It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were with Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) in Madinah when we looked for the new moon. Since I was a man of sharp sight, I saw it, but no one other than me claimed to have seen it. I began to say to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) again and again: "Do you not see it?" But he could not see it. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Soon, when I lie down on my bed, I will see it." Then he began to tell us about the people of Badr and said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was showing us, a day before the battle, the places where the polytheists of Makkah would fall. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: 'This will be the place where so-and-so falls tomorrow, if Allah wills.'" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By the One who sent him (peace and blessings be upon him) with the truth, not one of them strayed in the slightest from the limits that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had marked. Then they were thrown into a well, one on top of another. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went towards them until he stood by them and called out: 'O so-and-so son of so-and-so, and O so-and-so son of so-and-so, have you found true what Allah and His Messenger promised you? For I have indeed found true what my Lord promised me.' Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), are you speaking to bodies that have no souls in them? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'You do not hear what I am saying any better than they do, except that they have no power to give me any reply.'"
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه / 140
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده صحيح . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: صحيح» «أخرجه مسلم [2873]، وأحمد [1/ 26]، والنسائى [2024]، والطيالسى [40]، والطبرانى في "الأوسط" [8/ رقم 8453]، و"الصغير" [2/ رقم 1085]، والبزار [222] وابن أبى شيبة [36709]، وجماعة، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 135»