`Uthman sent a message to Hafsa asking her to submit the...

`Uthman sent a message to Hafsa asking her to submit the notes of Qur'an she held so that they could be copied into books, promising that they would be returned to her care and trust. Hafsa submitted the notes to Uthman who ordered Zaid b. Thabit, Abdullah b. az‑Zubair, Saeed b. al‑Aas, Abdur­ Rahman b. al‑Harth b. Hisham, to transcribe. And Uthman told the group of three Qureishites: `If you differ with Zaid b.

Thabit on any parts of the Qur'an, write down according to the dialect of Qureish, because it has come down in their dialect'. `So they did the work, and when they had transcribed the notes into the books, Uthman returned the notes to Hafsa. Then he sent a copy to every place, ordering that all other versions of the Qur'an, found in pages or books must be set on fire'. Ibn Shihab says: "Kharijah b. Zaid b. Thabit informed me that he heard Zaid b.

Thabit report the following: `When we were copying the notes, I found that an ayah from the Surah Al‑Ahzab was missing. It was an ayah I had been hearing the Messenger of Allah himself recite. So we went in search of it, and found it with Khuzaimah b. Thabit al‑Ansari: من المؤمنين رجال صدقوا ماعاهدوا الله عليه... and we added it to its Surah in the book. [^2] Report n.

3 Ibn Abi Shaybah, on his own chain , of authorities, reports from Ali: " Abu Bakr deserves the best reward for the copies of Qur'an, for he was the first one to compile what exists between the two covers". Report n. 4 Ibn Shihab reports from Salim b. Abdillah and Kharijah: "Abu Bakr had compiled the Qur'an in some papers, and then asked Zaid b. Thabit to go through them. Zaid refused, till Abu Bakr asked Umar to intervene. So Zaid agreed.

These books were with Abu Bakr till he died, then with Umar till he died, and thereafter with Hafsa, the Prophet's wife. When Uthman sent for them, she refused to part with them, till he pledged that they would be returned to her. Then she gave them. Uthman transcribed them into the books, and returned the original to Hafsa with whom they remained.” Report n. 5 Hisham b. Urwah reports from his father, who said: "When the participants of Yamamah were killed, Abu Bakr ordered Umar b.

al‑Khattab and Zaid b. Thabit: `Sit at the door of the Mosque, and when anyone brings something from the Qur'an which you suspect, write it down if it is witnessed by two men'. This is because those companions of the Prophet (‘s) who had compiled the Qur'an had been killed at Yamamah". Report n. 6 Muhammad b.