\nNarrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab:\n \n\nI heard Hisham bin Hakim reciting Surat Al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I \nlistened to his recitation and noticed that he recited in several different ways which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) \nhad not taught me. I was about to jump over him during his prayer, but I controlled my temper, and \nwhen he had completed his prayer, I put his upper garment around his neck and seized him by it and \nsaid, "Who taught you this Sura which I heard you reciting?" He replied, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) taught it to \nme." I said, "You have told a lie, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has taught it to me in a different way from \nyours." So I dragged him to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said (to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)), \n"I heard this person reciting Surat Al-Furqan in a way which you haven't taught me!" On that Allah's \nApostle said, "Release him, (O `Umar!) Recite, O Hisham!" Then he recited in the same way as I \nheard him reciting. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "It was revealed in this way," and added, "Recite, O \n`Umar!" I recited it as he had taught me. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then said, "It was revealed in this way. This \nQur'an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever (way) is easier \nfor you (or read as much of it as may be easy for you).\n

\nNarrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab:\n \n\nI heard Hisham bin Hakim reciting Surat Al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I \nlistened to his recitation and noticed that he recited in several different ways which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) \nhad not taught me. I was about to jump over him during his prayer, but I controlled my temper, and \nwhen he had completed his prayer, I put his upper garment around his neck and seized him by it and \nsaid, "Who taught you this Sura which I heard you reciting?" He replied, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) taught it to \nme." I said, "You have told a lie, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has taught it to me in a different way from \nyours." So I dragged him to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said (to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)), \n"I heard this person reciting Surat Al-Furqan in a way which you haven't taught me!" On that Allah's \nApostle said, "Release him, (O `Umar!) Recite, O Hisham!" Then he recited in the same way as I \nheard him reciting. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "It was revealed in this way," and added, "Recite, O \n`Umar!" I recited it as he had taught me. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then said, "It was revealed in this way. This \nQur'an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever (way) is easier \nfor you (or read as much of it as may be easy for you).\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ الْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيَّ، حَدَّثَاهُ أَنَّهُمَا، سَمِعَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمٍ، يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاسْتَمَعْتُ لِقِرَاءَتِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ كَثِيرَةٍ لَمْ يُقْرِئْنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَكِدْتُ أُسَاوِرُهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَتَصَبَّرْتُ حَتَّى سَلَّمَ فَلَبَّبْتُهُ بِرِدَائِهِ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُكَ تَقْرَأُ‏.‏ قَالَ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ كَذَبْتَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا قَرَأْتَ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ بِهِ أَقُودُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ بِسُورَةِ الْفُرْقَانِ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ لَمْ تُقْرِئْنِيهَا‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَرْسِلْهُ اقْرَأْ يَا هِشَامُ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ الْقِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَأُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ كَذَلِكَ أُنْزِلَتْ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ اقْرَأْ يَا عُمَرُ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَرَأْتُ الْقِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي أَقْرَأَنِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ كَذَلِكَ أُنْزِلَتْ، إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ ‏"‏‏.‏