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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

Ibn Wahb and others also narrated it through Ibn Lahīah, from Mishrah; thus, its transmission from Mishrah is established(1).

Ibn Battah narrated from the hadith of Uqbah ibn Mālik al-Khatmī, who said that the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—said:

“If anyone other than me were a prophet, it would be Umar ibn al-Khattāb.”

Another wording states:

“Had I not been sent among you, Umar would have been sent among you.”

This wording appears in al-Tirmidhī(2).

Abd Allah ibn Ahmad(3) said: Shujā ibn Makhlad narrated to us: Yahyā ibn Yamān narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from Amr ibn Muhammad(4), from Sālim ibn Abd Allah, from Abū Mūsā al-Asharī, that news of Umar was slow in reaching him. He therefore spoke to a woman who had a devil within her. She said:

“Wait until my devil comes, and I shall ask him.”

The devil said:

“I saw Umar with a cloak wrapped around his waist, coating the camels given in charity with tar(5). Whenever Satan sees that man(6), he falls flat on his face(7) before the angel between Umar’s eyes. The Holy Spirit(8) speaks(9) through his tongue(10).”

A similar report appears in the two Sahihs: “From Sad ibn Abī Waqqās, who said: Umar sought permission

(1) Al-Albānī said: Abū Bakr al-Najjād narrated it in *al-Fawā’id al-Muntaqāh*, 17/1–2, through Ibn Lahīa, from Mishrah, with the same report. (2) The hadith and the commentary on it appeared earlier in this volume, p. 55. (3) *Fadā’il al-Sahāba*, 1/246, no. 304. (4) *Fadā’il al-Sahāba* reads: “from Umar ibn Muhammad.” (5) *Yahna’u al-ibil* means “he coats the camels with tar.” (6) *Fadā’il al-Sahāba* reads: “And he said.” (7) MSS N and M read: “onto his nostril.” (8) *Fadā’il al-Sahāba* reads: “and the Spirit.” (9) MSS R, H, and Y read *tantiqu* (“speaks,” in the feminine form). (10) The editor of *Fadā’il al-Sahāba* said: “Its chain of transmission is weak.”

وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ مِشْرَحٍ، فَهُوَ ثَابِتٌ عَنْهُ (١) . وَرَوَى ابْنُ بَطَّةَ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْخَطْمِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " «لَوْ كَانَ غَيْرِي نَبِيٌّ لَكَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ " . وَفِي لَفْظٍ: " لَوْ لَمْ أُبْعَثْ فِيكُمْ لَبُعِثَ فِيكُمْ عُمَرُ» " وَهَذَا اللَّفْظُ فِي التِّرْمِذِيِّ (٢) . وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ (٣) ، حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَمَانٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ (٤) ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ أَنَّهُ أَبْطَأَ عَلَيْهِ خَبَرُ عُمَرَ، فَكَلَّمَ امْرَأَةً فِي بَطْنِهَا شَيْطَانٌ، فَقَالَتْ: حَتَّى يَجِيءَ شَيْطَانِي فَأَسْأَلُهُ، فَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ مُتَّزِرًا بِكِسَاءٍ يَهْنَأُ إِبِلَ الصَّدَقَةِ (٥) ، وَذَلِكَ (٦) لَا يَرَاهُ الشَّيْطَانُ إِلَّا خَرَّ لِمَنْخَرَيْهِ (٧) لِلْمَلَكِ الَّذِي بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ، رُوحُ (٨) الْقُدُسِ يَنْطِقُ (٩) عَلَى لِسَانِهِ (١٠) . وَمِثْلُ هَذَا فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ «عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، قَالَ: اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ

(١) قَالَ الْأَلْبَانِيُّ: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ النِّجَادَ رَوَاهُ فِي الْفَوَائِدِ الْمُنْتَقَاةِ ١٧/١ - ٢ مِنْ طَرِيقِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ مِشْرَحٍ بِهِ. (٢) سَبَقَ الْحَدِيثُ وَالتَّعْلِيقُ عَلَيْهِ فِي هَذَا الْجُزْءِ ص ٥٥. (٣) فِي كِتَابِ فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ ١/٢٤٦، رَقْمَ ٣٠٤ (٤) فَضَائِلَ الصَّحَابَةِ: عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ. (٥) يَهْنَأُ الْإِبِلَ؛ أَيْ: يُطْلِيهَا بِالْقَطِرَانِ. (٦) فَضَائِلَ الصَّحَابَةِ: وَقَالَ. (٧) ن، م: لِمِنْخَرِهِ. (٨) فَضَائِلَ الصَّحَابَةِ: وَرُوحُ. (٩) ر، ح، ي: تَنْطِقُ. (١٠) قَالَ مُحَقِّقُ فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ: إِسْنَادُهُ ضَعِيفٌ.