Abu Bakr becomes the Khalif. Usmani, Mohammad Taqi; Abdur Rehman, Rafiq (editor); Siddiqui, Mohammed Swaleh (translator) (2000). Uthman told Zaid to make a “revised” version of the Qur’an. A few days before Khalid's arrival Shurahbil had given in to the same temptation as Ikrimah; seeking glory, he had advanced and clashed with Musaylimah, but was defeated. His collection remained with Umar, who passed it to his daughter, Hafsa; the prophet’s widow. He had to leave. The problem then will be which verses belonged to Muhammad’s original revelations, and which did not. The new Qur’an version is known as the Medina codex. The tribes became happy for a good reason: The tyrant is dead. BOX 13, A-9503 Villach, Austria], p. 47- citing Ibn Kathir’s Al-Bidaya wa al-Nibaya, chapter on Battle of Yamama ) During the same month or in October, Muhammad started his hostilities against the Jewish inhabitants of Medina. The Muslims took heavy casualties. In fact, that battle pressed Omar to request a Qur’an collection orders from Abu Bakr, the first Muslim Khalif. Yamama is a Challenge Battle Enemy fought as a level 56 Nopon enemy during the wave 2 of the This Year's Heropon Challenge Battle, available as downloadable content from the Challenge Battle Mode Pack of the Expansion Pass. However, 70 hafizes (Muslims who had memorized the Qur'an) were killed at Yamama. His form of Islam was “Loot, Loot, Loot” and “Pay me Zakat, or Else”. Musaylimah was killed. The rebels stepped back as the Muslims poured into the garden. This event in the history of Islam should convince any reader that the “elegance” or “greatness” of the Qur’an are no more than lies. Only about a quarter of Musaylimah's army remained in fighting shape, and this part hastened to the walled garden while Muhakim (commander of the right wing) covered its retreat with a small rear-guard. The fighting became more vicious. But Musaylimah was still fighting: he had no intention of giving up. It's free to use and each article or document can be downloaded. At the end of the day, a huge majority of the memorizers (Hafids) of the Qur’an were killed at Yamama. Ikrimah's orders were to advance and make contact with the forces of Musaylimah at Yamamah, but not to get involved in battle with him. Arab tribes became very happy and left Islam. To add insult to injury, Zaid was only one among many “Qur’anic” experts of the time. Hence, there exists great discrepancy of what Zaid knew about the revelations, and the elite group knowledge of the Qur’an. This did not happen, making Zaid’s decisions final on the newly collected Qur’an. Prelude to Muhammad’s death and its influence on multiplicity of Arab tribes. 23 relations. Abu Bakr took over the leadership of the Muslims after the death of Muhammad. Saudi Arabia articles missing geocoordinate data, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yamama?oldid=5033954. Publishing. In my judgment, the battle of Yamama and the death of 450 Qurra’ (Hafiths or Memorisers) did not create any additional problems to the collection of the Qur’an. Human memory is fallible. This article is about the Yamama battle and the preservation of the Qur’an. Hasan, Sayyid Siddiq; Nadwi, Abul Hasan Ali; Kidwai, A.R. Uthman “officialized” the Medina codex and ordered the other “Qur’ans” to be destroyed. They just did not want to pay a protection tax levied against them from Mecca. The soldier jumped in to the garden and opened the gate. This enemy drops no items. He wrote to Abu Bakr and gave him a complete account of his actions. What criterion does he need to establish. The next development that Ikrimah heard of was that Shurahbil bin Hasanah was marching to join him. You see, had they not perished, we would have had many more Suras and Qur’an verses. Reflections on the Yamama battle and the collection of the Qur’an. me). Present day Muslims have grand claims about preserving the Qur’an as it was revealed to Muhammad, letter by letter, and word by word. By elite group I mean the group of early Muslims who knew a lot of the Qur’an and memorized it, etc. and are written in the form of a legend or epic with a moral at the end. As the front moved closer to him, he drew his sword and joined in the combat. The last phase of the battle now entered its climax. It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty He (Muhammad) is ardently anxious over you (to be rightly guided)” (9.128) The manuscript on which the Quran was collected, remained with Abu Bakr till Allah took him unto Him, and then with ‘Umar till Allah took him unto Him, and finally it remained with Hafsa, Umar’s daughter. The result was a win for the Muslim camp. But a quick decision is made through a select group of men. During the life of Muhammad, many parts of the Quran were scattered among his companions, much of it as private possession. So, in a sense, he “let the dogs out.”