حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا کَثِيرُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَنْطَبٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَلَی مُعَاوِيَةَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ حَدِيثٍ فَأَمَرَ إِنْسَانًا يَکْتُبُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ زَيْدٌ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ لَا نَکْتُبَ شَيْئًا مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ فَمَحَاهُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3647
Narrated Al-Muttalib bin Abdullah bin Hantab: Al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah ibn Hantab said: Zayd ibn Thabit entered upon Muawiyah and asked him about a tradition. He ordered a man to write it. Zayd said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us not to write any of his traditions. So he erased it.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020