[Machine] "The long sea stretched out this night, and its side turned black, causing me sleeplessness because my beloved is not with me to entertain him. Umar ibn Al-Khattab asked Hafsah bint Umar, 'How long can a woman bear separation from her husband?' She replied, 'Six or four months.' Umar said, 'I will not confine the army more than this.'"
[البحر الطويل] تَطَاوَلَ هَذَا اللَّيْلُ وَاسْوَدَّ جَانِبُهْ وَأَرَّقَنِي أَنْ لَا حَبِيبَ أُلَاعِبُهْ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ لِحَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ ؓ كَمْ أَكْثَرُ مَا تَصْبِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ عَنْ زَوْجِهَا؟ فَقَالَتْ سِتَّةُ أَوْ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لَا أَحْبِسُ الْجَيْشَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ هَذَا