Documenting the writing and the collection of the Qur’an in the era of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him):

Narrated Zaid bin Thabit: “Abu Bakr al-Siddiq sent for me when the people of Yamama had been killed. (I went to him) and found ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab sitting with him. Abu Bakr then said (to me), “‘Umar has come to me and said: ‘Casualties were heavy among the Qurra’ of the Qur’an (i.e. those who knew the Qur’an by heart) on the day of the Battle of Yalmama, and I am afraid that more heavy casualties may take place among the Qurra’ on other battlefields, whereby a large part of the Qur’an may be lost. Therefore, I suggest that you order that the Qur’an be collected.’ Then Abu Bakr said (to me). 'You are a wise young man and we do not have any suspicion about you, and you used to write the Divine Inspiration for Allah’s Messenger. So you should search for (the fragmentary scripts of) the Qur’an and collect it in one book).’” Thus the Qur’an was collected in the time of Abu Bakr. The folios in which the Qur’an was written were kept by Abu Bakr till he died, whereupon they were kept by ‘Umar all his lifetime, and then they were transferred to Hafsah, the daughter of ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them).[1]