What criteria proves you truly know someone?
A man was seen with Umar ibn al Khataab
and he said to him: “I don’t know you, and it does not harm you if I don’t know
you, go get someone who knows you.
Then
someone said: ‘I know him’, so Umar replied: ‘what do you know about
him? The man replied: ‘I know him to be a man of righteousness and virtue.
Umar
said: ‘Is he your neighbor about whom you know what he does at night and during
the day, and do you know when he leaves his house and comes home?
The
man replied: “No”
Umar
said to him: “Have you ever dealt with him in any business transactions, which
prove one’s piety”
The
man replied: “No”
Umar
then asked him: ‘Has he ever accompanied you on a journey, from which you will
know his manners?
The
man replied: “No”
Umar
then replied: “ You do not know this man”
Then
Umar said to the man: “Go and bring someone who knows you.” End of quote.
Reference: Fiqh as Sunnah, Sayed Sabiq,
Dar Taybatu al Khadrah, vol. 3, pg. 231
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