It is narrated from Abdullah bin Utbah that he said: Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sit in the company of those who repent, for this is the thing that softens the heart the most.

It is narrated from Hazrat Yahya bin Ja'dah that he says: Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If it were not for the fact that I walk in the path of Allah, or place my forehead in the dust for Allah, or sit among people who select fine speech as dates are selected, then meeting Allah would be more beloved to me.

It is narrated from an old man who says that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever intends the truth should keep his matter open.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Uthman that he says Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Winter is a bounty for the worshipper.

Hazrat Ata Khurasani narrates, he says that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ibn Khattab kept his companions waiting, then he (may Allah be pleased with him) came to them in the evening. The people asked: What kept you? He replied: I had washed my clothes, and when they dried, I came to you.

It is narrated from Hazrat Sufyan that he says Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a letter to Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him): Surely, you cannot attain the Hereafter with anything better than adopting indifference towards the world.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila that he says some people from Iraq came to Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw them as if they were eating little food. Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O people of Iraq! What is this? If I wished, I could have food prepared for myself as fine as it is prepared for you. But we save from our worldly life what we will find in the Hereafter. Have you not heard the command of Allah the Exalted: { أَذْہَبْتُمْ طَیِّبَاتِکُمْ فِی حَیَاتِکُمُ الدُّنْیَا وَاسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِہَا }.

Hazrat Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father, who says that when Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived in Syria, his shirt was torn at the place where he sat. It was a thick and coarse shirt. So, he (may Allah be pleased with him) sent that shirt to the owner of Azraat or Aylah. The narrator says that he washed the shirt, patched it, and a Coptic shirt was sewn for Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Then a man brought both shirts to him (may Allah be pleased with him) and gave him the Coptic shirt. Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) took the shirt and touched it, then said: "This is soft." Then he threw that shirt back to the man and said: "Give me my shirt, because it absorbs sweat better than both of these shirts."

It is narrated from Hazrat Asim bin Umar that he says Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: Allah Almighty protects the believer. Hazrat Asim bin Thabit bin Aflah had vowed that he would not touch any polytheist, nor would any polytheist touch him. Thus, just as he avoided this during his life, in the same way Allah Almighty protected him from it after his death as well.

It is narrated from Hazrat Rabee’ bin Qazee’ that he says: I heard Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) say that bread, meat, milk, olives, vegetables, and vinegar used to be brought to Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). He would eat the food and then lick his fingers. Then he would gesture in this manner. Then he would wipe one hand with the other and say: These are the napkins of the family of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).