in a striped cloak: if his head was covered with it, his feet were exposed, and if his feet were covered with it, his head was exposed. He said—and I believe he also said—“Hamzah was killed, and he was better than I, yet nothing was found in which to shroud him except a striped cloak. Then worldly provisions were spread out for us as they were spread out—or he said: we were given of this world what we were given—and we feared that our good deeds had been hastened for us.” Then he wept until he left the food untouched. (1)

Jabir ibn Abdullah said: Umar ibn al-Khattab saw a piece of meat hanging from my hand and said, “What is this, Jabir?” I replied, “I craved some meat, so I bought it.” Umar said, “Will you buy something whenever you crave it, Jabir? Do you not fear this verse: ‘You exhausted your good things in your worldly life’?” (2)