It is narrated from Hazrat Ghailan bin Maisarah that a man came to Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz and said: I had cultivated a crop, but an army of the people of Syria passed by it and ruined the crop. The narrator says that Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz paid that man ten thousand as compensation.

It is narrated from Hazrat Awza'i that Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, advised his governor during a journey for jihad that he should only ride such a mount whose pace could be matched by the weakest mount present in the army.

It is narrated from Hazrat Talha bin Yahya that Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz used to send messengers. The narrator says: A freed slave of Hazrat Umar, without his permission, made a man ride on the postal horse. The narrator says: So he (Umar) called him and said: Remain as you are until you assess its value and then deposit it in the Bayt al-Mal (public treasury).

It is narrated from Hazrat Jamee’ bin Abdullah that Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz forbade the messenger from attaching iron to one side of the stick with which animals are struck. The narrator says: He also forbade heavy bridles.