The inevitability of the Grave
Al-Risala (English), December 1987, p. 18
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.
The inevitability of the Grave
1987 12 December 18 The inevitability of the Grave (72) One day, when umar came to see Abu Ubaidah, he found him lying on a piece of sacking used to saddle camels, with a bundle serving as a pillow. “So you have not done as our companions did?” Umar remarked, meaning that he had still not adopted the more prosperous ways of the times. Abu Ubaidah replied: “Commander of the faithful, this is enough to take me to my final resting-place.”
(Hilyatul
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