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My Faith 3 - Free Islamic Studies Textbooks

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have entrusted you to give their<br />

Zakah to the deserving. It is to be<br />

used for the poor and needy alone.<br />

Surely you know that!”<br />

The keeper of the Bayt-ul-Mal was<br />

horrified that the Khalif thought him<br />

to be untrustworthy. “By Allah, I<br />

have not been untrustworthy,” he<br />

said.<br />

“Well, then why did you give the<br />

necklace to my daughter?” the<br />

Khalif demanded to know.<br />

The keeper replied, “She only borrowed<br />

it for three days. After all, she<br />

is the Khalif’s daughter and everyone<br />

knows that she is a pious and<br />

honest girl, otherwise I would not<br />

have lent it to anyone else.”<br />

Khalif Ali [r] was not satisfied with<br />

this answer and said, “Is it not<br />

breaking a trust? Is the Zakah not to<br />

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