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Question
Who were the scribes who wrote the letters of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)?
Answer
Praise be to Allah.
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
The scholars of Sirah=Biography (Prophetโs biography) have mentioned the names of the แนขahฤbah=Companions of the prophet who used to write down the wahy (revelation) or the letters of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
They were:
1) Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
2) Umar ibn al-Khattab.
3) Uthman ibn โAffรขn
4) Ali ibn Abi Talib.
5) Al-Zubayr ibn al-โAwwaam.
6) Aamir ibn Fuhayrah.
7) Amr ibn al-โAas.
8) Ubayy ibn Kaโb.
9) Abd-Allah ibn al-Arqam.
10) Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas.
11) Hanzalah ibn al-Rabeeโ al-Usaydi.
12) Al-Mugheerah ibn Shuโbah.
13) Abd-Allah ibn Rawaahah.
14) Khaalid ibn al-Waleed.
15) Khaalid ibn Saโeed ibn al-โAas (whom it was said was the first one to write down anything for him).
16) Muโaawiyah ibn Abi Sufyaan.
17) Zayd ibn Thaabit. He requested them to do that and allocated this task to them.
From Zaad al-Maโaad, 1/117
Ibn Muflih al-Hanbali said:
A group of them wrote things down for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), including Ubayy ibn Kaโb, Zayd ibn Thaabit, โAli, โUthmรขn, Hanzalah al-Asadi, Muaawiyah, and โAbd-Allah ibn al-Arqam, who was his regular scribe in charge of writing and responding to letters.
He was the one who wrote down all the Revelation and whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded to learn how to write Syriac so that he could respond on his behalf to those who wrote to him in that language. So, he learned it in eighteen days.
Al-Adaab al-Sharโiyyah, 2/161
And Ibn Hajar said:
Al-Qadaaโi said:
Zayd ibn Thaabit used to write to the kings on his behalf, as well as writing down the revelation. And al-Zubayr and Jahm used to write down the records of zakat.
Al-Talkhees al-Habeer, 4/346, 347
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