Ibn Abbas reported: Umar was placed upon his bier as the people surrounded him, supplicated for him, and performed the funeral prayer over him before he was taken away. I was there, and nothing else held my attention but a man putting his hand on my shoulder. It was Ali, invoking the mercy of Allah upon Umar. Ali said, “You have not left anyone behind so beloved to me that I should meet Allah with the likes of their good deeds other than you, Umar! By Allah, I always thought Allah would place you alongside your two companions, for I often heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saying: I went with Abu Bakr and Umar, I came with Abu Bakr and Umar, I left with Abu Bakr and Umar.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3685, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2389
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ وُضِعَ عُمَرُ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ فَتَكَنَّفَهُ النَّاسُ يَدْعُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ فَلَمْ يَرُعْنِي إِلَّا رَجُلٌ آخِذٌ مَنْكِبِي فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ فَتَرَحَّمَ عَلَى عُمَرَ وَقَالَ مَا خَلَّفْتَ أَحَدًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَلْقَى اللهَ بِمِثْلِ عَمَلِهِ مِنْكَ وَايْمُ اللهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَظُنُّ أَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ اللهُ مَعَ صَاحِبَيْكَ وَحَسِبْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ كَثِيرًا أَسْمَعُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ذَهَبْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَدَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ
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