His Memorisation of the Holy Qur’an

Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud (ra) has stated in relation to Hazrat Umar’s (ra) memorisation of the Holy Quran:

“Abu Ubaidah relates, ‘The following Muhajireen companions of the Holy Prophet (sa) had memorised the Holy Quran: Abu Bakr (ra), Umar (ra), Uthman (ra), Ali (ra), Talhahra, Saad (ra), Ibn Mas’ud (ra), Huzayfa (ra), Saalim (ra), Abu Hurairah (ra), Abdullah (ra) bin Sa‘ib, Abdullah bin Umar (ra) and Abdullah bin Abbas (ra).’”

(Dibachah Tafsir-ul-Quran, Anwar-ul-Ulum, Vol. 20, p. 429)