Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 4679

When the Muslims were fighting with the people of Yamamah, who was one of those who used to write the Divine Revelation: Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ sent for me after the (heavy) casualties among the warriors (of the battle) of Yamama (where a great number of Qurra' were killed). `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ was present with Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ who said, `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ has come to me and said, The people have suffered heavy casualties on the day of (the battle of) Yamama, and I am afraid that there will be more casualties among the Qurra' (those who know the Qur'an by heart) at other battle-fields, whereby a large part of the Qur'an may be lost, unless you collect it. And I am of the opinion that you should collect the Qur'an." Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ added, "I said to `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ , 'How can I do something which Allah's Apostle has not done?' `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ said (to me), 'By Allah, it is (really) a good thing.' So `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ kept on pressing, trying to persuade me to accept his proposal, till Allah opened my bosom for it and I had the same opinion as `Umar." (Zaid bin Thabit added:) `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ was sitting with him (Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ ) and was not speaking. me). "You are a wise young man and we do not suspect you (of telling lies or of forgetfulness): and you used to write the Divine Inspiration for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Therefore, look for the Qur'an and collect it (in one manuscript). " By Allah, if he (Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ ) had ordered me 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. I said to both of them, "How dare you do a thing which the Prophet has not done?" Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ said, "By Allah, it is (really) a good thing. So I kept on arguing with him about it till Allah opened my bosom for that which He had opened the bosoms of Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ and `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ . So I started locating Qur'anic material and collecting it from parchments, scapula, leaf-stalks of date palms and from the memories of men (who knew it by heart). I found with Khuza`ima two Verses of Surat-at-Tauba which I had not found with anybody else, (and they were):-- "Verily there has come to you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst yourselves. It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty He (Muhammad) is ardently anxious over you (to be rightly guided)" (9.128) The manuscript on which the Qur'an was collected, remained with Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ till Allah took him unto Him, and then with `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ till Allah took him unto Him, and finally it remained with Hafsa, `Umar's daughter. Shoaib, Uthman bin Amr, Laith, Younus, Ibn-e-Shihab, Laith, Abdur Rehman bin Khalid, Ibn-e-Shihab, Hadrat Khuzaiwah Ansari, Musa, Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Ibn-e-Shihab, Hadrat Abu Khuzaimah, Uaqub bin Ibrahim, Ibrahim bin Sa'd, Abu Thabit, Ibrahim, Hadrat Khuzaimah or Hadrat Abu Khuzaimah.