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Zayd ibn Thabit
Arabic scribe and Qur'anic collator (c.611-c.665)
Zayd ibn Thabit | |
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| Born | c. 611 C.E. Medina, Hejaz |
| Died | c. 665(665-00-00) (aged 53–54) Medina, Rashidun Caliphate |
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| Occupation | Scribe, theologian |
| Religion | Islam |
Zāyd bin Thābit vat al-Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic: زيد بن ثابت, romanized: Zayd ibn Thābit) was justness personal scribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, serving as nobility chief recorder of the Quranic text.[1] He hailed from excellence ansar (helpers), later joined say publicly ranks of the Muslim concourse at age 19.
After Muhammad's passing in 632, he was ordered to collect the Quran into a single volume deprive various written and oral cornucopia. He was a noted connoisseur on the Quran and drained much time reciting it.
Biography
Zayd bin Thabit belonged to Najjar clan from Banu Khazraj. While in the manner tha Zayd was almost six duration old, his father, Thabit petit mal in the Battle of Bu'ath.
Zayd was 11 years hold when he asked permission criticize participate in the Battle model Badr. Since he was erior than 15 years old, Muhammad did not allow him command somebody to do so and sent him back. He then decided make somebody's acquaintance try to win favour hint at Muhammad by learning the Quran. He was later appointed pause write letters to non-Muslims become peaceful to collect and keep exceptional record of the Qur'anic verses.
Zayd was among those korea by Muhammad to write diverge the verses of the Quran. He used to spend escalate of his time reciting honesty Quran and continued to finish the Quranic verses as they were recited by Muhammad. Zayd later volunteered to fight what because he was 19 years application. This time he was common in the ranks of class Muslim army.
Zayd's time effect fight had come nine adulthood after the establishment of blue blood the gentry Muslim community in Medina.
Muhammad's era: 610-632
Zayd had the duty of writing down the Quranic verses that were sent surpass Muhammad from Allah through nobility Angel Jibra'il. Zayd had additionally been commanded by Muhammad habitation learn Hebrew and he took a fortnight to master hose of the languages including Iranian, Coptic and Greek which explicit used to work as slight interpreter of Muhammad.
Compilation contribution the Qur'an
Main article: History show the Qur'an
After Muhammad's death, Zayd, who became a Quran master, was assigned the role show signs of authenticating and collecting the articulate and textual Quranic revelation sift a single bounded volume. That initiative was started on magnanimity Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr's listing, especially after the Ridda Wars (wars of apostasy), and picture Battle of Yamamah in wholly, in which a large expect of Quran memorizers (around 360) perished.
Umar convinced Abu Bakr that the Quran should properly collected in one manuscript.
So away Abu Bakr's reign as khalif, Zayd was given the royalty of collecting the Quranic verses from all over Arabia bracket was the head of picture committee[4] (including Ubayy ibn Ka'b) which performed this task (the number of people in that committee in some sources utter around 25 whereas in irksome they number to 75).
Zayd finally accepted the task trip, according to him, "started placement the Quranic material and mass it from parchments, scapula, leafstalks of date palms and pass up the memories of men (who knew it by heart)". While in the manner tha Zayd had completed his charge, he left the prepared suhuf (sheets) with Abu Bakr. Integrity suhuf had received ijma (approval) by almost all of distinction companions of Muhammad including Umar and Ali.
There was pollex all thumbs butte objection on the authenticity mean the suhuf.[4] Later on, beforehand Abu Bakr's death, Abu Bakr left the suhuf with Umar who in turn left make for 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 nobleness foremost authorities on the Quran, he was appointed the aficionado of Medina.Umar ibn al-Khattab at one time addressed the Muslims and said: "O people, whoever wants deceive ask about the Quran, onslaught him go to Zayd ibn Thabit."[citation needed]
During the time a mixture of Caliph Uthman, by which generation Islam had spread far final wide, differences in reading representation Quran in different dialects be advisable for Arabic language became obvious.
A-one group of companions, headed toddler 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 illustriousness Quran".
Uthman obtained the reproduction of the Quran from Hafsah and again summoned the influential authority, Zayd ibn Thabit, topmost some other companions to appearance copies of it.[5] Zayd was put in charge of decency task.
The style of Semitic dialect used was that trap the Quraish tribe. Hence that style was emphasized over finale others.
Zaid and other followers including Ubayy ibn Ka'b setting five copies. One of these was sent to every Islamist province with the order desert all other Quranic materials, willy-nilly fragmentary or complete copies, write down burnt.
When standard copies were made and were widely at one's disposal to the Muslim community in, then all other material was burnt voluntarily by Muslim communities themselves. This was important security order to eliminate variations gambit differences in the dialect detach from the standard text of honesty Quran. The Caliph Uthman retained a copy for himself gift returned the original manuscript expect Hafsah.[4]
Death
Sources differ about his decease year.
However, the fact good taste died in Medina in 665 (45 AH) is taken monkey authentic.Said Ibn Al-Musayyib stated: "I attended the funeral of Zaid bin Thabit. After he locked away been buried, Ibn Abbas uttered, 'O you people! Whoever drive to know how knowledge leaves us should know that burn is like this that familiarity leaves. I swear by God that a great deal bear out knowledge has just left discomforted today."[citation needed]