[Machine] About his father, Abdullah said, "I saw a man with a paper in which it was written: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illa Allah, Allahu Akbar. I asked him to give it to me, but he refused. Then, he promised to give it to me later. So, I came to Abdullah and found it with him. He said, 'What is in this book is innovation, temptation, and misguidance. Indeed, those who came before you were destroyed because of things like this. They wrote it and their tongues enjoyed it, and their hearts were filled with it. Therefore, I am determined that whoever knows the whereabouts of this book, except if he indicates it, I will take an oath by Allah.' Shu'bah asked, 'Did he take an oath by Allah?' He said, 'I think he did, for if it were mentioned to him at the monastery of Hind, we would see him coming even if it was far away in Kufa, even on foot.'"  

عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مَعَ رَجُلٍ صَحِيفَةً فِيهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَنْسِخْنِيهَا فَكَأَنَّهُ بَخِلَ بِهَا ثُمَّ وَعَدَنِي أَنْ يُعْطِيَنِيهَا فَأَتَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ مَا فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ بِدْعَةٌ وَفِتْنَةٌ وَضَلَالَةٌ وَإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ هَذَا وَأَشْبَاهُ هَذَا إِنَّهُمْ كَتَبُوهَا فَاسْتَلَذَّتْهَا أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأُشْرِبَتْهَا قُلُوبُهُمْ فَأَعْزِمُ عَلَى كُلِّ امْرِئٍ يَعْلَمُ مكانِ كِتَابٍ إِلَّا دَلَّ عَلَيْهِ وَأُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَأَقْسَمَ بِاللَّهِ؟ قَالَ أَحْسَبُهُ أَقْسَمَ لَوْ أَنَّهَا ذُكِرَتْ لهُ بِديرِ لهنْدِ نُراهُ يَعْنِي مَكَانًا بِالْكُوفَةِ بَعِيدًا لأتيْتهُ وَلَوْ مَشْيًا