Did The Sahabah Stopped People From Narrating Ahadith?
It is not that narrating Ahadith were not allowed, it was rather discouraged to narrate Ahadith excessively. It is sound reporting that Abu Bakr burnt his collection of Ahadith. It was because they were very careful not to ascribe anything to the prophet which he did not say or meant. It would distort a part of religion. It shows that they knew that Religion is not dependent on Ahadith. Secondly, Umar feared that people would discard Quran for Ahadith as it had happened to Jews.