601 – ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; my father narrated to us; ʿUthmān ibn ʿUmar narrated to us; Yūnus narrated to us, from al-Zuhrī, that ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb once said while addressing the people from the pulpit:

“Indeed, those who declare, ‘Our Lord is Allah,’ and then remain steadfast—the angels descend upon them…” (Fussilat 41:30).

He explained, “By Allah, they remained steadfast through obedience to Allah, and they did not dodge and twist about the way a fox does.”