Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34147 — Reports on the virtue of Umar bin

Zirr (may Allah have mercy on him) reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man met a devil in one of the streets of Madinah. The two seized each other, and then the devil was thrown down. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked who that man was. He said: "Whom do you suppose it could be other than Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)?"