True Taqwa

Once Hadhrat Ibraaheem Nakha’i (Rahmatullah alayh) hired a horse to go on a journey. While riding, his whip fell from his hand to the ground. By the time he stopped the horse, the whip was a few metres behind. He did not turn the horse around to go riding to the spot where the whip was.

He dismounted and walked to the spot to retrieve his whip. Then he walked to the horse.

When he was asked the reason for this peculiar action, he said: “I had hired the horse from its owner to proceed ahead, not to come backwards. It is a violation of the right of the owner to retrace any distance already covered.”