Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:8424 حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَائِشَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنِ الْقَرْثَعِ عَنْ قَيْسٍ أَوِ ابْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَالَ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ فَقَامَ يَسْتَمِعُ قِرَاءَتَهُ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَسَجَدَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْ مِنِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ» قَالَ فَأَدْلَجْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ لِأُبَشِّرَهُ بِمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا ضَرَبْتُ الْبَابَ سَمِعَ صَوْتِي فَقَالَ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ فَقُلْتُ جِئْتُ أُبَشِّرُكَ بِمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَبَقَكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قُلْتُ إِنْ يَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّهُ سَابِقٌ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ مَا اسْتَبَقْنَا إِلَى خَيْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا سَبَقَنِي إِلَيْهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ
English Translation
'Umar ibn al-Khattab said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), Abu Bakr, and I passed by Ibn Mas'ud while he was reciting. The Prophet stood listening to his recitation. Then 'Abdullah bowed and prostrated. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever would be pleased to recite the Quran as it was revealed, let him recite from Ibn Umm 'Abd." 'Umar said: I went early to Ibn Mas'ud to give him the glad tidings of what the Messenger of Allah said. When I knocked on the door, he heard my voice and said: "What brings you?" I said: "I came to give you glad tidings of what the Messenger of Allah said." He said: "Abu Bakr has beaten you to it." I said: "If he did, he is foremost in good deeds — I never raced Abu Bakr to any good without him beating me to it."