Studies in Early Hadith Literature
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- Author M. M. Azami
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M. M. Azami
The Prophet himself sent hundreds of letter. Many of them were very lengthy. containing the formulae fir prayers and worship. According to the Qur'an the Prophet's conduct and deeds should he followed by the community. I he 0111- om Itself demands a record of, credit transactions. Therefore. it looks as if' there were no general instructions not to record the ahadith. though it might have been explained by some of the scholars in this way. On the other hand there is clear evidence to shoe that the Prophet approved of' recording uhullilh. Further. vv-r find that dente a number of companions recorded hadith and among them were those people who were responsible for transmitting the hadith v-hick forbade its recording. Bearing all this in mind one arrives at the conclusion that the Prophet's disapproval of writing ahadith most probably meant the writing of- the Our'an and non-Qur'anic material on the sank shot be(• use that might have led to misunderstanding. There is another theory that people were forbidden to write (1()n ahadith in early clays because all attention should he paid to the Our 'au and its preservation. and that later on. when there was no danger of, neglecting the Qur'an, the previous order was abrogated and permission was given to write ahadith.
from chapter II--Recording of ahadith: In argument.
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The Prophet himself sent hundreds of letter. Many of them were very lengthy. containing the formulae fir prayers and worship. According to the Qur'an the Prophet's conduct and deeds should he followed by the community. I he 0111- om Itself demands a record of, credit transactions. Therefore. it looks as if' there were no general instructions not to record the ahadith. though it might have been explained by some of the scholars in this way. On the other hand there is clear evidence to shoe that the Prophet approved of' recording uhullilh. Further. vv-r find that dente a number of companions recorded hadith and among them were those people who were responsible for transmitting the hadith v-hick forbade its recording. Bearing all this in mind one arrives at the conclusion that the Prophet's disapproval of writing ahadith most probably meant the writing of- the Our'an and non-Qur'anic material on the sank shot be(• use that might have led to misunderstanding. There is another theory that people were forbidden to write (1()n ahadith in early clays because all attention should he paid to the Our 'au and its preservation. and that later on. when there was no danger of, neglecting the Qur'an, the previous order was abrogated and permission was given to write ahadith.
from chapter II--Recording of ahadith: In argument.
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