Yes he did tell them not to write the hadith, this was during the period when the Quran was still being revealed. So you can see why it was prohibitted, people were still not strong enough in their knowledge of Quran, they might have gotten the words of Quran and hadith mixed up, especially if they were written on the same scraps. After the revelation of the Quran was complete, the danger of something like this happening obviously was gone
Anyways Chanda…I guess we can only agree to disagree, because we keep going in circles…for me the Sunnah remains so much more than an interesting piece of history to read in my free time…
Im out 