Month: December 2021

  1. Home
  2. 2021
  3. December

Wife: "You are so good looking." Husband: "I wish I could say the same about you." Wife: "You could have just faked it, like I just did." قالت له : ﻛﻢ انت ﺟﻤﻴل ﻓﻘﺎل لها : ﻟﻴﺘﻚ ﺟﻤﻴلة ﻷﺑﺎﺩﻟﻚ ﻧﻔﺲ ﺍﻟﻜﻼﻡ...

Relevant in light of the spread of the new Omicron variant: Imam Al-Mardawi Hanbali states: ‎"(ويعذر في ترك الجمعة والجماعة المريض) بلا نزاع، ويعذر أيضا في تركهما لخوف حدوث المرض." ‎(الإنصاف، ٣٠٠/٢) "An ill person is excused in non-attendanc...

There is a weak Hadith floating around, which says: علقوا السوط حيث يراه أهل البيت "Hang a whip where the members of the household can clearly see it." This is not authentic. It should not be attributed to the Pro...

Don't be always 'mr nice guy'..... a degree of bitterness, sternness and toughness suits a man. A poet says: آب را از چی میبرند فرو؟ زانکه استخوانی ندیده اند به او گر ز سختی علم نبردند سنگ را همچو آب میخوردند. "Why do people swallow water wi...

Short Story: Don't rush to Conclusions - قصة فيها حكمة A man and his wife had a child whom they loved very much. They also had a loyal dog which they realised was getting increasingly jealous of the attention the child received. One day, the man cam...

A woman’s husband died, she was crying. Someone said to her: “Don’t worry, there are plenty of men, you can marry another man.” She said: “Shut up, don’t make me laugh while I’m mourning.” دیوی ښځی خاوند مړ وو ډیر یی ژړل ‎!وکی‎ یو مجرد ورته غږ کړ چی...

Origins of the Egyptian proverb: اللي اختشوا ماتوا "Those who had shame have died." The story goes as follows: In the 17th Century, in Cairo (Egypt), a fire broke out in a female public bath. Many women ran outside naked to safe th...

Short story: بئس القرى التي كلابها أصدق من أهلها.. "Miserable is the state of a village, whose dogs are more reliable than its people!" The story goes as follows: A woman was married to a man, but he neglected her ...

The great Imam Ibn Rushd - ابن رشد - once gave a speech wearing normal dress, but nobody paid any attention to him. They all ignored him. Someone who knew him told him to wear a robe, so he did - and a crowd gathered to list...

Imaam al-Shaatibi al-Maliki says: المفتي البالغ ذروة الدرجة هو الذي يَحمِل الناس على الوسط المعهود فيما يليق بالجمهور، فلا يذهب بهم مذهب الشدة، ولا يميل بهم إلى طرف الانحلال ولأنه إذا ذهب بالمستفتي مذهب العنت والحرج بُغّض إليه الدين، وأدى إلى الانقط...