عن طارقِ بنِ شهابٍ قال: جاء رجُلٌ من اليهودِ إلى عمرَ رضى الله عنه، فقال: يا أميرَ المؤمنِينَ، آيةٌ في كتابِكم تَقرؤونها، لو علينا نزلت معشرَ اليهود، لاتَّخَذْنا ذلك اليومَ عيدًا. قال: وأيُّ آيةٍ؟ قال: {الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا} [المائدة: 3].فقال عمر رضى الله عنه: إني لأعلمُ اليومَ الذي نزلتْ فيه، والمكانَ الذي نزلتْ فيه: نزلتْ على رسول الله ﷺ بعرفاتٍ في يوم جُمعة.
Ṭāriq ibn Shihāb narrated:
1.A Jew came to ‘Umar and said: ‘Amīr al-Muʼminīn, you recite a verse in your Book. Had it been revealed to us, Jews, we would have made its day of revelation a time of celebration’. 2. He said: ‘Which verse?’ He said: ‘This day I have perfected your religion for you and have bestowed on you the full measure of My blessings and have chosen Islam as a religion for you’. (5: 3) 3.‘Umar said: ‘I know the day when and the place where it was revealed. It was revealed to God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) at Arafat, on a Friday’. Related by al-Bukhari, 45; Muslim, 3017.
Abu Ḥafṣ ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl belonged to the ‘Adiy branch of the Quraysh tribe. His line of descent joins with that of the Prophet at Ka‘b ibn Lu‘ay. He was nicknamed al-Fārūq. He was the second of the rightly-guided caliphs, and the first to have the title Amīr al-Muʼminīn, i.e. Prince of the Faithful. He was constantly very close to the Prophet (peace be upon him). He died in Year 23 AH 645 CE.
