We will try to mention the hadiths in six points. Number one, the Prophet Muhammad saw Omar Ibn Al-Khattab in various dreams. One of them is the description of the dream. Number two, the Prophet Muhammad recognized the closeness of self-esteem in him. He was the second most beloved man to the Prophet Muhammad. In the third point, Omar (RA) was a companion who received the good news of Paradise. Among the companions, they considered Omar Ibn Al-Khattab to be the best after Abu Bakr Siddique, and finally, in the sixth point, we will mention an incident about Omar Ibn Al-Khattab RA. First, we will go to the Bukhari hadith. The Prophet Muhammad saw Omar Ibn Al-Khattab in a dream. I see that not once, but many times in different incidents, the Prophet Muhammad saw my Ibn Al-Khattab in a dream. So this is also a clear proof of the high status of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw him in a dream in a good way. Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: I was sleeping, that is, what is the dream of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saying: I saw in my sleep that I was near a well. Then I drew water from it as Allah willed. Then Abu Bakr came there. He took a bucket in his hand and drew one or two buckets from it. Abu Bakr had some weakness in drawing water. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Abu Bakr prayed for him. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came and took the bucket in his hand, and it became a large bucket. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: I have never seen any great man draw water from it like that. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) drew water from it with great strength. He drew so much water that the water stagnated in the vicinity that people even brought their camels there to drink water from that place and finally they made the camels drink it and took the camels back. What is the interpretation of this dream? In this dream we can see that first the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was drawing water. Through this, people were benefiting. Later Abu Bakr Siddiq and finally Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said that they were drawing water with buckets. The first duty performed by the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was then Siddiq and finally Umar ibn al-Khattab. The meaning or interpretation of this is that by drawing water from the well, their caliphate is basically understood. Abu Bakr Siddiq’s drawing water The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said that it was as a weak caliph. Abu Bakr Siddiq’s time was very short, only 2 years, 3 months and 10 days, a little more than a year. Which is very short in terms of time. This is what is shown in the dream as weak drawing water. Umar (RA) drew water like a mighty warrior. The Caliphate lasted for about 10 years and was one of the golden ages of Islam.
In another dream, we see the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) seeing Umar ibn al-Khattab. Here, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) identified the self-respect that Umar had. Regarding the subject of the dream, we see that when the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) turned to his companions after the Fajr prayer, he would often ask them, “Did any of you have a dream last night?” The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) would recount their dreams to them. Then he would interpret those dreams. The dreams were for them and were good news from Allah for the companions. In general, in today’s world, we often see the things in dreams as unimportant or a reflection of what we think in our minds. But what does the Hadith say?
First of all, we know that the dreams of the Prophets are true and they are part of the revelation. The more truthful the person is with Allah, the more their dreams become true. We find in a hadith that Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: He said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: When the Last Hour comes, the Hour draws near, the dreams of a Muslim or a believer will rarely be false. The more truthful the person is, the more true his dreams will be, and the dream of a Muslim is one of the forty-sixths of prophethood.
