Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:I never heard `Umar saying about something that he thought it would be so-and-so, but he was quite right. Once, while `Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, `Umar said, "If I am not wrong, this person is still on his religion of the pre-lslamic period of ignorance or he was their foreteller. Call the man to me." When the man was called to him, he told him of his thought. The man said, "I have never seen such a day on which a Muslim is faced with such an accusation." `Umar said, "I am determined that you should tell me the truth." He said, "I was a foreteller in the pre-lslamic period of ignorance." Then `Umar said, "Tell me the most astonishing thing your female Jinn has told you of." He said, "One-day while I was in the market, she came to me scared and said, 'Haven't you seen the Jinns and their despair and they were overthrown after their defeat (and prevented from listening to the news of the heaven) so that they (stopped going to the sky and) kept following camel-riders (i.e. 'Arabs)?" `Umar said, "He is right." and added, "One day while I was near their idols, there came a man with a calf and slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An (unseen) creature shouted at him, and I have never heard harsher than his voice. He was crying, 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except you (O Allah).' On that the people fled, but I said, 'I shall not go away till I know what is behind this.' Then the cry came again: 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.' I then went away and a few days later it was said, "A prophet has appeared."
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 3866
In-book reference
Book 63, Hadith 91
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 206
Translation by Dr. M. Muhsin Khan · Language: EN
Sahih
It is related that 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar said, "I never heard 'Umar say about anything, 'I think it is like such-and-such,' without the thing being as he had thought it was. While 'Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him and obsreved said, 'Unless I am mistaken, this one still has the deen of the Jahiliyya or he was their soothsayer.' Bring the man here. He was summoned and he said that to him, and he said, 'I have never seen a like day when a Muslim man was confronted with that!' He insisted, 'I am resolved that you will tell me.' He said, 'I was their soothsayer in the Jahiliyya.' 'Umar asked, 'What was the most extraordinary thing that your jinn brought you?' He said, 'One day while I was in the market, she came to me and I recognised alarm in her. She said, "Have you not see the jinn in bewilderment and despair after they have been overturned? Now they follow the she-camels with their saddle-cloths."' 'Umar said, 'He spoke the truth. One day while I was near their gods, a man brought a calf to sacrifice. Then something shouted, and I have never heard a shouter with a harsher voice than it. It said, "O audacious one! A matter of success - a man of eloquence who says, 'There is no god but You!'" The people fled, but I said, "I will not go until I know who is behind this." So it called, "O audacious one! A matter of success - a man of eloquent who says, 'There is no god but You!'" I left and it was not long before it was said, "This is a Prophet."'" [The man was Sawad ibn Qarib]
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 3866
In-book reference
Book 63, Hadith 91
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 206
Translation by Aisha Bewley · Language: EN
Sahih
