Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: that 'Umar said to Abu Bakr: O best of people after the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)! So Abu Bakr said: If you say that, then I have heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'The sun has not risen upon a man better than 'Umar.'
Read More..Narrated Muhammad bin Sirin: I don't think that a man who degrades Abu Bakr and 'Umar loves the Prophet (ﷺ).
Read More..Narrated 'Uqbah bin 'Amir: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If there was to have a Prophet after me, it would have been 'Umar bin Al-Khattab.
Read More..Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'I saw that I was brought a cup of milk, so I drank from it, and I gave my leftover to 'Umar bin Al-Khattab.' They said: 'So what did you interpret it as O Messenger of Allah?' He said: '(It is) Knowledge.'
Read More..Narrated Anas: that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: I entered Paradise and it was as if I was in a palace of gold. So I said: 'Whose palace is this?' They said: 'A youth's, from the Quraish.' So I thought that I was him. I said: 'And who is he?' They said: 'Umar bin Al-Khattab.
Read More..Narrated Abu Buraidah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) awoke in the morning and called for Bilal, then said: 'O Bilal! By what have you preceded me to Paradise? I have not entered Paradise at all, except that I heard your footsteps before me. I entered Paradise last night, and I heard your footsteps before me, and I came upon a square palace having balconies made of gold. So I said: 'Whose palace is this?' They said: 'A man among the Arabs.' So I said: 'I am an Arab, whose palace is this?' They said: 'A man among the Quraish.' So I said: 'I am from the Quraish, whose palace is this?' They said: 'A man from the Ummah of Muhammad (ﷺ).' So I said: 'I am Muhammad, whose palace is this?' They said: ''Umar bin Al-Khattab's.' So Bilal said: 'O Allah's Messenger! I have never called the Adhan except that I prayed two Rak'ah, and I never committed Hadath except that I performed Wudu upon that, and I considered that I owed Allah two Rak'ah.' So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'For those two.'
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