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Rh not see what has happened to the Apostle's countenance!" Then ʿOmar looked at the Apostle's face and said, "I take refuge with God from the anger of God and His Apostle. We are satisfied with Alláh as our Lord, with Islám as our religion, and with Muḥammad as our Prophet." Then the Apostle of God said, "By Him in whose hand is the life of Muḥammad! if Moses had appeared to you, ye would have followed him and would have forsaken me, and would have gone astray from the straight path. But were Moses alive and had received my prophecy, he would certainly have followed me."'—Al Dárimi.

It is related from Jábir that, 'The Apostle of God said, "My words do not abrogate the words of God, but the words of God abrogate mine, and some of the words of God abrogate others."'