than wrestling with the iron shackles of Hellfire.

Marwān ibn Muʿāwiyah narrated—from an unnamed informant—who said:
“The lamp in the house of ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz stood upon three cane stalks with a clod of clay packed over them.”

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Idrīs transmitted from his father, from Azhar—one of his companions—who said:
“I saw ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz preaching at Khunāṣirah (1) while his shirt was patched.”

Marwān ibn Muḥammad said: Muḥammad ibn Muhājir related to us, and my brother ʿAmr related to me:
“ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz used to wear the cloak of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and would take his staff in hand on the day of ʿĪd.”

Muʿarrif ibn Wāṣil said:
“I saw ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz arrive in Mecca wearing two green garments.”

Al-Walīd ibn Abī Sāʾib said:
“ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz once possessed a dust-colored khazz gown, a yellow khazz gown, and a khazz mantle, but he later abandoned them all.”

Al-Wāqidī reported: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Muhājir:
“I saw ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz deliver the first sermon seated, holding a staff that he rested across his thigh; people claimed it was the staff of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When he finished that sermon, he fell silent.

Then he would stand and deliver the second sermon leaning on the staff; if he became tired he stopped leaning and held it upright, and when he entered the prayer he placed it beside him.”

And in al-Zuhd by Ibn al-Mubārak it is related: Ibrāhīm ibn Nashīṭ informed us, Sulaymān ibn Ḥumayd narrated from Abū ʿUbaydah ibn ʿUqbah ibn Nāfiʿ:
“that he entered upon Fāṭimah bint ʿAbd al-Malik …”