Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/21)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

among those who came before you, from the Children of Israel, men who were divinely inspired without being prophets. If there is anyone among them in my nation (1), it is Umar.” (2)

It is narrated in the Sahīh from Ibn Umar that the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—said:

“While I was asleep, I saw that I was brought a cup [containing milk] (3). I drank from it until I could see (4) the signs of having drunk my fill emerging from my fingernails. Then I gave what remained to Umar ibn al-Khattāb.”

They asked, “How did you interpret it, O Messenger of Allah?”

He replied, “Knowledge.” (5)

In the two Sahīhs, Abū Saīd narrated that the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said:

“While I was asleep, I saw people being presented before me wearing shirts. Some reached their chests, while others fell short of that. Then Umar ibn al-Khattāb passed by wearing a shirt that trailed behind him.”

They asked, “How did you interpret that, O Messenger of Allah?”

He replied, “Religion.” (6)

(1) (N): “one of them.” (2) The hadith narrated from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—is in al-Bukhārī, 5/12, Book of the Virtues of the Prophet’s Companions, chapter “The Virtues of Umar.” (3) “Containing milk” is omitted from (N). (4) (H), (R), and (Y): “I see.” (5) This hadith, narrated from Ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—appears in several places in al-Bukhārī: 1/23–24, Book of Knowledge, chapter “The Merit of Knowledge”; 9/35, Book of Dream Interpretation, chapters “Milk” and “When Milk Flows through His Limbs and Fingernails”; 9/40, Book of Dream Interpretation, chapter “When One Gives What Remains to Another in a Dream”; and 9/41, Book of Dream Interpretation, chapter “The Cup in a Dream.” It also appears in Muslim, 4/1859–1860, Book of the Virtues of the Companions, chapter “Some of the Virtues of Umar”; Sunan al-Tirmidhī, 5/282, Book of Virtues, chapter 69, “The Virtues of Umar ibn al-Khattāb”; and al-Musnad (al-Maārif ed.), nos. 5554, 6142, 6143, 6343, 6344, and 6426. (6) The hadith narrated from Abū Saīd al-Khudrī—may Allah be pleased with him—is in al-Bukhārī, 5/12, Book of the Virtues of the Prophet’s Companions, chapter “The Virtues of Umar ibn al-Khattāb”; 9/35–36, Book of Dream Interpretation, chapter “The Shirt in a Dream”; and 9/36, Book of Dream Interpretation, chapter “A Trailing Shirt in a Dream.” It also appears in Muslim, 4/1859, Book of the Virtues of the Companions, chapter “Some of the Virtues of Umar”; and al-Musnad, 3/86 and 5/374.

فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ رِجَالٌ يُكَلِّمُونَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونُوا أَنْبِيَاءَ، فَإِنْ يَكُنْ فِي أُمَّتِي مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ (١) فَعُمَرُ» (٢) . وَفِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ: " «بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ إِذْ رَأَيْتُ قَدَحًا أُتِيتُ بِهِ [فِيهِ لَبَنٌ] (٣) ، فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى أَنِّي لَأَرَى (٤) الرَّيَّ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَظْفَارِي، ثُمَّ أَعْطَيْتُ فَضْلِي عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ " . قَالُوا: فَمَا أَوَّلْتَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: " الْعِلْمُ» " (٥) . وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " «بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَيْهِمْ قُمُصٌ، مِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ الثَّدْيَ، وَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ دُونَ ذَلِكَ، وَمَرَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ يَجُرُّهُ " . قَالُوا: مَا أَوَّلْتَ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: " الدِّينُ» " (٦)

(١) ن: أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ. (٢) " الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٥/١٢ كِتَابِ فَضَائِلِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ، بَابِ مِنْ فَضَائِلِ عُمَرَ. . (٣) فِيهِ لَبَنٌ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) . (٤) ح، ر، ي: أَرَى. (٥) جَاءَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي عِدَّةِ مَوَاضِعَ مِنَ الْبُخَارِيِّ ١/٢٣ - ٢٤ كِتَابِ الْعِلْمِ، بَابِ فَضْلِ الْعِلْمِ، ٩/٣٥. كِتَابِ التَّعْبِيرِ، بَابِ اللَّبَنِ، بَابِ إِذَا جَرَى اللَّبَنُ فِي أَطْرَافِهِ وَأَظَافِيرِهِ ٩/٤٠ كِتَابِ التَّعْبِيرِ، بَابِ إِذَا أَعْطَى فَضْلَهُ غَيْرَهُ فِي النَّوْمِ، ٩/٤١ كِتَابِ التَّعْبِيرِ بَابِ الْقَدَحِ فِي النَّوْمِ، وَجَاءَ الْحَدِيثُ أَيْضًا فِي مُسْلِمٍ ٤/١٨٥٩ - ١٨٦٠ كِتَابِ فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ، بَابِ مِنْ فَضَائِلِ عُمَرَ، سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٥/٢٨٢ كِتَابِ الْمَنَاقِبِ، بَابِ مَنَاقِبِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ بَابِ ٦٩، الْمُسْنَدَ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) الْأَرْقَامَ ٥٥٥٤، ٦١٤٢، ٦١٤٣، ٦٣٤٣، ٦٣٤٤، ٦٤٢٦. (٦) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٥/١٢ كِتَابِ فَضَائِلِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ، بَابِ مَنَاقِبِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ٩/٣٥ - ٣٦ كِتَابِ التَّعْبِيرِ، بَابِ الْقَمِيصِ فِي الْمَنَامِ، ٩/٣٦، كِتَابِ التَّعْبِيرِ، بَابِ جَرِّ الْقَمِيصِ فِي الْمَنَامِ، مُسْلِمٍ ٤/١٨٥٩ كِتَابِ فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ، بَابِ مِنْ فَضَائِلِ عُمَرَ، الْمُسْنَدَ ٣/٨٦، ٥/٣٧٤.