Day: November 7, 2021
Ungrateful People
A wolf was dying because a bone was stuck in its throat. A bird came to its rescue and pulled out the bone from its mouth. The bird said to the wolf: "I helped you. How will you return the favour?" The wolf replied: "Consider the fact that I let y...
View DetailsIntelligent Disbelievers
Ibn Taymiyyah said about the philosophers: وأوتوا ذكاء ولم يؤتوا زكاء "They have been given intelligence (dhakā'), but they have been deprived of spiritual purification (zakā')." ["Majmu al-Fatawa", 3/63]. A person...
View DetailsProtective Jealousy
We already spoke about the extreme type of ‘protective jealousy’ ‘الغيرة’ that Arabs had for their women, even in pre-Islamic times of Jahiliyah. Here’s another example: A man saw his wife brushing her teeth with a Siwaak-twig from the Araak-tree, ...
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