Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39845 — Reports on the caliphate of Umar bin

It is narrated from Ma'dan bin Abi Talhah al-Ya'mari that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) stood to deliver a sermon on a Friday, or he delivered the Friday sermon. He praised and glorified Allah Almighty, then he mentioned the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). Then Sayyiduna Umar said: "O people! I have seen a dream, as if a red rooster pecked me twice, and I see this dream as nothing other than an indication of the end of my life. The people are telling me to appoint a caliph. Be certain that Allah Almighty will not let His religion and caliphate be lost, nor will He let be lost that with which Allah Almighty sent His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So if death overtakes me soon, the caliphate will be (settled) by mutual consultation among these six people, with whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased when he departed. Whichever of them you give allegiance to, listen to him and obey. I certainly know that some men will soon attack this matter, and I have fought them with this hand of mine for the sake of Islam. If they do that, they will be the enemies of Allah, disbelievers and misguided. 2. I am not leaving behind me a more important matter than that of al-Kalalah. I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about it too, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was not as stern with me in anything as he (peace and blessings be upon him) was with me in this (al-Kalalah), until he poked his finger into my side or my chest. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O Umar! The verse of summer, which was revealed at the end of Surah al-Nisa, is sufficient for you.' And if I live on, I will soon give a ruling on al-Kalalah about which no one will differ, whether he reads the Qur'an or does not read it." 3. Then Sayyiduna Umar said: "O Allah! I make You witness over the governors of the cities. For I sent them only to teach the people their religion and the Sunnah of their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), to distribute their fay' (spoils) among them, and to act justly among them, and to bring to me anything that they find difficult." 4. Then Sayyiduna Umar said: "O people! You eat two plants (produce) which I consider nothing other than foul (disliked): this garlic and this onion. In the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) I would see a man from whom this smell was noticed, and he would be taken by the hand and led out until he was put out towards al-Baqi'. So whoever must eat them, let him kill their smell by cooking." 5. The narrator said: Sayyiduna Umar delivered this sermon on Friday and he was wounded on Wednesday, when four days of Dhu al-Hijjah remained.