Thursday 3 May 2012

Because We Are Muslims by Hanis

the article was about during Amirul Mu'minin Umar Al - Khattab's caliphate. there was a boy who had a traveling with his camel to Madinah.
Along his journey, he had to rest and sleep, while his camel goes grazing, unfortunately, in another fellas land.
That fella turns out to be an old man who wasn't that happy. The old man throw a stone to the camel, causing it to be injured and die.
As the boy wakes up, seeing his camel in that condition, he became too angry and upset, throwing the stone back to the old man. The old man bleeds and died due to it.
The boy was uncomfortable with his action and waited at the spot until 2 men appeared, the 2 men turns out to be the sons of the old man. They too weren't happy and thus, brought the boy to see the Caliph, which was Umar Al-Khattab.
During the proceeding, Umar(ra) asked the boy whether he did or did not kill the old man. The boy confessed, however, he was sorry as it wasn't his intention, but was out of rage. However, the boy still had to be punished by Qisas, blood with blood.