This same hadith is also narrated through another chain, as mentioned in the text.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I gave a horse to someone in the way of Allah for riding, but he wasted it. I thought of buying it back, because I thought he would sell it cheaply. But I consulted the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Do not buy it, even if he gives it to you in exchange for money, because the example of one who takes back his charity is like a dog that vomits and then licks it up again.

Abu Ubaid says that once, on the occasion of Eid, I was present in the service of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He came and first led the prayer, then turned towards the people and, delivering the sermon, said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade fasting on these days. On the day of Eid al-Fitr, because on that day your fasting ends, and on the day of Eid al-Adha, so that you may eat the meat of your sacrificial animal.

Sayyiduna Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was a man of great protective jealousy. When he would go out for prayer, Atika bint Zaid would also follow behind him. He did not like her going out, but he also did not like to stop her. And he used to narrate this hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "When your women seek permission from you to go to the mosque for prayer, do not stop them."

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say that if it were not for the consideration of the Muslims who would come later, then every town and city that was conquered, I would have distributed it among the conquerors just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed Khaybar.

Abu Al-Ajfa’ Salmi says that once I heard Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) repeatedly saying: O people! Do not set high dowries for your wives, because if this was a matter of honor in this world or counted as piety in the sight of Allah, then the Prophet (peace be upon him) would have been the most deserving of it. Yet, the dowry of none of the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) wives or daughters was more than twelve uqiyah. And a man is tested by the dowry of his wife, which later proves to be enmity against himself, and a man even goes so far as to say: I have been forced to bring you even the rope used to tie the mouth of a waterskin. Abu Al-Ajfa’ (the narrator) says: Since I was among those slaves of Arabia who were called“Mawalladeen,”I did not know the meaning of“‘alaq al-qirbah”(the rope used to tie the mouth of a waterskin) until then. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The second thing is that when a person is killed during jihad or dies a natural death, you people say that so-and-so has been martyred, so-and-so departed from this world as a martyr, whereas it is also possible that he had hidden gold or silver in the back of his mount or under the saddle, with which he intended to trade. Therefore, do not say with certainty about anyone that he is a martyr; however, you can say that whoever is killed or dies in the way of Allah (he is a martyr) and will enter Paradise, as the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to say.

Abu Firas says that once Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon and said: O people! As long as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was among us, revelation continued to descend and Allah kept informing us about your conditions, so we recognized you accordingly. Now, since the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has departed and the series of revelation has ended, we will now recognize you by those things which we tell you. Whoever among you displays goodness, we will think well of him and love him, and whoever displays evil, we will not think well of him and will dislike him on that basis. Your hidden secrets will be between you and your Lord. Remember! There was a time upon me when I used to think that whoever recites the Noble Qur’an to attain Allah and His blessings, he presents the imagination of the Hereafter before me. Remember! There are some people who seek the wealth and riches of people through the recitation of the Noble Qur’an. You should seek Allah through your recitation, seek Allah through your deeds, and remember! I have not sent my appointed governors to you so that they may flay your skins and seize your wealth and riches. Rather, I have sent them to you so that they may teach you your religion and the Sunnahs of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). If anyone has been dealt with otherwise, he should present it before me. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, I will surely take retribution for him. Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Amr ibn al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) jumped forward and said: O Commander of the Faithful! If a man is made responsible over the people and he gives some punishment to teach them manners, will you also take retribution from him? He replied: Yes! By the One in Whose Hand is Umar’s soul, I will take retribution from him as well. I have seen the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) himself giving retribution on his own behalf. Remember! Do not humiliate the Muslims by beating them, do not put them on coals so as to put them to trial, do not withhold their rights so as to force them to adopt disbelief, and do not anger them so as to ruin them.

The narration about not fixing a high dowry, which has just been mentioned, is also reported through another chain of transmission.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Mulaika (may Allah be pleased with him) says that one day we were sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) waiting for the funeral of Sayyiduna Uthman's (may Allah be pleased with him) daughter, Umm Aban. Amr bin Uthman was also there. Meanwhile, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was brought by his guide, perhaps he had informed him about the gathering of Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). So he came and sat next to me, and I was between the two of them. Suddenly, the sound of weeping came from the house. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say that the deceased is punished because of the weeping of his family over him, and he had this hadith conveyed to the family. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Once we reached the place of Baida with the Commander of the Faithful, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), when he saw a man standing under the shade of a tree. He said to me: Go and find out who this man is. I went and found that it was Sayyiduna Suhaib (may Allah be pleased with him). I returned and said: You asked me to find out about a certain man; he is Suhaib. He said: Tell him to come to us. I said: His family is with him. He said: Even if his family is with him, bring him. Anyway, a few days after reaching Madinah Munawwarah, the Commander of the Faithful was attacked. When Sayyiduna Suhaib (may Allah be pleased with him) found out, he came and upon seeing Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), he began to say: Alas, my brother! Alas, my friend! Upon this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said that the deceased is punished because of the weeping of his relatives over him? Abdullah bin Abi Mulaika (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Once I was present in the service of Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) and mentioned to her this statement of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). She said: By Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say that the deceased is punished because of someone’s weeping. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that Allah increases the punishment of the disbeliever because of the weeping of his family. It is Allah who makes one laugh and cry, and it is also a principle that no person bears the burden of another. Ibn Abi Mulaika (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Sayyiduna Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him), the nephew of Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), informed me that when Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) learned of this statement of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and his son, she said: Those from whom you narrate the hadith were neither liars nor can they be rejected, but sometimes a person makes a mistake in hearing.

This narration is also reported through another chain, however, in this version it is also mentioned that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, said to Amr bin Uthman, who was right in front of him, "Why do you not stop these women who are weeping?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The deceased is punished because of the weeping of his family over him."