Volume 3, Book 41, Number 601:
Narrated ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab:
I heard Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way different to that of mine.
Allah’s Apostle had taught it to me (in a different way). So, I was about to quarrel with him (during
the prayer) but I waited till he finished, then I tied his garment round his neck and seized him by it
and brought him to Allah’s Apostle and said, “I have heard him reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way
different to the way you taught it to me.” The Prophet ordered me to release him and asked Hisham
to recite it. When he recited it, Allah s Apostle said, “It was revealed in this way.” He then asked me to
recite it. When I recited it, he said, “It was revealed in this way. The Qur’an has been revealed in sev –
en different ways, so recite it in the way that is easier for you.”