Abu Wa'il narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If the knowledge of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) were placed in one pan of the scale, and the knowledge of all the people of the earth in the other pan, the pan of Sayyiduna Umar's (may Allah be pleased with him) knowledge would outweigh their knowledge. Waki' narrates: al-A'mash stated: I rejected this report, so I went to Ibrahim al-Nakha'i and mentioned it to him. He said: Why do you reject this? By Allah! Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said something of even greater merit than that. He said: I think that when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) departed from this world, nine tenths of knowledge departed at that time.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it with various chains, and the narrators of this report are the narrators of the Sahih, except Asad bin Musa, who is thiqah (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب المناقب / 14436
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (8809)»