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Milk Cans & the king - حكمة In an ancient kingdom, the army was short on funding. So the king ordered milk cans to be placed in every neighbourhood in his kingdom and he ordered every household to pour a cup of milk into these cans every night, ...

A man with a massive nose asked the hand of a woman in marriage. He said: "I am a good man and I can endure difficulties..." She said: "By carrying this nose around for 40 years, I have no doubt that you can endure difficulties....." وخطب رجل عظيم ا...

"I used to think it were just days, but it was actually my life, passing by..." "كنت أظنها أياماً وتمضي، فإذا بها كانت حياتي."...

Any sane individual, who willingly says to people: "I am Allah", or: "worship me", will be considered a kaafir, moshrik & taghoot. The length of their beard and the size of their turban cannot save them - at all. Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani said: و...

The Prophet said: مَثَلُ الْقَلْبِ مَثَلُ الرِّيشَةِ تُقَلِّبُهَا الرِّيَاحُ بِفَلاَةٍ "The likeness of the heart is that of a feather blown about by the wind in the desert." ["Ibn Majah", 88]. https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:88 Meani...

Ibn al-Jawzi wrote about people who acted on the apparent wordings of religious scriptures, instead of its meanings: فأخذوه هم على الظاهر، فكانوا في ضرب المثل كجحا، فإن أمه قالت له: احفظ الباب، فقلعه ومشى به، فأخذ ما في الدار، فلامته أمه. فقال: إنما...

A man had bought one kilo meat from the market. His wife cooked it and ate it all. He came home and asked: "Where is the meat?" She said: "The cat ate it." He weighed the cat, it was one kilo... so he said: اذا كان هذا وزن القط فأين اللح...

Al-Quran: إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْىِۦٓ أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًۭا مَّا بَعُوضَةًۭ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا “God is not ashamed to present an example - that of a mosquito (insect) or what is smaller (or bigger) than it.” [2:26]. A size comparison of a needle 🪡 a...

When life gets difficult, remember: “Do grasslands rejoice, if the clouds haven’t cried yet? Do children get fed milk, if they haven’t cried yet?” ‎"كيف يضحك المرج إن لم يبك السحاب؟ ‎وهل ينال الطفل اللبن بغير بكاء؟...

A scholar is like a walking library, it is said: موت العالم موت العالم “The death of a scholar (‘Aalim), is like the death of the whole world (‘Aalam).” A one hour conversation with an elder could ...