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

His miracles
Al-Bayhaqi and Abu Nu‘aym narrated, both of
them in [books that they each called] Dala’il
an-Nubuwwah, and al-Lalka’i in Sharh as-
Sunnah, ad-Dayr‘aquli in his Fawa’id, Ibn al-
A‘rabi in his Karamat al-Awliya and al-
Khateeb in Ruwat Malik ‘an Nafi‘ ‘an Ibn
‘Umar that Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘Umar sent an
army and he put at the head of them a man
called Sariyah. While ‘Umar was delivering the
khutbah he began to cry out, ‘Sariyah, the
mountain!’ three times. Then later the
messenger of the army came and he told
‘Umar, ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, we were being
defeated and in that situation we heard a
voice crying out, “Sariyah, the mountain!”
three times. We put the mountain to our rear,
and then Allah defeated them.’ Someone said
to ‘Umar, ‘You cried out with those words.’
That mountain, where Sariyah was, is close to
Nahawand in the land of the non-Arabs
(Persian Iraq). Ibn Hajar said in al-Isabah: Its
isnad is good.
Ibn Mardawayh narrated by way of Maymun
ibn Mihran that Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘Umar was
delivering the khutbah on the day of Jumu‘ah
and then he turned aside during his khutbah
and said, ‘Sariyah, the mountain! He who asks
the wolf to be a shepherd will be wronged.’
People looked about, one to another. Then ‘Ali
said to them, ‘Let him explain what he
meant.’ When he had finished they asked him
and he said, ‘It occurred to me in my mind
that the idolaters were defeating our brothers
who were passing by a mountain, and that if
they were to turn towards it, they would fight
on one front only, but if they passed by it they
would be destroyed. So there came out of me
that which you claim you heard.’ He said: The
messenger came a month later and mentioned
that they had heard the voice of ‘Umar on that
day, and he said, ‘We turned towards the
mountain, and Allah gave us victory.’
Abu Nu‘aym said in ad-Dala’il that ‘Amr ibn
al-Harith said: While ‘Umar (ibn al-Khattab)
was upon the minbar delivering the khutbah
on the day of Jumu‘ah suddenly he left off the
khutbah and said, ‘Sariyah, the mountain!’
two or three times. Some of those present
said, ‘He has gone mad, he is insane.’ ‘Abd
ar-Rahman ibn ‘Awf went in to see him – and
he had confidence in him – and he said, ‘You
give them room to talk against you. While you
were giving the khutbah, suddenly you cried
out, “Sariyah, the mountain!” What sort of
thing is this?’ He said, ‘By Allah, I could not
control it. I saw them fighting near a
mountain and they were being attacked from
in front of them and from behind them. I could
not stop myself from saying, “Sariyah, the
mountain!” so that they would reach the
mountain.’ Then they waited some time until
Sariyah’s messenger came with his letter, ‘The
people met us (in battle) on the day of
Jumu‘ah, and we fought them until, when it
was time for Jumu‘ah, we heard someone cry
out, “Sariyah, the mountain!” twice, so we
reached the mountain. We continued
victorious over our enemy until Allah defeated
them and killed them.’ Then those people who
had accused him said, ‘Leave this man alone,
because he is in collusion with him.’
Abu’l-Qasim ibn Bishran narrated in his
Fawa’id by way of Musa ibn ‘Uqbah from Nafi‘
that Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab
said to a man, ‘What is your name?’ He said,
‘Jamrah (a live coal).’ He asked, ‘Whose son?’
He said, ‘The son of Shihab (flame).’ He asked,
‘From what tribe?’ He said, ‘From al-Hurqah
(a state of burning).’ He asked, ‘Where is your
dwelling?’ He said, ‘At al-Harrah (“the
volcanic tract” from al-harr – the heat).’ He
asked, ‘In which of them?’ He said, ‘Dhat
Ladha (the blazing one).’ ‘Umar said, ‘Go to
your family for they have been burnt.’ The
man returned to his family and found that
they had been burnt. Malik narrated the like of
it in the Muwatta from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, Ibn
Durayd in al-Akhbar al-Manthurah, Ibn al-
Kalbi in al-Jami‘ and others narrated it.
Abu’sh-Shaykh narrated in Kitab
al-‘Adhamah: Abu’t-Tib narrated to us: ‘Ali
ibn Dawud narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Fattah ibn
Salih narrated to us: ‘Abdullah ibn Salih
narrated to us: Ibn Lahi‘ah narrated to us
from Qais ibn al-Hajjaj, from someone he
related from, said: When Egypt was conquered,
its people came to ‘Amr ibn al-‘As, when the
first day of one of their months arrived, and
they said to him, ‘Amir, this Nile of ours has a
custom (sunnah) without which it does not
flow.’ He asked, ‘And what is that?’ They said,
‘When eleven nights have elapsed of this
month we seek a young virgin from her
parents, we obtain the consent of the parents,
then we dress her in the best possible clothing
and ornaments, and then we throw her in this
Nile.’ So ‘Amr said to them, ‘This will never be
in Islam. Islam demolishes what precedes it.’
They left, and neither did the Nile flow a little
nor a lot, so much so that they intended to
emigrate. When ‘Amr saw that, he wrote to
‘Umar ibn al-Khattab about it. He wrote back
to him, ‘You were right in what you said.
Truly, Islam demolishes what precedes it.’ He
sent a slip of paper inside his letter and wrote
to ‘Amr, ‘I have sent you a slip of paper inside
my letter, so throw it in the Nile.’ When
‘Umar’s letter reached ‘Amr ibn al-‘As, he took
the slip and opened it, and there was in it,
‘From the slave of Allah ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab
Amir al-Mu’minin to the Nile of Egypt. Now, if
you used to flow before, then don’t flow! If it
was Allah who made you flow, then I ask the
Overwhelming One to make you flow.’ He threw
the slip into the Nile a day before (the Festival
of) the Cross. They woke up in the morning,
and Allah, Exalted is He, had made it flow
(and it rose) sixteen cubits in one night. Allah
cut off this sunnah (custom) of the people of
Egypt right up to this day.
Ibn ‘Asakir narrated that Tariq ibn Shihab
said: A man was in conversation with ‘Umar
ibn al-Khattab and told him a lie, and he
would say, ‘Withhold this.’ Then later he told
him something else and he said, ‘Withhold
this.’ He said to him, ‘Everything I told you
was true except for what you told me to
withhold.’
He narrated that al-Hasan said: If there was
anyone who recognised a lie when he was told
it, it was ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab.
Al-Bayhaqi narrated in ad-Dala’il that Abu
Hudbah al-Himsi said: ‘Umar was told that
the people of Iraq had pelted their amir with
pebbles and he went out angry. He performed
the prayer but was forgetful in his prayer.
When he had completed the prayer, he said, ‘O
Allah, they have made me confused, so make
them confused, and hasten with the youth of
(the tribe of) Thaqif who will pass judgement
among them with the judgement of Jahiliyyah,
who will not accept from their good-doers and
he will not pass over their wrongdoers with
pardon.’ I say that this indicates al-Hajjaj. Ibn
Lahi‘ah said, ‘Al-Hajjaj was not yet born at
that time.’