1055 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: I was informed by Abū Bakr ibn Abī al-Aswad; Bakkār ibn Sufyān narrated to us, from ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUqayl ibn Shumayr al-Riyāḥī, from his father, who said:

ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar once drank some cold water and started to weep, his weeping growing intense. Someone asked him, “What makes you cry?” He answered, “I remembered a verse in the Book of Allah—Exalted is He—‘And a barrier will be set between them and what they desire’ (Sabaʾ 34:54). I realized that the people of the Fire long for nothing except cold water, and Allah—Exalted is He—has also said: ‘Pour upon us some water, or whatever Allah has provided for you’ (al-Aʿrāf 7:50).”