Umar was placed on his bier, and the people gathered around him, supplicating and praying for him before he was lifted up, and I was among them. Nothing startled me except a man who took hold of my shoulder, and there was Ali bin Abu Talib. He invoked mercy upon Umar and said, "You have left behind no one whose deeds I would more love to meet Allah with than yours. By Allah, I always thought that Allah would place you with your two companions, for I often used to hear the Prophet ﷺ say, 'Abu Bakr, Umar, and I went,' and 'Abu Bakr, Umar, and I entered,' and 'Abu Bakr, Umar, and I came out.'"
حدثنا عبدان أخبرنا عبد الله حدثنا عمر بن سعيد عن ابن أبي مليكة أنه سمع
وضع عمر على سريره فتكنفه الناس يدعون ويصلون قبل أن يرفع وأنا فيهم فلم يرعني إلا رجل آخذ منكبي فإذا علي بن أبي طالب فترحم على عمر وقال ما خلفت أحدا أحب إلي أن ألقى الله بمثل عمله منك وايم الله إن كنت لأظن أن يجعلك الله مع صاحبيك وحسبت إني كنت كثيرا أسمع النبي ﷺ يقول ذهبت أنا وأبو بكر وعمر ودخلت أنا وأبو بكر وعمر وخرجت أنا وأبو بكر وعمر