Sufi parable from Sanaya One day, Omar approached a group of children playing happily. Seeing the caliph himself, they got scared and fled. Only one remained before the Caliph. This was the future famous fearless commander Abdallah ibn Zubair.
- Why didn’t you run away with everyone else? - Omar asked him.
- Why should I run from you, noble caliph? After all, you are not an oppressor, and I am not a criminal. To the one who knows his own essence, it makes no difference: what is acceptance, what is refusal, what is beautiful, what is evil.
Caliph Omar marveled at the boy's wisdom and singled him out for himself among the others.
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