Quark 7 - My Faith 1 - NF:My Faith 1 - NF.qxd.qxd

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would need them for such a battle?

Some who were not sincere

Muslims would hold back. But the

true believers in Allah and His

Messenger [s] were eager to do all

they could.

Sayyiduna ‘Umar [r] was one of

these. Here was the chance he had

been waiting for to serve Allah and

to prove his sincerity and faith. He

hurried home and ordered his fami-

ly to collect all their belongings.

“Now listen! Each one of you will

keep half of what you own, and the

other half you will give to me so that

I may give it to the Prophet [s] for

the cause of Jihad.” ‘Umar [r] began

first by bringing his armour and

swords, and all his wealth which he

divided into two piles. His wife

counted out the jewellery and trin-

kets which she had carefully saved

Vocabulary

....................crops

.................... harvested

.................... comfortable

....................willing

....................wealth

....................belongings

....................sincere

....................eager

....................serve

....................trinkets

....................worthless

....................delighted

....................goods

....................laden

.................... valuable

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