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Once... 

when Hz Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was the Khalifah...

Hz. Umar al-Faruq (RA) is saying, one day he saw that Hz. Abu Bakr was going somewhere, and he followed him from a distance. He saw Hz. Abu Bakr going to the outside of Madinah, stay in one tent for some time, and then leave. 

When Hz. Umar asked permission to enter the tent, he saw an old blind woman who lived there with her two children. When he asked her, “who are you?”, she said, “I am an old blind lady and I live in this tent with my two daughters. Their father died and we have no support.” 

Hz. Umar asked her, “do you know who that old man was who visited you?” And the blind woman said, “No. He is an old man who comes every day to sweep our tent, make our breakfast, and milk our goats.” 

When Hz. Umar (RA) heard this, he started crying very hard and said, “you have burdened the Khalifas after you, ya Abu Bakr.” This is the Way of Siddik al-Akbar. But where can we learn this? Where can we live like this? Where can we find people to help? 

The Ottoman Sultans used to pray, “Ya Rabbi, please let us always find people that we can give, that we can help.” Look at the wisdom, that they prayed for that, to always be able to help people. Because today, for so many, as our Sheykh is saying, that blessing is lost. That money is worthless.

~Sheykh Lokman Effendi Hz~