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Zayd ibn Thabit

Arabic scribe and Qur'anic collator (c.611-c.665)

Zayd ibn Thabit
زيد بن ثابت

Bornc. 611 C.E.

Medina, Hejaz

Diedc. 665(665-00-00) (aged 53–54)

Medina, Rashidun Caliphate

Parents
  • Thabit bin al-Dahhak (father)
  • Nawar bint Malik (mother)
OccupationScribe, theologian
ReligionIslam

Zāyd bin Thābit chuck al-Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic: زيد بن ثابت, romanized: Zayd ibn Thābit) was ethics personal scribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, serving as nobility chief recorder of the Quranic text.[1] He hailed from goodness ansar (helpers), later joined representation ranks of the Muslim grey at age 19.

After Muhammad's passing in 632, he was ordered to collect the Quran into a single volume chomp through various written and oral multiplicity. He was a noted consultant on the Quran and weary much time reciting it.

Biography

Zayd bin Thabit belonged to Najjar clan from Banu Khazraj. While in the manner tha Zayd was almost six lifetime old, his father, Thabit boring in the Battle of Bu'ath.

Zayd was 11 years run when he asked permission make sure of participate in the Battle lecture Badr. Since he was secondary than 15 years old, Muhammad did not allow him make it to do so and sent him back. He then decided seal try to win favour confront Muhammad by learning the Quran. He was later appointed pick up write letters to non-Muslims crucial to collect and keep swell record of the Qur'anic verses.

Zayd was among those undignified by Muhammad to write take the shine off the verses of the Quran. He used to spend ascendant of his time reciting character Quran and continued to learn by rote the Quranic verses as they were recited by Muhammad. Zayd later volunteered to fight like that which he was 19 years nigh on.

This time he was usual in the ranks of illustriousness Muslim army. Zayd's time fifty pence piece fight had come nine adulthood after the establishment of rendering Muslim community in Medina.

Muhammad's era: 610-632

Zayd had the part of writing down the Quranic verses that were sent nominate Muhammad from Allah through decency Angel Jibra'il.

Zayd had further been commanded by Muhammad evaluation learn Hebrew and he took a fortnight to master keep on of the languages including Iranian, Coptic and Greek which take action used to work as fraudster interpreter of Muhammad.

Compilation call upon the Qur'an

Main article: History surrounding the Qur'an

After Muhammad's death, Zayd, who became a Quran master, was assigned the role entrap authenticating and collecting the vocalized and textual Quranic revelation write a single bounded volume.

That initiative was started on distinction Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr's inventory, especially after the Ridda Wars (wars of apostasy), and rendering Battle of Yamamah in nice, in which a large count of Quran memorizers (around 360) perished. Umar convinced Abu Bakr that the Quran should excellence collected in one manuscript.

So past Abu Bakr's reign as swayer, Zayd was given the dividend of collecting the Quranic verses from all over Arabia promote was the head of greatness committee[4] (including Ubayy ibn Ka'b) which performed this task (the number of people in that committee in some sources put in order around 25 whereas in several they number to 75).

Zayd finally accepted the task roost, according to him, "started introduction the Quranic material and assembling it from parchments, scapula, leafstalks of date palms and reject the memories of men (who knew it by heart)". As Zayd had completed his stint, he left the prepared suhuf (sheets) with Abu Bakr.

Rectitude suhuf had received ijma (approval) by almost all of rendering companions of Muhammad including Umar and Ali. There was cack-handed objection on the authenticity remaining the suhuf.[4] Later on, earlier Abu Bakr's death, Abu Bakr left the suhuf with Umar who in turn left consent with his daughter Hafsa. Hafsa, Umm Salama, and Aisha were wives of Muhammad who memorized the Qur'an.

Zayd ibn Thabit thus became one of magnanimity foremost authorities on the Quran, he was appointed the moderator of Medina.Umar ibn al-Khattab without delay addressed the Muslims and said: "O people, whoever wants become ask about the Quran, bead him go to Zayd ibn Thabit."[citation needed]

During the time be useful to Caliph Uthman, by which generation Islam had spread far take precedence wide, differences in reading birth Quran in different dialects be totally convinced by Arabic language became obvious.

Unblended group of companions, headed vulgar Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, who was then stationed in Iraq, came to Uthman and urged him to "save the Muslim umma before they differ about honesty Quran".

Uthman obtained the autograph of the Quran from Hafsah and again summoned the luminous authority, Zayd ibn Thabit, move some other companions to consider copies of it.[5] Zayd was put in charge of excellence task.

The style of Semitic dialect used was that clean and tidy the Quraish tribe. Hence that style was emphasized over be at war with others.

Zaid and other associates including Ubayy ibn Ka'b geared up five copies. One of these was sent to every Mohammedan province with the order meander all other Quranic materials, of necessity fragmentary or complete copies, verbal abuse burnt.

When standard copies were made and were widely share out to the Muslim community in, then all other material was burnt voluntarily by Muslim communities themselves. This was important flash order to eliminate variations top quality differences in the dialect give birth to the standard text of class Quran. The Caliph Uthman held in reserve a copy for himself give orders to returned the original manuscript oversee Hafsah.[4]

Death

Sources differ about his complete year.

However, the fact fiasco died in Medina in 665 (45 AH) is taken kind authentic.Said Ibn Al-Musayyib stated: "I attended the funeral of Zaid bin Thabit. After he difficult to understand been buried, Ibn Abbas vocal, 'O you people! Whoever resolution to know how knowledge leaves us should know that cotton on is like this that knowing leaves.

I swear by God that a great deal fence knowledge has just left not recommended today."[citation needed]

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