Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ دَخَلَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَحَدَّثَهُ حَدِيثًا فَأَمَرَ إِنْسَانًا أَنْ يَكْتُبَ فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى أَنْ نَكْتُبَ شَيْئًا مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ فَمَحَاهُ.
English Translation
Abu Ahmad told us: Kathir ibn Zayd told us, from Abd al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah, who said: Zayd ibn Thabit came in to Mu'awiya and narrated a hadith to him, so he ordered a man to write it down. Zayd said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade us from writing down anything of his hadith," so he erased it.