Hazrat Ali (R.A) - The door of knowledge / In English

 

                      The door of knowledge  

                    

One day, three traders came to Hazrat Ali (R.A) with 17 camels and said, "Amir al-mu'minin! This camel is ours."

They are joint owners, but the problem is that one trader has half of it, another has a third and a third has a ninth, how can we divide them so that we get our share. "

Hazrat AlI (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), smiled and immediately added a camel to his list of seventeen camels, thus bringing their number to eighteen. Now you said that the trader who has half of them should take 9 camels. The merchant who has the third part should take six camels and the merchant who has the ninth part should take two camels. Thus seventeen camels were completed and the traders got their required share. Then Hazrat Ali (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) withdrew his camel.

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