[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»  

[Machine] Abu Hakim Al-Muzani recited to me and then he recited to another person. He asked, "Who recited to you?" The man replied, "Umar ibn Al-Khattab recited to me." Abdullah cried until his tears turned his cheeks red. Then he said, "Recite as Umar recited to you." He then turned a handful of pebbles in his hand and said, "Indeed, Umar was a fortress, a stronghold for Islam. People would enter it but never leave. But when Umar died, the fortress collapsed and people started leaving it without entering."  

أَقْرَأَنِي أَبُو حَكِيمٍ الْمُزَنِيُّ وَاسْتَقْرَأَ الْآخَرَ فَقَالَ «مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ؟» فَقَالَ أَقْرَأَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَبَكَى عَبْدُ اللهِ حَتَّى خَضَّبَتْ دُمُوعُهُ الْحَصَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «اقْرَأْ كَمَا أَقْرَأَكَ عُمَرُ» ثُمَّ دَوَّرَ دَارَةً بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ عُمَرَ كَانَ حِصْنًا حَصِينًا لِلْإِسْلَامِ يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ وَلَا يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ عُمَرُ انْثَلَمَ الْحِصْنُ فَالنَّاسُ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ»