Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2736b
"عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخطَّابِ ذكُرَ لَهُ مَا حَمَلَهُ عَلَى مَقَالَتِهِ الَّتِى قَالَ حِينَ تُوفِّى رَسُولُ اللَّه ﷺ قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَتَأَوَّلُ هَذِهِ الآيَة: {وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا} ( )، فَوَاللَّه إِنْ كُنْتُ لأظُنُّ أَنَّهُ سَيَبْقَى فِى أُمَّتِهِ حَتَّى يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْهَا بِآخِرِ أَعْمَالِهَا، وَإِنَّهُ الَّذِى حَمَلَنِى عَلَى أَنْ قُلْتُ مَا قُلتُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn ʿAbbās
- ʿUmar b. al-Khṭṭāb Dhkur Lah Mā Ḥamalah
- Maqālatih al--Atiá
- Ḥīn Tūffiá Rasūl Allāh Ṣlá
Machine translation, not reviewed
"On the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab was reminded of what had moved him to say what he said when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died. He said: I used to interpret this verse: {And thus We have made you a median nation, that you may be witnesses over the people, and the Messenger may be a witness over you} (). By Allah, I thought he would remain among his Ummah until he bore witness over them concerning their last deeds, and it was that which moved me to say what I said."
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[ق] البيهقى في السنن في الدلائل
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