the third one is sloved by Hazrat ALi only and this group is for muslims and not shia or sunnis..
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:31 AM, <DinaKhattab> wrote: > 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. >> > > > -- With Love and Patience Everything is Possible, RegarDs, Zahra Shakir