Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 36108 — Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)

Azrah bin Qays al-Bajali said: When Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) dismissed Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) and appointed Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) as governor over Syria, Sayyiduna Khalid delivered a sermon. He praised and glorified Allah Almighty and said: "The Commander of the Faithful appointed me as governor over Syria, and then, when only butter and honey remained, he dismissed me and preferred someone else over me." At this a man stood up and said: "Be patient, O commander, for this is a tribulation." Sayyiduna Khalid said: "As long as Sayyiduna Umar is alive, there will be no tribulation. But then, when the people are left without a leader, until a man comes to a land seeking in it what is not in his own land, and he does not find it."