and Abū Hurayrah informed me that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:
“While I was asleep, I saw two gold bracelets on my wrists, and they troubled me. It was revealed to me (1) in the dream that I should blow on them. I blew on them, and they flew away. I interpreted them as two liars who would emerge after me. One was al-Ansī of San‘ā’, and the other (2) was Musaylimah.” (3)
As for the Rāfidī’s claim that “Umar objected to fighting the apostates,” this is among the gravest lies and slanders against Umar. Rather, the Companions agreed on fighting Musaylimah and his followers. There was, however, another group who professed Islam but refused to pay zakat. Umar initially had doubts about fighting them, until al-Siddīq debated the matter with him and explained why fighting them was obligatory. Umar then accepted his position. The account of this is well known.
In the two Sahīh collections, Abū Hurayrah reports that Umar said to Abū Bakr:
“How can you fight