\nNarrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab:\n \n\nPeople were (sometimes) judged by the revealing of a Divine Inspiration during the lifetime of Allah's \nApostle but now there is no longer any more (new revelation). Now we judge you by the deeds you \npractice publicly, so we will trust and favor the one who does good deeds in front of us, and we will \nnot call him to account about what he is really doing in secret, for Allah will judge him for that; but \nwe will not trust or believe the one who presents to us with an evil deed even if he claims that his \nintentions were good.\n

\nNarrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab:\n \n\nPeople were (sometimes) judged by the revealing of a Divine Inspiration during the lifetime of Allah's \nApostle but now there is no longer any more (new revelation). Now we judge you by the deeds you \npractice publicly, so we will trust and favor the one who does good deeds in front of us, and we will \nnot call him to account about what he is really doing in secret, for Allah will judge him for that; but \nwe will not trust or believe the one who presents to us with an evil deed even if he claims that his \nintentions were good.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُتْبَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أُنَاسًا كَانُوا يُؤْخَذُونَ بِالْوَحْىِ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَإِنَّ الْوَحْىَ قَدِ انْقَطَعَ، وَإِنَّمَا نَأْخُذُكُمُ الآنَ بِمَا ظَهَرَ لَنَا مِنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، فَمَنْ أَظْهَرَ لَنَا خَيْرًا أَمِنَّاهُ وَقَرَّبْنَاهُ، وَلَيْسَ إِلَيْنَا مِنْ سَرِيرَتِهِ شَىْءٌ، اللَّهُ يُحَاسِبُهُ فِي سَرِيرَتِهِ، وَمَنْ أَظْهَرَ لَنَا سُوءًا لَمْ نَأْمَنْهُ وَلَمْ نُصَدِّقْهُ، وَإِنْ قَالَ إِنَّ سَرِيرَتَهُ حَسَنَةٌ‏.‏