[Machine] Bilal came to Umar while he was in Sham, and the commanders of the armies were sitting around him. Bilal said, "O Umar, here I am, Umar!" Bilal then said, "You are between Allah and these people, and there is no one between you and Allah. Look to your right, to your left, in front of you, and behind you. These people around you only eat the meat of birds." Umar said, "You are right, I swear by Allah, I will not leave this gathering until you assign food and portion of oil and vinegar for every Muslim man." They said, "This is up to you, O Amir al-Mu'minin, Allah has indeed expanded our provision and increased our goodness."  

جَاءَ بِلَالٌ إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ وَهُوَ بِالشَّامِ وَحَوْلَهُ أُمَرَاءُ الْأَجْنَادِ جُلُوسٌ فَقَالَ «يَا عُمَرُ» هَا أَنَا عُمَرُ فَقَالَ بِلَالٌ «إِنَّكَ بَيْنَ اللهِ وَبَيْنَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ اللهِ أَحَدٌ فَانْظُرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَعَنْ شِمَالِكَ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَمِنْ خَلْفِكَ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ حَوْلَكَ إِنْ يَأْكُلُونَ إِلَّا لُحُومَ الطَّيْرِ» فَقَالَ صَدَقْتَ وَاللهِ لَا أَقُومُ مِنْ مَجْلِسِي هَذَا حَتَّى تُكَلِّفُونَ لِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ طَعَامَهُ وَحَظَّهُ مِنَ الزَّيْتِ وَالْخَلِّ فَقَالُوا هَذَا إِلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَدْ أَوْسَعَ اللهُ عَلَيْنَا فِي الرِّزْقِ وَأَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