He (with ibn Massood) followed the light until he entered the house.

He (with ibn Massood) followed the light until he entered the house. There was a lamp inside the house. He came in and left Abdullah bin Massood in the courtyard. There was an old man drinking wine and there was a songstress singing for him. Suddenly Umar attacked the old man saying to him: I have never seen a scene uglier that a scene of an old man waiting for his end!

The old man raised his head and said: In fact, your doing is uglier than what you have seen from me; you have spied whereas Allah has prohibited spying and you have entered the house with no permission. Umar said: You are right. Then he went out biting his garment, crying and saying: May Umars mother lose him!The old man avoided to attend the meetings of Umar for some time.

One day while Umar was sitting in his meeting, the old man came hiding himself not to be seen by Umar and he sat at the end of the meeting. Umar saw him and asked some of his companions to bring him. The old man thought that Umar would scold him. Umar said to him: Come near to me! Umar still asked him to be nearer until he seated him beside him. Umar said to the man: Bring your ear near to me!

He said to him: I swear by Him, Who has sent Muhammad with the truth, that I have not told any one of people about what I have seen from you even ibn Massood, who was with me[2] Ash-Shibi said: Once Umar missed one of his companions. He said to ibn Ouff: Let us go to the house of so-and-so. They went there and found that the door of his house was open while he was sitting and his wife was pouring something into a cup and giving it to him to drink.

Umar said to Ibn Ouff: It is this thing that has kept him away from us! Ibn Ouff said: How do you know what there is in the cup? Umar said: Do you fear that this may be spying? Ibn Ouff said: Yes, it is spying. Umar said: Then how do we repent of this? Ibn Ouff said: Do not make him know that you have seen what he has [1] Makarim al-Akhlaq by al-Kharaity, Kanzol Ummal, vol. 2 p.167, Sharh Nahjol Balagha, vol. 3 p.96, Ihyaul Uloom by al-Ghazali, p.137.

[2] Al-Qat wes-Sariqa (cut and theft) by Abu al-Sheikh, Kanzol Ummal, vol.2 p. 141. done!!...[1] Al-Musawwir bin Makhrama narrated from Abdurrahman bin Ouff that one night he (Abdurrahman) and Umar were patrolling in Medina. While they were walking, a lamp was lit in one of the houses. They went towards the house and found the door closed. There were some people inside the house making loud noises.