Nosso exemplo, Aḥmad — que Deus esteja satisfeito com ele — não acreditava em escrever livros.

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

Ele proibiu que alguém registrasse por escrito o que ele dizia ou suas respostas a questões jurídicas.163 Se ele tivesse pensado de outra forma, teria produzido muitas compilações e teria muitos escritos em seu nome. Suas obras são, portanto, compilações de relatos de Hadith, como o Authenticated Reports Listed by Transmitter, que contém trinta mil relatos.164 Ele costumava dizer a seu filho ʿAbd Allāh: “Guarde bem aquele Authenticated Reports, porque as pessoas vão precisar dele.” Ele também compilou a Interpretação do Alcorão, que contém 120.000 relatos,165 The Abrogating and Abrogated Verses of the Qurʾan,166 Fixing of Dates,167 Hadith Reports Transmitted by Shuʿbah,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