Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُنِي عَلَى قَلِيبٍ أَنْزِعُ بِدَلْوٍ ثُمَّ أَخَذَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَنَزَعَ بِهَا ذَنُوبًا أَوْ ذَنُوبَيْنِ فِيهِمَا ضَعْفٌ وَاللَّهُ يَرْحَمُهُ ثُمَّ أَخَذَهَا عُمَرُ فَإِنْ بَرِحَ يَنْزِعُ حَتَّى اسْتَحَالَتْ غَرْبًا ثُمَّ ضَرَبَتْ بِعَطَنٍ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ نَزْعِ عَبْقَرِيٍّ أَحْسَنَ مِنْ نَزْعِ عُمَرَ.
English Translation
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'I saw myself drawing water from a well with a bucket. Then Abu Bakr took it and drew one or two buckets, and there was some weakness in his drawing - and may Allah have mercy on him. Then Umar took it and kept drawing until it turned into a large bucket, and the camels knelt to drink. I have never seen a genius draw water as well as Umar drew.'