كِتَاب الطَّهَارَةِ

أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِلَالٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ : كَانَ يُقَالُ :" حَدِّثْ الْقَوْمَ مَ...

Hasan al-Basri said: It used to be said: "Speak to the people as long as they are attentive towards you with their faces. When they turn away, know that they ha...

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ال...

Hadrat Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be well pleased with him) narrated that the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) stated: "Do not write...

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ...

Hadrat Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be well pleased with him) narrated that they sought permission from the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upo...

أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ :" يَ...

Al-Sha'bi used to say: "O Shibak, shall I repeat the hadith to you? I have never wished for a hadith to be repeated to me."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْ...

Malik ibn Anas said: Al-Zuhri came with a hadith. I met him on one of the roads and took hold of his bridle and said: "O Abu Bakr, repeat the hadith you narrate...

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ قَتَادَةُ يَكْرَهُ الْكِتَابَةَ، فَإِذَا سَمِعَ وَقْعَ الْكِتَاب...

Al-Awza'i said: "Qatadah used to dislike writing. Whenever he heard the sound of writing, he would object and search for it with his hand." Abu al-Mughirah said...

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ " أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ يَكْرَهُ الْكِتَابَ "، يَعْنِي : الْعِلْمَ

Mansur reported that Ibrahim (al-Nakha'i) used to dislike writing — meaning writing down knowledge.

أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَزْهَرُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ ، قَالَ :" لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا كِتَابًا...

Ibn Sirin stated: "If I were to adopt any written record, I would have adopted the letters of the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)."

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ أَبَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ ، قَالَ :" رَأَيْتُ حَمَّادًا يَكْتُبُ عِنْدَ إِبْرَاه...

Ibn Awn said: "I saw Hammad writing in the presence of Ibrahim, and Ibrahim said to him: 'Did I not forbid you from this?' He replied: 'These are only summaries...

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ أَبَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ الْحَكَمِ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ لِي ع...

Ibrahim narrated: I asked Abidah for a piece of leather to write on, and he said: "O Ibrahim, do not make any permanent written record from me."

أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، قَالَ :" مَا كَتَبْتُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلَّا حَدِيثَ الْأَعْمَاقِ، فَلَمَّا حَفِظْتُهُ، مَح...

Hisham stated: "I did not write anything from Muhammad (ibn Sirin) except the hadith of al-A'maq. Once I memorised it, I erased it."

أَخْبَرَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، يَقُولُ :" مَا كَتَبْتُ حَدِيثًا قَطُّ "

Sa'id ibn Abd al-Aziz stated: "I have never written a single hadith."

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةِ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ :" ...

Ibrahim (al-Nakha'i) stated: "I have never written anything."

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيل بْنِ رَجَاءٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَ...

Ibrahim narrated: I asked Abidah for a piece of leather to write on, and he said: "O Ibrahim, do not make any permanent written record from me." This is also na...

أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ :"...

Ibrahim (al-Nakha'i) used to dislike hadith being written in booklets and would say: "It will be made to resemble the Mushafs (copies of the Quran)." Yahya said...

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ نُعْمَانَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ L1739 ، أَنَّ عَبِيدَةَ دَعَا بِك...

Abidah called for his books at the time of death and erased them, saying: "I fear that a people will take charge of them and not place them in their proper cont...

أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ ، "...

Mujahid used to dislike knowledge being written in booklets.

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ ، قَالَ :" مَا زَالَ هَذَا الْعِلْمُ عَزِ...

Al-Awza'i stated: "This knowledge remained honourable, being transmitted directly from man to man, until it fell into written pages, and then unworthy people ca...

أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ يُونُسَ ، قَالَ :" كَانَ الْحَسَنُ ...

Yunus narrated: "Hasan al-Basri used to write and have others write, while Ibn Sirin neither wrote nor had others write."

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَوَّامُ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ ، قَالَ : بَلَغَ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : أ...

It reached Hadrat Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be well pleased with him) that some people had a book they were fascinated with. He kept pressing them until they brough...