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too were divided in their opinion. So he requested them to withdraw
and asked me to call the prominent Emigrants from among the
Koraysh tribe who were present during the Opening of Mecca. So I
called them and they were in complete agreement. They advised
him, „We think you should go back and not lead the people into the
plague.‟ Thereupon Omar had it announced that he would start back
the next morning.
The next morning after all the preparations had been made, Abu
Ubaidah, the son of Jarrah said to Umar, „Do your propose to turn
away from the decree of Allah?‟ Omar replied, „Abu Ubaidah, I wish
someone else had said this‟ - because Omar used to hate to differ
with him - Omar continued, „Yes, we are turning away from the
decree of Allah to another decree of Allah.‟ Then he said, „Tell me, if
you had a herd of camels in a valley and the valley had two sides;
one fertile and green and the other dry and barren, if you let them
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and asked me to call the prominent Emigrants from among the
Koraysh tribe who were present during the Opening of Mecca. So I
called them and they were in complete agreement. They advised
him, „We think you should go back and not lead the people into the
plague.‟ Thereupon Omar had it announced that he would start back
the next morning.
The next morning after all the preparations had been made, Abu
Ubaidah, the son of Jarrah said to Umar, „Do your propose to turn
away from the decree of Allah?‟ Omar replied, „Abu Ubaidah, I wish
someone else had said this‟ - because Omar used to hate to differ
with him - Omar continued, „Yes, we are turning away from the
decree of Allah to another decree of Allah.‟ Then he said, „Tell me, if
you had a herd of camels in a valley and the valley had two sides;
one fertile and green and the other dry and barren, if you let them
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