We asked: "O servant of Allah, tell us about a man who possesses only one dinar?"

He replied:

"He gives to his brother half of everything he possesses."

We asked: "What if a man possesses only a single mount (dabbah)? What should he do?"

He replied:

"He rides it one day, and his brother rides it the next."

We asked: "What about a man who possesses a single slave-girl whom he cohabits with (bath'aha)—how can he give his brother half of her?"

He replied:

"He must seek his brother's permission to keep her; otherwise, he must sell her and give him half of her price. Once he has given him what suffices him or the equivalent value, he has then fulfilled the rights of the brethren. This is because a believer is the brother of a believer through his [spiritual] mother and father; he shares with him everything in terms of wealth, possessions, clothing, mounts, food, and