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If you tolerate abuse, it will only get worse... Once a Lion allowed its cubs to mess around with him for fun. The jackals and other animals of the jungle noticed this, so they all started to mess with him. The Lion became a joke in their eyes ... S...

A man sat between two people. They tried to make fun of him, so they asked: "Are you a fool or an idiot?" He replied: "I'm in between a fool and an idiot." جلس شيخ بين شابين فأتفقا على أن يسخرا منه ...

King Faisal was asked a silly question: "Why is your beard black, but the hair on your head grey?" So he replied: "The hair on my head started growing 20 years before my beard." سئل الملك فيصل كي يُحرَج : نرى لحيتك سوداء وشعر رأسك أبيض ؟ فقال : شعر...

Once an earthquake happened in ancient Egypt... The government poets immediately read the following lines of poetry in praise of the king: ما زُلزلت مصر من كيد أُريد بها لكنها رقصت من عدلكم طربا "There was no earthquake in Egypt; ...

It is recommended for scholars and students to earn money and be financially independent from people. Almost 1200 years ago, Ibn Abi Dunya wrote a book on 'wealth', titled: إصلاح المال Link: https://ia800900.us.archive.org/26/items/WAQMriad23/mriad...

Over-piousness ... الوَرع الكاذب Ibn al-Jawzi mentioned a funny story about a guy who wanted to avoid "backbiting" at all costs: قيل لبعض البله وكان يتحرى من الغيبة: ما تقول في إبليس؟ فقال: أسمع الكلام عليه كثيراً والله أعلم بسريرته. "He wa...

1 single grape in charity ... Yahya related that Malik said: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ مِسْكِينًا، اسْتَطْعَمَ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا عِنَبٌ فَقَالَتْ لإِنْسَانٍ خُذْ حَبَّةً فَأَعْطِهِ إِيَّاهَا فَ...

Persian proverb: قطره قطره دريا ميشود An ocean is made up of drops of water.... Don't under-estimate small acts of charity... There is a story about a forest-fire ... All animals fled, except a little bird, which wa...

In Arabic language, the way a person says: "our father", changes depending on the sentence. A man sought judgement from Imam al-Sha’bi - الشعبي - because he lost a part of his inheritance share in a dispute with his brothers...

Ibn Batuta, the famous Moroccan explorer from 700 years ago, writes in his 'Rihla' (p.424), that he fainted on seeing the unbelievable sight of 'Sati' (bride burning) in India. He described how a widow smiled and willingly jumped into the flames of ...