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with too little.
“
Oh they have plenty, they have
enough! Please don’t worry
!” said
‘Umar [r].
“
But how much?
” persisted the
Blessed Prophet [s]. “
As much as I
have brought you!
” ‘Umar [r]
replied. “
I divided everything up.
Half to us, and half to the cause of
Allah.
”
Nabi
Muhammad [s] smiled and
nodded with approval.
Now up stepped Abu Bakr [r]. He
placed the small amount he had
brought before
Nabi
Muhammad [s]
who asked him the same question
he had asked ‘Umar [r]. “
And what
have you left behind for your fami-
ly?
”
Abu Bakr [r] looked away. He really
did not want to say that he had left
