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Months later, the old sheikh passed away. They found no wealth in his room except a single olive-wood tasbih and a note:

One afternoon, after a dispute with a customer over a pair of mended sandals, Rashid stormed out of his shop. He walked until he found himself at the gates of the Al-Azhar courtyard. There sat an old sheikh, blind in one eye, fingers dancing over a worn-out tasbih (prayer beads) of olive wood.

Rashid scoffed. "Beads on a string? How can that repay a broken promise or a stolen dirham?"

Kifarah: Tasbih

Months later, the old sheikh passed away. They found no wealth in his room except a single olive-wood tasbih and a note:

One afternoon, after a dispute with a customer over a pair of mended sandals, Rashid stormed out of his shop. He walked until he found himself at the gates of the Al-Azhar courtyard. There sat an old sheikh, blind in one eye, fingers dancing over a worn-out tasbih (prayer beads) of olive wood. tasbih kifarah

Rashid scoffed. "Beads on a string? How can that repay a broken promise or a stolen dirham?" Months later, the old sheikh passed away