So the next morning the noble Companions, both men and women among them, asked the Messenger of God.
about meanings that were hidden from them,
and whatever intended meaning was unclear to them,
And concerning the ruling on any new events that arose for them,
So you find one of them asking about small and large matters.
And the woman comes to ask him and says, 'O Messenger of God,'
Indeed, God is not ashamed of the truth.
And she asks him something that, if it were not a matter of religion, would not be appropriate to ask about.
Because they all knew, perceived, and were certain that their teacher was the Messenger of God.
and that he knew the subtle details of the law and the realities of the revelation,
And that God honored them and elevated their station by their entering Islam,
And that everything they do and everything they say, whether small or great,
It must be in accordance with what God has legislated.
And they must be knowledgeable about it.
And that feeling ashamed to ask about a matter of religious law is blameworthy.
And that any action that goes against the intent of the Lawgiver is invalid.
So sincerity of intention must be accompanied by knowledge.
So intentions alone do not suffice if the deed is not correct.
Sincerity of intention in action is necessary, and it must conform to the Lawgiver's intent.
And they all believed that conveying the message was part of their duties.
They then began transmitting from the Messenger of God what they had heard and understood.
And they clarify what they had understood.
Thus their reporting of what they had heard, seen, and learned from him was precise.
And their understanding of it was sound.
Because they lived through the revelation, witnessed its descent, and the events took place before them,
In addition to the piety and God-consciousness with which God has honored them,
and the special excellence with which their time was singled out over the generations,
And how He endowed them with keen perception and intelligence.
And others received it from them, people of a high degree of understanding and awareness.
and the power of memory and the ability to recall meanings,
And some wrote pages.
Others abandoned writing because what they retained was precise and their memory was strong.
And they, in their turn, transmitted what they had understood and memorized and what they had written.
And so it continued until when time had grown distant a little slightly.
The scholars and the eminent imams concluded that relying on memorization alone is not sufficient.
And that it was necessary to fix the prophetic practice and to collect it in books; thus the process of collecting, writing, and recording was completed.
