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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Prohibition of Recording the Hadith, Causes and Effects Second Reason: Justifications Of `Umar Ibn Al-Khattab `Umar’s justifications can be concluded from the following texts: (1) It has been narrated on the authority of `Urwah ibn al-Zubayr that when `Umar had intended to record the Holy Sunnah, he consulted the companions of the Holy Prophet, and they advised him to record.

For about a month, `Umar set to seek Almighty Allah’s proper guidance in this regard. One morning, after Allah had decided for him, `Umar said, ‘I had intended to record the Holy Sunnah, but I remembered some past nations who applied themselves completely to the items they had written and, as a result, neglected the Book of Almighty Allah. By Allah I swear!

I will never allow anything to interfere with the Book of Allah.’[^1] Yahya ibn Ju`dah narrated that after `Umar ibn al-Khattab had intended to record the Holy Sunnah, he changed his mind and distributed a missive in the countries ordering people to erase any item of the Holy Sunnah that they might have recorded.[^2] (2) It has been narrated on the authority of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu-Bakr that `Umar, after he had received news confirming that people started to hold (or write) books, denied and disliked the matter saying, ‘O people: I have been informed that you have started to hold books.

Allah’s most beloved books must be the fairest and the straightest. Now, I order you all to bring me all the books that you hold so that I will decide about them.’ Thinking that `Umar wanted to correct and submit the books to a certain criterion, all people brought their books to him.

Instead, he set them all to fire and said, ‘This is a false wish just like that of the Christians and the Jews.’[^3] According to Ibn Sa`d, in his al-Tabaqat al-Kubra , `Umar said, ‘This is a Mishna[^4] just like that of the Christians and the Jews.’[^5] From the previous text, we understand that the justifications that `Umar ibn al-Khattab presented for the prohibition of recording the Holy Sunnah can be summed up in the following points: The anticipation that the Holy Qur’an would be abandoned and replaced by other things.

The apprehension that other things would be mixed with the texts of the Holy Qur’an.