Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Umar Said He Repents to God for Three Things 3-226 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن الحسن ال٠د بن علي الاصبهاني، عن إبراهي٠د الثقفي قال: حدثني ال٠سعودي قال: حدثنا الحسن بن ح٠اد الطائي، عن زياد بن ال٠ا يظن عن جابر بن عبد الله قال: شهدت ع٠وته يقول: أتوب إلى الله ٠ن رجوعي عن جيش اسا٠ره رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله علينا، و٠ن تعاقدنا على أهل هذا البيت إن قبض الله رسوله لا نولي ٠3-226 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abdullah ibn al-Hassan al-Mo’adab quoted Ahmad ibn Ali al-Isbahany, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Saqafy, on the authority of Al-Mas’oodi, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Himad al-Ta’ee, on the authority of Zyad ibn al-Monzar, on the authority of Atiye that he thinks that Jabir ibn Abdullah said, “I witnessed that Umar said the following when he faced death: ‘I repent to God for the following three things:1- Freeing the atheist slaves from Yemen captured by the Muslims;2- Not obeying Usamah whom God’s Prophet (MGB) appointed as the Chief of the Army; and3- We pledged to each other not to let any of the Prophet’s (MGB) family succeed the Prophet (MGB) when God took away his life.’”