Collection of the Qu’ran (Harald Motzki)


All 51 transmission lines of traditions that report the compilation of the Qur’an under Abu Bakr or Uthman, found in 12 sources before 930 CE, intersect in a single transmitter: Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (677-742 CE).

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Source: Harald Motzki, “The Collection of the Qur’ān. A Reconsideration of Western Views in Light of Recent Methodological Developments,” Der Islam 78:1 (2001): 1-34.


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