“It’s his haq! His right. I don’t want to die without repaying his loan.”
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Pakistan national Asadullah Ahmadjan has been desperately looking for an Emirati named Noman for two years to repay the remainder of a loan. Finally, in desperation, he wrote to Gulf News, asking for our help to track down this Good Samaritan who had come to his aid in a time of crisis.
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“I came to the UAE as a 19-year-old about 14 years ago. It was 2005. My father owned an abaya shop in Ras Al Khaimah called Kharz. It was doing well. I joined him after completing my Bachelor of Arts.”
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The teenager travelled from Quetta in Pakistan to help his father in the business. He was a fast learner and soon his father handed over the entire control of the shop to him.
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Building a friendship
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“After a year of my coming to the UAE, my father went back to Pakistan. He would visit once in six months for about 10 days. Business was good. I’ve always had a special skill in dealing with my customers. There was this particular person, Noman, he was an Emirati who would visit the shop regularly with his family.
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“A very good, kind, gentle man. We developed a good friendship.”
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Asadullah worked hard and grew the business, enough to acquire a second shop. Business was booming. He enrolled for a Bachelor of Business Administration course in Ras Al Khaimah. Then he heard about the plight of a close friend. He had fallen into bad times. The young man stepped in to help and asked his friend to come on board as a business partner. Perhaps that was the worst decision. His kindness was repaid with bankruptcy.
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“He caused me immense losses, about Dh600,000. It was too much. I had debtors calling all the time. It was truly horrible and then my father suffered two heart attacks.
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“As they say it never rains but it pours, trouble poured in from all sides. Around that time one of the people to whom I had given a cheque for Dh10,000 started calling because it was not being honoured. I spoke to Noman, asking him for a loan of Dh10,000.
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Help in time of need
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“He listened and then said that he would reply in two days’ time, which he did. He asked me to go to his home in Dubai and pick up the amount. I don’t exactly remember where I went, because I had spent all my time in Ras Al Khaimah, so was unfamiliar with Dubai.
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“Any way I reached his home, and he handed me the money saying that the amount belonged to his wife. I thanked him profusely. He told me to repay it in small amounts because he said that he understood my financial crisis.
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“So, I did that. I repaid him Dh8,000 over a period of six months. After that, the hounding by the many others I owed money too became too much to bear. I rented out the shop, left Ras Al Khaimah, changed my phone number a couple of times and moved to Ajman, where I made a fresh start. This was about four years’ ago, in 2015.”
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A good man should be repaid
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Asadullah struggled, but slowly and surely he managed to pay each of his debtors back. It was a long journey but he was determined to right all the wrongs.
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“Today by the grace of God, I am doing fine. I’m married, I have four kids, my father is doing fine, too. I can easily send money home. But, I could never find Noman, as I had lost his number when I changed my phone number. And I have no clear idea of where he lives in Dubai. It’s been two years since I started my quest. I’m hoping this report will reach him, and I can repay my debt to this kind man. I don’t ever want him to think that he helped someone in a time of need and they cheated him. Kindness and decency should never be punished. It should be honoured.”
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