Musnad Ahmad
Musnad Ahmad 272
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ، قَالُوا لِعُمَرَ إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ آيَةً لَوْ أُنْزِلَتْ فِينَا لَاتَّخَذْنَا ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ عِيدًا فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ أُنْزِلَتْ وَأَيَّ يَوْمٍ أُنْزِلَتْ وَأَيْنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ أُنْزِلَتْ أُنْزِلَتْ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاقِفٌ بِعَرَفَةَ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَأَشُكُّ يَوْمَ جُمُعَةٍ أَوْ لَا يَعْنِي الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمْ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا.
‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from Qays ibn Muslim, from Tariq ibn Shihab, that the Jews said to ‘Umar, ‘You recite a verse which, had it been revealed among us, we would have taken that day as a festival.’ He said, ‘I know where it was revealed, on what day it was revealed, and where the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was when it was revealed. It was revealed on the Day of ‘Arafah, while the Messenger of Allah was standing at ‘Arafah.’ Sufyan said: I am uncertain whether it was a Friday or not. It was, ‘Today I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and approved Islam for you as a religion.’