Hadith No: 7
Ibn Sa'd - al-Tabaqat al-Kubra
Supplement to the Noble Prophetic Biography - Discussion on the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) Death
Mention of the Book that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) Intended to Write for His Ummah During His Illness in which He Died
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (188)
- Muhammad ibn Umar narrated to us, saying: Usamah ibn Zayd al-Laythi and Marwan ibn Rashid narrated to me, from al-Zuhri, from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utbah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: When the death of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) drew near, there were men in the house, including Umar ibn al-Khattab. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: "Bring me a writing material so I can write you a book from which you will not go astray after it."
Umar said: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah is overwhelmed by pain, and you have the Quran; the Book of Allah is sufficient for us." So the people of the house disagreed and argued, with some saying: "Bring what the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) will write for you," and others saying what Umar had said. When the noise and disagreement increased, and they worried the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), he said: "Leave me be." Ubaydullah said: Ibn Abbas would say: "The great loss, the utmost loss, was what prevented the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) from writing that book for them — their disagreement and noise."