English translation
(1). 3262. Mālik bin Anas narrated from Zaid bin Aslam, from his father who said: "I heard 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb [may Allāh be pleased with him] saying: 'We were with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ during one of his journeys when I said something to him but he was silent. Then I said something again but he was silent. I quickened the pace of my mount to go to the other side. I said: "May your mother lose you O Ibn Al-Khaṭṭāb! You pestered the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ three times, each time he did not reply to you! You deserve that something be revealed about you in the Qur'ān.'" He (i.e., 'Umar) said: 'It was not long before I heard a voice calling me.' So I came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and he said: "O Ibn Al-Khaṭṭāb! A Sūrah was revealed to me last night which is dearer to me than what the sun rises upon: Verily, We have given you a manifest victory.”[1] (Ṣaḥīh) [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb Ṣaḥīh. [Some of them reported it from Mālik in Mursal form].
