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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 4883 — At the time of the slaughter

حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ كَامِلٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ السَّبَّاقِ، أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: " أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ مَقْتَلَ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةَ، فَإِذَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْدَهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَتَانِي هَذَا الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ لِي: إِنَّ الْقَتْلَ قَدِ اسْتَحَرَّ بِأَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ مِنْ قُرَّاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَإِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يَسْتَحِرَّ الْقَتْلُ بِالْقُرَّاءِ فِي الْمَوَاطِنِ، فَيَذْهَبُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ لَا يُوعَى، وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَأْمُرَ بِجَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ، فَقُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ: كَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ عُمَرُ: هُوَ وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَاجِعُنِي فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللهُ بِذَلِكَ صَدْرِي، وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهِ الَّذِي رَأَى عُمَرُ وَعُمَرُ جَالِسٌ عَنْدَهُ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنَّكَ رَجُلٌ شَابٌّ عَاقِلٌ وَلَا نَتَّهِمُكَ، وَكُنْتَ تُكْتَبُ الْوَحْيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَاتَّبِعِ الْقُرْآنَ فَاجْمَعْهٌ "، قَالَ زَيْدٌ: «فَوَاللهِ لَوْ كَلَّفَنِي نَقْلَ جَبَلٍ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ مَا كَانَ أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ مِمَّا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ مِنْ جَمَعِ الْقُرْآنِ» ، قَالَ: " قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: هُوَ وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يُرَاجِعُنِي حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللهُ صَدْرِي لِلَّذِي شَرَحَ بِهِ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ " قَالَ: " فَقُمْتُ فَتَتَبَّعْتُ الْقُرْآنَ أَجْمَعُهُ مِنَ الرِّقَاعِ وَالْأَكْتَافِ وَالْأَقْتَابِ وَالْعُسُبِ وَصُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ آخِرَ سُورَةِ التَّوْبَةِ آيَتَيْنِ مَعَ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ لَمْ أَجِدْهُمَا مَعَ أَحَدٍ غَيْرِهِ {لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ} [التوبة: ١٢٨] ، فَكَانَتِ الصُّحُفُ الَّتِي جَمَعْتُ فِيهَا الْقُرْآنَ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَيَاتَهُ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ، ثُمَّ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ، ثُمَّ عِنْدَ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ "
Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: At the time of the slaughter of the people at Yamamah, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) sent for me, and Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was with him. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This man (Umar) came to me and said: On the day of Yamamah very heavy losses fell upon the reciters (qurra') of the Muslims, and I fear that if the reciters are killed like this in other places too, much of the Qur'an will be lost, never to be preserved. So my view is that you should order the Qur'an to be compiled. I said to Umar: How can I do something that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do? Umar said: By Allah, it is good. Umar kept speaking to me about it again and again until Allah opened my heart to it as well, and I came to hold the same view as Umar; meanwhile Umar sat with him in silence. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You are a sensible young man; we have no suspicion about you, and you used to write down the revelation for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So search out the Qur'an and compile it. Zayd said: By Allah, had they ordered me to move one of the mountains, it would not have been heavier upon me than the order to compile the Qur'an. I said: How can you people do something that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do? Abu Bakr said: By Allah, it is good. Abu Bakr kept saying this to me again and again until Allah opened my heart to that for which He had opened the hearts of Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). So I set about compiling the Qur'an from pieces of leather, shoulder bones, saddle boards, palm stalks and the breasts of men, until I found the last two verses of Surah al-Tawbah with Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him); I did not find them with anyone else: "There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves" [Surah al-Tawbah: 128]. So the sheets in which I had compiled the Qur'an remained with Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) throughout his life until Allah took him in death; then they remained with Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) until Allah took him in death; then they remained with Hafsah bint Umar (may Allah be pleased with her).
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الزاي / 4883
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 5، صفحہ 147، حدیث 4902