I asked again: ‘O Jibraeel! Light of this palace is like the light of sun in the world. OK, at least tell me that who will reach this palace and who will reside in it?’

Upon this, Sayyiduna Jibraeel humbly replied: ‘Ya Rasool Allah صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! Only he will reside in this palace who speaks the truth, instructs the truth, he does not become furious if somebody speaks the truth to him, and the one who will also pass away on truth.’

I asked: ‘O Jibraeel! Do you know his name?’

He humbly replied: ‘Yes, Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! That is only one person.’

I asked: ‘O Jibraeel! Who is that person?’

He humbly replied: ‘Sayyiduna Umar Bin Khattab رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ.’

Listening to it, the leader of the Believers, Sayyiduna Umar Farooq e A’zam رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was overtaken by an emotional state. Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Hassan رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ states: ‘After this event, we never saw a smile on the face of Sayyiduna Umar Farooq e A’zam رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ, to the extent that he رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ departed from this world.’ (Kanz-ul-‘Ummal, Kitab-ul-Fazaail, part. 12, pp. 6, 264, Hadees 35833)    

Golden palace

Sayyiduna Abu Buraydah رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ narrates that the Holy Rasool
صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: (On the night of Mi’raaj), when I entered Paradise, I passed by a palace that was adorned with gold.

I asked: ‘لِمَنْ هٰذَا الْقَصْرُ whose palace is this?’

The angels humbly replied: ‘لِرَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْعَرَبِ It is of an ‘Arab young man.’

I said: ‘ اَنَا عَرَ بِیٌّ I am an ‘Arab.’

The angels humbly said: ‘ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَ يْش It is of a Qarashi young man.’