Darussalam · Volume 6
46. Chapters On Al-Manāqib (Virtues) From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 60
Source no. 3687 · Volume 8 · Page 187
Sahih
صحيح ومضى (٢٤٠٠)
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3687. Ibn 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'I saw that I was brought a cup of milk, so I drank from it, and I gave my leftover to 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb.' They said: 'So what did you interpret it as O Messenger of Allāh?' He said: '(It is) Knowledge.'" (Saḥīḥ) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Saḥīḥ Gharīb.
٣٦٨٧ - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «رَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي أُتِيتُ بِقَدَحٍ مِنْ لَبَنٍ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْهُ،» فَأَعْطَيْتُ فَضْلِي عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالُوا: فَمَا أَوَّلْتَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: الْعِلْمَ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ.
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The common attribute of milk and knowledge is usefulness and rectification of spirit and body. Both are beneficial for the humanity. Milk is food for the body and its growth, and knowledge is a source of a healthy mind and spirit. 'Umar's long period of Caliphate was a period of peace and unity of the Muslim Ummah, but after him, the conditions changed, and the needed peace and unity faded away. The period of Abū Bakr was a short one which he spent quelling and curbing the internal revolt and the settlement of other problems.