2.3 The Hadith On His Merit, Other Than Those Already Quoted In The Chapter On As-siddiq
The two Shaykhs narrated that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased; with him, said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘While I was asleep I saw myself in the Garden, and there was a woman performing wudu beside a palace. I said, “Whose is this palace?” They said, “It belongs to cUmar.” Then I remembered your jealousy and turned away.’ cUmar wept and said, ‘Could I be jealous of you, Messenger of Allah?’ The two Shaykhs narrated that Ibn cUmar narrated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘While I was asleep I drank — meaning milk — until I saw satiation flowing in my nails, and then I passed it to cUmar.’ They said, ‘How did you interpret it, Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘Knowledge.’ j The two Shaykhs narrated that Abu Sacid al-Khudri, may Allah he pleased with him, said: I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying, ‘While I was sleeping I saw people being shown to me and they had shirts on. Some of them reached to the breast, and some of them reached lower than that. cUmar was shown to me and he had on a shirt which he was dragging along.’ They said, ‘How did you interpret it, Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘The deen! The two Shaykhs narrated that Sacd ibn Abi Waqqas said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Ibn al- Khattab, by Him in Whose hand is my self, the shaytan never met you travelling on a road but that he would travel on a road other than your road.’ Al-Bukhari narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘There were in the nations before you people who were inspired, and if there is one in my ummah it is cUmar.’ At-Tirmidhi narrated from Ibn cUmar that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Allah has put the truth upon cUmar’s tongue and (in) his heart.’ Ibn cUmar said: No affair ever happened among people and they spoke about it and cUmar spoke about it but that the Qur’an was revealed confirming what "Umar said.