With regard to the Holy Prophet (sa) calling Hazrat Umar (ra) a muhaddath, Hazrat Aisha (ra) relates,“The Holy Prophet (sa) said that there were most certainly muhaddatheen in the previous nations and if there is a muhaddath in my nation then it is Umar bin al-Khattab.”
(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Kitab Fada‘il Ashab al-Nabi (sa), Bab Qad Kana Yakunu fi al-Umam Muhaddathun, Hadith 7693)
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) relates that the Holy Prophet (sa) stated:
“The nations before you had people among them who were muhaddath and if there is anyone to attain this rank in my ummah, it is Umar.”
Muhaddath are those who are recipients of frequent divine discourse and visions. The Holy Prophet (sa) then stated:
“Among the Bani Israel who came before you, there were individuals with whom Allah spoke, even though they were not prophets. If there is someone like this among my ummah, it is Umar.”
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab Fada‘il Ashab al-Nabi (sa), Bab Manaqib Umar (ra) bin al-Khattab, Hadith 3689)
The Promised Messiah (as) states:
“God Almighty always uses metaphors and grants one the name of another based on the similarity they possess in their nature, attributes and faculties. Those in the sight of God Almighty who possess the heart of Abraham (as), will be deemed as Abraham in the sight of God Almighty. Those who possess the heart of Umar Farooq (ra) will be deemed as Umar Farooq (ra) in the sight of God Almighty.
“Do you not read the hadith that ‘if there is any muhaddath in this ummah with whom Allah the Almighty speaks, it is Umar’? Does this hadith mean that there will be no muhaddath after Hazrat Umar (ra)? Certainly not. In fact, this hadith means that when the need for a muhaddath arises, then one who possesses a similar spiritual condition to that of Umar (ra) will become the muhaddath.”
The Promised Messiah (as) states:
“This humble one once received a revelation: فِيْكَ مَادَّةٌ فَارُوْقِيَّةٌ
(Fath-e-Islam [The Victory of Islam], Ruhani Khazain, Vol. 3, p. 11, Footnote)
The full revelation is:
أَنْتَ مُحَدَّثُ اللّٰهِ، فِيْكَ مَادَّةٌ فَارُوْقِيَّةٌ ، That is, ‘You are a muhaddath [recipient of divine discourse] of Allah.’ You have the quality of distinguishing between the truth and falsehood.”
(Tadhkirah, p. 82, Fourth Edition)