مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(مَنَاقِبُ حَضْرَةِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ المُتَنَوِّعَةُ)
(Various virtues of Hazrat Umar, may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 6053
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «ذَاكَ الرَّجُلُ أَرْفَعُ أُمَّتِي دَرَجَةً فِي الْجَنَّةِ» . قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ: وَاللَّهِ مَا كُنَّا نُرَى ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ إِلَّا عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ حَتَّى مَضَى لِسَبِيلِهِ. رَوَاهُ ابْن مَاجَه
Aba Sa'id reported God's messenger as saying, "That man will have the highest grade among my people in paradise." Aba Sa'id said: I swear by God that till the end of his life we thought that that man was no one other than `Umar b. al-Khattab. Ibn Majah transmitted it.
