The Book of the Merits of the Companions

كتاب فضائل الصحابة رضى الله تعالى عنهم

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The Virtues Of Jarir Bin 'Abdullah (RA)

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ENGLISH

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

I entered Paradise and saw in it a house or a palace. I said: For whom is it resersred? They (the Angels) said: It is for 'Umar b. Khattab. (The Prophet (ﷺ) said to 'Umar b. Khattab): I intenied to get into it but I thought of your feelings. Thereupon 'Umar wept and said: Messenger of Allah, could I feel any jealousy in your case?

ARABIC

‏ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا دَارًا أَوْ قَصْرًا فَقُلْتُ لِمَنْ هَذَا فَقَالُوا لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ‏.‏ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَدْخُلَ ‏.‏ فَذَكَرْتُ غَيْرَتَكَ ‏