Month: March 2021
The Funny Guest
A man visited his friends house. Day 1: he placed MILK in front of his guest. Day 2: he placed MILK in front of his guest. Day 3: he placed MILK in front of his guest. The guest was frustrated - expecting other food. The man asked: "What is wrong my ...
View DetailsSilence Better Than Speech
Khatib al-Baghdadi narrates: كان رجل يجلس إلى أبي يوسف فيطيل الصمت فقال له أبو يوسف ألا تتكلم فقال بلى متى يفطر الصائم قال إذا غابت الشمس قال فان لم تغب إلى نصف الليل قال فضحك أبو يوسف وقال أصبت في صمتك A man sat quietly next to Imam Abu Yu...
View DetailsOcean Of Knowledge
It is said: "العلم بحر لا ساحل له - Knowledge is an Ocean that has no Coast." The Tree of Knowledge has 100’s of branches, like: 'Tafsir', 'Hadith', 'Fiqh', 'Qira'aat', 'Lugha', ‘Aqidah’, ‘Sirah’, ‘Finance’, etc. Some people think: a scholar knows ...
View DetailsSuicide
When a member of our community commits suicide - like the unfortunate incident of that Ayesha girl - we debate whether that person will go to Hell or Paradise. Leave that for God to decide. The question WE should be addressing is: How did WE let t...
View DetailsDhahiri Literalism
Example of a strange view of the Dhahiri Literalists - من عجائب الإمام بن حزم The Prophet said: لاَ تُنْكَحُ الْبِكْرُ حَتَّى تُسْتَأْذَنَ " . قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ إِذْنُهَا قَالَ " أَنْ تَسْكُتَ "A virgin should not be married ...
View DetailsHair Extensions
15 Classical Scholars on: Hair Extensions - وصل الشعر It is allowed to: Use hair-extensions for the sake of beautification (تحسين) and to hide a defect (إزالة العيب) - like baldness, or due to a burn, or illness or chemotherapy. The same applies to ...
View DetailsFunny Story
Funny story: A Bedouin asked another man: "What is your name?" Man: "My name is OCEAN (بحر)". Bedouin: "The son of ...?" Man: "The son of FLOW (ابن فياض)" Bedouin: "What is your nickname?" Man: "The Father of WET (dew) (ابو الندى)" The Bedouin said:...
View DetailsFeasts For Books
Did you know that even Books have Walimah Feasts ولائم الكتب ??? I'm sorry to break it to you, if you're single ... but, yes ... even books have made it, and you haven't ... ... you are officially less desirable than a book!! (joke!!) 😂😂 Books like...
View DetailsSpiritual Retreat
A spiritual retreat...from the concrete-jungle ... تزكية النفس والعزلة The glitter of city life dazzles the eyes. It takes away our focus from the hereafter. Sometimes, it is good to take a break and go on a spiritual retreat ... away from civilisat...
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