Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39857 — Reports on the caliphate of Umar bin

Abu Salamah, Yahya bin Abd al-Rahman bin Hatib and other elders said: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a dream and said: "I saw a red rooster peck me three times between the navel and the lower abdomen." Sayyidah Asma bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her), the mother of Abdullah bin Ja'far, who was skilled in interpreting dreams, said: "Tell him to make his will." I do not know whether this reached him or not. Then Abu Lu'lu'ah, the Magian disbeliever, the slave of al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah, came to Sayyiduna Umar and said: "Al-Mughirah has imposed a levy (kharaj) of some money on me." He asked: "How much has he imposed on you?" He said: "So much and so much." Sayyiduna Umar asked: "What is your work?" He said: "I make millstones." Sayyiduna Umar said: "Then that is not much for you, for no one here does this work besides you. Will you not make me a millstone?" He said: "Indeed, by Allah, I will make you such a millstone that it will be heard of throughout the world." 2. Then Sayyiduna Umar set out for Hajj, and when he was returning he lay down at al-Muhassab and placed his cloak under his head. He looked at the moon and its beauty and evenness greatly pleased him, so he said: "It appears weak at first, then Allah Almighty keeps adding to it and increasing it until it becomes even, and then it reaches the perfection of its beauty. Then it begins to wane until it becomes again as it was (before). Such is the state of all creation." Then he raised his hands and said: "O Allah! My subjects have become very many and have spread far, so take me back to You, without my being incapable or negligent." 3. Then Sayyiduna Umar returned to Madinah, and it was mentioned to him that a Muslim woman had died at al-Bayda and was lying on the ground while people kept passing by her. No one shrouded her or buried her, until Kulayb bin al-Bukayr al-Laythi passed by that woman, and he stayed by her until he shrouded and buried her. This was mentioned to Sayyiduna Umar and he asked: "Which of the Muslims passed by her?" The people replied: "Among those who passed by her was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both)." So he summoned Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: "Woe to you! You passed by a Muslim woman who was lying on the ground on the road, and why did you not shroud and bury her?" He replied: "By Allah, I did not even know of her, and no one mentioned her to me." Sayyiduna Umar said: "I fear that there may be no good in you." Then Sayyiduna Umar asked: "Who shrouded and buried this woman?" The people replied: "Kulayb bin Bukayr al-Laythi." He said: "By Allah, Kulayb deserves to attain good." 4. Then Sayyiduna Umar had gone out to wake the people with his whip for the morning prayer when the disbeliever Abu Lu'lu'ah met him and struck him three blows between the navel and the lower abdomen. And he struck Kulayb bin Bukayr and finished him off. The people raised their voices, and a man threw a large hooded cloak over his head, then pinned him to himself. Sayyiduna Umar was carried to the house, and Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) led the people in prayer. It was said to Sayyiduna Umar: "The prayer!" So he prayed in this state, while blood was flowing from his wounds, and he said: "One who has no prayer has no share in Islam." So he offered the prayer in this state, while his blood was flowing. Then the people came into the presence of Sayyiduna Umar and said: "O Commander of the Faithful! There is no harm to you, and we certainly hope that Allah Almighty will extend your life and will grant you respite for a time, or until (some) good." 5. Then Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) came into the presence of Sayyiduna Umar, and Sayyiduna Umar was fond of him. Sayyiduna Umar said: "Go and see who it is that has killed me." So Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) went out, then came back and said: "O Commander of the Faithful! Glad tidings to you! Your killer is Abu Lu'lu'ah the Magian, the slave of al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah." At this Sayyiduna Umar said "Allahu Akbar" so (loudly) that his voice went out of the door. Then Sayyiduna Umar said: "All praise is for Allah, who did not make my killer a Muslim man who could dispute with me on the Day of Resurrection on account of a prostration he had made for Allah alone." Then Sayyiduna Umar turned to the people and said: "Was this done with the consent of a group among you?" They said: "We seek refuge with Allah! By Allah, we would love to ransom you with our fathers and to add to your life from our own lives. There is no harm to you." He said: "O Yarfa', woe to you, give me something to drink." So he brought him a cup containing sweet nabidh, and he drank it and pressed his cloak against his belly. The narrator said: When the drink reached his belly, it came out of the wounds. They said: "All praise is for Allah! This is blood that had collected inside you, and Allah has brought it out from inside you." He said: "O Yarfa', woe to you, give me milk to drink." So he brought milk and he drank it, and when it reached his belly, it came out of the wounds. When they saw that, they knew that he was dying. They said: "May Allah reward you with good. You used to act among us according to the Book of Allah and to follow the Sunnah of your two companions, not turning aside from it to anything else. May Allah give you the best of rewards." He said: "Do you envy me on account of the leadership? By Allah, I wish that I could escape from it evenly, with nothing against me and nothing for me. Get up and consult one another about your affair. Appoint a man among you as your leader, and whoever opposes him, strike his head." The narrator said: So they got up, while Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was supporting him against his chest. Abdullah said: "Are you appointing a leader while the Commander of the Faithful is alive?" Sayyiduna Umar said: "No. Let Suhayb lead the prayer for three days, wait for Talhah, and consult one another about your affair. Then appoint a man among you as your leader, and if anyone opposes you, strike his head." He said: "Go to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), convey my greetings of peace to her and say: Umar says: If it is possible, and it does not harm you or cause you hardship, I would love to be buried with my two companions. And if it would harm you or cause you hardship, then by my life, there have been buried in this Baqi' some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Mothers of the Believers who are better than Umar." The messenger came to her and she said: "That does not harm me or cause me hardship." He said: "Then bury me with them both." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Death began to overcome him while I held him against my chest. He said: "Woe to you, place my head on the ground." The narrator said: A faint seized him and I felt grief at that. Then he recovered and said: "Woe to you, place my head on the ground." So I placed his head on the ground, and he rubbed it in the dust and said: "Woe to Umar and woe to his mother, if Allah does not forgive him." Muhammad bin Amr said: The people of the Shura were Ali, Uthman, Talhah, al-Zubayr, Sa'd and Abd al-Rahman bin Awf.