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When were hadith written?

Were hadith only written down 200 years after the Prophet?

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Simple answer

Ibn Baz holds that writing hadith is permissible and says that permission for it existed during the Prophet's lifetime. Ibn Baz

He explains that the early restriction guarded against mixing reports with the revealed text and ended after that text became firmly known. Ibn Baz

Scholar quotes

Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz

شرح صحيح البخاري: باب كتابة العلم والجمع بين النهي والإذن

وهذا يدل على جواز الكتابة، ولهذا رخص لهم النبي ﷺ قال: اكتبوا لأبي شاه، كان نهى عن الكتابة عنه عليه الصلاة والسلام؛ لئلا يختلط كلامه بالقرآن، ثم رخص في ذلك لما استقر الأمر وعرف الناس القرآن وتبصّروا، أذِن في كتابة الحديث عنه عليه الصلاة والسلام.

The scholar's own words in Arabic (short quote)

binbaz.org.sa, audio 2419 (شرح صحيح البخاري، كتاب العلم)

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