. So, why worry about it if Muhammad himself did not. However, in January of 624 AD, Muhammad found success in the Nakhla raid. There are some important observations that we need to note regarding the Qur’an collection and its relation to the Yamama battle: http://www.islam-watch.org/Kammuna/Collection-of-the-Quran-1.htm. After all he was only one person among many scribes whose number was about forty two persons. So I kept on arguing with him about it till Allah opened my bosom for that which He had opened the bosoms of Abu Bakr and Umar. The most dreadful carnage took place in a gulley in which human blood ran in a rivulet down to the wadi. The Muslims entered the garden and the last and most gory phase of the Battle of Yamamah had begun. This is a grand statement not supported by this article. In the current article, and for the most part, I confine myself to the circumstances surrounding the Yamama battle and its influence on the collection of the Qur’an process. He had the man power and the expertise of Khalid Bin Alwaleed; a master battle leader, to get the job done. Meanwhile the Caliph wrote to Shurahbil to work under Khalid ibn al-Walid's command. Unionpedia is a concept map or semantic network organized like an encyclopedia – dictionary. If they did, they would hesitate in leaving Islam. Here is a link. The people of Ta’ef did not like what they saw from him and kicked him out. He sent “discovery” campaigns to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), and also he tried Ta’ef. ‘Umar was present with Abu Bakr who said, ‘Umar has come to me and said, The people have suffered heavy casualties on the day of (the battle of) yamama, and I am afraid that there will be more casualties among the Qurra’ (those who know the Qur’an by heart) at other battle-fields, whereby a large part of the Qur’an may be lost, unless you collect it. The Battle of Yamama was fought in December 632 as part as the Ridda Wars against a rebellion within the Rashidun Caliphate in the region of Al-Yamama (in present-day Saudi Arabia) between the forces of Abu Bakr and Musaylimah, a self-proclaimed prophet. Muslims like to call such money sent to Mecca “Zakat”. First, he met failure, then his first success came during a sacred month through the Nakhla raid. Even with the death of most memorizers, the Qur’an still faced multiplicity of difficulties that cannot be overcome. As for the gang activities of attacking commercial caravan in greed of loots, Muhammad started such activities during March of 623 AD (razzia) against a Meccan commercial caravan. Soon a Muslim soldier Al Baraa ibn Malik asked his fellow men to let him climb the wall so that he could open the gate by killing the guards there. It wasn’t but for Omar’s insistence that the Qur’an got collected at the time. Abu Bakr appointed Ikrimah as the commander of one of the corps. As a result, this gulley became known as the Gulley of Blood-Shueib-ud-Dam, and it is still known by that name. There are many scholars of Islam who showed that such a claim does not stand critical scrutiny. A wiser decision would have been to appoint all of them to collect a one “more” complete and reliable Qur’an. The next phase of battle - known as the second strike of the Muslims - is clouded with legend but from the myths alone we can determine that the apostate force largely disintegrated. Arabs did not think the Qur’an’s language was of superior quality. So, they declared they are Muslims no more. ” By Allah, if he (Abu Bakr) had ordered me to shift one of the mountains (from its place) it would not have been harder for me than what he had ordered me concerning the collection of the Qur’an. Abu Bakr took over the leadership of the Muslims after the death of Muhammad. The age of Muhammad was the age of “Might is Right”.