An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
13. Justice
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duties, he would say to him:
“I did not appoint you to lord over the Muslims so
that you could indulge in carnage and despoil them
of their honour and their property. I appointed you
to establish prayer, to distribute the spoils of war
and to make just decisions concerning them.”
(AL-BAYHAQI,
AL-SUNAN AL-KUBRA)
Abu Hasin relates how Umar used to tell newly
appointed officials to make the Qur’an their greatest
pre-occupation and to place less emphasis on
relating the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad:
“And I am with you,” he would add.
(AL-TABARANI)
NO ADVERSE REACTION TO RUDE
BEHAVIOUR
Anas ibn Malik tells of how, once, when he and the
Prophet, who was garbed in a thick-bordered
Abyssinian shawl, were walking along together,
they came across a man of rustic appearance, who
came up to them and caught hold of the Prophet’s
shawl. He pulled at it with such force that marks
