‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Azīz [d. 101H/719CE] used to gather a group of theologians every evening, who would discuss with him matters related to death, the Judgment Day, and the Hereafter. As a result, they used to cry so much as if they were in a funeral crying over a dead man.
(Fayyad ibn Mohammad on the authority of Ata’a)
I have heard Al-Qadah mentioning that whenever death is mentioned in front of ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Azīz he used to shudder just like a bird. He also used to cry so deeply until his tears would run down his beard.
—’Abdullah b. Az-Zubair