Video - The Yoghurt That Outweighed a Mosque: The Humble Gift to Suleymaniye's Legacy

During the Ottoman Empire, it was the greatest ideal for every pasha and sultan to establish a charity institution open to everyone in his country and go to the afterlife that way. For this reason, each of them built a mosque, a complex or a hospital in the conquered places. Our ancestors established the institutions required by the culture of their time. They did not leave a place without a mosque so that no matter where a person studied, no matter what he studied, he would always be in touch with his Lord. This thought made Suleymaniye Mosque built by Suleiman the Magnificent. However, he wanted the work he commissioned to be recorded only in his notebook, and he wanted to present such a gift to his Lord. That's why he strictly warned the masters and said, "Do not accept help from anyone." Even though the walls of the mosque were rising every day, there was a grandmother who was watching this mosque sadly. This old woman, who was alone with her cows and lived off their milk, said to herself in despair, "Oh my God, you gave Suleiman the Magnificent a fortune, property, and he is building a mosque for you. You did not give anything to this poor servant of yours; what can I do?" "Let me gain your consent. I cannot do such things. All I can do is offer a bowl of yoghurt to the masters." He says and appeals to the masters. Even though they say that the sultan does not have permission, they cannot resist the woman's insistence and eat the yoghurt. That night, the great ruler sees in his dream that his work is being weighed on the balance scale. The Suleymaniye Mosque was placed on one side of the scale and a bowl of yoghurt was placed on the other, and the yoghurt outweighed the mosque. Morning comes; Suleiman the Magnificent comes to the masters with trembling feet: "What did you do, what did you take from whom?" he asks. "An old grandmother came; she insisted so much; we couldn't resist her begging and pleading, so we bought a bowl of yoghurt." they say.