One day, when the senior companions came to enquire about his health, he lowered his head a little and reflected for some time. Then he said to them: “Bring me a sheet of paper and an ink-pot so that I may write something for you, after which you will never be misguided”.2
At this moment the Second Caliph broke the silence and said: “Sickness has overpowered the Prophet. The Qur’an is with you. The Divine Book is sufficient for us”.
The view expressed by the Caliph became the subject of discussion, some persons opposed him and said: “The orders of the Prophet must be obeyed. Go and bring him pen and paper so that whatever he has in mind should be recorded”. Some others took the side of the Caliph and prevented the procurement of pen and ink. The Prophet was extremely annoyed on account of their dispute and presumptuous words and said: “Get up and leave the house”. (Be off from here).
After narrating this incident Ibn Abbas says: “The greatest calamity for Islam was that the discord and dispute of some companions prevented the Prophet from writing the deed which he intended to write”