صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب العلمBook of Knowledge
باب الزجر عن كتبة المرء السنن مخافة أن يتكل عليها دون الحفظ لها-
Warning against writing down the Sunnah out of fear of relying on it instead of memorization.
Hadith 64
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.
"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.
Hadith 65
أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بِسْطَامٍ بِالأُبُلَّةِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ فِطْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ، قَالَ : " تَرَكَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى الِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَمَا طَائِرٌ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ إِلا عِنْدَنَا مِنْهُ عِلْمٌ " قَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ : مَعْنَى " عِنْدَنَا مِنْهُ " يَعْنِي بِأَوَامِرِهِ وَنَوَاهِيَهِ ، وَأَخْبَارِهِ ، وَأَفْعَالِهِ ، وَإِبَاحَاتِهِ صَلَّى الِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates:
“When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) departed from us, there was not even a bird flying with its wings except that we had some knowledge about it.”
(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The meaning of the words in the narration “we had some knowledge about it” is that regarding the commands, prohibitions, information, actions, and declarations of permissibility by the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), (we had received knowledge).
“When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) departed from us, there was not even a bird flying with its wings except that we had some knowledge about it.”
(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The meaning of the words in the narration “we had some knowledge about it” is that regarding the commands, prohibitions, information, actions, and declarations of permissibility by the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), (we had received knowledge).
