Did Muhammad ever instruct anyone to write down the Quran or Hadith?

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I am wondering if at any points during his lifetime he instructed people to write down the Quran and Hadiths or were they simply remembered and written down later voluntarily?

Muhammed had scribes who where called to write down the revelation. — Medi1Saif, Feb 22 '19 at 18:44
Called by whom?
So "revelation" I believe pertains exclusively to the Quran. How about the Hadith? Also, Can you provide sources for what you said? — John Doe, Feb 22 '19 at 19:07
My questions are specific. But if you don't want to provide a source or answer the specific questions then that's your choice. — John Doe, Feb 22 '19 at 19:24
your question is not specific as it has two parts writing down qur'an which I covered in Prophet Muhammad was illiterate who wrote the quran then and writing down sunnah which others see here and myself covered in Do these hadith discredit all other hadiths. — Medi1Saif, Feb 22 '19 at 19:38
For a question to be specific it doesn't mean it is composed of only one part. Yes I am asking about both the Quran and the Hadith which are specific questions. Also, fine, you say this has been covered already, why not provide a link then to the posts which answer my questions? — John Doe, Feb 22 '19 at 19:43
Well both parts can be marked as duplicates of former questions that's the issue. — Medi1Saif, Feb 22 '19 at 20:59
Yes but that would mean you need to show me those former questions and show me how they are duplicates. — John Doe, Feb 22 '19 at 21:46
I thought you were able to seek, as we don't like duplicate questions. Once I had a pc in front of me it was a matter of 30 sec. — Medi1Saif, Feb 23 '19 at 07:18

UmH · Answer 1 · 2019-02-23T05:54:59.063

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Yes, the Prophet ﷺ had scribes among the Sahabah who wrote down the Quran, for their details see for example: البداية والنهاية (translation). Writing Hadith was initially forbidden but was permitted later, see IslamQA .

The scribes did so on his instruction, for example the narration of Bukhari and Muslim, Abu Daud etc. that has been cited in البداية:

"When the words of Almighty God came down, 'Those believers who stay back and those who strive hard in God's cause are not equal' (surat al-Nisa'; IV, v.95), the Messenger of God (SAAS) called out to me and said, 'Write down, "Those believers who stay back and those who strive hard in God's cause are not equal.'"

edited Feb 23 '19 at 05:54

answered Feb 22 '19 at 20:42

UmH

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Sure, but I didn't ask if anyone wrote the Quran/Hadith down, I asked if the prophet himself instructed anyone to do so. – John Doe Feb 22 '19 at 21:45
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@JohnDoe A scribe is a person who is specifically appointed to write things down, and does so upon dictation. Anyways I have updated my answer. – UmH Feb 23 '19 at 05:55
Okay thanks. I'm also wondering if you know whether or not Muhammad instructed for the Quran to then be compiled into a book and that this book be then transported around the world like we see today. Do we have evidence of that as well? – John Doe Mar 11 '19 at 15:07

Did Muhammad ever instruct anyone to write down the Quran or Hadith?

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