حَدَّثَنَا أَبُوْ نُعَیْمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَۃُ بْنُ وَرْدَانَ قَالَ: سَمِعتُ أَنَسَا، وَ مَالِکَ بْنَ أَوْسِ بْنِ الْحَدَثَانَ ؓ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ یَتَبَرَّزُ فَلَمْ یَجدْ أَحدّ یَتَّعُمُہ، فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ فَا تَّبَعَہُ بِفَخَّارَۃٍ أَوْ مِطْھَرَۃٍ، فَوَ جَدَہَُ سَاجِدَا فِيْ مَشْرَبَۃِ فَتَنَحَّی فَجَلَسَ وَرَاءَہُ، حَتَّی رَفَعَ النَّبِیُّ ﷺ رَاُّسَہُ فَقَالَ: (( أَحْسَنْتَ یَا عُمَرُ! حِیْنَ وَجَدْتَنِيْ َساجَدًا فَتَنَحَّیْتَ عَنَّیْ، اإِنَّ جِبْرِیْلَ جَاءَ نِي فَقَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّی عَلَیْکَ وَاحِدَۃً صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہِ عَشْرًا، وَرَفَعَ لَہُ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ))
الأدب المفرد · Hadith 642
Malik ibn Aws ibn al-Hadathan said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went out to open ground to answer a call of nature and did not find anyone to follow him. 'Umar went out and followed him with a clay pot or wudu' vessel. He found him prostrating in a river bed. He fell back and sat behind him until the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, lifted his head. He said, 'You have done well, 'Umar. When you found me prostrating, you went behind me. Jibril came to me and said, 'If someone says the prayer on you once, Allah will pray ten times on him and raise him ten degrees.'"
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020