44/2. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 1545 — The Book of the Virtues of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ
The virtues of 'Umar
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 1545
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 1545
حديث عَلِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: وُضِعَ عُمَرُ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ، فَتَكَنَّفَهُ النَّاسُ، يَدْعُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ، وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ فَلَمْ يَرُعْنِي إِلَاّ رَجُلٌ آخِذٌ مِنْكِبِي؛ فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ، فَتَرَحَّمَ عَلَى عُمَرَ وَقَالَ: مَا خَلَّفْتَ أَحَدًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَلْقَى اللهَ بِمِثْلِ عَمَلِهِ مِنْكَ وَايْمُ اللهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَظُنَّ أَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ اللهُ مَعَ صَاحِبَيْكَ، وَحَسِبْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ كَثِيرًا أَسْمَع النَّبِيَ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: ذَهَبْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، وَدَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، وَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ.
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
When (the dead body of) 'Umar was put on his death-bed, the people gathered around him and invoked (Allâh) and prayed for him before the body was taken away and I was amongst them. Suddenly I felt somebody taking hold of my shoulder and found out that he was 'Alî bin Abî Tâlib.'Alî invoked Allâh's Mercy for 'Umar and said, "O 'Umar! You have not left behind you a person whose deeds I like to imitate and meet Allâh with more than I like your deeds. By Allâh! I always thought that Allâh would keep you with your two companions, for very often I used to hear the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم saying, 'I, Abû Bakr and 'Umar went (somewhere); I, Abû Bakr and 'Umar entered (somewhere); and I, Abû Bakr and 'Umar went out.'"( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 34, Vol. 5)
