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he gave her the purse of money and went home.
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Now the woman happened to have a very bad reputation. She was so
astonished by the kind man's generosity that she went straight back home
and told her friends of her good luck.
By the time morning came everyone in the village knew how the woman
with a bad reputation had been given a charitable purse of money and
thought the matter was even stranger than the night before. They
whispered to one another saying, "Did you know so-and-so, the woman
with a bad reputation, was given a purse of money in charity last night?"
When the kind, charitable man heard what was being said in the village he
supplicated to Allah again saying, "O Allah, praise belongs to You. Thank
You for letting me give charity to a lady with a bad reputation. Tonight, I will
give some more charity."
1
Now the woman happened to have a very bad reputation. She was so
astonished by the kind man's generosity that she went straight back home
and told her friends of her good luck.
By the time morning came everyone in the village knew how the woman
with a bad reputation had been given a charitable purse of money and
thought the matter was even stranger than the night before. They
whispered to one another saying, "Did you know so-and-so, the woman
with a bad reputation, was given a purse of money in charity last night?"
When the kind, charitable man heard what was being said in the village he
supplicated to Allah again saying, "O Allah, praise belongs to You. Thank
You for letting me give charity to a lady with a bad reputation. Tonight, I will
give some more charity."