Hadith scripture in the first century of hijra (Post-prophet)

The use of writing in the transmission of the narratives over time is an important subject of discussion. In our sources, there are many narrations for and against the subject. Different practices and assumptions arising from the narrations have diversified the approaches about the hadith scripture but made it difficult to reach a consensus on the subject. It is not possible to give satisfactory information on the subject without identifying the development of writing in Arab society, its areas of use, and the traces it left as a result of its interaction with people and geography. According to the researches, the source of the written language used in the period of jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic age of ignorance) is the Nebat alphabet derived from Aramaic. The stylistic features of the alphabet used also affected the choice of materials for writing, and the materials with a low resistance to the destructive effect of time were used. Although writing is not a highly developed cultural element in Arab society, it is not an unknown and unused element. In the first century of Hijri, writing was at a level that allowed hadith scripture. During this period, the attitudes of the Companions and the followers towards the script differed. While some people have a positive approach to the subject and give written products, some approach it negatively and display a prohibitive attitude against written scripture. However, those who approach positively are many times more than those who take a negative attitude. Due to the influence of the dominant oral culture, writing was not a common way of communication in the Arap society, but it had developed over time as a necessity with the establishment of the Islamic State. The phenomenon of hadith scripture emerged in the period of the Hz. Prophet and it had become increasingly common with the development of writing. Although the hadith scripture developed gradually and became systematic after the first century of Hijri, in terms of its existence within this period; it was too obvious to be denied, too common to be ignored, and functional enough to produce a written product.