Is it true that Omar bin Abdul Aziz cried one night until he made his household cry, due to his remembrance of the people's destiny on the Day of Judgment, and then he screamed and fainted?
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The story of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz crying and his household crying after him has been mentioned in several sources and narrated by Ibn Abi al-Dunya with his chain of transmission. The story clarifies that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz wept upon remembering "the departure of the people from before God: a group in Paradise and a group in the Blazing Fire." There is no need to scrutinize the chain of transmission for such stories, as they are from the stories of tender hearts (raqa'iq) that are narrated for admonition and reflection.
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