omars knowledge of those of his workers and subjects who were far from him was like his knowledge of those who slept with him in the same bed and on the same pillow. he did not have a worker or army commander in any country or region except that he had an eye on him that never left him no matter what he found. so the words of those in the east and the west were with him every evening and morning.
فإن عمر كان علمه بمن نأى عنه من عماله ورعيته كعلمه بمن بات معه في مهاد واحد، وعلى وساد واحد. فلم يكن له في قطر من الأقطار، ولا ناحية من النواحي عامل ولا أمير جيش إلا وعليه له عين لا يفارقه ما وجده. فكانت ألفاظ من بالمشرق والمغرب عنده في كل ممس ومصبح.