Dishonesty
A very noble and kind hearted king governed country. He took great care of his subjects. That is why the subjects were very pleased with their king. A poor woodcutter lived in his hut at a small distance from the royal palace. The woodcutter cut the woods from a nearby forest and sold them to maintain his domestic expenses.
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| King and his minister |
The king had a minister. His name was Zain. Zain was very rude and proud. He did not like the poor at all. Zain also considered that woodcutter very inferior. Zain often teased the woodcutter without any reason. One day, Zain took a bag of jewels from the palace and hide in the woodcutter's hut. Zain thought that when tomorrow the news of jewel's bag would reach the king and the royal officers, they would reach the woodcutter's hut by searching the bag.
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| Zain took a bag of jewels from the palace. |
The woodcutter would be arrested in the theft's suspension.The next day when the king received the news of the jewel's theft he became very angry. He called Zain and informed him of the theft and ordered to search all the royal servants. At the king's order Zain said. "My lord! all the royal servants are honest. Nobody amongst them can think of the theft. I think so we should search in the huts of the poor nearby the royal palace.” Zain had not completed his talk yet that a servant came and told the king that a poor woodcutter wanted to meet him.
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| The Woodcutter with the bag of jewels. |
The woodcutter appeared before the king at his allowance and said, "Your highness! Today I saw something in my hut whose presence there is shocking for me." Then at king's order he drew the bag of jewels and showed to the king and said, “Your highness! There is the royal stamp firmed on the bag and I did not know how did it reach my hut?" The king said to the woodcutter, “This bag contains a lot of jewels and nobody knew you had it so why did you not keep it?" The woodcutter replied, “Your highness when God is fulfilling my needs from cutting woods than why would I do dishonesty?" Zain said, “Your highness! The woodcutter is telling a lie. First he stole the jewels now he returned due to the fear of being arrested."
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| The conversation was still going on when the royal guards brought the Zain's arrested son before the king. |
The woodcutter said, “Your highness have not come to return jewels due to your fear but ALLAH's." The conversation was still going on when the royal guards brought the Zain's arrested son before the king. They told at king's inquiry that Zain's son was caught by stealing a diamond from the royal treasure. He has admitted that it is he who yesterday stole the bag of jewels from the palace and put into the hut of woodcutter. Zain became SO embarrassed at his son's disclosure and requested the king to forgive him. The king said, "Your son would surely be punished." By saying this the king ordered to put Zain's son into prison and appointed the woodcutter on a high office in his royal palace for his honesty and sense of duty.
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