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330 — ‘Abd Allāh narrated to us: ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Umar narrated to us: ‘Abd Allāh ibn Khirāsh narrated to us, from al-‘Awwām ibn Hawshab, from Mujāhid, from Ibn ‘Abbās:
When ‘Umar embraced Islam, Gabriel descended and said, “O Muhammad, the inhabitants of heaven have indeed rejoiced at ‘Umar’s acceptance of Islam.”
٣٣٠ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ قثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ خِرَاشٍ، عَنِ الْعَوَّامِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: لَمَّا أَسْلَمَ عُمَرُ نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، لَقَدِ اسْتَبْشَرَ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ بِإِسْلَامِ عُمَرَ