Musnad Ahmad
Musnad Ahmad 303
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، أَنْبَأَنَا الْعَوَّامُ، حَدَّثَنِي شَيْخٌ، كَانَ مُرَابِطًا بِالسَّاحِلِ قَالَ لَقِيتُ أَبَا صَالِحٍ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَيْسَ مِنْ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَّا وَالْبَحْرُ يُشْرِفُ فِيهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ يَسْتَأْذِنُ اللَّهَ فِي أَنْ يَنْفَضِخَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَكُفُّهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
Yazid narrated to us; al-‘Awwam informed us; an old man who was stationed as a guard on the coast related to me: I met Abu Salih, the freedman of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, and he said: ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab related to us from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: ‘There is no night in which the sea does not rise toward the land three times, seeking permission from Allah to burst over them, but Allah, Mighty and Majestic, restrains it.’