It is also said that dreams are of three types. Good dreams are good news from Allah. One type of dream is from Satan which causes trouble or distress for a believer. Through those dreams, Satan creates doubts in the heart of a Muslim. It creates bad feelings. The third type of dream, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that this is what ordinary people think and see as a reflection of their dreams. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) advised us, saying, So if one of you sees something unpleasant in his dream, he should get up or change sides and turn to his left and spit on it and not spread it to anyone or go around saying no.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said that seeing a berry in a dream, a berry on the leg, a berry on the handcuff, I like it. But the berry on the leg or the berry on the hand is a symbol of a person’s firmness in the matter of religion. So from the hadith we can see that dreams have an importance for the religion. When he is truthful with Allah, in his case, when he sees a good dream from Allah. This is a form of good news for him. One important thing we can know is that dreams are not something through which Allah’s Sharia will change. The things that are permissible or unlawful in Islam will remain the same. Those prohibitions will not change because of seeing something in a dream. For example, a person saw a light or an invisible voice in his dream telling him that O so-and-so, you have reached a level of worship when you no longer have to worship Allah. You do not have to pray. There is no acceptance of such dreams. What is permissible in the Sharia will remain permissible, and what is forbidden will remain forbidden. These things will never change through words. Because sometimes Satan wants to mislead people by showing them various misleading things in dreams. Now we are going to the hadith in which the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) saw Amr ibn al-Khattab in a dream.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: I saw Paradise in a dream. I saw Rumaisa. Rumaisa was the wife of Abu Talha, an Ansari companion. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said: I heard footsteps. I asked: Whose voice is this? I was told: It is Bilal’s voice. He was the Mu’azzin of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Then I came to a beautiful palace. A woman was performing ablution near the palace. I asked: Whose Prasad? I was told: It is the palace of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: I wanted to enter it, but then I remembered that there was a knot between Amr and Khattab. I walked away. There is no exact Bengali synonym for knot, but in terms of translation, we can say that it is a kind of defensive jealousy. The issue of “Ghira” is something that we feel is part of our self-respect or self-respect that we feel towards the women in our family. If an outsider or a stranger comes from outside and starts talking to the women in our family beyond the limits or starts bothering them, this will naturally arouse a sense of respect or gnat in a self-respecting man. On the other hand, those who do not feel these things are called in the terminology of the hadith “dayus” that is, those who do not feel obscenity in their family. We know from a hadith that all those people will not enter Paradise. Feeling gnat or self-respect towards those who are subordinate to the women in the family is a good quality, a virtue and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that it was in Umar ibn al-Khattab. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that this quality was in Umar, that is why he did not want to enter Umar’s palace. Umar ibn al-Khattab was very protective of his wife and daughters. When Umar ibn al-Khattab narrated this, he cried. He started crying and said, “O Messenger of Allah, not for you, that is, for you, can I feel protective of you because a prophet is like a father to his people. So this applies to outsiders, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), said, “I do not feel any protection.”
In Sahih Bukhari we find a hadith where Umar ibn al-Khattab once came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, “I love you more than my own life. But my own life is dearer to me than anything else.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “By Him in Whose Hand is my life, I must be dearer to you than your own life. I must be loved more.” Then Umar ibn al-Khattab said to him, “Now I swear by Allah that you are dearer to me than my own life and my own life.” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “It has happened, O Umar.” That is, your faith has now been completed. In another hadith we see that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) told us: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “None of you will be a believer until I am dearer to him than his father, his children, and all of mankind.”
Fourth point: Omar Ibn Al-Khattab is a companion who received the good news of Paradise. He received this good news not once but several times from the Messenger of Allah. When he was in Mecca, it is part of the hadith where the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) mentioned 10 companions at once, whom we call “Asharay-e-Mubashara”. On various occasions, Omar Ibn Al-Khattab was given the good news of Paradise and a hadith. We are going to that context. This hadith has been mentioned in various books. Bukhari, Muslim, Riyadhus Salehin, the hadith is in various places. Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari narrated: He says that one day he performed ablution and left the house and said that he wanted to spend today’s time with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). I will stay with him all day. I came to the mosque. When I got there, I looked for the Prophet (peace be upon him). I asked but he did not find him there. Then the Companion Ikram pointed to him and said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had gone in this direction. Abu Musa said that I followed his footsteps and went in that direction and kept asking about him. Then I saw that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was by a well. Bir al-Aris entered there. The place he entered was like a garden with a wall around it and a gate. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was sitting by a well in that garden, resting as he pleased.
Abu Musa said: I sat down near the door. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed ablution and got up and went towards him. I saw that he was sitting by the well and his knees were hanging down in the well. I greeted him and returned and sat down near the gatekeeper. I thought to myself that today I will be the gatekeeper of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). At that time Abu Bakr Siddiq knocked on the door. I said: Who has come? He said: I am Abu Bakr. I said: Stop. I went and said: O Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr has come. He is seeking permission to enter. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Give him permission and also give him the good news of Paradise. I said to Abu Bakr: Come and receive the good news of Paradise. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has given you the good news of Paradise. Siddiq praised Allah and entered. He sat on the right side of the place where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was sitting. He sat down in the same way as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) with his feet hanging down in the well. I returned and sat down again on guard duty at the door. Abu Musa says that I had left my brother at home. At that time, I remembered him. Then I said to myself that if Allah wants any good for him, then He should bring him here. Because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was giving the good news of Paradise to the people who were coming at that moment. Abu Musa wished that his brother would come. At that time, who was at the door? I asked who? The stranger said, I am Umar ibn al-Khattab. Abu Musa says as before: I went from there and greeted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said that Umar has come and asks permission to enter. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Give him permission and at the same time give him the good news of Paradise.” He returned and said, “The Messenger of Allah has granted you permission to enter and has given you the good news of Paradise.”
