Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I have agreed with my Lord in three matters. Once, I submitted in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, "O Messenger of Allah! If only we could take the Station of Ibrahim as a place of prayer." Upon this, the verse was revealed: "Take the Station of Ibrahim as a place of prayer." Once, I submitted in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, "O Messenger of Allah! Good and bad people, all kinds, come to you. If you would command the Mothers of the Believers to observe veiling, it would be better." Upon this, Allah revealed the verse of Hijab. Once, I came to know about the displeasure of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with some of his pure wives. I went to each one of them individually and said, "You all should desist, otherwise it may be that their Lord will grant him wives better than you." Until I went to one of the noble wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and she said, "Umar! Is the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) not sufficient to advise his wives that you have come to advise them?" Upon this, Allah the Exalted revealed a verse of the Noble Qur'an with these very words.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "Do not even let your women wear silk garments, because I heard Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate this hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Whoever wears silk in this world will not be able to wear it in the Hereafter.'" After this, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) said, based on his own reasoning, that whoever cannot wear silk in the Hereafter will not enter Paradise, because the Qur'an states that the clothing of the people of Paradise will be of silk. (Note: This was the personal reasoning of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him); the majority of scholars are of the opinion that the prohibition of silk garments is for men, not for women.)

It is narrated from Imam Sha'bi, may Allah have mercy on him, that once Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, passed by Sayyiduna Talha, may Allah be pleased with him, and saw him in a distressed state. He said, "Perhaps you are not pleased with the caliphate of your cousin, that is, me?" He replied, "Allah's refuge! I should never do such a thing. The real matter is that I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say: 'I know a word that if a person says it at the time of death, it will make the soul's departure easy for him, and on the Day of Resurrection it will be a source of light for him.' (I regret that I could not ask the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, about this word, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, himself did not mention it. That is why I am distressed.)" Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "I know that word." (Sayyiduna Abu Talha, may Allah be pleased with him, said 'Alhamdulillah' and asked, "What is that word?") He replied, "It is the same word that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, presented before his uncle, that is, 'La ilaha illallah' (There is no god but Allah)." Sayyiduna Talha, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "You have spoken the truth; you have removed the veil from me. If the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, had known any word superior to this, he would have instructed his uncle with it."

Sayyiduna Ya'la bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that once I performed Tawaf with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). When I reached the Yemeni Corner, I took the hand of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) so that he could perform Istilam. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Have you never performed Tawaf with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)? I said: Why not! He said: Then did you see the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performing Istilam of it? I said: No! He said: Then leave it, for indeed in the person of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) there is a beautiful example for you.

Sayyiduna Abu Wa'il says that Sabi bin Ma'bad was a man from the tribe of Banu Taghlib. He says: I accepted Islam and did not show any shortcoming in striving. Then, when I reached the Miqat, I put on the Ihram for both Hajj and Umrah. When I passed by the place of 'Udhayb near Zaid bin Suhan and Salman bin Rabi'ah, one of them said to the other, "This person is more astray than his camel." Sabi says: This statement made me feel as if my camel was on my neck. When I presented myself before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), I mentioned to him what Zaid and Salman had said. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: There is no consideration for what they said; you have been guided to the Sunnah of your Prophet.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, "O Messenger of Allah! In the days of ignorance, I had vowed to perform i'tikaf for one night in Masjid al-Haram. What should I do now?" He said: "Fulfill your vow."

Sabi bin Ma'bad says that I had recently renounced Christianity. I intended to set out for Jihad or Hajj, so I consulted one of my tribesmen whose name was "Hadeem." He advised me to perform Hajj. I made the intention for both Hajj and Umrah. After that, they narrated the entire hadith.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the prayer during travel is two rak‘ahs, each of the two ‘Eids is two rak‘ahs, and Jumu‘ah is also two rak‘ahs, and all these prayers are complete; there is no shortening in any of them, as has been pronounced by the tongue of Prophethood.

It is narrated from Aslam (may Allah have mercy on him) that once Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave a horse to someone in the way of Allah for riding. Later, he saw that the same horse was being sold in the market. He thought to himself that he should buy it, so he consulted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him from doing so and said: "Do not buy it, and do not take back what you have given in charity."

Qais says: I once saw Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) in a state where he had a branch of a date palm in his hand and he was seating the people and saying, "Listen attentively to the words of the successor of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Meanwhile, the freed slave of our master Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), whose name was "Shadid," came with a paper and read it out to the people, stating that our master Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said in this paper: "The person whose name is written in this (after me will be the caliph), so listen to him and obey him. By Allah! I have exercised complete caution and effort in this matter." Qais says: After the passing of our master Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), I saw our master Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) seated on the pulpit (which meant that our master As-Siddiq Al-Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) had written his name in that paper).