Hadith in praise of Umar
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- This is a sub-section of Sunni view of Umar.
There is a large number of recorded oral tradition among Muslims (Arabic: hadith) in praise of Umar.
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[edit] Introduction
This narrations are prominently quoted by Sunni scholars to uphold their view of Umar, while most of them are rejected by Shi'a Scholars.
[edit] Narration
[edit] Ten promised paradise
Sunni's view him as one of the ten promised paradise by Muhammad.
A narration attributed to Abu Hurairah reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'While I was asleep I saw myself in the Garden, and there was a woman performing wudu' beside a palace. I said, "Whose is this palace?" They said, "It belongs to 'Umar." Then I remembered your jealousy and turned away.' 'Umar wept and said, 'Could I be jealous of you, Messenger of Allah?' [1] |
[edit] Knowledge
Some hadith depict him as having an abundance of Deen
[edit] Deen
A narration attributed to Ibn Umar reports:
| the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, While I was asleep I drank meaning milk until I saw satiation flowing in my nails, and then I passed it to 'Umar.' They said, 'How did you interpret it, Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Knowledge.' [1] |
A narration attributed to Ibn Mas'ud reports:
| Even if the knowledge of 'Umar were to be put in one scale of a balance and the knowledge of every living being on the earth were put in the other scale, the knowledge of 'Umar would outweigh their knowledge. They used to hold the view that he had gone (i.e. died) with nine-tenths of knowledge. [1] |
A narration attributed to Hudhayfah reports:
| It is as if the knowledge of mankind was concealed in the understanding of 'Umar. [1] |
[edit] Inspiration
A narration attributed to Abu Hurairah reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'There were in the nations before you people who were inspired, and if there is one in my ummah it is 'Umar.' [1] |
[edit] Qur'an
A narration attributed to Ibn Mas'ud reports:
| When the right-acting ones are remembered, then begin with 'Umar. Truly 'Umar was the most knowledgeable of us of the Book of Allah, and the most understanding (literally: having the most fiqh) of us of the deen of Allah, exalted is He. [1] |
A narration attributed to Ibn Umar reports:
| No affair ever happened among people and they spoke about it and 'Umar spoke about it but that the Qur'an was revealed confirming what 'Umar said.[1] |
[edit] Truth
A narration attributed to Ibn Umar reports:
| the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Allah has put the truth upon 'Umar's tongue and (in) his heart.' [1] |
A narration attributed to Ubay ibn Ka'b reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The first one whom the Truth will shake hands with is 'Umar, the first He will greet (with the greeting of peace), and the first He will take by the hand and enter into the Garden.'[1] |
A narration attributed to Abu Dharr reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Truly Allah has placed the truth upon the tongue of 'Umar, it speaks by him (or he speaks by it).[1] |
A narration attributed to Abu Hurairah reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Truly Allah has placed the truth on the tongue of 'Umar and (in) his heart.[1] [2] |
A narration attributed to Al-Fadl ibn 'Abbas reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The truth, after me, is with 'Umar wherever he is.' [1] |
[edit] Prophethood
A narration attributed to Uqbah ibn Amir reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, said, 'If there were to be a prophet after me it would be 'Umar ibn al-Khattab.[1][3] |
[edit] Devils
A narration attributed to Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Ibn al-Khattab, by Him in Whose hand is my self, the shaytan never met you travelling on a road but that he would travel on a road other than your road.' [1] |
A narration attributed to Aisha reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'I am looking at the shaytans of the Jinn and men who have fled from 'Umar.' [1] |
A narration attributed to Sadisah reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The shaytan has not met 'Umar since he accepted Islam but that he fell upon his face.[1][4] |
A narration attributed to A'ishah reports:
| the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The shaytan is afraid of 'Umar.[1] |
A narration attributed to Buraydah reports:
| the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The shaytan is afraid of you, 'Umar.'[1] |
A narration attributed to Ibn 'Abbas reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'There is no angel in the heaven that does not respect 'Umar, and no shaytan on the earth but that he is afraid of 'Umar.'[1] |
