Month: August 2020
Neighbours
Arabic Proverb: الْجَارُ قَبْلَ الدَّارِ وَالرَّفِيقُ قَبْلَ الطَّرِيقِ "[Choose] your neighbour (JAAR), before your home (DAAR), And your companion/friend (RAFEEQ), before ...
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Giving Fatawa should not be taken lightly by the Muftis. Abu Husain, the great Tabi'ie, said about some Muftis of his time: إنَّ أحدهم ليفتي في المسألة، ولو وردت على عمر لجمع لها أهل بدر “Some of them pass verdicts on an issue, the like of...
View DetailsThe Slip Of A Scholar
Imam Abu Hanifah - رحمه الله تعالى - saw a boy playing in the mud. The Imam told him to be careful, so he doesn't slip in the mud. The boy replied: احذر أنت السقوط، فإن في سقوط العالم سقوط العالم "You should be careful of slipping, because the ...
View DetailsThe Responsibility Of The King
A caravan was robbed. The owner of the caravan complained to the king. The king asked: "Why were you sleeping?!" The man replied: "Because I thought that you were awake…" یو کاروان ...
View DetailsThe People Mocked Noah
The people of Noah mocked him - تفسير ابن كثير Ibn Kathir narrates in his Tafsir (2/463): ويسخرون منه ويقولون : تعمل سفينة في البر ، فكيف تجري ؟ قال : سوف تعلمون "The [disbelievers] used to mock [Noah], saying: ...
View DetailsWhat We Give Remains
Aisha - رضي اللَّه عنها - said that they slaughtered a sheep. Most of it was given away to feed poor people. The Prophet asked: "What remains of it?" Aisha said: مَا بَقِي...
View DetailsPlagues Are A Mercy
How Sahaba accepted Destiny & Plagues - معاذ بن جبل The plague of Amwas (طاعون عمواس), was a Bubonic Plague epidemic that afflicted Syria-Palestine in 638–639 and some Sahaba were present. It is reported in “Siyar A'lam al-Nubala", (1/458): و...
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