He was asked about the hadith: “Do not write down from me anything other than the Qur'an . . . .”

The questioner : Because a doubt has entered my mind regarding the hadith.

The Shaykh : Yes, ah.

The questioner : In one version, it says: “So that you do not write down from me anything other than the Qur'an.” This is from Saudi Arabia, on the air, via the Holy Qur'an Radio.

The Shaykh : This is like that one.

The questioner : No, it is not like that one. He said to them: Yes, that is correct.

The Shaykh : In Saudi Arabia, the hadith cannot be broadcast like this, bare, without adding things to it. So we tell you: you know that we have spent our lives studying hadith, so do not waste your life with me over a doubt that has entered your mind at the end of your life.
But in another hadith, it is said that a group of polytheists came and said to the Companion Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: “You sit with the Messenger, and look, this grandson of yours is holding a paper and writing down everything the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says. Are you writing it down?” A doubt arose in him, just as it arose for Abu Sulayman. He ran to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: “O Messenger of Allah, the polytheists said that you are writing from the Messenger in a state of both pleasure and anger.” He said to him: ... .

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : No, but in the hadith you heard, what did it say? Here, what did it say?

The questioner : Write.

The Shaykh Do you understand how it is?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : So, the scholars, all the scholars of the Muslims, know that the hadith you heard is summarized like this from the radio: This is a hadith, but we have another hadith, which we have just mentioned to you: And we have hadiths and hadiths. And I am telling you now, just as we learned milk from the Syrians, what did we learn from the Syrians? From your forgotten things, O Abu Sulayman. Why?