Al salam alikom, The third story... I thought was sloved by Al-Khwarizmi...??!!
Are shiites sending these mails?? I am concerned... Please reply... fee aman Allah On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:06 PM, <ZarasKitchen> wrote: > *One* > One Day a person came to Ali (A.S.), thinking that since Ali thinks he is > too smart, I'll ask him such a tough question that he won't be able to > answer it and I'll have the chance to embarrass him in front of all the > Arabs. He asked 'Ali (A.S.), tell me a number, that if we divide it by any > number from 1-10 the answer will always come in the form of a whole number > and not as a fraction.' Hazrat Ali (A.S.) Looked back at him and said, 'Take > the number of days in a year and multiply it with the number of days in a > week and you will have your answer.' > The person got astonished but as he was a Mushrik he still didn't believe > Ali (A.S.). He calculated the answer Ali (A.S.) gave him. To his amazement > he came across the following results: > The number of Days in a Year = 360 (in Arabic Calendar) > The Number of Days in a Week = 7 > The product of the two numbers = 2520 > 2520 divide by 1 = 2520 > 2520 divide by 2 = 1260 > 2520 divide by 3 = 840 > 2520 divide by 4 = 630 > 2520 divide by 5 = 504 > 2520 divide by 6 = 420 > 2520 divide by 7 = 360 > 2520 divide by 8 = 315 > 2520 divide by 9 = 280 > 2520 divide by 10= 252 > > *Second* > One day a person came to Ali (A.S.). He was planning to ask Ali (A.S.) such > a question which would take Ali (A.S.) a long time to answer and because of > that his Maghrib Prayers would be delayed. He asked, 'Ali you say you know > everything in the world, then tell me which animals lay eggs and which > animals give birth to their young ones Hazrat Ali (A.S.) looked back at him > smiled and said, 'The animals who have their 'EARS' outside their body give > birth to their young ones and the animals who have their 'EARS' inside their > body lay eggs.' > > *Third* > A person was about to die, and before dying he wrote his Will which went as > follows 'I have 17 Camels, and I have three sons. Divide my Camels in such a > way that My eldest son gets half of them, the second one gets 1/3rd of the > total and my youngest son gets 1/9th of the total number of Camels' After > his death when the relatives read his will they got extremely perplexed and > said to each other that how can we divide 17 camels like this? So after a > long hard thought they decided that there was only one man in Arabia who > could help them: 'Ali Ibne Abi Taalib.' So they all came to the door of Ali > (A.S.) and put forward their problem. > Hazrat Ali (A.S.) said, 'Ok. I will divide the camels as per the man's > will.' > He said, 'I will lend one of my camels to the total which makes it 18 > (17+1=18), now lets divide as per his will' > The Eldest gets 1/2 of 18 = 9 > The second one gets 1/3 of 18 = 6 > and The Youngest gets 1/9 of 18 = 2 > Now the total number of camels = 17 > Then Hazrat Ali (A.S.) said, 'Now I will take my Camel back.' > This was the genius that Hazrat Ali was in his time. > >
