Status in the Eyes of the Holy Prophet (sa)

Another narration of the Holy Prophet (sa), with regard to the status of Hazrat Umar (ra), is as follows. Hazrat Uqbah bin Amir (ra) relates that the Holy Prophet (sa) said, “If there were to be a prophet after me, it would most certainly be Umar bin al-Khattab”

(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Kitab al-Manaqib, Bab Law Kana Nabiyy Ba’di la Kana Umar (ra), Hadith 3686). That is, if there were to be a prophet immediately after the Holy Prophet (sa) [it would have been Hazrat Umar (ra)], otherwise the Holy Prophet (sa) has himself declared the Messiah and Mahdi to come as the “Prophet of Allah”. (Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Fitan, Bab Dhikr al-Dajjal wa Sifatih wa ma ma’ah, Hadith 7373)