2. Abu Bakr had one mushaf made, Uthmaan had several. In the time of the Prophet, although the entire Qur’an was in written form, it was not in the form of a mushaf. To compile it in a mushaf would have proved impractical, as revelation was constantly descending, right up to a few days before the death of the Prophet (sallahu alaihi wa sallam).


3. Abu Bakr appointed one person (Zayd) to compile the Qur’an, Uthmaan appointed four. The Prophet (sallahu alaihi wa sallam) had a large number of scribes, ready to write the revelation when instructed.


4. Uthmaan had other copies of the Qur’an, or fragments of the Qur’an destroyed due to inauthentic recitations. Abu Bakr faced no such problem.


5. Abu Bakr’s compilation was from various sources; date palm leaves, wood, and the hearts of men – into a single mushaaf. Uthmaan’s compilation was directly from the mushaf of Hafsa. The quality of the parchment of the Uthmaani mushaaf was better than Abu Bakr’s mushaf. The Prophet’s (sallahu alaihi wa sallam) compilation was directly from revelation from Allah, via Jibraeel.


6. The compilation of the Qur’an in the time of the Prophet (sallahu alaihi wa sallam) and Abu
Bakr accommodated the various ahruf, whereas the compilation in the time of Uthmaan only preserved a portion of the seven ahruf.
















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