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3. UMMAH-NESS Islamic Brotherhood ~ 84 ~ share, and then other tribes should be classed according to their relationship with his tribe.’ By this standard, Umar’s tribe lagged far behind, and was entitled to receive a much smaller share in comparison. It was such selfless people as these who had brought the Ummah together. “It is incumbent upon us to remain united whatever the cost. The Prophet is reported to have said: ‘On the day of Judgement a certain person would be brought before God to be judged, and although he had performed all forms of worship in the world, he would stand condemned. He would wonder what it was that he was being punished for. He would be told that it was due to such words of his as had caused friction in Ummah that he had been brought to this state. Afterwards another person would be brought, who had worshipped God far less in comparison to the former person. But he would be amply rewarded. In astonishment, he would ask: ‘For which of my deeds have I been rewarded so generously.’ He would be told that on some occasion he had done something or spoken some words, which had helped to bring the community