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A person from Baghdad named Abu ‘Abdillah Al-Haashimi was once entrusted with 10 000 dinaars (gold coins) belonging to an orphan child. It so happened that sometime thereafter this person went through a period of financial difficulty which led him to use the money of the orphan that was entrusted to him.

When the child became of age and was capable of administering his own wealth, the governor instructed that his wealth be returned to him. Thus, a message was sent to Abu ‘Abdillah to bring the money and hand it over to the orphan child. When this message reached him, he fell into a condition of utter despair and worry, not knowing how he could possibly cough up the money owed and pay it back to the orphan child.

The next morning Abu ‘Abdillah set out early on his conveyance, heading towards “Karkh” (the western region […]