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the Commander of the Believers!
”
Could it be? Yes, it was ‘Umar [r]
making his way out of the city.
And so the long Journey to
Jerusalem began for the
Khalif
and
his single slave. They would take
turns riding the camel, first one then
the other riding while his companion
walked by his side. They ate the
same simple food together, and
when they passed the cities, towns
and villages very few could tell the
difference between the great
Khalif
and his slave. But after all, this is
what the blessed Prophet [s] always
taught his Companions, that, “
...we
are all equal in the sight of Allah...
and we are all children of the same
parents, Adam and Hawwa [a].
”
Jerusalem was in sight and ‘Umar
[r] removed his sandals and hung
them over his broad, powerful
shoulders. It had been raining the
