Quote · During the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab RA
I have never seen a day like this before. We are here and these slaves have been given precedence over us.
Said on seeing Bilal, Suhayb al-Rumi, Ibn Mas'ud, and others once considered low in status given precedence in the line to see Umar RA, while he and Suhayl had to wait.
Saying · During the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab RA
I can see the anger in your face, but if you wish to be angry, then be angry at yourself. For they were called to Islam and we too were called to Islam, but they raced forward and we lagged behind. And the blessings they obtained in racing forward are far more than the honor of them entering the door of Umar before us now. If you cannot catch up with them, the least you can do is to exert yourself in jihad fi sabilillah, so that at least we can try to come close.