وَعَنِ الْمُطَّلَبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ وَاقِفًا بِعَرَفَاتٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ حِينَ تَدَلَّتْ مِثْلَ التُّرْسِ لِلْغُرُوبِ فَبَكَى وَاشْتَدَّ بُكَاؤُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَدْ وَقَفْتَ مَعِيَ مِرَارًا لَمْ تَصْنَعْ هَذَا فَقَالَ ذَكَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ بِمَكَانِي هَذَا فَقَالَ ”أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ دُنْيَاكُمْ فِيمَا مَضَى مِنْهَا إِلَّا كَمَا بَقِيَ مِنْ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا فِيمَا مَضَى مِنْهُ“
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was standing in the plain of Arafat, and when the sun, at the time of sunset, appeared like a shield, he began to weep and wept profusely. A man standing near him said: O Abu Abdur Rahman! You have stood with me many times, but you have never done this before. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to my mind, when he stood here in my place, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O people! The proportion of the remaining time of the world compared to the time that has passed is like the proportion of the remaining part of today compared to the part that has already passed.