being prophets. If there is anyone of that kind in my community, it is Umar” (1).

Ibn Wahb said, “The expression ‘people who receive divine inspiration’ means ‘people who are inspired.’”

Ibn Uyaynah said, “It means people who are granted understanding.”

In the two Sahih collections, Abū Saīd said:

I heard the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—say:

“While I was asleep, I saw people being brought before me wearing shirts. Some of those shirts reached the breast, while others fell short of that. Umar was then brought before me wearing a shirt so long that it trailed behind him.”

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

He replied, “Religious commitment” (2).

In the two Sahih collections, Ibn Umar said:

I heard the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—say:

“While I was asleep, I was given a cup of milk. I drank from it until I could see (3) the effects of having drunk my fill emerging from beneath my fingernails. Then I gave what remained to Umar ibn al-Khattāb.”

(* Those around him asked, “How did you interpret that, O Messenger of Allah?”

He replied, “Knowledge” (4).

In the two Sahih collections, it is related that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said to him:

“O son of al-Khattāb *) (5), by Him in whose hand is my soul, Satan has never encountered you proceeding along a path without taking a path other than yours” (6).

In the two Sahih collections, Anas relates that Umar said: “I was in accord with my Lord on three matters: