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*The Happiest Woman in the World*
*(A Treasure Chest of Reminders)*
*Part 4 of 12*
*THE SOUL DESERVES MORE CARE THAN THE BODY*
"My mercy prevails over My wrath." (Hadīth)
When 'Umar Ibn Abd al-'Aziz was caliph, he ordered a man to buy him a garment for eight dirhams. The man bought it and brought it to him. 'Umar placed his hand on it and said: "How lovely and soft it is!" The man who had brought it smiled, and 'Umar asked him, "Why are you smiling?" He said: "Because, O' Amīr al-Mu'minīn (leader of believers), before you became caliph, you ordered me to buy a silk cloak for you, and I bought it for one thousand dirhams, but you put your hand on it and said, 'How rough it is!' Today you find an eight-dirham garment soft."
'Umar said: "I don't think that a man who buys a garment for one thousand dirhams fears Allāh." Then he said: "I have an ambitious soul. Every time it attains one position, it looks for something higher. I became governor, then I wanted to become caliph. Now I have become caliph, and my soul is longing for something greater than that, namely Paradise."
"Judging people is not our responsibility. It is not our duty to think of punishing others."
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur-ān 51:55)
*The Happiest Woman in the World*
*(A Treasure Chest of Reminders)*
*Part 4 of 12*
*THE SOUL DESERVES MORE CARE THAN THE BODY*
"My mercy prevails over My wrath." (Hadīth)
When 'Umar Ibn Abd al-'Aziz was caliph, he ordered a man to buy him a garment for eight dirhams. The man bought it and brought it to him. 'Umar placed his hand on it and said: "How lovely and soft it is!" The man who had brought it smiled, and 'Umar asked him, "Why are you smiling?" He said: "Because, O' Amīr al-Mu'minīn (leader of believers), before you became caliph, you ordered me to buy a silk cloak for you, and I bought it for one thousand dirhams, but you put your hand on it and said, 'How rough it is!' Today you find an eight-dirham garment soft."
'Umar said: "I don't think that a man who buys a garment for one thousand dirhams fears Allāh." Then he said: "I have an ambitious soul. Every time it attains one position, it looks for something higher. I became governor, then I wanted to become caliph. Now I have become caliph, and my soul is longing for something greater than that, namely Paradise."
"Judging people is not our responsibility. It is not our duty to think of punishing others."
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur-ān 51:55)
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