When they did not like publicizing these notes, they set fire to them.

When they did not like publicizing these notes, they set fire to them. In this respect, it has been narrated that al-Shi`biy told that Marwan, once, ordered a man to sit behind a curtain so that he would write down any word said by Zayd ibn Thabit who was present there. As he noticed the situation, Zayd said, “Excuse me, Marwan! I am just expressing my personal opinions!”[^4] Dr.

Muhammad `Ajjaj al-Khatib says, The Tabi`un disliked writing down the knowledge very much especially after their personal opinions had been circulated among the publics. They therefore anticipated lest their students would write down these personal opinions with the Hadith and thus confusion would occur. It is now easily inferable that those who disliked writing down the religious knowledge had done such because they, most certainly, did not want their…