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ahmad:15585ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah > al-Aswad b. Sarīʿ

[Machine] I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have praised my Lord, Most Blessed and Exalted, with praises and commendations, and I have praised only Him." He said, "Tell me what you praised your Lord with." So, I began to recite a poem I had composed, and a dark-skinned man came and asked for permission to enter. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Let him enter." Then, the man spoke for a while and left. I recited the poem again, and the man returned and asked for permission to enter. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Let him enter." This happened two or three times. Finally, I said, "O Messenger of Allah, who is this man that requests permission to speak to me?" He replied, "He is Umar ibn al-Khattab. He is a man who does not like falsehood."  

أحمد:١٥٥٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي قَدْ حَمِدْتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بِمَحَامِدَ وَمِدَحٍ وَإِيَّاكَ قَالَ هَاتِ مَا حَمِدْتَ بِهِ رَبَّكَ ﷻ قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ أُنْشِدُهُ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ أَدْلَمُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيِّنْ بَيِّنْ قَالَ فَتَكَلَّمَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ خَرَجَ قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ أُنْشِدُهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيِّنْ بَيِّنْ فَفَعَلَ ذَاكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي اسْتَنْصَتَّنِي لَهُ؟ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ هَذَا رَجُلٌ لَا يُحِبُّ الْبَاطِلَ  


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ahmad:15590Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah > al-Aswad b. Sarīʿ

[Machine] I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have praised my Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, with praises and commendations, and also praised you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, your Lord, the Exalted, loves praises. Bring forth whatever praises you have for your Lord, the Exalted." So I began to recite them. Then a man, blind, bald, with a maimed right hand and a maimed left hand, entered. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to listen attentively to him. Abu Salamah described for us how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ listened attentively to him. He said, "He listened to him as he had listened to a gobbling of a young camel. The man entered and spoke for an hour, then he left. Then I recited my praises again. After some time, the man returned and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to listen attentively to him once again. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, who is the one that you listen attentively to?' He said, 'This is a man who does not love falsehood. This is Umar ibn al-Khattab.'"  

أحمد:١٥٥٩٠حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ أَنَّ الْأَسْوَدَ بْنَ سَرِيعٍ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي قَدْ حَمِدْتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بِمَحَامِدَ وَمِدَحٍ وَإِيَّاكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ الْمَدْحَ هَاتِ مَا امْتَدَحْتَ بِهِ رَبَّكَ تَعَالَى قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ أُنْشِدُهُ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ أَدْلَمُ أَصْلَعُ أَعْسَرُ أَيْسَرُ قَالَ فَاسْتَنْصَتَنِي لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَوَصَفَ لَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ كَيْفَ اسْتَنْصَتَهُ قَالَكَمَا صَنَعَ بِالْهِرِّ فَدَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ فَتَكَلَّمَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ خَرَجَ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ أُنْشِدُهُ أَيْضًا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ بَعْدُ فَاسْتَنْصَتَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَوَصَفَهُ أَيْضًا فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي اسْتَنْصَتَّنِي لَهُ؟ فَقَالَ هَذَا رَجُلٌ لَا يُحِبُّ الْبَاطِلَ هَذَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