Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34183 — Reports on the virtue of Umar bin

Ma'ruf bin Abi Ma'ruf al-Mawsili (may Allah have mercy on him) reports that when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away, we heard a voice reciting these verses: Let everyone who weeps weep over Islam. They have come near to perishing, though no long time has passed. The world has ended, and the best man of the world has gone. He who had certainty of its promises is distressed today.