Mathematics of Hazrat Ali (Raliallahu Anhu)

One Day a person came to Ali (A.S.), thinking that since Ali thinks he is too smart,

I'll ask him such a tough question that he won't be able to answer it and I'll have

the chance to embarrass him in front of all the Arabs. He asked 'Ali (A.S.),

tell me a number, that if we divide it by any number from 1-10 the answer will

always come in the form of a whole number and not as a fraction.' Hazrat Ali (A.S.)

Looked back at him and said, 'Take the number of days in a year and multiply it with

the number of days in a week and you will have your answer.'

The person got astonished but as he was a Mushrik he still didn't believe Ali (A.S.).

He calculated the answer Ali (A.S.) gave him. To his amazement he came across the

following results:

The number of Days in a Year = 360 (in Arabic Calendar)

The Number of Days in a Week = 7

The product of the two numbers = 2520

2520 divide by 1 = 2520

2520 divide by 2 = 1260

2520 divide by 3 = 840

2520 divide by 4 = 630

2520 divide by 5 = 504

2520 divide by 6 = 420

2520 divide by 7 = 360

2520 divide by 8 = 315

2520 divide by 9 = 280

2520 divide by 10= 252

One day a person came to Ali (A.S.). He was planning to ask Ali (A.S.) such a

question which would take Ali (A.S.) a long time to answer and because of that

his Maghrib (aafter the sun-set) Prayers would be delayed. He asked, 'Ali you

say you know everything in the world, then tell me which animals lay eggs and

which animals give birth to their young ones Hazrat Ali (A.S.) looked back at him

smiled and said, 'The animals who have their 'EARS' outside their body give birth

to their young ones and the animals who have their 'EARS' inside their body lay eggs.'

A person was about to die, and before dying he wrote his Will which went as follows

'I have 17 Camels, and I have three sons. Divide my Camels in such a way that My eldest son gets half of them, the second one gets 1/3rd of the total and my youngest

son gets 1/9th of the total number of Camels' After his death when the relatives

read his will they got extremely perplexed and said to each other that how can we

divide 17 camels like this? So after a long hard thought they decided that there was

only one man in Arabia who could help them: 'Ali Ibne Abi Taalib.' So they all came

to the door of Ali (A.S.) and put forward their problem.

Hazrat Ali (A.S.) said, 'Ok. I will divide the camels as per the man's will.'

He said, 'I will lend one of my camels to the total which makes it 18 (17+1=18),

now lets divide as per his will'

The Eldest gets 1/2 of 18 = 9

The second one gets 1/3 of 18 = 6

and The Youngest gets 1/9 of 18 = 2

Now the total number of camels = 17

Then Hazrat Ali (A.S.) said, 'Now I will take my Camel back.'

This was the genius that Hazrat Ali was in his time.