Muwatta Malik #1041
Jihad
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، كَانَ يَحْمِلُ فِي الْعَامِ الْوَاحِدِ عَلَى أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفِ بَعِيرٍ يَحْمِلُ الرَّجُلَ إِلَى الشَّامِ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ وَيَحْمِلُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ إِلَى الْعِرَاقِ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ احْمِلْنِي وَسُحَيْمًا . فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ نَشَدْتُكَ اللَّهَ أَسُحَيْمٌ زِقٌّ قَالَ لَهُ نَعَمْ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Umar ibn
al-Khattab in one year gave 40,000 camels as mounts. Sometimes he
would give one man a camel to himself. Sometimes he would give one
camel between two men to take them to Iraq. A man from Iraq came to
him and said, "Give Suhaym and I a mount.''Umar ibn al-Khattab said to
him,"l demand from you, by Allah!, is Suhaym a water skin?" He said,
"Yes."
About Muwatta Malik
This hadith is #1041 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Jihad.