Zayd ibn thabit quran explorer

Zayd ibn Thabit

Arabic scribe and Qur'anic collator (cc)

Zayd ibn Thabit
زيد بن ثابت

Bornc.&#; C.E.

Medina, Hejaz

Diedc. () (aged&#;53–54)

Medina, Rashidun Caliphate

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

Zāyd bin Thābit containerful al-Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic: زيد بن ثابت, romanized:&#;Zayd ibn Thābit) was the personal seizure of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, helping as the chief recorder of loftiness Quranic text.[1] He hailed from blue blood the gentry ansar (helpers), later joined the ranks of the Muslim army at raze After Muhammad's passing in , filth was ordered to collect the Quran into a single volume from different written and oral sources. He was a noted expert on the Quran and spent much time reciting burn.

Biography

Zayd bin Thabit belonged to Najjar clan from Banu Khazraj. When Zayd was almost six years old, climax father, Thabit died in the Clash of Bu'ath. Zayd was 11 duration old when he asked permission quick participate in the Battle of Badr. Since he was younger than 15 years old, Muhammad did not task him to do so and transmitted him back. He then decided dirty try to win favour with Muhammad by learning the Quran. He was later appointed to write letters attain non-Muslims and to collect and disregard a record of the Qur'anic verses. Zayd was among those chosen wishywashy Muhammad to write down the verses of the Quran. He used coalesce spend most of his time monologue the Quran and continued to con the Quranic verses as they were recited by Muhammad. Zayd later volunteered to fight when he was 19 years old. This time he was accepted in the ranks of authority Muslim army. Zayd's time to encounter had come nine years after distinction establishment of the Muslim community enjoy Medina.

Muhammad's era:

Zayd had rectitude role of writing down the Quranic verses that were sent to Muhammad from Allah through the Angel Jibra'il. Zayd had also been commanded preschooler Muhammad to learn Hebrew and fiasco took a fortnight to master reaching of the languages including Persian, Egyptian and Greek which he used type work as an interpreter of Muhammad.

Compilation of the Qur'an

Main article: Life of the Qur'an

After Muhammad's death, Zayd, who became a Quran expert, was assigned the role of authenticating essential collecting the oral and textual Quranic revelation into a single bounded tome. This initiative was started on birth Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr's agenda, remarkably after the Ridda Wars (wars foothold apostasy), and the Battle of Yamamah in particular, in which a heavy number of Quran memorizers (around ) perished. Umar convinced Abu Bakr range the Quran should be collected lead to one manuscript.

So during Abu Bakr's luence as caliph, Zayd was given probity task of collecting the Quranic verses from all over Arabia and was the head of the committee[4] (including Ubayy ibn Ka'b) which performed that task (the number of people detain this committee in some sources wily around 25 whereas in some they number to 75). Zayd finally common the task and, according to him, "started locating the Quranic material turf collecting it from parchments, scapula, leafstalks of date palms and from character memories of men (who knew habitual by heart)". When Zayd had in readiness his task, he left the diagram suhuf (sheets) with Abu Bakr. Description suhuf had received ijma (approval) by means of almost all of the companions refreshing Muhammad including Umar and Ali. Near was no objection on the accuracy of the suhuf.[4] Later on, previously Abu Bakr's death, Abu Bakr compare the suhuf with Umar who unveil turn left it with his bird Hafsa. Hafsa, Umm Salama, and Aisha were wives of Muhammad who memorized the Qur'an.

Zayd ibn Thabit ergo became one of the foremost government on the Quran, he was right the judge of ibn al-Khattab promptly addressed the Muslims and said: "O people, whoever wants to ask fear the Quran, let him go enrol Zayd ibn Thabit."[citation needed]

During the intention of Caliph Uthman, by which past Islam had spread far and city dweller, differences in reading the Quran refurbish different dialects of Arabic language became obvious. A group of companions, secured by Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, who was then stationed in Iraq, came pass away Uthman and urged him to "save the Muslim ummah before they adapt about the Quran".

Uthman obtained distinction manuscript of the Quran from Hafsah and again summoned the leading potency, Zayd ibn Thabit, and some different companions to make copies of it.[5] Zayd was put in charge tactic the task. The style of Semite dialect used was that of rectitude Quraish tribe. Hence this style was emphasized over all others.

Zaid illustrious other companions including Ubayy ibn Ka'b prepared five copies. One of these was sent to every Muslim area with the order that all mess up Quranic materials, whether fragmentary or sweet copies, be burnt. When standard copies were made and were widely protract to the Muslim community everywhere, next all other material was burnt cheerfully by Muslim communities themselves. This was important in order to eliminate unpredictability fluctuations or differences in the dialect circumvent the standard text of the Quran. The Caliph Uthman kept a forge for himself and returned the imaginative manuscript to Hafsah.[4]

Death

Sources differ about authority death year. However, the fact agreed died in Medina in (45 AH) is taken as Ibn Al-Musayyib stated: "I attended the funeral of Zaid bin Thabit. After he had back number buried, Ibn Abbas said, 'O bolster people! Whoever wishes to know provide evidence knowledge leaves us should know ditch it is like this that admit leaves. I swear by Allah wind a great deal of knowledge has just left us today."[citation needed]

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