Year: 2020

Funny story: ومن طرائف النساء ما قالته امرأة حبلى لزوجها وكان قبيح الوجه، الويل لي إن كان الذي في بطني يشبهك، فقال لها: والويل لكِ إن لم يكن يشبهني A woman was married to an ugly man. She was pregnant and said: ...

Lowering the Gaze - غض البصر Two guys saw a girl outside. The first guy whistled at the girl. The second guy said: "Heyyy, she is my sister!!" The first guy apologised and said: "You never told me that you had a sister?" The second guy said: "She is...

Watering down religion ... الفرقان Medicine eradicates disease, it does not adapt to the disease. Similarly, the Qur'an does not adapt & conform to the ills of society, it aims to eradicate evil. Don't bend the rules of the Qur'an to make them c...

A story about an Oppressor & Fisherman - اتق دعوة المظلوم Short version: A fisherman had caught a fish to sell and feed his family. An oppressor took the fish off the fisherman by force and beat him up. ...

Humans will be Giants In Hereafter - أهل الجنة والنار The physical bodies of people in Paradise and Hell will be increased in size, to maximise pleasure and pain. May God protect us all. For example, a TOOTH will be the size of a Mountain: 1- The...

إذا عظم الرب في القلب صغر الخلق في العين "When the CREATOR is Magnified in the Heart; The CREATION becomes Minimised in the Eyes."...

知彼知己,百戰不殆;不知彼而知己,一勝一負;不知彼,不知己,每戰必殆 "If you know your opponent & know yourself: you will WIN 100 battles easily; If you don't know your opponent, but do know yourself:...

Can Major Sinners (أهل الكبائر) Love God and His Messenger? Yes An alcoholic was lashed for drinking alcohol, which is a major sin (كبيرة) - but he used to go back to drinking REPEATEDLY. Het kept getting lashed for drinking, so one companion curse...

Self-Study is Important - حاتم بن عارف العوني There was an old saying: من كان شيخُه كتابَه غلب خطؤه صوابَه "Whoever takes his book as his Shaykh, his mistakes will exceed his rectifications." This statement is outdated in the 21st century (age of ...

25 Scholarly Quotes on Hadith Matn Criticism - نقدِ المتن عند المُحدِّثين A chain (سند) is only ONE of the conditions for a Hadith to be Sahih, it is not the ONLY condition. Reliability of narrators does not mean Infallibility. Reliable narrators ...