The Story of Caliph Omar(R) and the Poor Woman

Answer: Hazrat Omar (R) was the second Caliph of Islam. He is well-known to all of us for his nobility and justice. As a great Muslim ruler, his fame spread all over the world.

Hazrat Omar (R) used to go out at night to see the condition of his country man. One night he was passing by the house of a window. The widow’s children were crying very loudly. The Caliph reached the house and knocked at the door. He asked her why the children were crying. The poor woman replied that they were crying for food. She also told Caliph that she was pretending to prepare food for them. But she was boiling only water. There was no food in her house.

The Caliph Omar (R) became very much shocked at this. The kind Caliph rushed to the Baitulmal at once. He himself put a sack full of rice on his shoulder and started for the widow’s house.

On the way he met one of his servants. The servant recognized Caliph and told –

“Master, let me carry your burden.”

The Caliph replied: “Not at all, for who will carry the burden of my sins on the Day of Judgment?