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Zayd ibn Thabit

Arabic scribe and Qur'anic collator (c.611-c.665)

Zayd ibn Thabit
زيد بن ثابت

Bornc. 611 C.E.

Medina, Hejaz

Diedc.

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665(665-00-00) (aged 53–54)

Medina, Rashidun Caliphate

Parents
  • Thabit bin al-Dahhak (father)
  • Nawar bint Malik (mother)
OccupationScribe, theologian
ReligionIslam

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