Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:8801 حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ ذَهَبْتُ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي وَقَدِ اكْتَنَفَهُ رَجُلَانِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ سَأَلَاهُ عَنْ آيَةٍ فَقَالَ لِأَحَدِهِمَا «مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ؟» قَالَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ لِلْآخَرِ «مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ؟» قَالَ أَبُو حَكِيمٍ قَالَ أَوْ أَبُو عَمْرَةَ فَقَالَ «اقْرَأْ كَمَا أَقْرَأَكَ عُمَرُ» ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى بَلَّ الْحَصَا دُمُوعُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ لِلْإِسْلَامِ حِصْنًا حَصِينًا يَدْخُلُونَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَلَا يَخْرُجُونَ فَلَمَّا أُصِيبَ عُمَرُ انْثَلَمَ الْحِصْنُ»
English Translation
Zayd ibn Wahb said: I and a man went to Abdullah and found him standing in prayer with two men flanking him. When he finished, they asked him about a verse. He said to one of them: 'Who taught you to recite?' He said: 'Umar.' He asked the other: 'Who taught you?' He said: 'Abu Hakim.' He said: 'Recite as Umar taught you.' Then he wept until his tears wet the pebbles, then said: 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, was an impregnable fortress for Islam - people would enter Islam and not leave it. When Umar was struck down, the fortress was breached.'