العربية (الأصل)
سَنَةَ ثَمَانٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَمِئَتَيْنِ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْجَرْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ سَلِمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُمْ وَفَدُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَنْصَرِفُوا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ يَؤُمُّنَا قَالَ أَكْثَرُكُمْ جَمْعًا لِلْقُرْآنِ أَوْ أَخْذًا لِلْقُرْآنِ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ جَمَعَ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ مَا جَمَعْتُ قَالَ فَقَدَّمُونِي وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ فَكُنْتُ أَؤُمُّهُمْ وَعَلَيَّ شَمْلَةٌ لِي قَالَ فَمَا شَهِدْتُ مَجْمَعًا مِنْ جَرْمٍ إِلَّا كُنْتُ إِمَامَهُمْ وَأُصَلِّي عَلَى جَنَائِزِهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِي هَذَا.
الترجمة الإنجليزية
[In] the year two hundred twenty-eight, Waki' told us: Mis'ar ibn Habib al-Jarmi told us: Amr ibn Salamah told me, from his father, that they came as a delegation to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and when they wished to depart, they said: "O Messenger of Allah, who shall lead us in prayer?" He said: "Whoever among you has gathered the most of the Qur'an, or memorized the most of it." He said: So there was no one among the people who had memorized as much of the Qur'an as I had. He said: So they put me forward, though I was a young boy, and I led them in prayer, wearing a single cloak of mine. He said: I have not attended a gathering of [the tribe of] Jarm without being their imam, and I lead the funeral prayers over them, to this very day.