Özet:

The issue of kitābat al-hadīth, which is shaped around the narrations conveyed from the Prophet Muhammad regarding whether the hadiths were written or not, has been one of the most debated issues in the field of hadith studies. Although it has been a subject of debate since the early periods of the history of hadith, the issues related to the historical back ground of the opposition to kitabat, which continued until the end of the second century of Hijri, have mostly failed to go beyond repetition. There are many philological, psychological, cultural and sociological reasons for this opposition beyond the narrations attributed to the Prophet. So, this study aims to address these reasons based on the narrations related to the subject. As far as we could observe, the reasons behind the opposition to kitabat, which continued until the end of the second century of Hijri, include the predominance of oral culture, the fact that the Arabic script was unable to transfer information from written documents and therefore oral culture was considered more reliable, the concern that unqualified people might be more engaged in the narration of hadith and might transmit hadiths in a way that was not in accordance with the original, and the concern that personal opinions would be narrated in writing.

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