Month: June 2021
Dogs
About 1,000 years ago, a scholar by the name of Ibn al-Marzubaan (d. 921) was so fed up with people in his society that he wrote a book called: (فضل الكلاب على كثير ممن لبس الثياب). "The Superiority of Dogs (kilaab),...
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Some people betray their nation for selfish reasons: It is said that Che Guevara, the revolutionary resistance fighter, was captured because he was betrayed by a shepherd. The shepherd was asked: "He was fighting for your fr...
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Men can also become a Fitnah for women: أن عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَانَ يَعُسُّ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَسَمِعَ امْرَأَةً تَتَغَنَّى بِأَبْيَاتِ تَقُولُ فِيهَا: هل من سبيل إلى خمر فأشربها ** هل من سبيل إلى نصر بن حجاج فَدَعَا بِهِ فَوَج...
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Ya Abidal Haramain ... by Abdullah Ibn Mubarak رِيْحُ العَبِيْرِ لكمْ ونحنُ عبيرُنا رَهْجُ السَّنابكِ والغبارُ الأطْيبُ “The smell of nice perfume is for you, And our perfume is better: dust and dirt...”...
View DetailsConfused Atheists
Atheist: Who created God? Theist: God is Uncreated. Atheist: If God exists, He MUST have a Creator! Theist: Then who Created the Universe? Atheist: The Universe has no Creator. Theist: So God cannot exist without a Creator, but the Universe exis...
View DetailsLooking At Women
Imam Muhammad bin Hassan al-Shaybani al-Hanafi, who was a leading student of Imam Abu Hanifah, says: يقول محمد بن الحسن الشيباني في كتاب الأصل ( ٢/ ٢٣٥-٢٣٦) : (( أما المرأة الحرة التي لا نكاح بينه وبينها ، ولا حرمة ، ممن يحل له نكاحها : فليس ينبغي ل...
View DetailsLove Beatings
A student kept making mistakes. The teacher said: "I beat you because I love you." The student said: "It is unfortunate that I am not allowed to return my love to you in the same way!" * قال المدرس لتلميذه : وهو يعاقبه على خطأ : إني أضربك لأني أحبك....
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A man gave his shoe to a shoe-maker to fix it. Every time he came back, the shoe-maker used to place his shoe in water and say: "Come back in an hour." After several attempts, he said: "I gave you my shoe to fix it, not to teach it how to swim." أ...
View DetailsAsking For The Impossible
A proverb to use, when people ask you to do the impossible: اقول ثور ، يقول احلبوه I say: "It's a Bull!" He says: "Milk it."...
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A man's friend was on his death-bed. He had a good looking wife. She was mourning and saying: "Who will take care of me after you are gone, my dear??!" The dying man's friend winked and nodded at her, saying: "I will." جاء أبو العِبَر يعود صديقًا له...
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