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Sunan Abi Dawud 3226 (Book 21, Hadith 138) #23516
Writing on Paper Prohibited

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the prohibition of writing on a paper or anything added to it.

The tradition mentioned above has also been narrated by Jabir through a different chain of transmitters. Abu Dawud said: 'Uthman said: "or anything added to it". Sulaiman b. Musa said: "or anything written on it". Musaddad did not mention in his version the words "or anything added to it". Abu Dawud said: The word "and that" (wa an) remained hidden to me.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى، وَعَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ أَوْ يُزَادَ عَلَيْهِ وَزَادَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَوْ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مُسَدَّدٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ أَوْ يُزَادَ عَلَيْهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ خَفِيَ عَلَىَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُسَدَّدٍ حَرْفُ وَأَنْ

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QUICK LESSONS:
Be careful when writing things down so that our words are clear and understood by everyone who reads them .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the prohibition of writing on a paper or anything added to it. It was narrated by Jabir through a different chain of transmitters as well as Uthman and Musaddad and Abu Dawud. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught us that we should not write anything on paper or add anything to it because this could lead to confusion in understanding what is written down. He also taught us that if something is written down then it should be clear so that there are no misunderstandings between people who read it. We can learn from this hadith that we should be careful when writing things down so that our words are clear and understood by everyone who reads them. We should also make sure not to add any extra information which could lead to confusion or misunderstanding between people who read what we have written down.

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