One afternoon a Roman emissary arrived in Madinah on important diplomatic business with the Caliph. When he enquired as to the whereabouts of Umar (RA), he was directed to a man sleeping peacefully under a tree: with no bodyguards, no weapons, no fortifications and no security. The Roman messenger marvelled at this sight: the sight of the leader of millions of people sleeping peacefully under a tree without a care in the world. He then remarked his famous words that remain etched into history until today: “O Umar! You ruled. You were just. Thus you were safe. And thus you slept.”
Source: Babar Ahmed, The Stone of Justice
Note: If someone can find the proper source of the story, I'd really appreciate it. I'll look for it as well.
Note (added Feb 13): The story is on Wikipedia as well.
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7 comments:
wow, that's amazing!
subhanallah
Tareq Suwaidan mentioned this story during RIS.
Thanks Hafsa!
SubhanAllah.
A righteous person tends to be blessed with a peaceful sleep.
http://sairastar.blogspot.com/2007/12/potential-solution-to-sleep-problems.html
Asalaamu alikum,
May Allah bless us with leaders like Umar (RA).
Jazak'allah for this beautiful blog- its a great resource on a personality I love to learn about.
I'm waiting for Abu Bakr (RA), Uthman (RA) and Ali (RA) blogs to appear in time insha'allah...(!)
Don't be sad
Good Job! :)
We know something amazing is expected when we speak about Umar (RA).
What an inspirational character
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