Life of zaid ibn thabit
Zayd ibn Thabit
Arabic scribe and Qur'anic collator (c.611-c.665)
Zayd ibn Thabit | |
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| Born | c. 611 C.E. Medina, Hejaz |
| Died | c.Zayd bin Thabit (r.a.) - Questions on Islam665(665-00-00) (aged 53–54) Medina, Rashidun Caliphate |
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| Occupation | Scribe, theologian |
| Religion | Islam |
Zāyd bin Thābit bin al-Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic: زيد بن ثابت, romanized: Zayd ibn Thābit) was the personal scribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, serving as the chief recorder of the Quranic text.[1] He hailed from the ansar (helpers), later joined the ranks of the Muslim army at age 19.
After Muhammad's passing in 632, he was ordered to collect the Quran into a single volume from various written and oral sources. He was a noted expert on the Quran and spent much time reciting it.
Biography
Zayd bin Thabit belonged to Najjar clan from Banu Khazraj. When Zayd was almost six years old, his father, Thabit died in the Batt Zayd ibn Thabit - BIGOT