Month: October 2021
Draining Wells
Delaying marriage is not recommended. The wise elders have said: فإن البئر إذا لم تنـزح ذهب ماؤها "If water is not regularly drawn from a well, it dries up..."...
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A man's house got robbed. He was too weak to defend his house, but while the intruder was leaving, he asked: "what is your name?" The thief said: "Naafi' نافع (meaning: beneficial) The man...
View DetailsPhilosophy
A young philosopher 'فيلسوف' visited his old father. His father cooked a chicken for him. Father: "So now you're a doctor? Do you treat sick people?" Son: "No, I'm a doctor of Philosophy." Father: "How does that benefit you?" Son: "Let me explai...
View DetailsTraitors
When Genghis Khan conquered Bukhara in 1220, some people in that region joined him against their own people. They killed, burned and looted… After the war was won, Genghis ordered that those who helped him ...
View DetailsFocus On The Substance
I read somewhere: "Gandhi wore no pants, yet a nation rallied behind him." I'm not saying: walk around without pants... but: focus on substance, not appearance. If you bring value, people will support you - irrespective of your app...
View DetailsDon’t Lose Hope
If your life feels like everything is falling apart and you're losing everything ... remember: a tree loses all its leafs every year, but it stands strong until they grow back. In life - it is not the comfortable ones, but the ones who have fallen, ...
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May we be among those to whom it will be said: يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي "O serene Soul, Come back to your Lord, well-p...
View DetailsKafir For No Reason
A Muslim drug addict was once sitting with a kaafir. Muslim: "Do you smoke?" Kaafir: "No." Muslim: "Do you do drugs?" Kaafir: "No." Muslim: "Do you drink wine?" Kaafir: "No." Muslim: "you wasteman! so you have chosen to be Kaafir for no reason ..." ...
View DetailsGet Tough
Old proverb: اخْشَوْشِنوا؛ فإنَّ النِّعمَةَ لا تدومُ “Toughen up, because luxury does not last forever.” Our elders were rough & tough, because of their lifestyle. They didn't have a tap with hot & cold wat...
View DetailsInsulting The Dead
It has been narrated by Ibn Asaakir: لَمَّا قَدِمَ عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ أَبِي جَهْلٍ الْمَدِينَةَ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ فَجَعَلُوا , يَقُولُونَ : هَذَا ابْنُ أَبِي جَهْلٍ ، هَذَا ابْنُ أَبِي جَهْلٍ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ : " لا تُؤْذُوا الأَحْيَاءَ بِسَب...
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