As his death approached, Abdul Malik ibn Marwan, the Umayyad Caliph, saw a launderer in the outskirts of Damascus wrapping the clothes around his hand and thrashing them against a washing rock. Heaving an agonizing sigh upon suddenly remembering the terrifying tribunal of the Hereafter, the Caliph lamented: If only I too was a launderer! If only I earned my daily feed with my hands and did not have any say in worldly affairs Source: Ghazzalis Ihya.... (Contemplation in Islam by Nuri Toqbas)
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