A narration attributed to Mujahid reports:
| We used to say that the shaytans were chained and shackled during the amirate of 'Umar, then when he was struck they spread abroad. [1] |
[edit] Judgment
A narration attributed to Ibn 'Abbas reports:
| Jibril came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'Greet 'Umar with the greeting of peace and inform him that his anger is might and his good pleasure is judgement.' [1] |
A narration attributed to Ali reports:
| When the right-acting ones are mentioned then begin with 'Umar. We did not think it unlikely that as-Sakinah (the Divine Presence) spoke with the tongue of 'Umar. [1] |
A narration attributed to Ibn 'Umar reports:
| I have never seen anyone after the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, from the time he died, more perceptive and more liberally generous than 'Umar. [1] |
[edit] Strenght
A narration attributed to Umayr ibn Rabi'ah reports:
| Umar ibn al-Khattab said to Ka'b al-Ahbar, 'How do you find my description?' He said, 'I find your description to be a horn of iron.' He asked, 'What is a horn of iron?' He said, 'A strong commander who, for the sake of Allah, the censure of the one who blames does not overcome.' He said, 'Then what?' He said, 'There will be after you a khalifah whom a wrong-doing group will kill.' He said, 'Then what?' He said, 'Then there will be the trial (affliction).' [1] |
[edit] Conquests
A narration attributed to Ibn 'Umar and Abu Hurairah reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'While I was asleep I saw myself at a well upon which was a bucket, so I drew from it as long as Allah willed. Then later Abu Bakr took it and drew a full bucket or two, and in his drawing there was some weakness, and Allah will forgive him. Then 'Umar ibn al-Khattab came and drew water and it became transformed in his hand into a large bucket, and I have not seen a chief of the people do wonderful deeds such as he did, until the people had satisfied their thirst and settled down (there by the water).' [1] |
An-Nawawi said in his Tahdhib: The men of knowledge say, 'This points to the khilafahs of Abu Bakr and 'Umar, and to the great number of conquests and the victory of Islam in the time of 'Umar.' [1]
[edit] Love and hatred
A narration attributed to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Whoever is angry with 'Umar is angry with me. Whoever loves 'Umar loves me. Allah glories in the people on the evening of 'Arafah generally, and He glories in 'Umar particularly. Allah has not sent a prophet except that he put among his ummah an inspired man and if there is one such in my ummah then it is 'Umar.' They said, 'Prophet of Allah, how inspired?' He said, 'The angels speak by his tongue.'[1] |
[edit] Other
A narration attributed to Ali reports:
| We, the Companions of Muhammad, used not to doubt that the sakinah (tranquility or Divine presence) spoke by the tongue of 'Umar.[1] |
A narration attributed to Ibn 'Umar reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, Umar is the lamp of the people of the Garden.[1][5] |
A narration attributed to Uthman ibn Madh'un reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'This one is the lock upon the fitnah (sedition and trials),' and he indicated 'Umar with his hand. 'There will remain a door strongly locked between you and the fitnah as long as this one lives among you.'[1] |
A narration attributed to Abu Hurairah reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Allah glories in the people of 'Arafah generally and He glories in 'Umar particularly.'[1] |
A narration attributed to Ubayy ibn Ka'b reports:
| The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Jibril said to me, "Let Islam weep over the death of 'Umar."' [1] |
[edit] Muslim view
As stated, most of this hadith are prominently quoted by Sunni scholars.
[edit] Sunni view
Among the scholars quoting them is Suyuti, a 16th century Sunni Islamic scholar, quoting them in great extend in his biography of Umar.
[edit] Shi'a view
Shi'a argue that most of them are fabricated long after the death of Umar, many of them trying to justify his harsh manners, being copy of narrations in praise of Ali who both Shi'a and Sunni agree on are authentic or are fabricated to justify the belief in his righteousness by stating that Muhammad promised him paradise. Shi'a reject most of this narrations.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af History of the Caliphs by Suyuti[1]
- ^ This hadith has been narrated by Umar, Bilal, Mu'awiyah, A'ishah, and Ibn 'Umar
- ^ This hadith has been narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Ismah ibn Malik and Ibn 'Umar.
- ^ This hadith has been narrated also by Sadisah from Hafsah.
- ^ This hadith was narrated by Abu Hurairah and As-Sa'b ibn Juththamah.
