English translation
4992. Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭab: رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ I heard Hishām bin Hākīm reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān during the lifetime of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and I listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited it in several different ways which Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had not taught me. I was about to jump over him during his Ṣalāt (prayer), but I controlled my temper, and when he had completed his Ṣalāt (prayer), I put his upper garment around his neck and seized him by it and said, "Who taught you this Sūrah which I heard you reciting?" He replied, "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ taught it to me." I said, "You have told a lie, for Allāh's Messenger ﷺ has taught it to me in a different way from yours." So, I dragged him to Allāh's Messenger and said (to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ), "I heard this person reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān in a way which you haven't taught me!" On that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Release him, (O 'Umar!) Recite, O Hishām!" Then he recited in the same way as I heard him reciting. Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "It was revealed in this way," and added, "Recite, O 'Umar!" I recited it as he had taught me. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ then said, "It was revealed in this way. This Qur'ān has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever (way) is easier for you (or read as much of it as may be easy for you)."
Arabic text
4992 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ المِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَبْدٍ القَارِيَّ، حَدَّثَاهُ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ، يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الفُرْقَانِ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَاسْتَمَعْتُ لِقِرَاءَتِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، لَمْ يُقْرِئْنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَكِدْتُ أُسَاوِرُهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ، فَتَصَبَّرْتُ حَتَّى سَلَّمَ، فَلَبَّبْتُهُ بِرِدَائِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُكَ تَقْرَأُ؟ قَالَ: أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: كَذَبْتَ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا قَرَأْتَ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ بِهِ أَقُودُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ بِسُورَةِ الفُرْقَانِ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ لَمْ تُقْرِئْنِيهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَرْسِلْهُ، اقْرَأْ يَا هِشَامُ» فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ القِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَأُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كَذَلِكَ أُنْزِلَتْ»، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «اقْرَأْ يَا عُمَرُ» فَقَرَأْتُ القِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي أَقْرَأَنِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كَذَلِكَ أُنْزِلَتْ إِنَّ هَذَا القُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ»
