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A man tried to talk to Ma'mun (المأمون - an Abbasid ruler), but Ma'mun did not pay any attention to him. The man said: "God stopped Prophet Solaiman to listen to an ant. I'm not less than an ant, and you are not more than So...

A man said to his wife: "The Abbasid kings had beautiful names, such as: "Al-Mu'tasim Billah, Al-Mutawakil 'ala Allah etc, If I was one of them, how would you have named me?" His wife replied: "Probably 'Al-'Ayazu Billah' (ا...

A man was studying Usul al-Fiqh - أصول الفقه His wife asked: "If you were to choose between me and such and such woman, who would you prefer?" The man replied, citing an Usuli principle: "Don't give preference (tarjih) to one over the other, unles...

The story of 'Uday bin Rabia - عدي بن أبي ربيعة A man was captured in a tribal war, in times of Jahiliyah. They asked him to show them 'Uday bin Rabia. The prisoner said: "If I show him to y...

Some parents are control-freaks ... They want to micro-manage and get involved in every decision of their children, even after they've grown up. Ibn Daqiq al-Eid said: فلا يجب على الولد طاعتهما في كل ما يأمران به ، ولا في كل ما ينهيان عنه ب...

The Prophet said: وَالْمُجَاهِدُ مَنْ جَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُهَاجِر من هجر الْخَطَايَا والذنُوب "The Mujahid (warrior) is the one who fights/strives against (the evil in) himself, to ali...

The wife of Aziz of Egypt and her friends, demanded that Prophet Yusuf either fornicates with them or he goes to jail ... Yusuf said: ‎رَبِّ السِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِي إِلَيْهِ “Lord, prison is dearer to m...

There is a proverb: تمخض الجبل فولد فأرا "A mountain went into labour, and gave birth to a mouse." -------------- Never: OVERPROMISE & UNDERDELIVER Always: UNDERPROMISE & OVERDELIVER...

Ibn al-Jawzi said: ومن تلبيس إبليس على عوام الناس : أنهم يفعلون المعاصي ، فإذا أنكرت عليهم قالوا : الرب كريم ، والعفو واسع . وهذا هو الذي يهلك العوام . "And one of the methods by which the devil misguides the general public...

The Hadith of Moses slapping the Eye of the Angel of Death: قصة موسى وملك الموت https://sunnah.com/bukhari:1339 These are NOT the words of the Prophet: This incident has been narrated by various chains as Abu Hurairah's own words [mawquf] - without...