so he replied, “O Thābit, are you not content to live honorably, be slain as a martyr, and then enter Paradise?” Thābit said, “Indeed, O Messenger of Allah.” And so he lived a praiseworthy life and was martyred on the day when Musaylimah the Liar was fought. The report is mursal, though it is firmly established that he fell at the Battle of al-Yamāmah.

Al-Aʿmash narrated—through Abū Sufyān—from Jābir that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Satan has despaired of ever being worshipped by the worshippers in the Arabian Peninsula; instead, he busies himself with inciting discord among them.” Recorded by Muslim.

Al-Shaʿbī narrated—through Masrūq—from ʿĀʾishah: Fāṭimah told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ confided to her, “You will be the first of my household to follow me; what an excellent predecessor I am for you.” Agreed upon.

Saʿd ibn Ibrāhīm narrated—from Abū Salamah—from ʿĀʾishah—that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Among the communities before you there were people who received inner inspiration; if there is anyone of that sort in this community, it is ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb.” Recorded by Muslim.

Shuʿbah related—from Qays—from Ṭāriq ibn Shihāb, who said, “We used to say that an angel speaks through ʿUmar’s tongue.”

And through other chains ʿAlī reported: “We never considered it unlikely that sakīnah (divine tranquillity) spoke on ʿUmar’s tongue.”

Yahyā ibn Ayyūb al-Miṣrī narrated—from Ibn ʿAjlān—from Nāfiʿ—from Ibn ʿUmar: ʿUmar once dispatched an army, appointing a man named Sāriyah over them. While ʿUmar was delivering the sermon, he suddenly cried out, “Sāriyah, the mountain!” Later a messenger from that army arrived and said, “Commander of the Believers, we met the enemy and they routed us. Then we heard a voice calling, ‘Sāriyah, the mountain!’ We put our backs to the mountain and Allah granted us victory.” We then said to ʿUmar, “You were calling…"