Mathematics becomes my favorite subject since I was in Elementary school. As my major subject in university, I spend much time to learn about Math and alhamdulillah insya'Allah I'll become a math lecturer too....
So, it can be imagined that my life will be involved with many thing related to math... ^^
So, it can be imagined that my life will be involved with many thing related to math... ^^
To see everything according to Islamic view also becomes my main subject that I always learn... here I found an Islamic article about math which also describe about Ali bin Abi Thalib ra. It's interesting story!
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Imam
Ali bin Abi Thalib (karramallahu wajhah) was endowed with a quick,
sharp, incisive, mathematic`l mind. Here are a few interesting stories
in which Imam Ali’s mathematical brilliance revealed itself.
Whole Number and not a Fraction
One Day a Jewish person came to Imam Ali
(krw), thinking that since Imam 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 “Imam Ali, 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.”
Imam Ali (krw.) 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 Jewish person got astonished but as
he was a polytheist (Mushrik), he still didn’t believe Imam Ali (krw.).
He calculated the answer Imam Ali (krw.) gave him.
To his amazement he came across the following results:
- The number of Days in a Year = 360 (in Arab)
- The Number of Days in a Week = 7
- The product of the two numbers = 360×7=2520
Now…
2520 ÷ 1 = 2520
2520 ÷ 2 = 1260
2520 ÷ 3 = 840
2520 ÷ 4 = 630
2520 ÷ 5 = 504
2520 ÷ 6 = 420
2520 ÷ 7 = 360
2520 ÷ 8 = 315
2520 ÷ 9 = 280
2520 ÷ 10= 252
The Five Loaves of Bread
Zarr Bin Hobeish relates this story: Two
travelers sat together on the way to their destination to have a meal.
One had five loaves of bread. The other had three. A third traveler was
passing by and at the request of the two joined in the meal. The
travelers cut each of the loaf of bread in three equal parts. Each of
the travelers ate eight broken pieces of the loaf.
At the time of leaving the third traveler
took out eight dirhams and gave to the first two men who had offered
him the meal, and went away. On receiving the money the two travelers
started quarrelling as to who should have how much of the money. The
five-loaf-man demanded five dirhams. The three-loaf-man insisted on
dividing the money in two equal parts (4 dirhams each).
The dispute was brought to Imam Ali (krw.) (the Caliph of the time in Arabia) to be decided.
Imam Ali (krw.) requested the
three-loaf-man to accept three dirhams, because five-loaf-man has been
more than fair to you. The three-loaf-man refused and said that he would
take only four dirhams.
At this Imam Ali (krw.) replied, “You can
have only one dirham. You had eight loaves between yourselves. Each
loaf was broken in three parts. Therefore, you had 24 equal parts.
8×3=24
Your 3 loaves made 9 parts out of which you have eaten 8 portions, leaving just 1 piece to the third traveler. (3×3)-8=1
Your friend had 5 loaves which divided into 3 made 15 pieces. He ate 8 pieces and gave 7 pieces to the guest.(5×3)-8=7
As such the guest shared 1 part from your
loaves and 7 from those of your friend. So you should get one dirham
and your friend should receive seven dirhams.”
Dividing Inheritance (Warits)
What is a wife’s share?
Imam Ali (krw) was once interrupted while
he was delivering a sermon from the pulpit by someone who asked him how
to distribute the inheritance of someone who had died leaving a wife,
his parents and two daughters. The Imam instantly answered:
“The wife’s share becomes one ninth.”
How?
This answer is in fact the result of a
long analysis with a number of steps. Ordinarily, we have to decide on
the original share of each of these heirs, in the following way:
The wife takes one eighth, in view of the presence of an inheriting child. [Holy Quran 4:12]
The deceased’s father and mother take one sixth each. [Holy Quran 4:11]
The two daughters take two thirds of the inheritance. [Holy Quran 4:11]
So the total will be: 1/8 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 2/3 = 3/24 + 4/24 + 4/24 + 16/24 = 27/24
This means the share becomes less than
1/8 in view of the increase of the total of the shares which are so
fixed and prescribed. So the one eighth, the original share due to the
wife out of twenty-four total shares, has become three shares out of a
total of twenty-seven, which is one ninth.
Imam Ali’s mind went through this complex mathematical process in a second!
Source : aulia-e-hind.com
Asalamu alaikum,
ReplyDeleteI teach math so was a pleasure reading this alhamdulillah thx for sharing, do visit Ramadhan Dictionary coming soon inshAllah
Wa'alaikum salam...
ReplyDeleteso, you also teach math?
Enjoy your teaching ^_
"Ramadhan Dictionary" It seems interesting, I'll do take a look...
thank you...
jazakAllah khair, yes i do. Enjoy Islam more :)
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