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3689. Abū Buraidah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ awoke in the morning and called for Bilāl, then said: 'O Bilāl! By what have you preceded me to Paradise? I have not entered Paradise at all, except that I heard your footsteps before me. I entered Paradise last night, and I heard your footsteps before me, and I came upon a square palace having balconies made of gold. So I said: 'Whose palace is this?' They said: 'A man among the Arabs.' So I said: 'I am an Arab, whose palace is this?' They said: 'A man among the Quraish.' So I said: 'I am from the Quraish, whose palace is this?' They said: 'A man from the Ummah of Muḥammad ﷺ.' So I said: 'I am Muḥammad, whose palace is this?' They said: 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb's.' So Bilāl said: 'O Allāh's Messenger! I have never called the Adhān except that I prayed two Rak'ah, and I never committed Hadath except that I
performed Wudū' upon that, and I considered that I owed Allāh two Rak'ah.' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'For those two.'" (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Jābir, Mu'ādḥ, Anas, and Abū Hurairah; that the Prophet ﷺ said: "I saw a palace of gold in Paradise, so I said: 'Whose is this?' So it was said: 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb's'"
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb. And the meaning of this Hadīth, that "I entered Paradise last night," means: "I saw in my dream that I entered Paradise." This is how it was related in some of the Aḥādīth, and was related from Ibn 'Abbās that he said: "The dreams of the Prophets are revelation."
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Commentary
1. As a guard or candle bearer walks ahead of a dignitary, Bilāl in the same capacity was ahead of the Prophet (ﷺ) in the Paradise.
2. The angles did not tell the name of 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb upon enquiry, it was just to prove the superiority and nobleness of Arabs, Quraish and the Prophet Muḥammad's Ummah.
