Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37163 — The words of Umar bin al-Khattab

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Tariq bin Shihab (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: When Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived in al-Sham, the troops came to him, and he (may Allah be pleased with him) was wearing (at that time) a lower garment, two leather socks and a turban, and he (may Allah be pleased with him) was holding the head of his camel and wading through the water. The people said: O Commander of the Believers, the armies are meeting you, and the patricians (Byzantine commanders) of al-Sham are meeting you, and you are in this state! The narrator said: At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We are a people whom Allah Almighty has honoured through Islam, so we will never seek honour through anything else.