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«بينا أنا نائم شربت — يعني اللبن — حتى أنظر إلى الري يجري في ظفري — أو في أظفاري — ثم ناولت عمر. فقالوا: فما أولته يا رسول الله؟ قال: «العلم»»
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Summary
In the Book of the Ansar: the Prophet ﷺ's dream in which he drank milk until it flowed from his nails, then gave the rest to Umar, and he interpreted it as knowledge. It is one of the texts on Umar's virtue in knowledge. 1
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Source: Sahih al-Bukhari. Mentions Umar ibn al-Khattab.
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- Umar ibn al-Khattab
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The seven ahruf· Abu al-Mukhtar's Satire on the Ahwaz Officials· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness· The conversion of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· Abu Sufyan's mission to Medina· Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq· al-Ahnaf's Petition to Umar for Basra· Ali's counsel in Umar's judgments
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari
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islam.museum contributors. “Bukhari 3681 — The dream milk interpreted as knowledge”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/bukhari-3681/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.