I will never mix the Book of Allah with anything else.

I will never mix the Book of Allah with anything else." Ibn Sa'd continued: "Omar took an oath from people to bring all the books of Hadith that they had compiled. When the brought their books he set them all on fire." During the reign of Othman Othman sent Abu-Thar on exile to Damascus for the so-called crime of narrating the Prophetic Hadith. Subsequently, Mo'awiyah; the then ruler of Damascus, boycotted Abu-Thar and did not allow anyone to communicate with him.

Eventually Abu-Thar the distinguished companion of the Prophet (P) died lonely in the wilderness of Rabatha. During the reign of Mo'awiyah "Mo'awiyah wrote an official letter with the same content to all his delegates announcing that whoever narrates anything in virtue of Abu-Torab (Imam Ali) or his family, he is not under the protection of the government." Ibn Abil-Hadid furthered that during that time the people of Kufa suffered the most.

Analysis of the Motivations Behind the Prohibition of Hadith The best evidence of this claim is that many including Abu-Bakr had books of Hadith. Is it possible that the Prophet of Islam (P) has forbidden something yet many disobey him and do otherwise?! The narrations concerning prohibition of Hadith indicate to us that the in general were into the good tradition of collecting the Ahadith of the Prophet (P).

It was due to this tradition that when Omar sought their opinion about compiling the Hadith they all consented. If they were truly concerned about the forged Hadith would it not be more reasonable to form a committee of Hadith investigation and then compile the Ahadith that there was enough trustworthy testimonies on them? Moreover, Abu-Bakr had accompanied the Prophet (P) for many years, could he then not at least keep the Ahadith that he had heard directly from the Prophet (P)?

Why did he have to burn all of them?! Is it possible that he meant to hide something from the next generations lest they used it against him? Abu-Bakr asserted that he was concerned about the further future disputes amongst the Muslims and hence decided to uproot the problem by eradicating the Prophetic Hadith!

Today and for many centuries Muslims suffer various sectarianism primarily due to the fact that the collection of the Prophetic Hadith was prohibited over the first century of the advent of Islam. In our opinion, the main root for prohibition of the Hadith must be sought in the critical issue of the caliphate after the Prophet (P).