divine book) in their hearts and would speak of wisdom.

divine book) in their hearts and would speak of wisdom.”[^1] According to another narration, Wahab ibn Munabbih said, “Once, Musa (Prophet Moses) said to the Lord: ‘In the Torah, I have read that a nation would keep their Gospels in their hearts wherefrom they would recite them, while they would be preceded by a nation who read their Gospels from their books but they would not retain them.

I implore to You to make this nation mine.’ Yet, the Lord answered, ‘This is the nation of Muhammad.’”[^2] Dr. Hasan Dha’dha’, in ‘ al-Fikr al-Diniy al-Isra’iliy (The Israelite Religious Creed)’ pp.

97, quotes the following statement from the Talmud, Temura 14: “As for a nation that narrates orally, you do not have the right to prove it in a written form.”[^3] (5) `Umar Detained Some Of The Sahabah And Ordered The All To Stop Reporting And Recording The Hadith In spite of all the continuous steps and the collaborating measures, some of the grand Sahabah, indifferent to the ruling authorities’ opinions and trends, did not stop reporting and recording the Hadith.

Nevertheless, `Umar ibn al-Khattab did not assume an indifferent attitude towards this; rather he issued strict decisions preventing unfalteringly any process of reporting and recording the Hadith. He furthermore addressed to the Sahabah, preventing them from reporting the Hadith, saying, “Certainly, your talks are the most evil talks and your…