An Address at Medina Upon his Return
Hazrat Umar (ra) entered Masjid Nabawi and offered two rak‘aat of prayer near the pulpit. He then stood at the pulpit and people gathered around him. Hazrat Umar (ra) stood up and after praising Allah the Almighty and invoking salutations upon the Holy Prophet (sa), he stated:
“O people! Indeed, Allah the Almighty has bestowed His blessings upon this ummah, so that people may offer praise to Him and express their gratitude to Him. Allah has honoured the message of this ummah and united the people together. He has established victory for them and granted them help against the enemy. He conferred honour upon them, established them in the land and granted them the land, property and wealth of the idolaters. Thus, continue to express gratitude to Allah the Almighty and He will grant you manifold in return. Praise Allah the Almighty for the bounties He has blessed you with and He will continue granting these to you. May Allah enable us all to be from among those who are grateful to Him.”
After this, Hazrat Umar (ra) descended from the pulpit.
(Al-Iktifa bima Tadmanuhu min Maghazi Rasul Allah wa al-Thalathah al-Khulafa, Vol. 2, Chapter 1, pp. 305-306, Alam al-Kutub, Beirut, 1997)