Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:8809 حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «§لَوْ أَنَّ عِلْمَ عُمَرَ وُضِعَ فِي كِفَّةِ مِيزَانٍ وَوُضِعَ عَلْمُ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فِي كِفَّةٍ لَرَجَحَ عِلْمُهُ بِعِلْمِهِمْ» قَالَ وَكِيعُ قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ فَأَنْكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ فَأَتَيْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَذَكَرْتُهُ لَه�� فَقَالَ وَمَا أَنْكَرْتَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَوَاللهِ لَقَدْ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَأَحْسِبُ تِسْعَةَ أَعْشَارِ الْعِلْمِ ذَهَبَ يَوْمَ ذَهَبَ عُمَرُ ؓ »
English Translation
Abdullah said: 'If the knowledge of Umar were placed in one pan of a scale and the knowledge of the people of the earth in the other, his knowledge would outweigh theirs.' Waki' said: Al-A'mash said: I found this strange, so I went to Ibrahim and mentioned it to him. He said: 'What do you find strange about it? By Allah, Abdullah said something even greater: I consider that nine-tenths of knowledge departed the day Umar departed, may Allah be pleased with him.'