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Allah -azwj did not leave the matters of the religion at the mercy of people’s memories – for them to transfer Allah -azwj ’s Commands from ‘ Seena ba Seena ’ (from a chest to a chest, i.e., from a father to a son). Allah -azwj Preferred written text in order to avoid differing in the transmission of the Holy Message, as otherwise the original Message would get corrupted over a duration of time, either deliberately or due to forgetfulness of people.

One may argue that Shias were persecuted by the enemies of Ahl Al-Bayt -asws , so the knowledge of Ahl Al-Bayt -asws had to be transferred ‘ Seena ba Seena ’. Well, this argument cannot be supported by any Hadith. However, there are so many Ahadith which emphasise that the need to record Ahadith in forms of written text (i.e., books) as these will be useful for later generations.

And from a number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Abu Khalid Sheynulat, said: ‘I said to Abu Ja’far -asws the second, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! Our elders used to narrate from Abu Ja’far -asws and Abu Abd Allah -asws , and it was a period of severe dissimulation (Taqayya). They used to hide their books and not narrate from them. When they died, they left their books for us’. He -asws said, Narrate by them, for they are the truth’.