Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1777b

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"Abu Sa'id, the freedman of Abu Usayd, said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab used to inspect the mosque after 'Isha'. He would not see anyone in it except that he removed him, except a man standing and praying. He passed by a group of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, among them Ubayy ibn Ka'b, and said: 'Who are these?' Ubayy said: 'A group from your people, O Commander of the Faithful.' He said: 'What kept you behind after the prayer?' He said: 'We sat remembering Allah.' He sat with them, then said to the one nearest him: 'Take.' He said: 'He called, and asked them to recite, a man after a man (calling them) until he reached me while I was beside him, and he said: 'Begin.' I came forward, and a trembling seized me until he sensed it in me. He said: 'If only you would say: O Allah, forgive us, O Allah, have mercy on us.' () Then 'Umar wept, and there was no one among the people with more tears than him, nor with greater weeping than him. Then he said: 'Enough now, disperse.'"

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