حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ وَأَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُغِيثٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَکَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ کُنْتُ أَکْتُبُ کُلَّ شَيْئٍ أَسْمَعُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُرِيدُ حِفْظَهُ فَنَهَتْنِي قُرَيْشٌ وَقَالُوا أَتَکْتُبُ کُلَّ شَيْئٍ تَسْمَعُهُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَشَرٌ يَتَکَلَّمُ فِي الْغَضَبِ وَالرِّضَا فَأَمْسَکْتُ عَنْ الْکِتَابِ فَذَکَرْتُ ذَلِکَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَوْمَأَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ إِلَی فِيهِ فَقَالَ اکْتُبْ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا حَقٌّ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3646
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: I used to write everything which I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I intended (by it) to memorise it. The Quraysh prohibited me saying: Do you write everything that you hear from him while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is a human being: he speaks in anger and pleasure? So I stopped writing, and mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He signalled with his finger to him mouth and said: Write, by Him in Whose hand my soul lies, only right comes out from it.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020