Sahih al-Bukhari 3866

Translation

I never heard ʿUmar saying about something that he thought it would be so-and-so, but he was quite right. Once, while ʿUmar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, ʿUmar said, "If I am not wrong, this person is still on his religion of the pre-lslamic period of ignorance or he was their foreteller. Call the man to me." When the man was called to him, he told him of his thought. The man said, "I have never seen such a day on which a Muslim is faced with such an accusation." ʿUmar said, "I am determined that you should tell me the truth." He said, "I was a foreteller in the pre-lslamic period of ignorance." Then ʿUmar said, "Tell me the most astonishing thing your female Jinn has told you of." He said, "One-day while I was in the market, she came to me scared and said, 'Haven't you seen the Jinns and their despair and they were overthrown after their defeat (and prevented from listening to the news of the heaven) so that they (stopped going to the sky and) kept following camel-riders (i.e. 'Arabs)?" ʿUmar said, "He is right." and added, "One day while I was near their idols, there came a man with a calf and slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An (unseen) creature shouted at him, and I have never heard harsher than his voice. He was crying, 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except you (O Allah).' On that the people fled, but I said, 'I shall not go away till I know what is behind this.' Then the cry came again: 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.' I then went away and a few days later it was said, "A prophet has appeared."

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Riyadhus Shalihin 1510ما سمعت عمر رضي الله عنه يقول لشيء قط: إني لأظنه كذا إلا كان كما يظن.

Other narrations of this report

Musnad Ahmad 15462Musnad Ahmad 16695al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 4503

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AH
   عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقب
   صريح في السماع
2. 2
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   عن
3. 3
   Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   He was reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid) and virtuous (fāḍil); he resembled his father in conduct (hady) and demeanor (samt)d. 105 AH or 106 AH or 107 AH or 108 AH, and the correct one is the first
   سَالِمًاكان ثبتا عابدا فاضلا ، كان يشبه بأبيه في الهدي والسمت
   حدثه
4. 4
   ʿUmar b. Muḥammad

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. before 150 AH
   عُمَرُثقة
   حدثني
5. 5
   ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb al-Miṣrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AH
   ابْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابد
   حدثني
6. 6
   Yaḥyá b. Sulaymān

   truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes (yukhṭiʾ)d. 237 AH, or 238 AH, also said: 239 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَصدوق يخطئ
   حدثنا
7. 7
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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