the report of Ibrāhīm ibn Sa‘d, from his father, from Abū Salamah, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Al-Bukhārī said that Zakariyyā ibn Abī Zā’idah also narrated it from Sa‘d, from Abū Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmān, from ‘Ā’ishah, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who used to say:

“Among the nations before you there were people who were inspired. If there is any such person in my nation, then ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb is one of them.”

Ibn Wahb said: “Muhaddathūn means people granted inspiration.” It was stated by