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and if there is any such person amongst my followers, it is
Umar.” 475
Commenting on this Hadeeth, Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
(rahimahullah) says, ‘Thus, it is established that the allies of Allah
may receive inspirations or intuitions. The best of these in the
entire Muslim nation after Abu Bakr , is Umar Ibn Khattab .
The best of this nation after its Prophet is Abu Bakr and then
Umar. 476
It has been established in the Saheeh that Umar is a muhaddath of
this nation. For any muhaddath, or receiver of inspirations and
which we assume to exist in this nation, Umar is better than him.
And yet, Umar always did that which was obligatory upon him;
to measure anything that occurred to him against that with which
the Prophet was sent. Sometimes, they would be in agreement,
and this would be evidence of the high rank of Umar and his
piety. In this way, the Qur’aan was revealed ratifying the opinion
of Umar, which he had expressed before its revelation on several
occasions. 477 Other times, what occurred to Umar would be at
variance with the message of Muhammad , and Umar would
retract his original position as soon as he realized this, as in his
retraction his opinion at the treaty of Hudaibiyah when at first he
was determined that the Muslims should engage the
associationists in battle. This was after a consultation between
Umar and the Prophet . This Hadeeth is well known and is
found in the collection of Bukharee and others.”
“Another example is when after the death of Allah’s Messenger
, some people refused to pay Zakaat to Abu Bakr . Abu Bakr
declared war against them, to which Umar reproached but after
discussing the issue with Abu Bakr, he backed from his view.
475 Saheeh al-Bukharee, vol.5, no.38.
476 See, Saheeh al-Bukharee, vol.5, no.20.
477 Narrated by Abdullah Ibn Umar, “Umar said: ‘My lord concorded
with (my judgments) on three occasions. In case of the Station of
Ibrahim, in case of the observance of veil and in case of the prisoners
of Badr.” [Saheeh Muslim, no. 5903.]
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