[Machine] I went with a man to Abdullah's house, and there he was standing, praying, surrounded by two men. When he finished, they asked him about a verse, and he said to one of them, "Who taught you?" He said, "Umar." He said to the other, "Who taught you?" He said, "Abu Hakim or Abu Amrah." He said, "Read as Umar taught you." Then he cried until his tears wet the pebbles, and he said, "Umar used to be a strong fortress for Islam, people would enter Islam and not leave. But when Umar was hit, the fortress was weakened."
ذَهَبْتُ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي وَقَدِ اكْتَنَفَهُ رَجُلَانِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ سَأَلَاهُ عَنْ آيَةٍ فَقَالَ لِأَحَدِهِمَا «مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ؟» قَالَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ لِلْآخَرِ «مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ؟» قَالَ أَبُو حَكِيمٍ قَالَ أَوْ أَبُو عَمْرَةَ فَقَالَ «اقْرَأْ كَمَا أَقْرَأَكَ عُمَرُ» ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى بَلَّ الْحَصَا دُمُوعُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ لِلْإِسْلَامِ حِصْنًا حَصِينًا يَدْخُلُونَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَلَا يَخْرُجُونَ فَلَمَّا أُصِيبَ عُمَرُ انْثَلَمَ الْحِصْنُ»