Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: When Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam, he said: "Who is the greatest talebearer among the people?" The people said: "It is so-and-so." The narrator says: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to him and said to him: "I have accepted Islam; do not tell this to anyone." That man went out dragging his lower garment, with one end of it on his shoulder, and said: "Listen! Umar has changed his religion!" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I said: "You are lying; I have accepted Islam." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was wearing a shirt. Some people from Quraysh got up, came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and began fighting him, and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) fought them, until Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) fell down and they fell upon him. A man came and said: "Why are you beating him? Do you think that Banu Adi will leave you and this man alone? You are beating a man who has chosen for himself to follow Muhammad." Then the people moved away from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). The narrator says: I asked my father (Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)): "Who was that man?" He said: "He was al-As bin Wa'il al-Sahmi."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and Tabarani recorded it in abridged form. The narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy), except that the narrator Ibn Ishaq is a mudallis (one who conceals defects in the chain).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب المناقب / 14414
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