Narrated Abu Huraira: While we were with Allah's Apostle he said, While I was sleeping, I saw myself in Paradise, and suddenly I saw a woman performing ablution beside a palace. I asked, 'For whom is this palace?' They replied, 'It is for `Umar.' Then I remembered `Umar's Ghira (self-respect) and went away quickly. `Umar wept and said, O Allah's Apostle! How dare I think of my ghira (self-respect) being offended by you?
Read More..Narrated Hamza's father: Allah's Apostle said, While I was sleeping, I saw myself drinking (i.e. milk), and I was so contented that I saw the milk flowing through my nails. Then I gave (the milk) to `Umar. They (i.e. the companions of the Prophet) asked, What do you interpret it? He said, Knowledge.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: The Prophet said, In a dream I saw myself drawing water from a well with a bucket. Abu Bakr came and drew a bucket or two weakly. May Allah forgive him. Then `Umar bin Al-Khattab came and the bucket turned into a very large one in his hands. I had never seen such a mighty person as he in doing such hard work till all the people drank to their satisfaction and watered their camels that knelt down there.
Read More..Narrated Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas: `Umar bin Al-Khattab asked the permission of Allah's Apostle to see him while some Quraishi women were sitting with him, talking to him and asking him for more expenses, raising their voices above the voice of Allah's Apostle. When `Umar asked for the permission to enter, the women quickly put on their veils. Allah'sf Apostle allowed him to enter and `Umar came in while Allah's Apostle was smiling, `Umar said O Allah's Apostle! May Allah always keep you smiling. The Prophet said, These women who have been here, roused my wonder, for as soon as they heard your voice, they quickly put on their veils. `Umar said, O Allah's Apostle! You have more right to be feared by them than I. Then `Umar addressed the women saying, O enemies of yourselves! You fear me more than you do Allah's Apostle ? They said, Yes, for you are harsher and sterner than Allah's Apostle. Then Allah's Apostle said, O Ibn Al-Khattab! By Him in Whose Hands my life is! Never does Satan find you going on a way, but he takes another way other than yours.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah: We have been powerful since `Umar embraced Islam.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When (the dead body of) `Umar was put on his deathbed, the people gathered around him and invoked (Allah) and prayed for him before the body was taken away, and I was amongst them. Suddenly I felt somebody taking hold of my shoulder and found out that he was `Ali bin Abi Talib. `Ali invoked Allah's Mercy for `Umar and said, O `Umar! You have not left behind you a person whose deeds I like to imitate and meet Allah with more than I like your deeds. By Allah! I always thought that Allah would keep you with your two companions, for very often I used to hear the Prophet saying, 'I, Abu Bakr and `Umar went (somewhere); I, Abu Bakr and `Umar entered (somewhere); and I, Abu Bakr and `Umar went out. '
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