DID YOU KNOW? Abu Bakr is often credited as the Companion who ordered the manuscripts, on which the revelation was written, to be compiled into an ordered book (mus-haf).While Abu Bakr did make such an order in his role as Caliph, it was actually Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, who first suggested the idea to a reluctant Abu Bakr.Abu Bakr hesitated largely in part because the Prophet, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, never made such an order. But after prodding from both Umar and Zayd ibn Thabit,Abu Bakr acquiesced and began a process of compilation that would finalize during the Caliphate of Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him.