It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that such people have testified to me—"whose words are trustworthy, among them is Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who in my view is the most trustworthy of them all"—that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: No prayer should be performed after the Fajr prayer until the sun rises, and no voluntary prayer should be performed after the Asr prayer until the sun sets.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) leaned towards the Black Stone to kiss it, and said: "I know that you are a stone. If I had not seen my beloved Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) kissing or touching you, I would never have kissed you nor touched you." The command of Allah, the Exalted, is that in every moment of the life of Allah’s Messenger there is the best guidance for you.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man wearing a gold ring on his hand. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Remove it." So he removed it and wore an iron ring in its place. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is even worse than that." Then he wore a silver ring, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent about it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed away, the Ansar said, "One leader will be from among us and one leader will be from among you." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to them and said, "O group of Ansar! Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), during his blessed life, himself commanded Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) to lead the people in prayer? Who among you can willingly put himself ahead of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)?" Upon this, the Ansar said, "We seek Allah's refuge from putting ourselves ahead of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he saw a person who was performing ablution for prayer, and while doing so, he left an area on the back of his foot the size of a fingernail, meaning he did not wash it or water did not reach there. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also saw him and said, "Go and perform ablution properly." So he went, performed ablution again, and offered the prayer.

Farukh says that one day, during his caliphate, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) left his house to go to the mosque. On the way, he saw grain in several places. He asked: "What kind of grain is this?" People informed him that it had been imported. He said: "May Allah bless it and also bless the person who imported it." People said: "O Commander of the Faithful! This is hoarded goods." He asked: "Who has hoarded it?" People informed him that it was Farukh, the slave of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and another of your slaves. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) summoned both of them and said: "Why have you hoarded the food supplies of the Muslims?" They replied: "O Commander of the Faithful! We buy and sell with our own money (therefore, we have authority over what we own, and can sell it whenever we wish)." He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Whoever hoards the food supplies of the Muslims, Allah will afflict him with poverty and leprosy.'" Upon hearing this, Farukh immediately said: "O Commander of the Faithful! I promise Allah and you that I will not do this again." But the slave of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) insisted on his point, saying: "We buy and sell with our own money (therefore, we should have the right)." Abu Yahya says that later, when I saw him, he had been afflicted with leprosy.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saying that if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to give me something, I would say, "O Messenger of Allah! There are people more in need than me, please give it to them." In the same way, once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me some wealth, and as before, I said, "Please give it to someone more needy than me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take it, increase your wealth with it, then give it in charity. And remember! If wealth comes to you without your desire and request, then take it, otherwise do not pursue it."

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that one day I was very happy, and in a state of joy I kissed my wife while I was fasting. Afterwards, I realized and went to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Today a great sin has been committed by me; I kissed my wife while I was fasting." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Tell me, if you rinse your mouth while fasting, what will happen?" I replied, "There is no harm in that." He said, "Then how can there be harm in this?"

Abu Al-Aswad (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I set out towards Madinah Munawwarah. When I arrived there, I found out that a disease had spread, due to which people were dying in large numbers. I was sitting in the gathering of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) when a funeral passed by. The people praised the deceased, and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It has become obligatory." Then a second funeral passed by, and the people praised that deceased as well. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) again said: "It has become obligatory." A third funeral passed by, and the people spoke ill of that deceased. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It has become obligatory." Eventually, I asked, "O Leader of the Believers! What has become obligatory?" He replied: "I only said what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, that for any Muslim for whom four people testify to his goodness, Paradise becomes obligatory for him." We asked, "What if there are three people?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The same ruling applies." We asked about two people, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The same ruling applies for two." Then we ourselves did not ask about one person.