When Umar returned to Medina from Shaam, he went among the people to learn about their condition, he passed by the tent of an aged lady.
He went to her and she asked: “O man, what has Umar achieved?” Umar replied: “He has just returned from Shaam.”
She said: “May God not keep him secure.”
Umar asked: “Woe on you, why?”
She replied: “Because since he came on the seat of Caliphate, till now, by God, I have not received any stipend from him.”
Umar said: “Woe upon you, how can Umar know about your condition, while you are living in this remote place?”
The old woman said: “How nice of a person to be the ruler when he does not know what goes in his kingdom!”
He (the narrator) says: Umar came out from there while wailing: “Woe on Umar! Woe upon him for the complaints. O Umar all are more knowledgeable than you.” It is mentioned in another report: “O Umar, all are knowledgeable, except you; even old ladies.”
(Riyazun Nazara, 2:57 [2/332]; Al-Futuhatul Islamiyya, 2:408 [2/261]; Nurul Absar, 65 [Pg. 133])
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