‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb [may Allāh be pleased with him] said:
“The death of a thousand worshippers; who fast during the day and stand [in prayer] during the night is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who possesses [knowledge and] insight pertaining to what Allāh has made lawful and unlawful.”
Jāmi’ Bayān ul-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi, 1/127 | Al-Hāfidh ibn Abdil-Barr [may Allāh have mercy on him]