Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34190 — Reports on the virtue of Umar bin

Rib'i (may Allah have mercy on him) reports: I heard Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: In the time of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), Islam was like nothing but a man coming toward you, who grows nearer day by day. Then, when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, it became like a man going away, who grows more distant day by day.