Ibn Sa'd da al-Hakim sun ruwaito cewa Zirr ya ce: Na fita tare da mutanen Madina a ranar Idi, sai na ga Umar yana tafiya babu takalmi, tsoho ne, mai gashin kai da ya zube, launinsa yana tsakanin fari da ja, mai amfani da hagu, dogo, yana fitowa sama da mutane kamar yana kan dabbar hawa. Al-Waqidi ya ce: Ba a sani a wurinmu cewa Umar yana da launin tsakanin fari da ja ba, sai dai idan ya gan shi a shekarar fari, domin launinsa yana canzawa lokacin da yake cin man zaitun.

Ibn Sacd and al-Hakim narrated that Zirr said: I went out with the people of Madinah on the day of cEid and I saw cUmar walking barefoot, an old man, balding, of a tawny colour, left-handed, tall, towering over people as if he were on a riding beast. Al-Waqidi said: It is not known among us that cUmar was tawny, unless he saw him in the year of the drought, because his colour changed when he ate olive oil.

Ibn Sa'd ya ruwaito cewa Ibn 'Umar ya bayyana 'Umar, ya ce: Mutum ne mai fari, mai jan launi ya fi yawa a jikinsa, dogo, mai wuyar gashi a kai, kuma mai launin toka a gashin kansa.

Ibn Sacd narrated that Ibn cUmar described cUmar and said: A man of fair complexion, with a ruddy tint prevailing, tall, balding and grey-haired.