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ahmad:21579 – Abū Aḥmad > Kathīr b. Zayd > al-Muṭṭalib b. ʿAbdullāh

Al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah ibn Hantab said: Zayd ibn Thabit entered upon Mu'awiyah 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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3647)   

أحمد:٢١٥٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ دَخَلَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَحَدَّثَهُ حَدِيثًا فَأَمَرَ إِنْسَانًا أَنْ يَكْتُبَ فَقَالَ

زَيْدٌ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ نَكْتُبَ شَيْئًا مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ فَمَحَاهُ  

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abudawud:3647 – Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Abū Aḥmad > Kathīr b. Zayd > al-Muṭṭalib b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥanṭab

Al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah ibn Hantab said: Zayd ibn Thabit entered upon Mu'awiyah 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.  

أبو داود:٣٦٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَنْطَبٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ حَدِيثٍ فَأَمَرَ إِنْسَانًا يَكْتُبُهُ فَقَالَ

لَهُ زَيْدٌ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ لاَ نَكْتُبَ شَيْئًا مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ فَمَحَاهُ