An Incident Of Mixing Water Into Milk

An Incident Of Mixing Water Into Milk

It is said about Hazrat Umar Faruq رضي الله عنه that as a Caliph, he made rounds of the city at night to learn about the problems of his people. He helped the poor and needy and aided the grief-stricken. If he came across anyone doing something wrong, he reformed that person. One night, he was on his usual rounds at the time of Tahajjud, he heard two women in a house speak to each other and he pictured that one of them was an old woman while the other was young. The former said to the latter who was her daughter, "Mix some water into the milk to increase the quantity before we sell it." The young woman said, "Mother, the Commander of Faithful, Umar Faruq, has prohibited every milk-seller from doing so. We must not do it." "The Amir ul Muminin is not here. He cannot see you. No one can see you in this hour of the night if you put some water into the milk." The young woman replied, "Mother! It may be true that the Amir ul Muminin does not watch us but what about his Lord. Is He not watching us? We must not do the wrong thing." Hazrat Umar Faruq رضي الله عنه heard all they had spoken and in the morning enquired about them. Then he sent a proposal of marriage of his son for the young woman and Abdullah bin Umar رضي الله عنه was married to her. His grandson, Umar Bin Abdul Aziz رضي الله عنه, was born from this family and became the fifth Caliph. Returning to the story, the girl was convinced in her heart that even though the Commander of the Faithful did not see, Allah does see everything whether one was all alone and it was pitch dark or not. This behavior is known as Taqwa.