Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 98
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، يَقُولُ لَمَّا وُضِعَ عُمَرُ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ اكْتَنَفَهُ النَّاسُ يَدْعُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ - أَوْ قَالَ يُثْنُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ - عَلَيْهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ فَلَمْ يَرُعْنِي إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ قَدْ زَحَمَنِي وَأَخَذَ بِمَنْكِبِي فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَتَرَحَّمَ عَلَى عُمَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا خَلَّفْتُ أَحَدًا أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ أَنْ أَلْقَى اللَّهَ بِمِثْلِ عَمَلِهِ مِنْكَ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَظُنُّ لَيَجْعَلَنَّكَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَعَ صَاحِبَيْكَ وَذَلِكَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَكْثَرُ أَنْ أَسْمَعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " ذَهَبْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَدَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ " . فَكُنْتُ أَظُنُّ لَيَجْعَلَنَّكَ اللَّهُ مَعَ صَاحِبَيْكَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
'Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us; Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from 'Umar ibn Sa'id ibn Abi Husayn, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, who said: I heard Ibn 'Abbas say: When 'Umar was placed on his bier, people gathered around him, praying for him—or he said: praising him and praying for him—before it was lifted. I was among them when suddenly a man pushed through and seized my shoulder. I turned, and it was 'Ali ibn Abi Talib. He prayed for mercy upon 'Umar, then said: You have left behind no one whose deeds I would rather meet Allah with than yours. By Allah, I truly thought that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, would place you with your two companions. That is because I often heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: I went, Abu Bakr, and 'Umar; I entered, Abu Bakr, and 'Umar; and I left, Abu Bakr, and 'Umar. So I thought Allah would place you with your two companions.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Both wordings concerning the crowd—praying for him, or praising and praying for him—are preserved. The English witness adds a parenthetical identification of the bier, which is not in the Arabic.