“Keep my cheek on the ground…” the last words of Umar

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Uthman ibn Affan  said:

I was the last to see Umar ibn al-Khattaibn I called upon him and saw his head on the lap of his son Abdullah, while he was weary. He told his son: “Keep my cheek on the ground.” 

Abdullah refused, so he said: “Keep my cheek on the ground.” 

Abdullah refused, so he said: “Keep my cheek on the ground, you motherless one.” 

So he kept his (Umar’s) cheek on the ground, and then Umar said: “O my mother! Woe to me, my mother! I am not forgiven (by Allah).” 

He went on saying that till he died.

Reference : Al-Amali, The Dictations of Shaykh al-Mufid