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Narrated Zayd ibn Thabit: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered me (to learn the writing of the Jews), so I learnt for him the writing of the Jews. He said: I swear by Allah, I do not trust Jews in respect of writing for me. So I learnt it, and only a fortnight passed before I mastered it. I would write for him when he wrote (to them), and read to him when something was written to him

حدثنا احمد بن يونس، حدثنا ابن ابي الزناد، عن ابيه، عن خارجة، - يعني ابن زيد بن ثابت - قال قال زيد بن ثابت امرني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فتعلمت له كتاب يهود وقال " اني والله ما امن يهود على كتابي " . فتعلمته فلم يمر بي الا نصف شهر حتى حذقته فكنت اكتب له اذا كتب واقرا له اذا كتب اليه