Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2601b

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"Narrated Abu Rafi': Abu Lu'lu'ah was a slave of al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah, and he used to make millstones, and al-Mughirah used to collect four dirhams from him every day. Abu Lu'lu'ah met 'Umar and said, 'O Commander of the Believers! Al-Mughirah has burdened me with my payment, so speak to him that he may lighten it for me.' 'Umar said to him, 'Fear Allah and be good to your master.' It was 'Umar's intention to meet al-Mughirah and speak to him so that he would lighten it for him. The slave became angry and said, 'Umar's justice has encompassed all the people except me,' and he resolved to kill him. He prepared a dagger with two heads, sharpened it and poisoned it, then came to al-Hurmuzan and said, 'How do you see this?' He said, 'I see that you should not strike anyone with it except that you kill him.' Abu Lu'lu'ah watched for his chance, and he came during the dawn prayer and stood behind 'Umar. 'Umar, when the prayer was called, would speak and say, 'Straighten your rows,' so he began to say as he used to say, but when he said takbir, Abu Lu'lu'ah stabbed him once in the shoulder and stabbed him in the flank, and 'Umar fell. He stabbed thirteen men with his dagger, seven of whom died and six of whom recovered, and 'Umar was carried and taken to his house, and the people were in turmoil until the sun was almost rising. 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf called out, 'O people! The prayer, the prayer!' They hurried to the prayer and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf went forward and led them in prayer with the two shortest surahs in the Qur'an. When he finished the prayer, they turned to 'Umar, and he asked for a drink to see the extent of his wound, and nabidh was brought and he drank it, and it came out of his wound, and it was not known whether it was nabidh or blood. Milk was called for and he drank it, and it came out of his wound. They said, 'There is no harm upon you, O Commander of the Believers!' He said, 'If killing is harm, then I have been killed.' The people began to praise him, saying, 'May Allah reward you with good, O Commander of the Believers! You were such and such!' Then they departed, and another group came and praised him. 'Umar said, 'By Allah, is it so as you say? I wish that I had come out of it even, neither for me nor against me, and that the companionship of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had been kept safe for me.' 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas spoke and said, 'No, by Allah, he will not come out of it even! You accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (so your companionship was the best companionship any companion has had. You were with him, and you were with him, and you were with him until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away while he was pleased with you. Then you accompanied the successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then you were put in charge of it, O Commander of the Believers, and you were put in charge of it in the best way you were put in charge, you used to do such and such, and you used to do such and such.' 'Umar used to find comfort in the words of Ibn 'Abbas. He said, 'Repeat your words to me,' so he repeated them to him. 'Umar said, 'By Allah, is it so as you say? Even if the earth had all its gold, I would ransom myself with it today from the terror of the Gathering! I have appointed it to a council of six: 'Uthman, 'Ali, Talhah ibn 'Ubaydullah, al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. He made 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar with them as an advisor, but he is not one of them. He gave them three days and ordered Suhayb to lead the people in prayer.""

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