An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
11. Islamic Values
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who never makes unreasonable demands of
anyone.”
(AL-BIDAYAH
WA
AL-NIHAYAH)
SHOWING TOLERANCE AND
UNDERSTANDING
Abu Hurayrah recounts how a villager, on entering
the Prophet’s mosque in Madinah, started
urinating. People came running to give him a
beating, but the Prophet told them to desist, and
said that the place, which had been defiled, should
be cleaned by pouring water over it from a vessel.
“You have been sent, not to make things difficult
for people, but to make things easy.”
(AL-BUKHARI,
SAHIH)
BEING METHODICAL
During the caliphate of Umar, Abu Hurayrah
brought 800,000 dirhams from Abu Musa Ashari to
Madinah. After the morning prayer, Umar
informed the Muslims about this new intake of
revenue. “In all of Islamic history, we have not, till
now, received such a sum of money. In my opinion,
