A man came to Umar to ask him for something. Umar began to look at the man's head one moment, and at his feet another, to see if he showed any sign of poverty.Then Umar asked him, "How much wealth do you have?"The man replied, "Forty camels."Ibn Abbas said, "I then said, 'Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth. If the son of Adam had two valleys of gold, he would seek a third. Nothing fills the belly of the son of Adam except dust, and Allah turns in mercy to whoever repents.'"Umar said, "What is this?"I replied, "This is how Ubayy recited it to me."Umar said, "Then come with us to him."So he went to Ubayy and asked, "What is this man saying?"Ubayy answered, "This is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited it to me."Umar asked, "Shall I record it then?"Ubayy said, "Yes."So he recorded it.
جاء رجل إلى عمر يسأله، فجعل ينظر إلى رأسه مرة، وإلى رجليه أخرى، هل يرى عليه من البؤس شيئا؟ ثم قال له عمر: كم مالك؟ قال: أربعون من الإبل. قال ابن عباس: فقلت: صدق الله ورسوله، لو كان لابن آدم واديان من ذهب لابتغى الثالث، ولا يملأ جوف ابن آدم إلا التراب ويتوب الله على من تاب، فقال عمر: ما هذا؟ فقلت: هكذا أقرأنيها أبي، قال: فمر بنا إليه، قال: فجاء إلى أبي، فقال: ما يقول هذا؟ قال أبي: هكذا أقرأنيها رسول الله ﷺ، قال: أفأثبتها؟ قال: نعم، فأثبتها.
Ahmad narrated it (21111), and Ibn Hibban graded it sahih (3237), both by way of Abu Muawiya, from Abu Ishaq Shaybani (whose name was Sulayman bin Abu Sulayman Kufi), from Yazid bin Asam, from Ibn Abbas, who related it. Its chain of transmission is sahih.