Yesterday I spent some of my time reading through my e-mail archive as I know I had to refund someone his overpaid debt. That has been four years. My last e-mail received no answers from him despite the fact that was the usual e-mail we have been keeping in touch with.

I came out with an idea to ask a family friend a favour – just in case this family has his account number for me to do a quick transfer. I am still unsure whether it was a good idea or not when the family friend returned my question with an exclamation: “oh that’s so kind of him!”(to pay me extra).

So am I the evil for making him overpaid? Or am I a shaytan for having the intention to return someone else’s money when he had overpaid his debt? I could be sounding over-reacting by now but I wish the person who had expressed her exclamation understood that the debt was paid via bank standing order and a court instruction. The last payment should be less than the usual monthly amount and due to that, I got overpaid and as much as people are in debt to me, I am still aware and wise to differentiate between what is mine and not.

Although I had given her no heed to her quick exclamation (or rather hurried), I came to a conclusion that I believe worth keeping as a reminder to myself: if we jump too quickly to a conclusion, we may put ourselves into the drain and get washed away.

No matter how defensive one can be towards a friend or relative, it is also good to spare some kindness to the hands whom we thought fishy. Wallahualam.