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tabarani:4856Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī And Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Ibn Abū al-Zinād from my father > Khārijah > Zayd b. Thābit

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered him to learn the Book of the Jews." He said, "So I would write for him and write to them and read to him when they wrote."  

الطبراني:٤٨٥٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ قَالَا ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ كِتَابَ يَهُودَ» قَالَ فَكُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ لَهُ وَأَكْتُبُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَأَقْرَأُ لَهُ إِذَا كَتَبُوا