COMPILATION OF THE HOLY QUR’AN
One of the greatest achievements Abu Bakr rendered to Islam was the compilation of the Holy Qur’an. At that time, there were hundreds of memorizers who had memorized the entire Qur’an among the Companions during the life time of the Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him), but the Holy Qur’an had never been complied in a book-form, although its memorization continued after the death of the Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him). However, numbers of those memorizers had been martyred in the various battles that had ensued after the Prophet’s passing. Consequently, it occurred to Umar that steps should be taken to preserve the Qur’an intact in its original form, against any kind of risk, and he saw that it was not prudent to depend exclusively upon those who had committed its memory to heart. Therefore, he urged Abu Bakr to have it written down in the form of a book. Abu Bakr at first hesitated because this had not been done by the Prophet himself. However, after some debate on the subject, he agreed and appointed Zaid ibn Thabit for this work, Zaid hesitated at the thought of undertaking such a momentous task, but he later took heart and began the work. Zaid was the most capable person to be charged with this because he had acted as an amanuensis to the Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him), and one of the Companions, who had learnt the Qur’an directly from him.
Zaid ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), said: ‘By Allah, If Abu Bakr had ordered to shift one of the mountains from its place it would not have been harder for me than what he had ordered me concerning the collection of the Qur’an.’ He continued, ‘I started locating Qur’anic material and collecting it from parchments, scapula, leaf-stalks of date palms and from the memories of men.’
The manuscript in which the Qur’an was collected, remained with Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) till he passed away, and then with Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) till he depart this life, and finally it remained with Hafsah, Umar’s daughter.
It is reported from Ali ben Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: ‘The one who has the greatest reward amongst the people is Abu Bakr. He was the first to compile the Qur’an between two slates.’
Source: ( The Series of: Men and Women Around Muhammad)
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