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bayhaqi:13286Abū Ḥāzim al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > ʿAlī b. Sirāj al-Miṣrī > Muḥammad

[Machine] In His saying, "And before it, you did not recite any scripture, nor did you inscribe it with your right hand." (Surah Al-Ankabut, 29:48). He (the Prophet Muhammad) said, "Allah's Messenger ﷺ did not read or write."  

البيهقي:١٣٢٨٦وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سِرَاجٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي حُسَيْنٍ الْجُعْفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَوْدِيِّ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَمَا كُنْتَ تَتْلُو مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مِنْ كِتَابٍ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُ بِيَمِينِكَ} [العنكبوت 48] قَالَ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ وَلَا يَكْتُبُ