Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Shurahbīl: there is some weakness in him.

ʿUbayd ibn al-Sabbāq said: Zayd related to me that Abu Bakr said to him,

“You are a young, intelligent man in whom we place no suspicion. You used to write down the revelation for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; therefore trace the Quran and compile it.”

I replied, “How can you undertake something the Messenger of Allah ﷺ himself did not do?”

He said, “By Allah, it is certainly the best course.”

Abu Bakr continued to press me until Allah opened my heart to what He had opened the hearts of Abu Bakr and ʿUmar. I then began collecting the Quran, gathering it from parchments, shoulder-blades, palm-leaf stalks, and the memories of men. (1)

Anas said, “During the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, four men compiled the Quran, all of them from the Ansar: Ubayy, Muʿādh, Zayd ibn Thābit, and Abu Zayd.” (2)

Khālid al-Ḥaddāʾ, from Abū Qilābah, from Anas, narrates from the Prophet ﷺ: “The most knowledgeable of my community regarding the laws of inheritance is Zayd ibn Thābit.” (3)

A similar wording is reported in the hadith of Ibn ʿUmar.

(1) Reported by al-Bukhari, 9/8 and 9/11, in the section “Virtues of the Quran,” chapter “The Collection of the Quran”; by Ahmad, 5/188–189; by al-Fasawi, 1/485; by al-Tabarani, no. 4901; and by Ibn Abi Dawud in al-Masahif, pp. 6 and 9. Al-usb (sing. usub) designates the central rib of a palm frond after its leaflets have been removed; the early Muslims wrote on such objects because paper (qirtas) was scarce at the time. (2) Reported by al-Bukhari, 9/46, in “Virtues of the Quran,” chapter “The Reciters among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah,” through the chain Hafs b. Umar → Hammam → Qatadah → Anas. (3) The isnad is sound; the report is also found in Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, 2/359, transmitted by ʿAffan b. Muslim → Wahib with this same chain.
شُرَحْبِيْلُ: فِيْهِ لِيْنٌ مَا. وَقَالَ عُبَيْدُ بنُ السَّبَّاقِ: حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدٌ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ قَالَ لَهُ: إِنَّكَ رَجُلٌ شَابٌّ عَاقِلٌ لاَ نَتَّهِمُكَ، قَدْ كُنْتَ تَكْتُبَ الوَحْيَ لِرَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَتَبَّعِ القُرْآنَ، فَاجْمَعْهُ. فَقُلْتُ: كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُوْنَ شَيْئاً لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: هُوَ -وَاللهِ- خَيْرٌ. فَلَمْ يَزَلْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يُرَاجِعُنِي حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللهُ صَدْرِي لِلَّذِي شَرَحَ لَهُ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، فَكُنْتُ أَتَتَبَّعُ القُرْآنَ، أَجْمَعُهُ مِنَ الرِّقَاعِ، وَالأَكْتَافِ، وَالعُسُبِ، وَصُدُوْرِ الرِّجَالِ (١) . قَالَ أَنَسٌ: جَمَعَ القُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ أَرْبَعَةٌ، كُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ: أُبَيٌّ، وَمُعَاذٌ، وَزَيْدُ بنُ ثَابِتٍ، وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ (٢) . خَالِدٌ الحَذَّاءُ: عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ: عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: (أَفْرَضُ أُمَّتِي: زَيْدُ بنُ ثَابِتٍ (٣)) . وَجَاءَ نَحْوُهُ مِنْ حَدِيْثِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ.
(١) أخرجه البخاري ٩ / ٨، ١١ في فضائل القرآن: باب جمع القرآن، وأحمد ٥ / ١٨٨، ١٨٩ والفسوي ١ / ٤٨٥، والطبراني (٤٩٠١) ، وابن أبي داود في " المصاحف ": ٦، ٩. والعسب جمع عسيب: وهو جريد النخل إذا نحي عنه خوصه. وكانوا يكتبون في تلك الاشياء، لقلة القراطيس عندهم يومئذ. (٢) أخرجه البخاري ٩ / ٤٦ في فضائل القرآن: باب القراء من أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ، من طريق حفص بن عمر، عن همام، عن قتادة، عن أنس. (٣) إسناده صحيح، وهو في " الطبقات " ٢ / ٣٥٩ من طريق عفان بن مسلم، عن وهيب بهذا الإسناد.

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