I never heard Umar say of anything, "I think it is such and such," without it turning out exactly as he had supposed.Once, while Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, and Umar said, "Either my guess is wrong, or this man is still upon his religion from the days of ignorance, or he was their soothsayer. Bring the man to me."The man was summoned, and Umar told him what he had said.The man replied, "I have never seen a Muslim man received in such a manner as I have been today."Umar said, "I insist that you tell me the truth."The man said, "I was their soothsayer in the days of ignorance."Umar asked, "What was the most amazing thing your female jinn-companion ever brought you?"The man said, "One day, while I was in the marketplace, she came to me with terror clear on her face, and said, 'Have you not seen the jinn and their despair, their hopelessness after their setback, and their flight to the young she-camels and their saddle-blankets?'"Umar said, "She spoke the truth. I was once near their idols when a man came with a calf and slaughtered it. Then a voice cried out, and I have never heard a crier with a louder voice, saying, 'Jalih! A successful matter! An eloquent man! He says, There is no god but You.' The people leapt up, but I said, 'I will not leave until I know what is behind this.' Then the voice called again, 'Jalih! A successful matter! An eloquent man! He says, There is no god but Allah.' So I rose, and not long after it was said, 'This is a prophet.'"
ما سمعت عمر لشيء قط يقول: إني لأظنه كذا إلا كان كما يظن، بينما عمر جالس إذ مر به رجل جميل، فقال: لقد أخطأ ظني، أو إن هذا على دينه في الجاهلية، أو لقد كان كاهنهم، علي الرجل، فدعي له، فقال له ذلك، فقال: ما رأيت كاليوم استقبل به رجل مسلم، قال: فإني أعزم عليك إلا ما أخبرتني، قال: كنت كاهنهم في الجاهلية، قال: فما أعجب ما جاءتك به جنيتك؟ قال: بينما أنا يوما في السوق، جاءتني أعرف فيها الفزع، فقالت: ألم تر الجن وإبلاسها ويأسها من بعد إنكاسها، ولحوقها بالقلاص وأحلاسها. قال عمر: صدق، بينما أنا عند آلهتهم إذ جاء رجل بعجل فذبحه، فصرخ به صارخ، لم أسمع صارخا قط أشد صوتا منه يقول: يا جليح، أمر نجيح، رجل فصيح. يقول: لا إله إلا أنت، فوثب القوم، قلت: لا أبرح حتى أعلم ما وراء هذا، ثم نادى: يا جليح أمر نجيح رجل فصيح يقول: لا إله إلا الله، فقمت، فما نشبنا أن قيل: هذا نبي.