Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3043
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، وَغَيْرِهِ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَوْ عَلَيْنَا أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ : ( الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الإِسْلاَمَ دِينًا ) لاَتَّخَذْنَا ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ عِيدًا . فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِ نِّي أَعْلَمُ أَىَّ يَوْمٍ أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ أُنْزِلَتْ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ فِي يَوْمِ جُمُعَةٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Tariq ibn Shihab reported: ‘A Jewish man said to ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, “Commander of the Faithful, if this verse had been revealed to us—‘Today I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and chosen Islam as your religion’ (Qur’an 5:3)—we would have taken that day as a festival.” ‘Umar replied, “I know on which day this verse was revealed: it was revealed on the day of ‘Arafah, which was a Friday.”’ Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report identifies the day of revelation of Qur’an 5:3 as the day of ‘Arafah, which fell on a Friday.