Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 36117 — Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)

Sayyiduna Tariq bin Shihab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Syria, he delivered a sermon to the people in which he said: "Let no one slacken the rein of his horse among the people." Then the next day a boy was carried to him whom a horse had kicked. Sayyiduna Umar said to him: "Did you not hear what I said yesterday?" He said: "O Commander of the Faithful, I heard what you said." Sayyiduna Umar said: "Then why did you do such a thing?" He said: "I saw the road empty, so I slackened the animal's rope." Then Sayyiduna Umar turned to the people and said: "Which two men will take him out of the mosque and punish him?" Hearing this, no one answered. Sayyiduna Umar repeated what he had said, and Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Commander of the Faithful, the people do not like their companion to be disgraced in this way." Then Sayyiduna Umar said to the boy's relatives: "Take him and have him treated. By Allah, if anything happens to him, I will make you an example." Then the boy recovered and Allah Almighty granted him well-being.