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looked that day.
By chance her father,
Khalif
Ali [r],
saw the necklace around her neck.
He recognised it and was furious. “
I
will cut off the hand of the girl who
has stolen the necklace from the
Bayt-ul-Mal
,” he roared. The riches
of the
Bayt-ul-Mal
was a trust to be
used for the poor and needy alone
and not for the
Khalif
or his family.
The
Khalif
was simply a keeper and
not the owner of the
Baytul-Mal
.
His daughter rushed over to him to
explain what had happened,
“
Father, I have borrowed this neck-
lace for three days from the keeper
of the Bayt-ul-Mal. I will return it
tomorrow
.”
Khalif
Ali [r] was not at
all pleased.
The
Khalif
then called for the keep-
er and said, “
You have not fulfilled
your duty as a trustee. The Muslims
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