Mhmwd bin Khalid محمود بن خالد · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

The first to speak on Divine decree in al-Basrah was Ma`bad al Juhani. I and Humaid b. `Abd al-Rahman al-Himyari proceeded to perform Hajj or `Umrah. We said : would that we meet any of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) so that we could ask him about what they say with regard to divine decree. So Allah helped us to meet `Abd Allah b. `Umar who was entering the mosque. So I and my companion surrounded him,…

I was with ‘Umar b. al-Khattab when he transmitted this tradition. The tradition of Malik is more perfect.