English narration
Narrated by زيد بن ثابت الأنصاري
Narrated Zayd ibn Thabit: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me (to learn the writing of the Jews), so I learnt for him the writing of the Jews. He said: I swear by Allah, I do not trust Jews in respect of writing for me. So I learnt it, and only a fortnight passed that. I mastered it. I would write for him when he wrote (to them), and read to him when something was written to him.
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ خَارِجَةَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ : "
أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَعَلَّمْتُ لَهُ كِتَابَ يَهُودَ ، وَقَالَ :
" إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا آمَنُ يَهُودَ عَلَى كِتَابِي ، فَتَعَلَّمْتُهُ ، فَلَمْ يَمُرَّ بِي إِلَّا نِصْفُ شَهْرٍ حَتَّى حَذَقْتُهُ ، فَكُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ لَهُ إِذَا كَتَبَ ، وَأَقْرَأُ لَهُ إِذَا كُتِبَ إِلَيْهِ " .