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The Caliph and the Milk Seller

The Caliph Umar bnu al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, learned that an old woman was cheating when she sold milk, and he said to her: Old woman, do not cheat the people, and do not mix your milk with water. She who cheats us is not one of us. The old woman said: I heard and will obey, O Leader of Believers.

After some days, he passed by and said to her: Old woman, did I not command you not to mix your milk with water? The old woman said: By God, I didn’t do that, O Leader of the Believers.

Then one of her daughters from inside the tent said: O mother! Are you cheating the people, lying to the Caliph, and breaking your oath?

Umar heard her, and he liked her words and candor in what is right, and chose her as wife for his son.