Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ كُنَّا نَأْتِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو فَنَتَحَدَّثُ عِنْدَهُ فَذَكَرْنَا يَوْمًا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ ذَكَرْتُمْ رَجُلًا لَا أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ خُذُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنْ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ فَبَدَأَ بِهِ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ.
English Translation
Waki' narrated to us: al-A'mash narrated from Abu Wa'il from Masruq who said: We used to visit Abdullah ibn Amr and converse with him. One day we mentioned Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, and he said: "You have mentioned a man whom I have not ceased to love since I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saying: 'Learn the Quran from four people: from Ibn Umm Abd (Ibn Mas'ud)' - and he mentioned him first - 'Mu'adh ibn Jabal, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, and Salim the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah.'"