A Critical Analysis of Narratives that Introduce Mu'āwiyah as the Scriber of Revelations

One can extract from historical traditions and reports the name of people like Imam Ali (as), Abi ibn Ka'ab, Zayd ibn Sabet, and others scribers of revelations, but they are not all of the same rank and position. Some were initially in the company of the Prophet (pbuh) and scribed the entire Qur'an, and some began working as a scriber at the last days of Prophet's Besat, but the claim that a person like Mu'āwiyah ibn Abiasofyān has also been a scriber of revelations is a contentious argument that requires further analysis. Some have acknowledged the role of Mu'āwiya as a scriber while other have rebutted this claim. It is also argued that Mu'āwiyah was in charge of penning ordinary letters of the prophet Muhammad (pbuh). In this article, divergent views regarding the role of Mu'āwiyah as the scriber of Revelations are investigated and relevant narratives are analyzed through a descriptive-analytical method. The results refute the claim that Mu'awiyah is one of the scribers of Revelation, suggesting that his role was nothing more than composing the official letters of the Prophet (pbuh).