Umar bin Abdul Aziz: justice that started at home

It is easy for a ruler to be strict with other people. The hard test is his own family. Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz became caliph while his relatives held land that had been taken unjustly, and he had to decide what to do about them.

His whole family was angry, and his aunt warned him of a revolt. He returned the estates anyway, starting with his own. Allama Shibli Nomani tells this story through a handful of real incidents.