#3 Umar ibn al-Khattab from The History of the Khalifahs by Jalal ad- Din as-Suyuti

His emigration
Ibn ‘Asakir narrated that ‘Ali said: I don’t
know of anyone who didn’t emigrate in secret
except for ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab; because
when he wanted to emigrate he strapped on
his sword, put his bow over his shoulder,
carried his arrows in his hand, and came to
the Ka‘bah where the nobles of Quraysh were
in the courtyard. He performed seven circuits,
and then prayed two raka‘at at the Station (of
Ibrahim). Then he approached their circle one
step at a time and said, “What ugly faces!
Whoever wishes to bereave his mother, orphan
his children and widow his wife then let him
meet me behind this valley.” Not one of them
followed him.
He narrated that al-Bara’, may Allah be
pleased with him, said: The first of the
Muhajirun who came to us was Mus‘ab ibn
‘Umayr, then Ibn Umm Maktum, then ‘Umar
ibn al-Khattab mounted among twenty others.
We said, ‘What has the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
done?’ He said, ‘He is right behind me.’ Then
later, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, came and Abu Bakr, may
Allah be pleased with him, along with him.
An-Nawawi said: ‘Umar attended, along with
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, all of the battles, and he
was one of those who stood firm beside him
on the Day of Uhud.
The hadith on his merit, other than those
already quoted in the chapter on as-Siddiq
The two Shaykhs narrated that Abu Hurayrah,
may Allah be pleased with him, said: The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, ‘While I was asleep I saw myself
in the Garden, and there was a woman
performing wudu’ beside a palace. I said,
“Whose is this palace?” They said, “It belongs
to ‘Umar.” Then I remembered your jealousy
and turned away.’ ‘Umar wept and said,
‘Could I be jealous of you, Messenger of
Allah?’
The two Shaykhs narrated that Ibn ‘Umar
narrated that the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
‘While I was asleep I drank – meaning milk –
until I saw satiation flowing in my nails, and
then I passed it to ‘Umar.’ They said, ‘How did
you interpret it, Messenger of Allah?’ He said,
‘Knowledge.’
The two Shaykhs narrated that Abu Sa‘id al-
Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I
heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, saying, ‘While I was sleeping
I saw people being shown to me and they had
shirts on. Some of them reached to the breast,
and some of them reached lower than that.
‘Umar was shown to me and he had on a shirt
which he was dragging along.’ They said,
‘How did you interpret it, Messenger of Allah?’
He said, ‘The deen.’
The two Shaykhs narrated that Sa‘d ibn Abi
Waqqas said: The Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, ‘Ibn al-
Khattab, by Him in Whose hand is my self, the
shaytan never met you travelling on a road
but that he would travel on a road other than
your road.’
Al-Bukhari narrated that Abu Hurayrah said:
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, ‘There were in the nations
before you people who were inspired, and if
there is one in my ummah it is ‘Umar.’
At-Tirmidhi narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, ‘Allah has put the truth upon
‘Umar’s tongue and (in) his heart.’ Ibn ‘Umar
said: No affair ever happened among people
and they spoke about it and ‘Umar spoke
about it but that the Qur’an was revealed
confirming what ‘Umar said.
At-Tirmidhi narrated, as did al-Hakim who
declared it sahih, that ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir said:
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and his
family and grant them peace, said, ‘If there
were to be a prophet after me it would be
‘Umar ibn al-Khattab.’ At-Tabarani narrated it
from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri and ‘Ismah ibn
Malik and Ibn ‘Asakir narrated it from Ibn
‘Umar.
At-Tirmidhi narrated that ‘A’ishah, may Allah
be pleased with her, said: The Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘I
am looking at the shaytans of the jinn and
men who have fled from ‘Umar.’
Ibn Majah and al-Hakim narrated that Ubayy
ibn Ka‘b said: The Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, ‘The first one
whom the Truth will shake hands with is
‘Umar, the first He will greet (with the greeting
of peace), and the first He will take by the
hand and enter into the Garden.’
Ibn Majah and al-Hakim narrated that Abu
Dharr said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, ‘Truly Allah has
placed the truth upon the tongue of ‘Umar, it
speaks by him (or he speaks by it).’
