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« on: February 11, 2007, 04:36:07 am »

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I have no idea if this is a true story or not. But it's an amusing piece.  Enjoy.


'The Cleverness of Thieves'  (Chapter 15)

Al-Mubarrid said: Ahmad b. al-Ma’dil of Basra said: I was sitting with ‘Abdul Malik b. ‘Abdul ‘Aziz al-Majishun when one of his companions entered, saying, “Incredible!” He was asked what happened, so he
narrated his story:

I travelled out of the city to my distant orchard. Whilst I was in the desert, far from the houses of Madinah, a robber appeared and demanded my robe. I said, “Why should I give you my robe?”
He replied, “I have more right to it than you.”  “Why?” “Because I am your brother. I have no clothes, but you do.” 

“Can we discuss this?”

“No! You have worn it for a while, and now I wish to wear it as you have worn it.”

“You wish to strip me and expose my private parts?”

“There is no harm. It has been transmitted to us from Malik that he said, ‘There is no harm in a man bathing naked’.” (i.e. A man may be naked whilst alone.)

“The people will meet me and see me naked.”

“If there were any people on this route, I would not have accosted you here.”

“You seem to be a reasonable man. Let me proceed to my orchard, where I will disrobe and have the garment sent to you.”

“Never! You only want to send me your men to take me to the governor, who will imprison me, flog me and chain me by the ankles.”

“No. I swear to you, oath upon oath: I will fulfil my promise and not disappoint you.”

“No! It has been transmitted to us from Malik that he said, ‘Oaths made to robbers are not binding’.”

“Then I swear that I will not violate this oath by exploiting a legal loophole.”

“This is a compound oath made to a robber.”

“Let’s stop debating. By Allah, I will have this robe sent to you out of my own good will.”

The man lowered his head for a while, then raised it, saying, “Do you know what I was thinking?”

“No.”

“I was thinking about the history of robbers from the time of the Messenger of Allah (SAWS) until today. I have never heard of a robber taking items with deferred delivery (nasi’ah), and I dislike to
introduce an innovation into Islam for which I will incur its sin and the sin of all who follow it after me until the Day of Resurrection.  Remove your robe.”

So I removed my robe and gave it to him. He took it and went on his way.
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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2007, 02:20:03 am »

LOL .. read it before.  was sent by a friend.  u r right, it's an amusing one though i'm sure it's just a story, not true incident.  thanks persian.
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« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2007, 02:21:59 am »

  HysLaugh   and from where did u get this brother?
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2008, 05:31:48 pm »

lol! yeah this is entertaining humor.  I wonder how Imam Bukhari didn't snatch it for his collection  Grin 

As far as I know this is taken from a humor collection in Arabic literature called The Learned Thief or something similar.  and as much as I know, Al-Mubarrid was a Muslim Egyptian teacher of the 12th century, perhaps.  But not sure of any of these details.
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