When Umar was stabbed, he was in great pain. Ibn Abbas said to him, as if to console him, "Commander of the Believers, even if that has happened, you accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and kept his company well, then parted from him while he was pleased with you. Then you accompanied Abu Bakr and kept his company well, then parted from him while he was pleased with you. Then you kept the company of his companions and kept it well, and if you part from them, you will part from them while they are pleased with you."Umar replied, "As for what you mentioned of accompanying the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his being pleased with me, that is only a favor from Allah Almighty that He bestowed upon me. As for what you mentioned of accompanying Abu Bakr and his being pleased with me, that too is only a favor from Allah, glorified be His mention, that He bestowed upon me. As for the distress you see in me, it is on account of you and your companions. By Allah, if I had the earth filled with gold, I would ransom myself with it from the punishment of Allah before I face it."Hammad bin Zayd said, Ayub narrated to us from Ibn Abu Mulayka from Ibn Abbas, "I entered upon Umar," and he related this account.
حدثنا الصلت بن محمد حدثنا إسماعيل بن إبراهيم حدثنا أيوب عن ابن أبي مليكة
لما طعن عمر جعل يألم فقال له ابن عباس وكأنه يجزعه يا أمير المؤمنين ولئن كان ذاك لقد صحبت رسول الله ﷺ فأحسنت صحبته ثم فارقته وهو عنك راض ثم صحبت أبا بكر فأحسنت صحبته ثم فارقته وهو عنك راض ثم صحبت صحبتهم فأحسنت صحبتهم ولئن فارقتهم لتفارقنهم وهم عنك راضون قال أما ما ذكرت من صحبة رسول الله ﷺ ورضاه فإنما ذاك من من الله تعالى من به علي وأما ما ذكرت من صحبة أبي بكر ورضاه فإنما ذاك من من الله جل ذكره من به علي وأما ما ترى من جزعي فهو من أجلك وأجل أصحابك والله لو أن لي طلاع الأرض ذهبا لافتديت به من عذاب الله عز وجل قبل أن أراه قال حماد بن زيد حدثنا أيوب عن ابن أبي مليكة عن ابن عباس دخلت على عمر بهذا
Bukhari narrated from Salit bin Muhammad, from Ibn Ulaya, from Ayub, from Ibn Abu Mulayka, from Miswar, who said, when Umar was stabbed, Ibn Abbas said to him, "You kept company with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and you kept it well, then you parted from him while he was pleased with you."Bukhari said, Hammad said, Ayub told us, from Ibn Abu Mulayka, from Ibn Abbas, without Miswar in it, in this manner.
The Hafiz, may Allah have mercy on him, said in the introduction, p. 367, printing S, after mentioning Daraqutni's statement, "I say, Hammad's route was documented with a full chain by Ismaili and others. Bukhari alluded to it. Ibn Abu Mulayka's hearing from both Ibn Abbas and Miswar has been established as sahih, and Miswar himself witnessed the incident. So it appears that Ibn Abu Mulayka narrated it from each of them. And Allah knows best." End of quote.