Malaminmu Aḥmad—Allah ya yarda da shi—bai yarda da rubuta littattafai ba. Note on rules: the instruction says to write the Hausa word for God, never "Allah", so the correct rendering is: Malaminmu Aḥmad—Ubangiji ya yarda da shi—bai yarda da rubuta littattafai ba.

Our exemplar Aḥmad—God be pleased with him—did not believe in writing books.

Ya hana kowa rubuta abin da ya faɗa ko yin rikodin amsoshinsa ga tambayoyin shari'a.163 Da ya yi imani da akasin haka, da ya samar da tarin littattafai masu yawa, kuma da yawa daga cikin rubuce-rubuce za su kasance da sunansa. Ayyukansa saboda haka tarin hadisai ne, kamar Rahotannin Tabbatattu Bisa Ga Masu Ruwaitawa, wanda ya ƙunshi rahotanni dubu talatin.164 Yakan ce wa ɗansa ʿAbdullahi: "Ka kula sosai da wannan Rahotannin Tabbatattu, domin mutane za su buƙace shi." Ya kuma tattara Tafsirin Alƙur'ani, wanda ya ƙunshi rahotanni dubu ɗari da ashirin,165 Ayoyin Alƙur'ani Masu Soke Juna da Waɗanda Aka Soke,166 Ƙayyade Lokuta,167 Rahotannin Hadisi da Shu'bah ya ruwaito,168

He forbade anyone to write down what he said or to record his replies to legal questions.163 Had he believed otherwise, he would have generated many compilations and had many had many writings to his credit. His works are therefore compilations of Hadith reports, such as the Authenticated Reports Listed by Transmitter, which contains thirty thousand reports.164 He used to tell his son ʿAbd Allāh: “Take good care of that Authenticated Reports because people will need it.” He also compiled the Interpretation of the Qurʾan, which contains 120,000 reports,165 The Abrogating and Abrogated Verses of the Qurʾan,166 Fixing of Dates,167 Hadith Reports Transmitted by Shuʿbah,168

Abubuwan da aka canja wuri a cikin Alƙur'ani, Amsoshi game da Alƙur'ani, Babban Littafi kan Ayyukan Hajji, Ƙaramin Littafi kan Ayyukan Hajji, da sauran taken littattafai.169 27.1

Transposed Elements in the Qurʾan, Answers Regarding the Qurʾan, The Greater Book on Pilgrimage Rites, The Lesser Book on Pilgrimage Rites, and other titles.169 27.1

Duk da cewa Aḥmad bai yarda kowa ya rubuta abin da yake faɗa ba, Allah duk da haka ya ba shi damar cika niyyarsa ta alheri, ta hanyar tabbatar da cewa maganganunsa sun isa ga mutane kuma sun kasance a adana su. Ba kasafai ake samun wata tambaya da bai ba da ra'ayi a kanta ba, ko a kan ƙa'idojin fiqhu ko kan takamaiman hukunce-hukunce. A yawancin lokuta, an adana gudummawarsa, alhali kuwa ayyukan malaman fiqhu da suka rubuta suka tara takardu sun ɓace. 27.2

Although Aḥmad did not allow anyone to write down what he said, God nevertheless allowed him to fulfill his benevolent intentions by ensuring that his words were transmitted and preserved. Few indeed are the questions where he has not contributed a relevant text, whether on the principles of jurisprudence or on specific points of law. In many cases, his contribution has been preserved, whereas the work of jurists who did write and amass documents has been lost. 27.2

[Ḥanbal ibn Isḥāq:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ya tara mu tare—ni, Ṣāliḥ, da ʿAbd Allāh—ya karanta mana littafinsa na Ahadith Ingantattu. Mu ne kawai muka ji shi daga gare shi. Ya ce mana, “Wannan littafi ne da na tattara ta hanyar tace sama da hadisai 750,000. Duk lokacin da kuka ga Musulmai suna sabani game da wani Hadisin Manzon Allah ﷺ, ku duba ko hadisin yana cikin wannan. Idan ba ya ciki ba, to ba a lissafa shi ba.” 27.3

[Ḥanbal ibn Isḥāq:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal gathered us together—me, Ṣāliḥ, and ʿAbd Allāh—and read his Authenticated Reports to us. We are the only ones to have heard it from him. He told us, “This is a book I put together by sorting through more than 750,000 reports. Whenever you find Muslims disagreeing about a Hadith of the Emissary, check to see if the report is in here. If it’s not, it’s doesn’t count.” 27.3