Umar, like Abu Bakr Siddique, entered the well, thanking Allah, and sat on the left side of the place where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was sitting, in the same manner, with his feet hanging down into the well. I returned and again I felt a desire that if Allah wants the good of my brother, He would send him here. At that time, a third person came and opened the door. I asked who he was. He said, “Osman ibn Affan.” Abu Salih went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as before. He greeted him and asked for permission to enter the well. He said, “Give him permission and give him the good news of Paradise. But tell him that Paradise will be accompanied by some hardship and tribulation.” I came and said, “Come in, the Messenger of Allah has given you the good news and at the same time informed you that some hardship and tribulation will come upon you.” Osman ibn Affan, upon hearing this news, praised Allah and said, “O Allah, grant me patience.” He also said, “Allah is the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, He is the Helper.” Osman ibn Affan entered and saw that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was sitting on his right and Abu Bakr Siddiq on his left. The well was old and there was no room for anyone else to sit there. He sat down on the opposite side, that is, in front. Saeed ibn Musa Ibrahim Mulla, in explaining this incident, said: “When the three people were sitting together, it means that their graves will be in the same place.” The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), Abu Bakr Siddiq, and I, Omar Ibn al-Khattab, will be in the same place. On the other hand, Osman came there and did not find a place to sit, so he sat a little further in front. Later we see that when Osman ibn Affan was buried, his grave was outside. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said about Osman that some calamities would befall him. But he was also in Paradise and he was also given the good news of Paradise. Later, from the events of Osman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him)’s caliphate, we see that towards the end of his caliphate, some people created some mischief and chaos. As a result of which they killed Osman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). From this hadith, we also see that here too he was a companion who was given the good news of Paradise and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave him the good news of Paradise.
The fifth point is about the status of Umar ibn al-Khattab. Umar ibn al-Khattab led the prayers during the lifetime of Islam, although from the detailed hadith we see that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not like it. He again said that Abu Bakr Siddiq should be the imam of that prayer. But the noteworthy thing here is that what the Companions understood was that if Abu Bakr Siddiq was not there, then Umar ibn al-Khattab was the most suitable person to carry out this duty. And that is the hadith of this incident in Abu Dawud. Abdullah ibn Jamaat narrated: He says that when the illness of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) became severe and he fell ill. Then I was there with other Muslims, and at that time Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) came to inform the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for the prayer. He came to call for the prayer. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Tell a person to lead the people in prayer. Abdullah ibn went out to carry out that order, but he did not find Abu Bakr Siddiq there. Abu Bakr Siddiq was absent. He saw Umar ibn al-Khattab among the people, so he said: O Umar ibn al-Khattab, you get up and lead the people in prayer. Umar ibn al-Khattab went forward and started reciting the takbir. His voice was high and could be heard very loudly. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) could hear it from his house and he asked, “Where is Abu Bakr?” That is, although the Messenger of Allah did not directly mention Abu Bakr Siddiq by name, he assumed in his mind that Abu Bakr Siddiq would be asked to perform this duty. But when he heard Umar’s voice instead of Abu Bakr Siddiq, Then he said that Allah Subhanahu Taala does not do this and the Muslims do not like it. Abdullah ibn later called Abu Bakr Siddique. He was there when Abu Bakr came. Then he finished the prayer with Umar. Siddique led the prayer again as the Imam. Umar ibn al-Khattab later came to Abdullah ibn and asked him that woe to you. He told you directly by mentioning my name that he should lead the prayer. If that had not been the case, I would never have led the prayer. Abdullah ibn said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not tell me directly by mentioning my name that he should lead the prayer. But when I could not find Abu Bakr Siddique, I thought that you were the second most qualified person to perform this duty. So I told you. From this incident we understand the understanding that existed among the Companions. They simply considered Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) to be the second best person after Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.
