If he ever wished to recite a couple...

If he ever wished to recite a couple, he would utter it in prose form, disordering and adjusting the words to achieve this end; for Allah (SWT) would deem poetry below his dignity: “And We have not taught him poetry, nor is it suitable for him; it is nothing but a reminder and a plain Qur’an [3] .” As it is observed, the accounts on the Hudaybiyyah event do not tally.

However, despite the fact that it can be concluded from certain accounts that the words” ibn `Abdillah” – an integral part of the Prophet’s signature – would have been written by the Prophet (PBUHH), these very accounts also confirm that this was exceptional. In the book entitled: “Usd al-Ghabah”, under the details regarding Tamim ibn Jarashah al-Thaqafi, the author quoted a story about him, which suggests that even in the course of his prophethood, the Prophet (PBUHH) neither read nor wrote.