It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I was sleeping, and in a dream I saw myself in Paradise. A woman was performing ablution beside a palace. I asked, "Whose palace is this?" They said, "It belongs to Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him." Umar! (I wanted to enter it but) I remembered your sense of honor, so I turned back. When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was relating this, Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, was also sitting with the people in your presence. When he heard this from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, he began to weep and said: O Messenger of Allah! May my father be sacrificed for you, could I ever feel any sense of honor over you?