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HADRAT ABU BAKR<br />
<strong>Hadrat</strong> ‘Umar ra relates, “I used to help an elderly blind lady in<br />
Madinah and used to bring water for her. But when I would go to<br />
her to do this, some other person had come and done it already.<br />
One day, I kept watch and I saw that it was <strong>Hadrat</strong> <strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Bakr</strong> ra who<br />
brought the water, even though he was the Khalifah and I said, “It<br />
was <strong>Hadrat</strong> <strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Bakr</strong> ra who came every day and exceeded me in<br />
good works!”<br />
There was an orphan girl who lived next door to him.<br />
<strong>Hadrat</strong> <strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Bakr</strong> ra used to milk her goats for her. When <strong>Hadrat</strong><br />
<strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Bakr</strong> ra became the Khalifah, the girl asked, “Who will milk my<br />
goats now?” He replied, “I will milk them. I wish to continue to<br />
do whatever service I did before.” And so he continued to milk the<br />
goats.<br />
There is mention of an elderly woman in history whom<br />
<strong>Hadrat</strong> <strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Bakr</strong> ra used to visit every day. When <strong>Hadrat</strong> <strong>Abu</strong><br />
<strong>Bakr</strong> ra failed to show up one day, she was convinced that he had<br />
passed away. Referring to this extraordinary example of service<br />
to others, the Promised Messiah as says, “The day that <strong>Hadrat</strong><br />
<strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Bakr</strong> ra passed away, this woman began to say that <strong>Hadrat</strong><br />
<strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Bakr</strong> ra had died. People asked her how she knew, and she<br />
responded by saying, ‘He used to bring me halwa (sweet dish)<br />
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