أَخْبَرَنَا
الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
كَثِيرُ بْنُ يَحْيَى صَاحِبُ الْبَصْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
هُمَامٌ ، عَنْ
زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ
عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى الِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لا تَكْتُبُوا عَنِّي إِلا الْقُرْآنَ ، فَمَنْ كَتَبَ عَنِّي شَيْئًا فَلْيَمْحُهُ " قَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ رَضِيَ الِلَّهِ عَنْهُ : زَجْرُهُ صَلَّى الِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْكِتْبَةِ عَنْهُ سِوَى الْقُرْآنِ ، أَرَادَ بِهِ الْحَثَّ عَلَى حِفْظِ السُّنَنِ دُونَ الاتِّكَالِ عَلَى كِتْبَتِهَا وَتَرْكِ حِفْظِهَا وَالتَّفَقُّهِ فِيهَا ، وَالدَّلِيلُ عَلَى صِحَّةِ هَذَا إِبَاحَتُهُ صَلَّى الِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لأَبِي شَاهٍ كَتْبَ الْخُطْبَةِ الَّتِي سَمِعَهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى الِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَإِذْنُهُ صَلَّى الِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو بِالْكِتْبَةِ .
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"Only record the Qur'an from me. Whoever has recorded anything from me other than that, let him erase it."
(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The Prophet Muhammad's (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibition of recording anything other than the Qur'an means: He (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged the memorization of hadiths, lest people record the hadiths and then not memorize them or reflect upon them.
The evidence for the correctness of this position is that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) allowed Sayyiduna Abu Shah Yamani to record the sermon of the Farewell Pilgrimage, which he had heard from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) himself.
Similarly, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) also allowed Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) to record hadiths.