حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ , عَنِ
الزُّهْرِيِّ , عَنْ
سَعِيدٍ , قَالَ : مَرَّ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
بِحَسَّانَ وَهُوَ يُنْشِدُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ , فَلَحَظَ إِلَيْهِ , قَالَ : كُنْتُ أُنْشِدُ وَفِيهِ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ , ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ , فَقَالَ : سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ :
" أَجِبْ عَنِّي , اللَّهُمَّ أَيِّدْهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ " , قَالَ : نَعَمْ .
Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) once passed by Hazrat Hassan bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), who was reciting poetry in the mosque. Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) glanced at him with the corner of his eye, so he said, "I used to recite poetry in this mosque at a time when one better than you was present here."