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In the history of Islam, from the early period, scholars attached significant importance to recording information, which was also actively encouraged by the administrators and rulers of the time. However, for some ḥadīth scholars, there is a few information in history and ṭabaḳāt books, which state that the muḥaddiths destroyed their own collections. Considering the great efforts they spent throughout their life, it is quite remarkable that some of muḥaddiths destroyed their ḥadīth collections by burying, burning, throwing into the water, wiping, washing, tearing them apart, or willing others to destroy before their death. Interestingly, these muḥaddiths are not insignificant in number, and even some of them are among the prominent muḥaddiths. At this point, it is imperative to investigate which muḥaddiths destroyed their books, the motivations behind this decision, and the consequences for the knowledge of hadīth. In this study, we investigate the reasons and methods of muḥaddiths, lived in 2nd and 3rd AH centuries, who destroyed their b ooks. F urthermore, w e e xamine t heir i mpacts o n hadīth science and thoughts of other muḥaddiths on this issue. Then, we focus on its influence on jarḥ wa’l-ta'dīl as it affects the weakness of the narrator's ḍḥabt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Undoubtedly the most basic element is information in the development of civilization. In this context it is obvious the importance of the book as a information source. The book showed different levels of development early ages up to this day. The emergence and development of the book shaped various cultural, political, economic, and geographic factors. Today, the book been in existence in both print and electronic formats and continues to be the main information source. To know the history of the book will shed light on future assessments. In this context, the aim of this study to present an overview the formation and development of the printed book in the historical process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]