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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Hathma that Umar ibn al-Khattab missed Sulayman ibn Abi Hathma in the subh prayer. In the morning he went to the market, and Sulayman's house was between the market and the Prophet's mosque. He passed ash-Shifa, Sulayman's mother, and said to her, "I did not see Sulayman at subh." She replied, "He spent the night in prayer and his eyes overcame him. Umar said, "I would rather be present at subh than stand the whole night in prayer

وحدثني عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن ابي بكر بن سليمان بن ابي حثمة، ان عمر بن الخطاب، فقد سليمان بن ابي حثمة في صلاة الصبح وان عمر بن الخطاب غدا الى السوق - ومسكن سليمان بين السوق والمسجد النبوي - فمر على الشفاء ام سليمان فقال لها لم ار سليمان في الصبح فقالت انه بات يصلي فغلبته عيناه . فقال عمر لان اشهد صلاة الصبح في الجماعة احب الى من ان اقوم ليلة