Al-Risala (English) · Doing little jobs does not belittle a person
Doing little jobs does not belittle a person
Al-Risala (English), February 1991, p. 26
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
1991 2 February 26 Doing little jobs does not belittle a person (75) The caliph, ‘Umar 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. ‘Umar told him not to do so. He himself arose, fetched oil and put it in the lamp. “I was ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul Aziz before I performed this little task,” he said, “and I still am ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul ‘Aziz.
