عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم: لَقَدْ كَانَ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ رِجَالٌ يُكَلَّمُونَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونُوا أَنْبِيَاءَ، فَإِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ فَعُمَرُ
It is narrated by Hazrat Abu Hurairahra, “The Prophetsa said, ‘Among the Children of Israel who lived before you, there were men who used to be inspired [with revelation] though they were not prophets, and if there are any of such persons amongst my followers, it is ‘Umar.’”
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab fada’il ashabi n-nabiyysa, Bab manaqibi ‘umara bni l-khattabi abi hafsini l-qurashiyyi l-‘adawiyyi, Hadith 3689)
