Month: April 2021

Interesting History ... The Hanging of Mary (Elephant) - Year 1916, USA Mary was a five-ton Asian elephant who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. After killing a keeper in Tennessee in 1916, she was hanged. The elephant was hanged...

A Beggar was asked: "Are you Sunni or Shi'ii?" He replied: "I'm hungry - انا جائع !" When it comes to helping the needy, look beyond: creed, colour, race, country, culture, etc....

A veil-burning ceremony in Andijan, Uzbekistan, in 1927: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hujum The Communists prosecuted believers in their lands. They tried to eradicate all traces of religion. There are stories about prosecuted believers, burying ...

Pashto Joke: A woman wanted to appear rich in front of her guests. So she said to her daughter: "Every time I tell you to bring me an item in front of the guests, ask: "Which one of them?" - so it appears that we have a lot of items in the house." T...

Antarah was a strong man.He once ran away from a bull.They said to him: “Where is your courage?! You fear a bull, while you are the great Antarah?!”He said: “The bull doe...

Wiping Face after Du'a - مسح الوجه باليدين بعد الدعاء Short Answer: This issue is disputed, because: - All the narrations on this topic contain weakness. - A group of scholars believe that together, their chains strengthen each other to legitimis...

A Bedouin was asked: قيل لأعرابي : أتحب أن تموت امرأتك ؟ قال : لا قيل : ولم ؟ قال : أخاف أن أموت من الفرح "Don't you sometimes wish that your wife was dead?" The Bedouin replied: "No."...

Domestic Violence ... سورة النساء In our day and age, many people quote Qur'an (4:34) as “justification” for domestic violence, after causing physical injury & harm to women. It goes without saying that Islam does not condone that. Good men do...

Once upon a time, some Muslims went to Hollywood with a script for a movie about the Life of Prophet Mohammad. Those directors said: "If the actors who play these roles are named Mohammed and Ahmed, and not Christian Bale or Tom Cruise - we will str...

2 Interesting Palindromes in the Qur'an A palindrome is a 'word', 'number', 'phrase', which reads the same backward as forward. ----------------------------- 1- The Qur'an states: كل في فلك "Each gliding in an orbit." (21:33). These are the letters...