There was a trustworthy merchant known among people for honesty and trustworthiness, and he always extended a helping hand and assistance to the poor and needy. He dealt in his trade on three principles: tolerance, love, and trustworthiness, and he traded in beautiful silk fabrics and elegant furnishings, and all his goods were very distinguished, and the price was low because he dealt with trustworthiness, so the price was suitable for everyone.
Days and days, months and months passed, and the trustworthy merchant became famous among all furnishing and fabric merchants, and he had great provision, and trade brought him much money. One day, while the merchant was sitting in his shop, a stranger entered and said to him how beautiful are these goods, and offered to buy all the fabrics he was selling, then he said that he was going through a great financial crisis and he did not have money at the present time until he could buy the goods. Because the trustworthy merchant had a kind heart, he decided to help the stranger and agreed to give him the goods he needed without money.
Indeed the trustworthy merchant gave the goods to the stranger merchant, and days and months passed, and the trustworthy merchant was waiting for the stranger to give him the money he owed, but he did not come, and the merchant was in dire need of money to be able to buy other goods and sell them in the markets. So the trustworthy merchant decided to go to search for the stranger merchant in the hope of finding him. Indeed the merchant kept searching and searching until he reached a large store. The store was large and contained huge sections, and the fabrics resembled the fabrics that the stranger had taken from the trustworthy merchant.
The merchant looked at the store and found the stranger, so he approached him to request from him the money as the price of the goods he had bought from the merchant. He requested the money from him and said to him I helped you, and now you have a large store and many customers, but the stranger completely denied that he had bought anything from him, then expelled him from his store. The stranger man neither preserved the reputation nor treated him in an inappropriate manner and expelled him from his store as well.
The trustworthy merchant was very sad and kept blaming himself, saying I wish I had not given him anything. In the morning of the next day, he went to the town judge in the hope of finding a solution, but the merchant had not taken anything from the stranger, so the judge resorted to his tricks hoping he could restore the right to its owner. He brought the stranger from his store and asked him about the fabrics and where he got them from. Here the man stammered and could not answer the judge.
Then the merchant, the trustworthy man, entered and said to him I have forgiven him oh judge. Here the stranger felt the guilt of what he had done to the merchant. Here the judge intervened and said to him you are now guilty against the man and you must pay the full price of the goods or I will put you in prison. Indeed the man paid the price in full, and the trustworthy merchant returned to his country with the price of the goods, bought new goods, and decided then not to abandon his trustworthiness and to continue treating people with goodness no matter what they did to him…