Month: September 2021
Women Working
The Prophet himself allowed women to work outside their homes, as long as the Shar'ii limits are not breached: Jabir bin 'Abdullah said: طُلِّقَتْ خَالَتِي فَأَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَجُدَّ نَخْلَهَا فَزَجَرَهَا رَجُلٌ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَتَتِ النَّب...
View DetailsDon’t Cheat
A wise Chinese grand-master once said: وفاداري له تالا څخه زده کړئ ، ځان ماتوي مګر ځان په بلې کیلي نه خلاصوي! "Learn loyalty from a lock. It allows itself to be broken, but it won't allow itself to be opened by another key."...
View DetailsFrom Bad To Worse
Pashto proverb: د باران نه تښتیدلو د ناوی لاندی مو شپه شوه 'We tried to escape from the rain, but we ended up sleeping under the drainage pipe.' Don't escape a BAD situation, IF the alternative is WORSE. BAD is no...
View DetailsBe Confident
Shaykh Sa'di was once fixing a drainage pipe of the mosque during a dry season. People were confused, so they asked why? The Shaykh replied: غداً سنصلي الإستسقاء "We are p...
View DetailsGratefulness
The Prophet said: الطَّاعِمُ الشَّاكِرُ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ الصَّائِمِ الصَّابِرِ “The one who eats and thanks [God] has the same reward as the one who fasts and is patient.” ["Sunan Ibn Majah", 1765]. https://sunnah.com/urn/12716...
View DetailsStones & Dogs
A Bedouin entered a land, and he was chased by some dogs. He tried to pick up a stone, to throw it at the dogs, but he couldn't pull it off the ground. He angrily said: "What’s wrong with these people! They t...
View DetailsWe Belong To Dust
It is said in Persian: این خاک از شما نیست , شما از خاک هستید! "This soil does not belong to you, you belong to the soil." We are from dust and we return to dust...... من التراب إلي التراب من القصور إلي القبور...
View DetailsThe Majority Is Not Always Right
The majority is not always right ... الزوج غير ملزم بالإنفاق على علاج زوجته The majority of scholars are USUALLY correct, but not ALWAYS ....... A good example which highlights this fact is that the majority of scholars, within the 4 madhabs have r...
View DetailsBuying & Selling Cats
About: buying and selling cats - حكم بيع القطط Abu Zubair said: سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا عَنْ ثَمَنِ الْكَلْبِ، وَالسِّنَّوْرِ، قَالَ زَجَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ ذَلِكَ . 'I asked Jabir about the price of a dog and a cat; he said: A...
View DetailsPious People
The wise people say: الاختِلاط بالصّالحين يُصلِحك "Mixing with the pious, reforms you."...
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