[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»