and a similar wording is reported from a group of the Companions.

Al-Shaʿbi related that ʿAlī—may Allah be pleased with him—said, “We never regarded it improbable that the sakīnah (divine tranquillity) should speak through ʿUmar’s tongue.”

Anas reported that ʿUmar once said, “My Lord agreed with me in three matters: regarding the Station of Abraham, the veil, and His words: ‘It may be that his Lord, if he divorces you…’ (Qurʾan 66:5).”

Ḥaywah ibn Shurayḥ narrated, from Bakr ibn ʿAmr, from Mishraḥ, from ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If there were to be a prophet after me, it would be ʿUmar.”

Two independent chains transmit from Ibn Jurayj, from ʿAṭāʾ, from Ibn ʿAbbās, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Allah boasts before the angels of the people of ʿArafah in general, and He boasts of ʿUmar in particular.” A similar narration is reported from Ibn ʿUmar and from ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir.

Muʿan al-Qazzāz said: al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Laythī told us, from al-Qāsim ibn Yazīd ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Qusayṭ, from his father, from ʿAṭāʾ, from Ibn ʿAbbās, from his brother al-Faḍl, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “After me, the truth will be with ʿUmar wherever he is.”

Ibn ʿUmar said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, “While I was sleeping, I was brought…"