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Al-Hasan relates that ʿUmar—may Allah have mercy on him—would think of one of his brethren during the night and exclaim, “How long this night is!” When he had performed the dawn prayer, he would go straight to him, and upon meeting him would either clasp him to his chest or embrace him.
٦٤٨ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أبِي، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَمَّارٍ الْمَعْوَلِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ (رحمه الله) كَانَ يَذْكُرُ الْأَخَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ بِاللَّيْلِ، فَيَقُولُ: «مَا أَطْوَلَهَا مِنْ لَيْلَةٍ» فَإِذَا ⦗١٠٢⦘ صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ غَدَا إِلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا لَقِيَهُ؛ الْتَزَمَهُ، أَوِ اعْتَنَقَهُ