حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَهُوَ بَيْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَإِذَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يُصَلِّي وَإِذَا هُوَ يَقْرَأُ النِّسَاءَ فَانْتَهَى إِلَى رَأْسِ الْمِائَةِ فَجَعَلَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَدْعُو وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْأَلْ تُعْطَهْ اسْأَلْ تُعْطَهْ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْهُ بِقِرَاءَةِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ غَدَا إِلَيْهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِيُبَشِّرَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ مَا سَأَلْتَ اللَّهَ الْبَارِحَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَانًا لَا يَرْتَدُّ وَنَعِيمًا لَا يَنْفَدُ وَمُرَافَقَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي أَعْلَى جَنَّةِ الْخُلْدِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ قَدْ سَبَقَكَ قَالَ يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَا سَبَقْتُهُ إِلَى خَيْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا سَبَقَنِي إِلَيْهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَاهُ بَيْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمَا فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4340
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ood said: The Prophet (PBUH) entered the mosque (walking) between Abu Bakr and 'Umar, and saw Ibn Mas'ood praying. He was reciting (Soorat) an-Nisa' and stopped when he completed one hundred verses, then Ibn Mas'ood started to offer supplication whilst standing in prayer. And the Prophet (PBUH) said: "Ask you will be given, ask you will be given." Then he said: "Whoever would like to recite the Qur'an fresh as it was revealed, let him recite it according to the recitation of Ibn Umm 'Abd." The next morning, Abu Bakr came to him to tell him the good news and he said to him: What did vou ask Allah for yesterday? He said: I said: O Allah, I ask You for faith that will never change, blessing that will never expire and to accompany Your Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the highest part of the Paradise of eternity. Then 'Umar (RA) came to 'Abdullah (to tell him the good news), but it was said to him: Abu Bakr has beaten you to it, so he said: May Allah have mercy on Abu Bakr; i never competed with him in doing good but he beat me to it.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020