I never heard Umar say of anything, "I suspect it is such and such," except that it turned out to be just as he suspected.While Umar was sitting one day, a handsome man passed by him. Umar said, "My judgment is mistaken, or else this man followed his old religion in the days of ignorance," or perhaps he said, "He was their soothsayer. Bring the man to me."The man was called over, and Umar said this to him. The man replied, "I have never seen anything like what has happened today, the way a Muslim man has been received."Umar said, "I insist that you tell me."The man said, "I was their soothsayer in the days of ignorance."Umar asked, "What is the most astonishing thing your female jinn ever brought you?"The man said, "One day, while I was in the marketplace, she came to me, and I could see terror in her face. She said, 'Have you not seen the jinn and their dismay, their despair after being cast down, and their attachment to the young camels and their saddle blankets?'"Umar said, "He speaks the truth. While I was sleeping near their idols, a man came with a calf and slaughtered it. Then a voice cried out, and I have never heard any crier with a louder voice, saying, 'Jalih! A successful command! An eloquent man declaring, There is no god but Allah!' The people sprang up. I said to myself, I will not leave until I know what lies behind this. Then the voice called again, 'Jalih! A successful command! An eloquent man declaring, There is no god but Allah!' I stood up, and not long after, it was said, 'This is a prophet.'"
حدثنا يحيى بن سليمان قال حدثني ابن وهب قال حدثني عمر أن سالما حدثه
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 نائم 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 الله 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