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troubles? Surely he would help you
if you go to him,”
‘Umar [r] said to
her, with tears in his eyes.
The woman replied quite sternly,
“
Well, if he is our Khalif he must
keep himself informed about us,and
further, he should come to us
instead of us having to go to him.”
‘Umar [r] was shocked when he
heard what the lady said. He ran
immediately to the
Bayt al-Mal
and
put some dates, flour, meat, butter,
sugar, and a few other things, in a
bag.
As he was going to take it back to
the lady, one of his servants
stopped him and offered to carry
the bag for him. “
l shall carry the
bag myself
,” said ‘Umar [r]. “
On the
Day of Judgement you will not be
able to carry my burdens for me, so
there is no reason why you should
