\nNarrated Zaid bin Thabit:\n \n\nAbu Bakr As-Siddiq sent for me when the people! of Yamama had been killed (i.e., a number of the \nProphet's Companions who fought against Musailama). (I went to him) and found `Umar bin Al- \nKhattab sitting with him. Abu Bakr then said (to me), "`Umar has come to me and said: "Casualties \nwere heavy among the Qurra' of the! Qur'an (i.e. those who knew the Qur'an by heart) on the day of \nthe Battle of Yalmama, and I am afraid that more heavy casualties may take place among the Qurra' \non other battlefields, whereby a large part of the Qur'an may be lost. Therefore I suggest, you (Abu \nBakr) order that the Qur'an be collected." I said to `Umar, "How can you do something which Allah's \nApostle did not do?" `Umar said, "By Allah, that is a good project. "`Umar kept on urging me to \naccept his proposal till Allah opened my chest for it and I began to realize the good in the idea which \n`Umar had realized." Then Abu Bakr said (to me). 'You are a wise young man and we do not have any \nsuspicion about you, and you used to write the Divine Inspiration for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). So you should \nsearch for (the fragmentary scripts of) the Qur'an and collect it in one book)." By Allah If they had \nordered me to shift one of the mountains, it would not have been heavier for me than this ordering me \nto collect the Qur'an. Then I said to Abu Bakr, "How will you do something which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did \nnot do?" Abu Bakr replied, "By Allah, it is a good project." Abu Bakr kept on urging me to accept his \nidea until Allah opened my chest for what He had opened the chests of Abu Bakr and `Umar. So I \nstarted looking for the Qur'an and collecting it from (what was written on) palmed stalks, thin white \nstones and also from the men who knew it by heart, till I found the last Verse of Surat at-Tauba \n(Repentance) with Abi Khuza`ima Al-Ansari, and I did not find it with anybody other than him. The \nVerse is: \n'Verily there has come unto you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst yourselves. It grieves him \nthat you should receive any injury or difficulty..(till the end of Surat-Baraa' (at-Tauba) (9.128-129) \nThen the complete manuscripts (copy) of the Qur'an remained with Abu Bakr till he died, then with \n`Umar till the end of his life, and then with Hafsa, the daughter of `Umar.\n

\nNarrated Zaid bin Thabit:\n \n\nAbu Bakr As-Siddiq sent for me when the people! of Yamama had been killed (i.e., a number of the \nProphet's Companions who fought against Musailama). (I went to him) and found `Umar bin Al- \nKhattab sitting with him. Abu Bakr then said (to me), "`Umar has come to me and said: "Casualties \nwere heavy among the Qurra' of the! Qur'an (i.e. those who knew the Qur'an by heart) on the day of \nthe Battle of Yalmama, and I am afraid that more heavy casualties may take place among the Qurra' \non other battlefields, whereby a large part of the Qur'an may be lost. Therefore I suggest, you (Abu \nBakr) order that the Qur'an be collected." I said to `Umar, "How can you do something which Allah's \nApostle did not do?" `Umar said, "By Allah, that is a good project. "`Umar kept on urging me to \naccept his proposal till Allah opened my chest for it and I began to realize the good in the idea which \n`Umar had realized." Then Abu Bakr said (to me). 'You are a wise young man and we do not have any \nsuspicion about you, and you used to write the Divine Inspiration for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). So you should \nsearch for (the fragmentary scripts of) the Qur'an and collect it in one book)." By Allah If they had \nordered me to shift one of the mountains, it would not have been heavier for me than this ordering me \nto collect the Qur'an. Then I said to Abu Bakr, "How will you do something which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did \nnot do?" Abu Bakr replied, "By Allah, it is a good project." Abu Bakr kept on urging me to accept his \nidea until Allah opened my chest for what He had opened the chests of Abu Bakr and `Umar. So I \nstarted looking for the Qur'an and collecting it from (what was written on) palmed stalks, thin white \nstones and also from the men who knew it by heart, till I found the last Verse of Surat at-Tauba \n(Repentance) with Abi Khuza`ima Al-Ansari, and I did not find it with anybody other than him. The \nVerse is: \n'Verily there has come unto you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst yourselves. It grieves him \nthat you should receive any injury or difficulty..(till the end of Surat-Baraa' (at-Tauba) (9.128-129) \nThen the complete manuscripts (copy) of the Qur'an remained with Abu Bakr till he died, then with \n`Umar till the end of his life, and then with Hafsa, the daughter of `Umar.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ السَّبَّاقِ، أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَىَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَقْتَلَ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ فَإِذَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ إِنَّ عُمَرَ أَتَانِي فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْقَتْلَ قَدِ اسْتَحَرَّ يَوْمَ الْيَمَامَةِ بِقُرَّاءِ الْقُرْآنِ وَإِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يَسْتَحِرَّ الْقَتْلُ بِالْقُرَّاءِ بِالْمَوَاطِنِ، فَيَذْهَبَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَأْمُرَ بِجَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ‏.‏ قُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ عُمَرُ هَذَا وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ‏.‏ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عُمَرُ يُرَاجِعُنِي حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللَّهُ صَدْرِي لِذَلِكَ، وَرَأَيْتُ فِي ذَلِكَ الَّذِي رَأَى عُمَرُ‏.‏ قَالَ زَيْدٌ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِنَّكَ رَجُلٌ شَابٌّ عَاقِلٌ لاَ نَتَّهِمُكَ، وَقَدْ كُنْتَ تَكْتُبُ الْوَحْىَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَتَتَبَّعِ الْقُرْآنَ فَاجْمَعْهُ فَوَاللَّهِ لَوْ كَلَّفُونِي نَقْلَ جَبَلٍ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ مَا كَانَ أَثْقَلَ عَلَىَّ مِمَّا أَمَرَنِي مِنْ جَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ هُوَ وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يُرَاجِعُنِي حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللَّهُ صَدْرِي لِلَّذِي شَرَحَ لَهُ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ فَتَتَبَّعْتُ الْقُرْآنَ أَجْمَعُهُ مِنَ الْعُسُبِ وَاللِّخَافِ وَصُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ آخِرَ سُورَةِ التَّوْبَةِ مَعَ أَبِي خُزَيْمَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ لَمْ أَجِدْهَا مَعَ أَحَدٍ غَيْرَهُ ‏{‏لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ‏}‏ حَتَّى خَاتِمَةِ بَرَاءَةَ، فَكَانَتِ الصُّحُفُ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ حَيَاتَهُ ثُمَّ عِنْدَ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ‏.‏