Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1183b

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"On the authority of 'Abbad ibn al-Walid al-'Anbari, (narrated to us) Muhammad ibn Musa al-Shaybani, narrated to us al-Rabi' ibn 'Abd Allah al-Madani, narrated to us 'Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan, from Muhammad ibn 'Ali, (from 'Ali): that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said: O Messenger of Allah, inform me about what you saw in Paradise on the night you were taken on the Night Journey. He said: O son of al-Khattab, if I were to remain among you as long as Noah remained among his people, a thousand years, I would not finish telling you what I saw in Paradise. But O 'Umar, when you say to me 'tell me,' I will tell you what I have not told anyone else. I saw in it palaces whose foundations are in the land of Paradise and whose tops are in the midst of the Throne. I said: O Jibril, they are in the Throne while their pillars are in the land of Paradise? He said: I do not know. I said: O Jibril, inform me who will reach them and who will dwell in them? Their light was like the light of the sun in this world. He said: Those who speak the truth, call to the truth, do not become angry when the truth is said to them, and die upon the truth will dwell in them and reach them. I said: O Jibril, do you name anyone? He said: Yes, one man. I said: Who is that one? He said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab. He said: Then he gave a great sob and fell unconscious until the next day from that hour. Abu Muhammad said: 'Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan narrated to me that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (did not laugh with his mouth full after that until he departed this world)."

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