Ahmad and al-Bazzar narrated that Abu
Hurayrah said: The Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, ‘Truly Allah
has placed the truth on the tongue of ‘Umar
and (in) his heart.’ At-Tabarani narrated this
hadith from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, Bilal,
Mu‘awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan and ‘A’ishah, may
Allah be pleased with them, and Ibn ‘Asakir
narrated it from a hadith of Ibn ‘Umar,
Ibn Mani‘ narrated in his Musnad that ‘Ali,
may Allah be pleased with him, said: We, the
Companions of Muhammad, used not to doubt
that the sakinah (tranquillity or Divine
presence) spoke by the tongue of ‘Umar.
Al-Bazzar narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, ‘‘Umar is the lamp of the people
of the Garden.’ This hadith was narrated by
Abu Hurayrah and as-Sa‘b ibn Juththamah.
Al-Bazzar narrated from Qudamah ibn
Madh‘un that his paternal uncle ‘Uthman ibn
Madh‘un said: The Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, ‘This one is
the lock upon the fitnah (sedition and trials),’
and he indicated ‘Umar with his hand. ‘There
will remain a door strongly locked between
you and the fitnah as long as this one lives
among you.’
At-Tabarani narrated in al-Awsat that Ibn
‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with both him
and his father, said: Jibril came to the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, and said, ‘Greet ‘Umar with the greeting
of peace and inform him that his anger is
might and his good pleasure is judgement.’
Ibn ‘Asakir narrated that ‘A’ishah, may Allah
be pleased with her, said that the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, ‘The shaytan is afraid of ‘Umar.’
Ahmad narrated by way of Buraydah that the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, ‘The shaytan is afraid of you,
‘Umar.’
Ibn ‘Asakir narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas, may
Allah be pleased with both of them, said: The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, ‘There is no angel in the heaven
that does not respect ‘Umar, and no shaytan
on the earth but that is afraid of ‘Umar.’
At-Tabarani narrated in al-Awsat that Abu
Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him,
said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, ‘Allah glories in the
people of ‘Arafah generally and He glories in
‘Umar particularly.’ He narrated the same in
al-Kabir in a hadith of Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah
be pleased with them both.
At-Tabarani and ad-Daylami narrated that al-
Fadl ibn ‘Abbas said: The Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘The
truth, after me, is with ‘Umar wherever he is.’
The two Shaykhs narrated that Ibn ‘Umar and
Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with both
of them, said: The Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, ‘While I was
asleep I saw myself at a well upon which was
a bucket, so I drew from it as long as Allah
willed. Then later Abu Bakr took it and drew a
full bucket or two, and in his drawing there
was some weakness, and Allah will forgive
him. Then ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab came and
drew water and it became transformed in his
hand into a large bucket, and I have not seen
a chief of the people do wonderful deeds such
as he did, until the people had satisfied their
thirst and settled down (there by the water).’
An-Nawawi said in his Tahdhib: The men of
knowledge say, ‘This points to the khilafahs of
Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, and to the great number
of conquests and the victory of Islam in the
time of ‘Umar.’
At-Tabarani narrated that Sadisah said: The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, ‘The shaytan has not met ‘Umar
since he accepted Islam but that he fell upon
his face.’ Ad-Daraqutni narrated this hadith in
al-Afrad by way of Sadisah from Hafsah.
At-Tabarani narrated that Ubayy ibn Ka‘b
said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, ‘Jibril said to me, “Let
Islam weep over the death of ‘Umar.”’
At-Tabarani narrated in al-Awsat that Abu
Sa‘id al-Khudri said: The Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Whoever
is angry with ‘Umar is angry with me. Whoever
loves ‘Umar loves me. Allah glories in the
people on the evening of ‘Arafah generally,
and He glories in ‘Umar particularly. Allah has
not sent a prophet except that he put among
his ummah an inspired man and if there is
one such in my ummah then it is ‘Umar.’ They
said, ‘Prophet of Allah, how inspired?’ He said,
‘The angels speak by his tongue.’ Its isnad is
hasan (good).