Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34168 — Reports on the virtue of Umar bin

Abdullah bin Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) reports that al-Aqra' (may Allah have mercy on him) said (Kahmas (may Allah have mercy on him) was in doubt and said: I do not know whether by al-Aqra' the muezzin is meant or someone else): Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a messenger to summon the bishop and questioned him, while I stood by the two of them, shading them from the sunlight. He asked: "Do you find mention of me in your Book?" The bishop said: "There is mention of your qualities and your deeds." He asked: "What do you find about me?" He said: "I find about you the mention of a horn of iron." The narrator says: Signs of anger appeared on the face of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "A horn of iron?" He said: "It means that you will be trustworthy and strong." This greatly pleased him. He asked: "What is mentioned about the one after me?" He said: "He will be a truthful caliph who gives preference to his close relatives." The narrator says: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May Allah have mercy on Ibn Affan." He asked: "What is mentioned about the one after him?" He said: "A very severe rift." The narrator says: There was something in the hand of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) which he was turning over, and he threw it down and said two or three times: "Alas for the abased man!" He said: "Do not say that, O Commander of the Faithful, for he will be a Muslim caliph or a righteous man. But he will be made caliph while the sword is drawn and blood has been shed." The narrator says: Then he turned to me and said: "It is time for the prayer."