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and do not break His Law.' I felt so ashamed and sorry, so I told her
to go and take the money as a gift. O Allah, I did this seeking Your
pleasure."
Once again there was a noise, and the boulder moved yet again, but
it still did not move enough to let them crawl out.
It was the turn of the third man. He prayed to Allah saying, "O Allah,
once I hired some laborers to work for me. As soon as they finished
their work I gave all of them their pay; that is all except one who left
before I had a chance to pay him.
I wondered what would be the best thing I could do with this man's
pay; it did not belong to me. Then it occurred to me that it would be a
good idea to invest it in some cattle for him.
Time passed and the laborer still had not returned to collect his pay.
The cattle had calves and soon he had large herds of different
animals, so I bought some servants from the sale of some of the
to go and take the money as a gift. O Allah, I did this seeking Your
pleasure."
Once again there was a noise, and the boulder moved yet again, but
it still did not move enough to let them crawl out.
It was the turn of the third man. He prayed to Allah saying, "O Allah,
once I hired some laborers to work for me. As soon as they finished
their work I gave all of them their pay; that is all except one who left
before I had a chance to pay him.
I wondered what would be the best thing I could do with this man's
pay; it did not belong to me. Then it occurred to me that it would be a
good idea to invest it in some cattle for him.
Time passed and the laborer still had not returned to collect his pay.
The cattle had calves and soon he had large herds of different
animals, so I bought some servants from the sale of some of the