the Prophet ﷺ; finish seeing to their hospitality before I return.’ ʿAbd al-Raḥmān went off, brought the food that was there, and said to the guests, ‘Please eat.’
They replied, ‘Where is the master of the house?’
He said, ‘Go ahead and eat.’
They said, ‘We will not eat until the master of the house arrives.’
He said, ‘Do accept the meal from us; if he comes and finds that you have not eaten, we shall certainly catch it from him (1).’ Still they refused. I realised then that he would be angry with me, so when he came I kept out of his way. He asked, ‘What have you done?’ and they told him.
He called, ‘ʿAbd al-Raḥmān,’ but I remained silent. Again he called, ‘ʿAbd al-Raḥmān,’ and I stayed silent. Then he shouted, ‘Yā ghunthar! I adjure you—if you can hear my voice, come here!’ I came out and said, ‘Ask your guests.’ They said, ‘He is telling the truth; he brought it to us.’
He said, ‘So you were only waiting for me? By Allah, I shall not taste it tonight.’
The others said, ‘By Allah, we will not taste it until you do.’
He said, ‘Woe to you! Why will you not accept our hospitality?’ Then he said, ‘Bring the food.’ It was brought; he placed his hand on it and said, ‘In the name of Allah. What happened first was from Satan.’ He then ate, and they ate. Agreed upon.
His expression ‘ghunthar’—spelled without a dotted letter, with a ḍamma on the ghayn, a quiescent nūn, and then a thāʾ—means a dull, ignorant person. His phrase ‘fa-jaddaʿ’ means he reviled him; literally, jadʿ is ‘cutting off.’ His words ‘yajidu ʿalayya’ are pronounced with a kasra on the jīm and mean ‘he is angry with me.’
1512 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Among the nations before you there were people who were addressed by inspiration; if anyone of my community is such a person, it is ʿUmar.’ Reported by al-Bukhārī. Muslim also transmitted it, through the narration of ʿĀʾishah.
In both narrations Ibn Wahb said: ‘Muḥaddathūn means those who are inspired.’
1513 – Jābir ibn Samurah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: ‘The people of Kūfah complained to ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (may Allah be pleased with him) about Saʿd—meaning Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ (may Allah be pleased with him)—so ʿUmar removed him and appointed ʿAmmār over them. They kept complaining until they even alleged that he did not perform the prayer properly. ʿUmar therefore sent for him and said, “Abū Isḥāq, these people claim that you do not pray well.” He replied, “As for…"