Hazrat Ka'b ibn Sur al-Azdi

Qadi of Basra

Ka’b ibn Sur al-Azdi served as qadi of Basra under Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Umar ibn al-Khattabرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُSecond Caliph; al-Farooq, who expanded the Islamic stateKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun and Uthman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Affanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThird Caliph; Dhun-Nurayn; compiled the Qur'an into one codexKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun. 1 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. 449–453 — Najeebabadi — Ka'b ibn Sur qadi of Basra under Umar and Uthman.

The Qur’an Raised at the Camel

At the Battle of the Camel he held the halter of Aisha رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Aisha bint Abi Bakrرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاWife of the Prophet ﷺ; the most beloved of his wives and a foremost scholar of the UmmahMothers of the Believers · Narrators’s camel. When the fighting intensified, he raised the Qur’an aloft between the two armies, calling for peace — and was martyred under the arrows. 2 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. 449–453 — Najeebabadi — Ka'b ibn Sur holds Aisha's camel-halter at the Battle of the Camel; raises the Qur'an for peace; martyred.