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Al-Jahiz - الجاحظ - said: I have never been humiliated, except by two women: I once sat somewhere and I was eating. A very tall woman walked past. I tried to make fun of her height, so I said: "Why don't you COME DOWN and eat with us?" She replied:...

Take wisdom, wherever it may come from ... خذ الحكمة ولا يهمك من اي وعاء خرجت A Bedouin had a container of water hanging on one side of his camel. To balance out the weight, had had added sand in the other empty container, h...

The job of a jurist ... العلماء ورثة الأنبياء Some people expect a religious scholar to build SPACE SHUTTLES, find a CURE FOR CANCER, take us to the MOON and build settlements on MARS etc. That's not their job. You wouldn’t expect, a medical docto...

It was said to a scholar: فلان يحفظ القرآن! "That person did Hifz of the Qur'an!" So he said: بل القرآنُ يحفظه!! "Rather, the Qur'an did Hifz of him!"...

Al-Qur'an: وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمً...

The Ruling on Abandoner of Prayer - حكم تارك الصلاة Short Answer: If a person abandons prayers out of denial (إنكار وجحود) and arrogance, such a person is a kafir by agreement of all scholars. If a person abandons prayers out of negligence and laz...

Ibn al-Jawzi Hanbali wrote: الشهور الإثني عشر كمثل أولاد يعقوب عليه وعليهم السلام وشهر رمضان بين الشهور كيوسف بين إخوته فكما أن يوسف أحب الأولاد إلى يعقوب كذلك رمضان أحب الشهور إلى علام الغيوب "The 12 months of the year are like the 12 child...

Bad breath during Fasting: Some people mistakenly think that the bad breath of the fasting person is a good thing, citing the Hadith: وَلَخَلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ "The smell of the mouth of a fasting pers...

It is important not to isolate yourself, and remain a part of the community: The Prophet is reported to have said: عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: (إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ ذِئ...

Atheist Logic Debunked: Atheists know that the laws of nature are perfectly balanced to sustain life on earth. They try to explain this order by saying: "Maybe there are 1,000,000 other universes, and 999,999 are full of disorder, but this 1 that we...