Musnad Ahmad 76
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حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ السَّبَّاقِ قَالَأَخْبَرَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ مَقْتَلَ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ، فَإِذَا عُمَرُ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنَّ عُمَرَ أَتَانِي فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْقَتْلَ قَدِ اسْتَحَرَّ بِأَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ مِنْ قُرَّاءِ الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَنَا أَخْشَى أَنْ يَسْتَحِرَّ الْقَتْلُ بِالْقُرَّاءِ فِي الْمَوَاطِنِ، فَيَذْهَبَ قُرْآنٌ كَثِيرٌ لَا يُوعَى، وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَأْمُرَ بِجَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ فَقُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ: وَكَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: هُوَ وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَاجِعُنِي فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللهُ بِذَلِكَ صَدْرِي، وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهِ الَّذِي رَأَى عُمَرُ، قَالَ زَيْدٌ: وَعُمَرُ عِنْدَهُ جَالِسٌ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنَّكَ شَابٌّ عَاقِلٌ لَا نَتَّهِمُكَ، وَقَدْ كُنْتَ تَكْتُبُ الْوَحْيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَاجْمَعْهُ. قَالَ زَيْدٌ: فَوَاللهِ لَوْ كَلَّفُونِي نَقْلَ جَبَلٍ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ مَا كَانَ بِأَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ مِمَّا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ مِنْ جَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ، فَقُلْتُ: كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ.
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar
- Yūnus
- al-Zuhrī
- Ibn al-Sabbāq Qālaʾakhbaranī Zayd b. Thābit
✧ Abu Bakr sent for him after the killing of the people of al-Yamamah, and Umar was with him. Abu Bakr said: Umar came to me and said: The killing has been intense among the people of al-Yamamah, among the reciters of the Quran from the Muslims, and I fear that the killing will be intense among the reciters in other places, and much of the Quran will be lost and not preserved. I think you should order the collection of the Quran. I said to Umar: How can I do something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not do? He said: By Allah, it is good. He kept urging me until Allah opened my chest to it, and I saw in it what Umar saw. Zayd said: Umar was sitting with him, not speaking. Abu Bakr said: You are a young, intelligent man, and we do not suspect you. You used to write the revelation for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so collect it. Zayd said: By Allah, if they had tasked me with moving a mountain, it would not have been heavier on me than what he ordered me to do of collecting the Quran. I said: How can you do something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not do?
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| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | hadithunlocked |
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| Darussalam | Sahih (Darussalam) [Bukhari 4986 | sunnah.com |