The death of a thousand worshipers is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who has knowledge of what Allah has permitted and forbidden.

—’Umar Ibn Al-Khattab [d. 23AH]

Miftah Dar as-Sa’adah, 1/122; Fara’id al-Kalam, p. 157.

(Read on pg. 333, Dr. ‘Ali Muhammad as-Sallabi, ‘Umar Ibn Al-Khattab: His Life & Times Vol. 1. International Islamic Publishing House. Riyadh:2007 .)