Sahih Muslim 2398a
The Virtues Of 'Umar (RA)
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حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَرْحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ
قَدْ كَانَ يَكُونُ فِي الأُمَمِ قَبْلَكُمْ مُحَدَّثُونَ فَإِنْ يَكُنْ فِي أُمَّتِي مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ فَإِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ مِنْهُمْ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū al-Ṭāhir Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. Sarḥ
- ʿAbdullāh b. and Hb
- Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd
- Abīh Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm
- Abū Salamah
- ʿĀʾishah
- al-Nabī ﷺ
There had been among the people before you inspired persons (those spoken to) and if there were any such among my Ummah Umar b. Khattab would be one of them.
Notes
Ibn Wahb explained the word Muhaddathun as those who receive Ilham (inspiration)
قَالَ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ تَفْسِيرُ مُحَدَّثُونَ مُلْهَمُونَ
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Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AHعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقاعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir)d. 94 AH, or 104 AHأَبِي سَلَمَةَثقة ، مكثرعن
- He was trustworthy (thiqah), virtuous, and devout.d. 125 AH or 126 AH or 127 AH or 128 AH or 130 AHسَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَوكان ثقة فاضلا عابداعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah) and an authority (ḥujjah); he was spoken about without any valid ground for criticism.d. 182 AH, or 183 AH, or 184 AH, or 185 AHإِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍثقة حجة ، تُكُلِّم فيه بلا قادحعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابدحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. end of 249 AH, or 250 AHأَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَرْحٍثقةحدثني
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AHمُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه
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Commentaries
al-Minhāj (Nawawī)
al-Mufham (Abū al-ʿAbbās)
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