Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2976b
"عن أَبى الطَّاهِرِ أَحمدَ بنِ السَّرْح، حدثَنا عَبدُ اللَّه بنُ وهْب، عَمَّن حَدَّثَه عن ابْنِ عَجْلَان، عن مُحمد بنِ المُنْكَدِر قال: بَيْنَما عُمَرُ بْنُ الخَطَّابِ يُصَلىِّ عَلَى جِنازَةِ إِذَا بِهَاتِفٍ يَهْتِفُ مِن خَلفِهِ: لَا تَسْبِقْنَا بالِصَّلاةِ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّه! فَانَتَظَره حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِالصَّفِّ، فَكَبَّر عُمَرُ وَكَبَّرَ مَنْ مَعَه الرَّجُلُ، فَقالَ الَهاتِفُ: إنْ تُعَذِّبْه فَكَثِيرًا عَصَاكَ، وإنْ تَغْفْر لَهُ فَقِيرا إلَى رَحْمَتِكَ! فَنَظر عُمَرُ وَأَصحَاُبه إلَى الرَّجُلِ، فَلَمَّا دفُنَ الْمَيتُ وَسَوَّى الرَّجُلُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ترابِ القَبْرِ قَالَ: طُوبَى لَكَ يَا صَاحِبَ الْقَبرِ إنْ لَم تَكُنْ عَرِيفًا أَوْ جَابِيًا أَوْ خَازِنًا أَوْ كَاتِبًا أَو شُرْطِيًا! فَقالَ عُمَرُ: خُذُوا لى الرَّجلَ، فَسَألَه عَن صَلاتِه وَكلَامه هَذَا ومَن هُو، فَتَوارَى عَنْهُم، فَنَظَروا فإِذَا أَثَرُ قَدمِهِ ذِرِاعٌ، فَقالَ عُمر: هَذَا واللَّه الخضرُ الَّذَى حَدَّثنَا عَنْه النبَّى ﷺ ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abá al-Ṭāhir Aḥmd b. al-Sarḥ Ḥdthanā ʿAbdullāh b. Whb ʿAmman
- Ibn ʿAjlān
- Muḥmd b. al-Munkadir
- Baynamā ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Yuṣal
- Jināzah Idhā Bihātif Yahtif from Khalfih Lā Tasbiqnā Bi-al-Iṣṣalāh Yarḥamuk Allāh Fānataẓarh Ḥattá Laḥiq Bi-al-Ṣṣaf Fakabbar ʿUmar and Kabbar Man Maʿah al-a man
- al-Ahātif n Tuʿadhhibh Fakathīr ʿAṣāk Wʾn Taghfr Lah Faqīrā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Abu al-Tahir Ahmad ibn al-Sarh, who narrated to us, 'Abd Allah ibn Wahb, from one who narrated to him, from Ibn 'Ajlan, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, who said: While 'Umar ibn al-Khattab was praying over a funeral, suddenly a caller called out from behind him: 'Do not precede us with the prayer, may Allah have mercy on you!' So he waited until he joined the row, and 'Umar said the takbir and the man with him said the takbir. The caller said: 'If You punish him, he has disobeyed You much; and if You forgive him, he is in need of Your mercy!' 'Umar and his companions looked at the man. When the deceased was buried and the man smoothed the earth of the grave over him, he said: 'Blessed are you, O companion of the grave, if you were not a 'arif, a jabi, a khazin, a katib, or a shurti!' 'Umar said: 'Bring the man to me!' So he asked him about his prayer and these words and who he is, but he vanished from them. They looked and found the trace of his foot was a dhira'. 'Umar said: 'By Allah, this is al-Khidr, whom the Prophet ﷺ told us about.'"
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Notes
[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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