Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34172 — Reports on the virtue of Umar bin

Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) reports that the people of Najran came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and requested: "O Commander of the Faithful! Your writing an order with your own hand and your interceding with your own tongue would be a favour. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) expelled us from our land. Send us back there." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to them: "Woe to you! Surely Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was upon sound judgment in the matter, and I shall never change anything that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) decided."