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Hafsah bint Umar, Keeper of the Quran sheets

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Family of the Prophet ﷺKeeper of the Quran sheets

Hafsah bint Umarحفصة بنت عمر

Approximate dateMadinah

Daughter of Umar, who guarded the first written collection of the Quran.

Hafsah was widowed when her husband Khunays died of wounds from the early battles, and the Prophet ﷺ married her in 625. She could read and write and was known for fasting and night prayer. The sheets of the Quran gathered under Abu Bakr passed to her, and Uthman borrowed them to make the copies he sent across the empire.

What does the Quran say?

33:6

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 4987

What grew out of it?

Every standard Quran today goes back to the sheets she kept.

Who else is linked?

MadinahMuhammad ﷺRashidun CaliphateUmar ibn al-KhattabAl-Shifa bint AbdullahAbdullah ibn UmarAishah bint Abi Bakr

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺThe Three Who Stayed BehindZayd ibn HarithaJabalah ibn al-AyhamAl-MuqawqisYazdegerd IIIHeracliusConstans II

Source: hadith · Wikipedia

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