He reported from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was traveling on one of his journeys, with Umar bin Khattab riding alongside him at night. Umar bin Khattab asked him about something, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not answer him. He asked again, and he did not answer. He asked a third time, and still he did not answer.So Umar bin Khattab said to himself, "May your mother be bereaved of you, Umar. You pressed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ three times, and each time he gave you no answer."Umar continued, "So I urged my camel on and moved ahead of the Muslims, fearing that something might be revealed about me in the Quran. It was not long before I heard someone calling out to me. I thought, 'I feared that something had been revealed about me in the Quran.'"He came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and greeted him, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "A surah has been revealed to me tonight that is dearer to me than anything the sun has risen upon." Then he recited, "Indeed, We have granted you a clear victory" [Fath 48:1].
عن أبيه، أن رسول الله ﷺ كان يسير في بعض أسفاره، وعمر بن الخطاب يسير معه ليلا، فسأله عمر بن الخطاب عن شيء فلم يحبه رسول الله ﷺ ثم سأله فلم يجبه، ثم سأله فلم بجبه، فقال عمر بن الخطاب: ثكلتك أمك يا عمر، نزرت رسول الله ﷺ ثلاث مرات كل ذلك لا يجيبك. قال عمر فحركت بعيري ثم تقدمت أمام المسلمين، وخشيت أن ينزل في قرآن، فما نشبت أن سمعت صارحا يصرخ بي- قال: فقلت لقد خشيت أن يكون نزل في قرآن- وجئت رسول الله ﷺ فسلمت عليه فقال لقد أنزلت علي الليلة سورة لهي أحب إلي مما طلعت عليه الشمس، ثم قرأ {إنا فتحنا لك فتحا مبينا} [الفتح: ١].
Malik narrated it in the Book of the Quran (9) of Muwatta, from Zayd bin Aslam, from his father (he is Aslam Adawi, the freedman of Umar bin Khattab), who said, then he mentioned it. Bukhari also narrated it in the Book of Military Expeditions (4177), from Abdullah bin Yusuf, who said, Malik informed us of it likewise.His saying, "I pressed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ," means I insisted persistently.