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392 – Yaḥyā ibn ʿImrān narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Ṭalḥah narrated to us; from al-Hujayʿ ibn Qays, who said that ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb declared: “I sometimes compel myself to engage in marital relations, hoping that a soul will come forth from me that glorifies Allah Most High.”
٣٩٢ - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ، عَنِ الْهُجَيْعِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ﵁: «إِنِّي لَأُكْرِهُ نَفْسِي عَلَى الْجِمَاعِ كَيْ تَخْرُجَ مِنِّي نَسَمَةٌ تُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى»