http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8455897.stmA Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City has gone out of his way to track down the person who left thousands of dollars in cash in the back of his cab.
Mukul Asadujjaman, a medical student, drove nearly 80kms (50 miles) to an address he found with the money.
He left his phone number when he found no one at home. The money belonged to an Italian grandmother visiting the US.
Mr Asadujjaman was offered a reward, but he turned it down saying that as a devout Muslim he could not accept it.
Felicia Lettieri, of Pompeii, Italy, and six relatives had taken two cabs on Christmas Eve, Newsday newspaper reported.
Mrs Lettieri, 72, left her purse behind, with more than $21,000 of the group's travelling money, jewellery worth thousands more, and some of their passports.
Her sister, Francesca Lettieri, 79, of Long Island, said the honest driver had saved her family's vacation.
"We really love what he did," she said.
'Be honest'
A gracious Asadujjaman was quoted by the newspaper as saying that he may be broke, but he was also honest.
"My mother is my inspiration. She always said to be honest and work hard."
Mr Asadujjaman called a friend with a car and drove some 80km to a Long Island address in the purse.
No one was at home, so he left his phone number and a note, the report said.
His phone rang a short time later and he drove back to return the bag.
"They were so, so, so happy," Mr Asadujjaman told the paper.
Asked if he was tempted to keep the cash, Mr Asadujjaman said the money would have allowed him more time to study, "but my heart said this is not good".
He also turned down a reward, saying he could not accept it as a devout Muslim, Newsday reported.
"I'm needy, but I'm not greedy," he said. "It's better to be honest."
Mr Asadujjaman is not the first honest American-Bangladeshi cabbie to hit the headlines for noble behaviour.
In 2007, driver Osman Chowdhury returned a lost bag containing diamond rings worth $500,000 to the rightful owner.
lol, who carries 21,000 dollars in a purse.
the mafia...format_quote Originally Posted by The_Prince
May Allah bless my BD bro , Ameen.
Wow, that was a really nice thing to do..
I hope it wasn't dumped because it was fraud or drug money and then the taxi guy returned it.. haha
What goes around comes around springs to mind!
Great article.
What a witness to other people, to display such honesty and integrity!
May God continue to protect and guide Mukul Asadujjaman.
Takes a lot of faith and conviction of God to do a deed like that.
fits the description given by God about the believers at the start of the Quran "And who believe in (the Qurân and the Sunnah) which has been sent down (revealed) to you (Muhammad Peace be upon him ) and in that which we sent down before [the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel), etc.] and they believe with certainty in the Hereafter. (Resurrection, recompense of their good and bad deeds, Paradise and Hell,)" (2:4)
May Allah increase him Guidance
May Allah bless this man, it takes a lot to have such determination.
ahh I saw this on the news, He did a great job. A good example to follow.
I don't think it was dirty money, I think they were just rich.
And they wanted to reward him but he declined and said that he only needed Dua's/prayers.
I think the media did a very sly thing by making the headline "Bangladeshi...." i know and you know if he was just a bengali he would have ran away with the money never to be heard of again! Its in our blood.
But the truth is he was a muslim and it was his faith in Allah that drove him to do the deed he did. So the headlines has really done injustice.
Seems so normal that when a muslim does something good its brushed under the carpet while anything bad is given the full lime light of front page news.
Its a shame really. Islam is so misunderstood.
And he'll spend the rest of his life wondering if he did the right thing.........
not if he is a believer like that descibed in the Quran
"and they have firm conviction about the Hereafter" (2:4)
The reward of the akhirah is better than anything this world can offer.
"Paradise the size of a whip is better than the whole world and what so ever it contains"
that includes a case full of cash.
cash is just paperno point dying over paper when you can get jannah
That's how we Bangladeshis roll!
with due respect , I beg to differ . It's not that all Muslims are good or all non-Muslim bengali people are bad.format_quote Originally Posted by abu_musab461
he could be a non-Muslim . In that case , what would be the suitable headline ...a hindu did it or Christian ?
or someone that needs the money to pay the contractors or equipments for the business they're doing.format_quote Originally Posted by Güven
Subhanallah, this guy is great!! If this was in Malaysia I can imagine the taxi drivers that got his hands on the money would rub his hands and say I'm rich or something similar. It's really sad that people in this period of time aren't truthful anymore.
What an admirable act.
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