Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:8802 حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا خَلَّادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا مِسْعَرُ بْنُ كِدَامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ تَمَارَى رَجُلَانِ فِي آيَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَأَتَيَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَقْرَأَنِيهَا أَبُو عَمْرَةَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا عُمَرُ فَلَمَّا ذُكِرَ عُمَرُ بَكَى عَبْدُ اللهِ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ وَمَسَحَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَفَضَ يَدَهُ فِي الْحَصَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَهِيَ أَبْيَنُ مِنْ طَرِيقِ السِّيلِحِينَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «اقْرَأْهَا كَمَا أَقْرَأَكَهَا عُمَرُ إِنَّ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْهُمْ حُزْنٌ عَلَى عُمَرَ يَوْمَ أُصِيبَ لَأَهْلُ سُوءٍ عُمَرُ كَانَ أَتْقَانَا وَأَقْرَأَنَا لِكِتَابِ اللهِ»
English Translation
Zayd ibn Wahb said: Two men disputed about a verse of the Quran and came to Abdullah ibn Mas'ud. One said: 'Abu Amrah taught me to recite it.' The other said: 'Umar taught me.' When Umar was mentioned, Abdullah wept while standing, wiped his eyes, and shook his hand over the pebbles, then said: 'It is clearer than the path of Silhin.' Then he said: 'Recite it as Umar taught you. Indeed, any Muslim household that did not grieve for Umar on the day he was struck is a household of evil. Umar was the most God-fearing among us and the most proficient in reciting the Book of Allah.'