English translation
7550. Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه: I heard Hishām bin Ḥakīm
reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān during the lifetime of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, I listened to his recitation and noticed that he was reciting in several different ways which Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had not taught me. I was about to jump over him while he was still in Ṣalāt (prayer), but I waited patiently and when he finished his Ṣalāt (prayer), I put his upper garment round his neck (and pulled him) and said, "Who taught you this (Sūrah) which I have heard you reciting?" Hishām said, "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ taught it to me." I said, "You are telling a lie, for he taught it to me in a way different from the way you have recited it!" Then I started leading (dragged) him to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and said (to the Prophet ﷺ), "I heard this man reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān in a way that you have not taught me." The Prophet ﷺ said, "(O 'Umar) release him! Recite, O Hishām." Hishām recited in the way I heard him reciting. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "It was revealed like this." Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Recite, O 'Umar!" I recited in the way he had taught me, whereupon he said, "It was revealed like this," and added, "This Qur'an 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)." [See Hadīth No. 4992, Vol. 6]
Arabic text
7550 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ، أَنَّ المِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَبْدٍ القَارِيَّ، حَدَّثَاهُ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمٍ 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، فَلَبَبْتُهُ بِرِدَائِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُكَ تَقْرَأُ؟ قَالَ: أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: كَذَبْتَ، أَقْرَأَنِيهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا قَرَأْتَ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ بِهِ أَقُودُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الفُرْقَانِ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ لَمْ تُقْرِئْنِيهَا، فَقَالَ: «أَرْسِلْهُ، اقْرَأْ يَا هِشَامُ»، فَقَرَأَ القِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كَذَلِكَ أُنْزِلَتْ»، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اقْرَأْ يَا عُمَرُ»، فَقَرَأْتُ الَّتِي أَقْرَأَنِي، فَقَالَ: «كَذَلِكَ أُنْزِلَتْ إِنَّ هَذَا القُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ»
