After looking at the precious diamond, the Jews looked skeptically at the professional goldsmith. The goldsmith said ‘Master, this is our family diamond’
A Muslim once worked at the shop of a Jew in polishing diamonds and he was an expert at his work and very honest simultaneously. The Jew despite taking full and undue advantage of the Muslim’s capabilities didn’t pay him his deserved payment/portion. He spent his whole life working that way in such low wages even though he could not support his household properly from his earnings. Till came the time when his daughter became old, and he could not save anything from his already limited income. To marry off his daughter, the goldsmith took a loan from his Jew master. The Jew excused himself from giving the loan despite being a millionaire. The goldsmith muttered bad things about his destiny and came back home. The wife, to add to the misery, welcomed him with a garland full of taunts and expressed her anger at not getting the money. Tense, he spent the whole night thinking what will happen now. He did not go to work the next day. Afterwards, when he reached the shop after the Jewish goldsmith called him, he emptied the content of a small pouch in front of the Jewish man which he had brought along. After looking at the precious diamond, the Jews looked skeptically at the professional goldsmith. The goldsmith said ‘Master, this is our family diamond’
I’m not allowed to sell this but if you can keep this as mortgage and lend some money to me I will pay you the money and take my diamond back. The Jew agreed. The goldsmith married of his daughter with the money taken as loan and then worked day and night to gradually pay off the debt. After paying the last installment of his debt, goldsmith demanded his diamond back. The Jew brought the diamond and kept it in front of him. Right in front of his eyes, the diamond dissolved and disappeared. The goldsmith said, Master this was a chunk of Misri which I had polished and shaped in such a way that even an expert like you got baffled. You did not give me money on my modesty and humble request because of which I had to get the money out from you in this way. I am a Muslim that’s why I did not run away, and worked hard to return every penny of yours. It’s shameful how you did not keep my regard. Which is why I am leaving my job and going? He left the Jew tensed and shocked.
Lesson: Fullfil the needs of the needy, this will decrease the vices prevalent in the society.
