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To: kumar who wrote (402498)1/8/2011 12:24:58 AM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (1) of 793928
 
Mohammed was illiterate but he lived in a semi-literate society. Their tradition is that scribes in the Sahaabah wrote down his words. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me that this went on. Years later these writings were collected, collated, and edited (though saying that in some neighborhoods could get you killed) into the Koran.


But you are correct that there was also an oral tradition about Mohammed that didn't get written down for a long time after he died.
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