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23)*Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: Al-Aqra', the mu'adhdhin (announcer) of Umar ibn al-Khattab said:
Umar sent me to a bishop and I called him. Umar said to him:
Do you find me in the book (al-kitaab)? He said: Yes.
He asked: How do you find me?
He said: I find you (like a) castle.
Then he raised a whip to him, saying:
What do you mean by castle?
He replied: An iron castle and severely trustworthy.
He asked: How do you find the one who will come after me?
He said: I find him a pious caliph, except that he will prefer his relatives.
Umar said: May Allah have mercy on Uthman: He said it three times.
He then asked: How do you find the one who will come after him?
He replied: I find him like rusty iron.
Umar then put his hand on his head, and said: O filthy! O filthy!
He said: Commander of the Faithful! He is a pious caliph, but when he is made caliph, the sword will be unsheathed and blood will be shed. *(Book #40, Hadith #4639)

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He(RA) was asking a bishop, do you not think kitaab meant the bible