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What is not yours…

Submitted by Jacky on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 17:20.

In the stone days, my parents would launch a campaign of terror by reading frightening passages from the old testament and praying for illnesses such as leprosy to afflict the thief who would have stolen vegetables in our ‘shamba’ or farm’ until a confession is extracted and goods returned.
During the unrest in my country , after the disputed election results. A number of reactions were put into action. One of them was ‘looting’. Shops were cleaned!! Let me call it stealing since the owners went at a lose and were not aware if this would happen. It brought laughter when you see a person joyously running away with a T.V on his back, think about a fridge too, furniture, name them.
To my surprise in one of our beautiful cities called Mombasa, best known for its alarming unnatural forces. The same people, who stole the goods, were seen returning the goods back to the supermarket with regrets. Any Muslim should clear this out for me. It is believed that this prayer named ‘Albadir’ was read by owners to make their goods be returned. It is sad that before one returns the goods, enough painful scenes will have occurred to make one give up and return what is not theirs. E.g. no peeing and Sleepless nights!!
After the incidence, a friend of mine shared “Jacky, if only we could be able to read ‘Albadir’ to some of our corrupt politicians, we would have peace”

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