Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34150 — Reports on the virtue of Umar bin

Wasil (may Allah have mercy on him) reports that Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We used to say among ourselves that the devils were surely bound in shackles in the time of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Then, when he passed away, they scattered.