100 Dinars and 2 cheaters

Once two people came to a woman of Quraysh and deposited 100 dinars with her and said: If we both come together to get this deposit, return it to us. If anyone of us comes to you alone, do not return it to him at all. After a year a person [one of them] came and said to the woman: My companion has passed away; return me the deposit of 100 dinars. Refusing him the woman said: You both laid down the condition that if you both come together, then your deposit should be returned to you and you also said that it should not be returned to any one of you if he comes alone. Therefore, I will not return it to you. That person insisted on her family members, relatives and neighbours to compel her to return him his deposit. Finally, at their insistence, she returned 100 dinars to him. After a year the second person came and asked for his money. The woman said: Your companion came to me and said that you had died, so I have returned all the dinars to him.

Anyhow, first this case was brought to Sayyiduna ‘Umar Bin Khattab رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ, but at the request of the woman he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ sent both of them to Sayyiduna ‘Ali-ul-Murtada رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ realized at once when heard the detail of the incident from the woman that both friends together cheated her. Sayyiduna ‘Ali-ul-Murtada رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ asked the man: Didn’t you both say this to the woman? ‘Unless we both come together do not return the dinars to any of us’. He replied in positive and said that they had decided the same. Sayyiduna ‘Ali کَـرَّمَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی وَجۡـھَـهُ الۡـکَـرِیۡم said: Returning your money is our responsibility. Go and bring your companion so that we can return your deposit to you. (Kitab-ul-Azkiya, pp. 39)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! It has been understood from the above-mentioned parable that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ blessed Ameer-ul-Mu`mineen Sayyiduna ‘Ali-ul-Murtada رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ with great intellectual abilities along with plenty of knowledge. That’s why by virtue of his great intelligence he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ saved the woman from the financial loss which she could suffer due to the cheaters.