported that when the Prophet ﷺ arrived in Medina, he was taken to him. The Prophet ﷺ was impressed by him, and the people said, "Messenger of Allah, this is a boy from Banu Najjar who has memorized more than ten surahs of what Allah…
أحمد 21618HasanNone of the Prophet's ﷺ companions narrated more hadith from him than I did, except for Abdullah bin Amr, for he used to write them down while I did not.
الأعظمي 10260SahihZayd bin Thabit reported that Abu Bakr sent for him at the time when the people of Yamama were killed, and Umar was with him. Abu Bakr said, "Umar came to me and said, 'Death has struck the people hard at Yamama, and I fear that death will…
الأعظمي 11781SahihNo one has narrated more hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than I have, except Abdullah bin Amr, for he used to write them down while I did not.
أحمد 7389Sahih"There was no one among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ who narrated more hadith from him than I did, except for Abdullah bin Amr, for he used to write, while I did not."
الأعظمي 1166SahihI said, "Messenger of Allah, I hear things from you. Shall I write them down?" He replied, "Yes." I asked, "Even when you are angry and when you are pleased?" He answered, "Yes, for I say nothing in either state except the truth."
أحمد 7020DifficultThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to learn the writing of the Jews for him. He said, "By Allah, I do not trust the Jews with my correspondence." So I learned it, and not even half a month passed before I had mastered it. I would write…
الأعظمي 1186SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Is there no man who will take what Allah and His Messenger have prescribed, a single phrase, or two, or three, or four, or five, and place them in the corner of his cloak so that he may learn them and…
أحمد 8409SahihHe visited Muawiya, who asked him about a hadith and instructed someone to write it down. Zayd said to him, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us not to write down anything of his hadith." So he erased it.
أبو داود 3647DaifI said to Abu Saeed Khudri, "Write it down for us." He replied, "We will not write it down for you, nor will we make it a Quran. Rather, take from us as we used to take from the Prophet of Allah ﷺ." Abu Saeed used to say, "Narrate hadith to…
الأعظمي 1163HasanHe said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to learn the writing of the Jews for him. He said, 'By Allah, I do not trust the Jews with my correspondence.' So I learned it, and not even half a month passed before I had mastered it. I…
الأعظمي 7720HasanPeople say that Abu Hurairah reports too many hadith, and Allah is the appointed reckoning. They also say, why is it that the Emigrants and the Helpers do not report hadith the way he does? My brothers among the Emigrants were kept busy by…
البخاري 2350SahihI came to the Prophet ﷺ and spread out my garment before him. He then took it and gathered it against my chest, and after that I never forgot a single hadith.
الترمذي 3834HasanZayd bin Thabit said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me, so I learned the writing of the Jews for him. He said, 'By Allah, I do not trust the Jews with my correspondence.' So I learned it, and not even half a month passed before I had…
أبو داود 3645HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have left among you something which, if you hold fast to it, you will never go astray after me, the Book of Allah. You will be asked about me, so what will you say?" They replied, "We bear witness that you…
الأعظمي 11822SahihAbdullah bin Saad bin Abu Sarh used to write down the revelation for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but Satan caused him to slip, and he joined the disbelievers. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that he be killed on the day of the conquest of…
الأعظمي 7036HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to learn for him certain words from the writing of the Jews. He said, "By Allah, I do not trust the Jews with my correspondence." Zayd said, Not even half a month passed before I had learned it for him.…
الترمذي 2715Hasan