Woman reunited with viral RM50 note given to her by late father

A RM50 note, which went viral in a photo posted on social media, has been reunited with its owner nearly four years after she used it.

A local news outlet reported that cashier Nur Hidayah Mohamad, 25, received the note from Azfarul Zainol on Feb 23.

The note carries a significance for Hidayah as it was the last time she had received money from her father, who died in 2020 after kidney problems.

On it, she had scrawled a message in Malay that read “Dad’s last money given to me, 11/5/20”, along with “Al-Fatihah”, a Quranic chapter commonly recited for those who have died.

But several months after her dad’s passing, Hidayah found herself in a situation where she had to use the note as it was the only cash she had in her wallet.

“I had to use it, and at that time, in my heart, I thought, God willing, I can get it back later,” she said.

The note had gone to Azfarul in the money he withdrew from an ATM in Kuantan on Feb 19.

He was touched by the message on the note and posted a photo of it the next day on his Facebook account, where he goes by the username Tuah Lim, looking for its owner.

His post was shared over 12,000 times, and received nearly 9,000 likes. It was ultimately how Hidayah found the note.

She contacted Azfarul on Facebook after seeing the post, and they arranged to meet on Feb 23.

Azfarul said that four other individuals had contacted him claiming to be the note’s owner, but he verified that Hidayah was the rightful one, based on her social media posts which confirmed the date of her father’s death.

Said Hidayah: “I will take care of it as best as I can from now on because it is the last spending money given by my late father, and holds a lot of memories for me.”

Azfarul, who posted a photo of their meeting on Feb 23, said he was relieved and grateful to be able to return the money to its owner, and thanked netizens for their help.

He said: “Thankfully, everything has come to an end and the owner has been found.” – The Straits Times (Singapore)/Asia News Network