1394 — Abū Bakr Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamīd also narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Rizq Allāh al-Kalwadhānī narrated to us, saying: Habīb ibn Abī Habīb narrated to us, saying: Abd Allāh ibn Āmir al-Aslamī narrated to us, from Ibn Shihāb, from Saīd ibn al-Musayyib, from Ubayy ibn Kab, who said: The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“Gabriel—peace be upon him—would speak to me about Umar. I said, ‘O Gabriel, recount to me Umar’s merits and the reward awaiting him with Allah, Mighty and Majestic.’ He replied, ‘Were I to sit with you for as long as Noah remained among his people, I could not recount all of Umar’s merits. After your death, O Muhammad, Islam will surely weep over the death of Umar ibn al-Khattāb—may Allah be pleased with him.’”