مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(لَا أَحَدَ يَجْتَهِدُ فِي الأَعْمَالِ الصَّالِحَةِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ)
(No one strove harder in righteous deeds than Hazrat Umar, may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 6054
وَعَن أسلم قَالَ: سَأَلَنِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ بَعْضَ شَأْنِهِ-يَعْنِي عُمَرَ-فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا قَطُّ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ حِينِ قُبِضَ كَانَ أَجَدَّ وَأَجْوَدَ حَتَّى انْتهى من عمر. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Aslam said: Ibn `Umar asked me something about him, i.e., 'Umar, and when I informed him, he said, "I never saw anyone after the time when God's messenger was taken who was more earnest or excellent up to the end of his life than `Umar." Bukhari transmitted it.
