Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1855b
"عَنْ أَبِى بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: رَأى عَوْفُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ النَّاسَ (قَدْ) جُمِعُوا فِى صَعِيدٍ وَاحدٍ، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ قَدْ عَلَا النَّاسَ بثَلَاثَةِ أَذرعٍ، قُلتُ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا: عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، قُلتُ: بمَا يَعْلُوهُمْ؟ قَالُوا: إِنَّ فيهِ ثلَاثَ خِصَالٍ: لَا يَخَافُ فِى اللَّه لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ وَأَنَّهُ شَهِيدٌ مُسْتَشْهَدٌ، وَخَلِيفَةٌ مُسْتَخْلَفٌ، فَأَتَى عَوْفٌ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَحَدثهُ فَبَعثَ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَبَشَّرَهُ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: قَصَّ رُؤْيَاكَ (فَقَصَّهَا)، فَلَمَّا قَالَ: خَلِيفَةٌ مُسْتَخْلَفٌ انْتَهَرَهُ عُمَرُ فَأسْكَتهُ، فَلَمَّا ولى عُمَرُ قَالَ لِعَوْفٍ: اقْصُصْ رُؤْيَاكَ، فَقَصَّهَا، فَقَالَ: أَمَّا لَا أَخَاف فِى اللَّه لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ فَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِى اللَّه فِيهمْ، وَأَمَّا خَلِيفَةٌ مُسْتَخْلَفٌ فَقَدِ اسْتخْلِفْتُ فَأَسْألُ اللَّه أَنْ يُعِينَنِى عَلَى مَا وَلَّانِى، وَأَمَّا شَهِيدٌ مُسْتَشْهَدٌ فَأَنَّى لِى بِالشَّهادَةِ وَأَنَا بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَى جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ لَسْتُ أَغْزُو والنَّاسُ حَوْلِى؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَيْلِى! وَيْلِى! يَأتِى اللَّه (بهَا) إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّه تَعَالَى".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abiá Burdah from his father
- Raʾá ʿAwf b. Mālik
- al-Nās Qad Jumiʿūā Fiá Ṣaʿīd Wāḥd Faʾidhā a man Qad ʿAlā al-Nās Bthalāthah Adhrʿ Qult Man Hadhā
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Qult Bmā Yaʿlūhum Qālūā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Abu Burdah from his father who said: 'Awf ibn Malik saw in a dream that the people had been gathered in one open place, and a man rose above the people by three cubits. I said: Who is this? They said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab. I said: By what does he surpass them? They said: He has three qualities: he does not fear the blame of any blamer in Allah, he is a martyr who will be martyred, and a khalifah who will be appointed. 'Awf came to Abu Bakr and told him, and he sent for 'Umar and gave him good news. Abu Bakr said: Recount your dream, so he recounted it. When he said: a khalifah who will be appointed, 'Umar rebuked him and silenced him. When 'Umar became ruler, he said to 'Awf: Recount your dream, so he recounted it, and he said: As for not fearing the blame of any blamer in Allah, I hope Allah will make me among them. As for a khalifah who will be appointed, I have been appointed, so I ask Allah to help me with what He has entrusted to me. As for a martyr who will be martyred, how could I be martyred while I am in the midst of the Arabian Peninsula, not fighting while people are around me? Then he said: Woe to me! Woe to me! Allah will bring it about, if Allah wills."
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Notes
ابن سعد، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translationIbn Saʿd; [Kr] Ibn ʿAsākir in his Tārīkh.
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