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have entrusted you to give their
Zakah to the deserving. It is to be
used for the poor and needy alone.
Surely you know that!”
The keeper of the Bayt-ul-Mal was
horrified that the Khalif thought him
to be untrustworthy. “By Allah, I
have not been untrustworthy,” he
said.
“Well, then why did you give the
necklace to my daughter?” the
Khalif demanded to know.
The keeper replied, “She only bor-
rowed it for three days. After all, she
is the Khalif’s daughter and every-
one knows that she is a pious and
honest girl, otherwise I would not
have lent it to anyone else.”
Khalif Ali [r] was not satisfied with
this answer and said, “Is it not
breaking a trust? Is the Zakah not to