The khilafa of the great grand son of Umar ibn Khattab:
Umar ibn Abdul Aziz,
It was related that a poor Arabian came to ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Aziz and said: “O Amir of the Believers I came to you out of poverty, I have nothing left and Allah will question you about me on the Day of Judgment.”
‘Umar was shaken out of fear of Allah and said to him: “Repeat what you have just said.” The man did. ‘Umar, may Allah raise his rank, bent his head down-words and cried until the floor underneath him was soaked. He ordered his workers to give that man three hundred, and to each one of his daughters one hundred – he had eight daughters –. On top of that he gave him one hundred and said: “I gave you this one hundred from my own money, go and spend it on your needs until it is time for the charities (sadaqat), you would then take from them along with Muslims.”
Umar ibn Abdul Aziz,
It was related that a poor Arabian came to ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Aziz and said: “O Amir of the Believers I came to you out of poverty, I have nothing left and Allah will question you about me on the Day of Judgment.”
‘Umar was shaken out of fear of Allah and said to him: “Repeat what you have just said.” The man did. ‘Umar, may Allah raise his rank, bent his head down-words and cried until the floor underneath him was soaked. He ordered his workers to give that man three hundred, and to each one of his daughters one hundred – he had eight daughters –. On top of that he gave him one hundred and said: “I gave you this one hundred from my own money, go and spend it on your needs until it is time for the charities (sadaqat), you would then take from them along with Muslims.”
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