I do not feel sad about leaving anything in this world except fasting in the hot days of summer, and standing in prayer during the night.

— ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar, when death came to him

(At-Tabaqat, Ibn Sa’d)

(Read on pg 24, Mohsen Shaker al-Bayoumi, Slaves of the All-Merciful. Ta-Ha Publishers. London: 2005.)