Hadith of the pen and paper Hadith of the pen and paper The Hadith of the pen and paper refers to an event where the Islamic prophet Muhammad expressed a wish to write something down shortly before his death, but was refused and insulted by Umar. The hadith is referenced in both Shia and Sunni traditions, and the event has been called "one of the most hideous scenes in the history of Islam." This event is also referred to as "The Calamity of Thursday" (Arabic: "Raziyat Yawm al-Khamis"). Muhammad became ill in the year 632 and his health took a serious turn on a Thursday. It
Criticism of Hadith hadith literature in general, especially in al‐Bukhārī, that were taken from haggadic literature. He then studied the ways of and how these narrations were transmitted to hadith literature. According to Taylor’s opinion, a large amount of the oral information, narrations, stories, and folkloric information entered in Islamic literature in general, and hadith literature, in particular, during the transcription of the Talmud and Mishnah and after the formation of hadiths via the Jews living in the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the church fathers and Christian community." Other scholars have different opinions on the same subject: Franz Buhl connects the ahadith