It was narrated from Ma'dari bin Abi Talhah al-Ya'rnari that 'Umar stood up to deliver a khutbah. He praised and glorified Allah, then he mentioned the Prophet ﷺ of Allah and Abu Bakr, then he said: 'I have seen a dream, in which I saw myself being pecked by a rooster twice, and I think it signals my death. The people are telling me to appoint a caliph after me. Allah will not cause His caliphate or His religion to be lost, or that with which He sent His Prophet ﷺ. If I die, then the caliphate is to be decided by a council of these six men with whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was pleased when he died, then whichever of them you swear allegiance to, listen to him and obey. I know that there are some men then who will seek to undermine this matter, and I have sought them with these two hands of mine in support of Islam. It they do that, then those are the enemies of Allah, the misguided disbelievers. By Allah, I am not leaving behind anything of more concern to me than Kalalah. I asked the Prophet ﷺ of Allah about it and he never spoke to me in such a harsh manner as he did with regard to that, to such an extent that he poked me in the chest or side with his hand or his finger and said: 'O 'Umar: The verse at the end of Soorah an Nisa’ that was revealed in summer is sufficient for you". If I live, I will pass a judgement concerning it that no one who reads Qur'an or who does not read Qur'an will dispute. Then 'Umar said: O Allah, bear witness concerning the governors of the regions; I sent them to teach the people their religion and the Sunnah of their Prophet ﷺ, and to divide the sai' among them, and to judge between them on a fair basis, and whatever they found difficult they were to refer to me. Then he said: O people, you eat two plants that I think are nothing but distasteful, this garlic and onion. At the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would see that is the smell of these things was found on a man, he would be taken by the hand and led out to al-Baqee'. Whoever must eat them, let him cook them to death.ʻUmar said this in a khutbah on Friday, and was stabbed on Wednesday 26 Dhul Hijjah.
This hadith teaches us many values such as justice, loyalty to Allah's religion, obedience towards those appointed over us for guidance in religious matters etc. It also shows us how important it is to follow what has been taught by our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ so we can live our lives according to Islam correctly without any confusion or dispute between Muslims regarding religious matters.
