before bowing. I also saw him walk to the two ʿId prayers and walk back, and I noticed that his signet ring was silver with a square silver bezel.
These notes come from the manuscript of Khālid ibn Mirdās, who heard them from al-Ḥakam.
Ahmad ibn Hibat Allāh informed us, through al-Muʾayyad al-Ṭūsī; Muḥammad ibn al-Mufaḍḍal; ʿAbd al-Ghafir al-Fārisī; Muḥammad ibn ʿAmruwayh; Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad; Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj; ʿAmr al-Nāqid; Yazīd ibn Hārūn; and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Salamah, all from Suhayl ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ, who said:
We were at ʿArafāt when ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz passed by while supervising the pilgrimage. The people stood up and looked at him, so I said to my father, ‘Dear Father, I believe Allah loves ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz.’ He asked, ‘And why is that?’ I answered, ‘Because of the love he enjoys in people’s hearts.’
He replied, ‘I heard Abū Hurayrah narrate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ…,’ and he recounted the same report transmitted by Jarīr from Suhayl: ‘When Allah loves a servant, He calls Gabriel and says: “I love so-and-so; therefore love him.” Gabriel then loves him and proclaims in heaven: “Allah loves so-and-so, so love him.” The inhabitants of heaven love him, and acceptance is established for him on earth.’ (1)
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