Had there been a nabi after me, it would be ‘Umar ibn al Khattab
Had there been a nabi after me, it would be ‘Umar ibn al Khattab
لو كان بعدي نبي لكان عمر بن الخطاب
Had there been a nabi after me, it would be ‘Umar ibn al Khattab.
Al Albani classified it sahih. Al Tirmidhi narrated it with a Hassan isnad.[1]
There is no objection in the hadith. Rasulullah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam had announced:
لو كنت آمرا أحدا أن يسجد لأحد لأمرت المرأة أن تسجد لزوجها
If I commanded anyone to prostrate before anyone, I would have commanded a woman to prostrate to her husband.
These types of ahadith are very problematic to the ignorant who object at how could Rasulullah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam order a woman to prostrate to her husband, disregarding the hypothetical IF. Similar is this hadith. The hadith affirms Sayyidina ‘Umar’s radiya Llahu ‘anhu virtue, not his nubuwwah.
But the Rawafid:
مَا ضَرَبُوْهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًا بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُوْنَ
They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.[2]
[1] Sahih al Jami’ al Saghir Hadith: 5248.
[2] Surah al Zukhruf: 58.