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938. It was narrated that 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin 'Abdul-Qārī said: "I heard 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb, may Allāh be pleased with him, say: 'I heard Hishām bin Hakīm bin Hīzām reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān, in a way that I had not been taught, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had taught me. I was about to interrupt him (in his prayer), but I left him alone until he had finished. Then I grabbed him by his garment and brought him to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, I heard this man reciting
Sûrat Al-Furqân in a way that you did not teach me.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said to him: 'Recite.' So he recited it in the way that I had heard him recite. Then the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'It was revealed like this.' Then he said to me: 'Recite.' So I recited it and he said: 'It was revealed like this. This Qur'ân has been revealed to be recited in seven different modes, so recite as much of the Qur'ân as may be easy for you.'" (Sahîh)
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"So recite of it whichever is easier for you" means there is no restriction that someone having one dialect may not recite it in another. That is why a difference in recitation occurred between 'Umar bin Al-Khattâb and Hishâm bin Hakim - even though both of them were Qurayshites, and their mother dialect was one and the same. It was not forbidden to recite in another dialect.
