Drawing Lots
(By Akbar Ardestani, the Martyr's Brother)
One of the Air Force personnel recounted to me the following speeches,
When the General was the deputy of the Air Force operations, one day the doorbell of his house sounded, a few moments later the door opened and the General of the door.
Please let me know what you want to do! Two soldiers were standing behind the door by a carton. When they saw the General, they saluted him. One of them said "Excuse me, General, Mr….gave us this TV to bring for you."
Take away the TV! I will talk to him myself.
He went to the phone immediately and picked up the receiver. He rang the responsible person who had sent the TV to let him know what had happened. He answered the General! There were 7 or 8 TV sets. One of them is your share. Then
he enumerated the names of other people who had received TVs.
Martyr Ardestani told him to collect the TV sets, which he had distributed. Then he came and said what to do with them. Then the General went away and took out the names of those who had the necessary qualifications. Then he drew lots among them. When I heard about this matter, I praised him silently for not being dependent on materialistic possessions.
Since I knew my brother had a TV set in his home which had been used from 1352 up to that time and he sometimes sent it to the repair shop to be fixed. But he hadn't even included his name among the participants in the lottery.
One of the Air Force personnel recounted to me the following speeches,
When the General was the deputy of the Air Force operations, one day the doorbell of his house sounded, a few moments later the door opened and the General of the door.
Please let me know what you want to do! Two soldiers were standing behind the door by a carton. When they saw the General, they saluted him. One of them said "Excuse me, General, Mr….gave us this TV to bring for you."
Take away the TV! I will talk to him myself.
He went to the phone immediately and picked up the receiver. He rang the responsible person who had sent the TV to let him know what had happened. He answered the General! There were 7 or 8 TV sets. One of them is your share. Then
he enumerated the names of other people who had received TVs.
Martyr Ardestani told him to collect the TV sets, which he had distributed. Then he came and said what to do with them. Then the General went away and took out the names of those who had the necessary qualifications. Then he drew lots among them. When I heard about this matter, I praised him silently for not being dependent on materialistic possessions.
Since I knew my brother had a TV set in his home which had been used from 1352 up to that time and he sometimes sent it to the repair shop to be fixed. But he hadn't even included his name among the participants in the lottery.
