عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ
[Machine] I visited the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Prophet of Allah, I have composed a poem in which I praised Allah and praised you." He said, "As for what you praised Allah, bring it forth, and as for what you praised me with, leave it." So, I recited the poem. Then, a tall man with a large beard entered and said to me, "Stop." When he left, he said, "Continue." So, I recited the poem. I had barely finished when he returned and said to me, "Stop." When he left again, he said, "Continue." I asked, "O Prophet of Allah, who is this man who enters and you tell me to stop, and when he leaves, you tell me to continue?" He said, "This is Umar ibn Al-Khattab, and he does not involve himself in falsehood in anything."
قَدِمْتُ عَلَى نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنِّي قُلْتُ شِعْرًا أَثْنَيْتُ فِيهِ عَلَى اللهِ ﷻ وَمَدَحْتُكَ قَالَ «أَمَّا مَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى اللهِ فَهَاتِهِ وَمَا مَدَحْتَنِي بِهِ فَدَعْهُ» فَجَعَلْتُ أُنْشِدُهُ فَدَخَلَ رَجُلٌ طُوَالٌ أَقْنَى فَقَالَ لِي «أَمْسِكْ» فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قَالَ «هَاتِ» فَجَعَلْتُ أُنْشِدُهُ فَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ أَنْ عَادَ فَقَالَ لِي «أَمْسِكْ» فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قَالَ «هَاتِ» فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ الَّذِي دَخَلَ قُلْتَ أَمْسِكْ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ قُلْتَ هَاتِ؟ قَالَ «هَذَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَلَيْسَ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ فِي شَيْءٍ»