Ibn Abbas said, ''When the ailment of the Prophet became worse, he said, Bring for me (writing) paper and I will write for you a statement after which you will not go astray.' But Umar said, The Prophet is seriously ill, and we have got Allah's Book with us and that is sufficient for us.' But the companions of the Prophet differed about this and there was a hue and cry. On that the Prophet said to them, Go away (and leave me alone). It is not right that you should quarrel in front of me.'' Ibn Abbas came out saying, ''It was most unfortunate (a great disaster) that Allah's Apostle was prevented from writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise. (Note: It is apparent from this Hadith that Ibn Abbes had witnessed the event and came out saying this statement. The truth is not so, for Ibn Abbas used to say this statement on narrating the Hadith and he had not witnessed the event personally. See Fath Al-Bari Vol. 1, p.220 footnote.) (See Hadith No. 228, Vol. 4).
To me several things stand out...
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Prophet didn't how to write yet here it says prophet said I'll write for you...
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I also read prophet lived several days after this incident, if so that meant he had time to give more instructions, so claim he was prevented seem dubious.
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Whatever prophet said was what God wanted him to say, as made clear by other Hadiths/Quran, so to claim he was "prevented" from conveying some knowledge, would mean God was prevented from saying something which doesn't make sense.
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The hadith itself says that "The truth is not so...he had not witnessed the event personally", meaning chain of transmission has broken?
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