Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34170 — Reports on the virtue of Umar bin

Malik al-Dar (may Allah have mercy on him), who was the treasurer of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) over the food department, reports that the people were afflicted by drought in the time of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). A man came to the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Ask for rain for your nation, for it has perished!" Then someone came to the man in a dream, and he was told: "Go to Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), convey the greeting of peace to him, and tell him that you people will be given rain, and say to him: 'Upon you is prudence! Upon you is prudence!'" The man came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and informed him of this dream. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep and then said: "O my Lord! I fall short in nothing except what I am unable to do."