Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 145
33 SaCRIFICE of MoRALS AT THE ALTAR oF IGNoRANCE T he habits of the Arabs of the time were extremely crude. Some of their habits defied reason and the traditions they followed were nothing short of ridiculous. Reading and writing was thought of as a sin and considered the work of servants. They were proud to live without education and they saw those that could read and write as lower class citizens. In the eyes of respectful and decent people, there was nothing worse than one of their people knowing how to read or write! Despite this, something inspired Hadrat ‘Umar ra to secretly learn to read and write from a servant. However, he tried to keep