Doing little jobs does not belittle a person
Al-Risala (English), March 1986, p. 28
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
Doing little jobs does not belittle a person
1986 3 March 28 Doing little jobs does not belittle a person (75) The caliph, ‘Umer Ibn ‘Abdul’ Aziz was talking to a person late one night. The lamp started to go out. “I will wake up the servant. He will put oil in it,” the man said. ‘Umer told him not to do so. He himself arose, fetched oil and put it in the lamp. “I was ‘Umer Ibn ‘Abdul Aziz before I performed this little task,” he said, “and I still am ‘Umer Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Aziz.
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