Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ لَمْ يَكْذِبْنِي يَعْنِي حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ لَقِيَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام وَهُوَ عِنْدَ أَحْجَارِ الْمِرَاءِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَمَنْ قَرَأَ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَلْيَقْرَأْ كَمَا عَلِمَ وَلَا يَرْجِعْ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَبِي وَقَالَ ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ إِنَّ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ الضَّعِيفَ فَمَنْ قَرَأَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَلَا يَتَحَوَّلْ مِنْهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُ.
English Translation
Waki' told us, from Sufyan, from Ibrahim b. Muhajir, from Rib'i b. Hirash, he said: One who never lied to me told me - meaning Hudhayfah - he said: Gabriel (peace be upon him) met the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was at the Rocks of al-Mira', and said: "Your nation recites the Qur'an in seven modes; whoever among them recites according to one mode, let him recite as he learned it and not turn away from it." My father said, and Ibn Mahdi said: "Among your nation is the weak one; so whoever recites according to one mode should not shift from it to another out of aversion to it."