مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
أَحَادِيثُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Hadiths of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
Revelation of a verse on the day of Arafah and declaring it as Eid
Hadith Number: 31
حدثنا حدثنا سفيان ، عن مسعر , وغيره ، عن قيس بن مسلم ، عن طارق بن شهاب ، قال: قال رجل من اليهود لعمر بن الخطاب:" لو علينا نزلت هذه الآية: اليوم اكملت لكم دينكم واتممت عليكم نعمتي ورضيت لكم الإسلام دينا سورة المائدة آية 3، لاتخذنا ذلك اليوم عيدا، فقال عمر: إني لاعلم اي يوم نزلت هذه الآية: نزلت يوم عرفة، وفي يوم جمعة" .
Tariq bin Shihab says: A person belonging to the Jews said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): If this verse had been revealed to us, "This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion." (5-al-Ma'idah:13), we would have declared that day as a day of Eid. So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I know on which day this verse was revealed. This verse was revealed on the day of Arafah and it was revealed on a Friday.
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