Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (Radi Allahu Anhu), out of the fe...
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7 June, 2025

Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (Radi Allahu Anhu), out of the fear of Allah, used to say often:

"O, I wish my mother had never given birth to me! I wish I were a forgotten memory, a thing of the past."

(Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Kitab az-Zuhd: 8/152)

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