What is Faith?

Immune to flattery A group of individuals, addressing themselves to Umar ibn Khattab as Caliph, swore that they had not seen anyone more just, more truthful or more severe on hypocrites than he was. “Next to the Prophet, you are the greatest of men.” Auf ibn Malik happened to be present at the time. He swore an oath that these people had lied: “We have seen better than Umar since the time of the Prophet.” “Who was that?” they asked him. “Abu Bakr,” Auf replied. Umar’s response to this was to say that Auf was right and that they were wrong. “By God,” said Umar, “Abu Bakr was purer than pure musk, while I am more wayward even than my household camels.” (ABU NU‘AYM)