2487 – And Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Baghawī narrated to us; he said: Hārūn ibn Mūsā al-Farwī narrated to us; he said: Abū Ḍamrah narrated to me, from Ibrāhīm, from Abū Salamah, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If there were muḥaddathūn (people endowed with inner inspiration) among the nations, and if anyone of that rank is found in my community, it is ʿUmar.”

2488 – Muhammad narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq narrated to me; he said: al-Ḥumaydī narrated to us; Sufyān narrated to us; Ibn ʿAjlān narrated to me, from Saʿd ibn Ibrāhīm, from Abū Salamah, from ʿĀʾishah, from the Prophet ﷺ who said the same. Sufyān added, “The muḥaddath is the one most knowledgeable of what is right; the correct view is cast directly upon his tongue.”