[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ appointed Abdullah ibn Arqam as his scribe, and Abdullah would write for him and answer for him to the kings. It was known from his honesty that he would command him to write to some of the kings, so he would write, then he would command him to write and seal, and not read it due to his trust in him. Then, he also appointed Zaid ibn Thabit as a scribe. He would write the revelations and also write to the kings. Whenever Abdullah ibn Arqam and Zaid ibn Thabit were absent or needed to write to some commanders of the armies and the kings, or write a letter to a person that Jafar ibn Abu Talib would dictate, they would write it. Omar and Uthman had written for him, and Zaid, Al-Mughira, Muawiyah, Khalid ibn Sa'eed ibn al-'Aas, and others from the Arabs who were named.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ اسْتَكْتَبَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ فَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ وَكَانَ يُجِيبُ عَنْهُ الْمُلُوكَ فَبَلَغَ مِنْ أَمَانَتِهِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ إِلَى بَعْضِ الْمُلُوكِ فَيَكْتُبَ ثُمَّ يَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ وَيَخْتِمَ وَلَا يَقْرَأَه لِأَمَانَتِهِ عِنْدَهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَكْتَبَ أَيْضًا زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ الْوَحْيَ وََيَكْتُبُ إِلَى الْمُلُوكِ أَيْضًا وَكَانَ إِذَا غَابَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَاحْتَاجَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ إِلَى بَعْضِ أُمَرَاءِ الْأَجْنَادِ وَالْمُلُوكِ أَوْ يَكْتُبَ لِإِنْسَانٍ كِتَابًا يُقْطِعَهُ أَمَرَ جَعْفَرًا أَنْ يَكْتُبَ وَقَدْ كَتَبَ لَهُ عُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَكَانَ زَيْدٌ وَالْمُغِيرَةُ وَمُعَاوِيَةُ وَخَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ وَغَيْرُهُمْ مِمَّنْ قَدْ سُمِيَّ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