Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34179 — Reports on the virtue of Umar bin

Yunus (may Allah have mercy on him) reports that al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) would sometimes mention Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and say: By Allah, although he was not among the first to accept Islam, nor the most excellent of them in spending in the path of Allah, he surpassed people in abstinence from the world. He was strict in the matter of the religion of Allah, and he did not fear the blame of any blamer concerning Allah.