Futuhusham_-_The_Islamic_Conquest_of_Syria_-_Al_Waqidi

Futuhusham
Quran until Rasulullah It. said, "Were punishment to fall from the sky to Earth, none
would escape it except 'Umar bin al-Khattab."
Do you not know that Allah revealed clear verses about him? Is he not ascetic, pious
and always engaged in worship? Does he not greatly resemble the prophet Nuh ~\?
Should he offer du'a on your behalf it would be answered.
21) Seven day journey in three days
Ibn Qurt ~ : I am well aware of all these virtues of 'Umar which you have
mentioned, but in addition I would like your du'a and the du'a of al-tAbbas, the
paternal uncle of Rasfilullah It., especially here at the noble tomb of Rasulullah It..
AI-' Abbas ~ raised his hand in supplication. 'All, al-Hasan, al-Husayn, 'Aishah (and
Haf~ah and Umm Salamah • who had also arrived) joined him. He prayed, "0 Allah,
we seek intercession through this Chosen Prophet and selected Messenger through
whom Adam also sought intercession and then You forgave his error. 0 Allah, make
the road easy for' Abdullah and fold up the long distances for him. Help the ~ahabah
of Your Prophet with victory. You are the Hearer of Du'a."
He then said, "Go, 'Abdullah, for it is unlikely that Allah will reject the du'a of
'Umar, 'Abbas, 'Ali, al-Hasan, al-Husayn and the wives of Rasulullah It., especially
when they have interceded through the best of all creation."
Ibn Qur]; narrates:
I departed overjoyed, I sat on my camel's saddle and traversed the desert, still happy
at the du'a of 'Ali, al-tAbbas and 'Umar, I left al-Madinah after 'A~r of the same day
that I had arrived.
When darkness fell and night cast its veil, I slackened the camel nose-rope but felt as
if it was flying off with me. I travelled like that for three days. At the time of ~alatul
'Asr of the third day I reached al-Yarmfik and could hear the athan, I went to AbU
'Ubaydah's ~ tent, made my she-camel sit and made salam to him, having not seen
seen him for the last ten days.
Upon telling him about the du'a of 'Umar, 'Ali, al-Abbas, al-Hasan and al-Husayn.a
he said, " 0 Ibn QUI1, you have spoken the truth. Allah holds them to be noble and
does not reject their du'a. He then read the letter to the Muslims who were quite
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