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Try to be soft-spoken… Arabs say: الكلام اللين يغلب ألحق البين “Speech which is LAYYIN (soft/gentle), may overcome truths which are BAYYIN (clear).” Whether you are a parent, or a spouse, or a public speaker, reme...

It's all about the leader ... A man from the Banu Abs tribe was asked: "Who is the smartest one amongst you?" He replied: "We are 1,000 men, technically only one of us is smart, but because we all consult and obey him, all 1,000 of us are smart." ق...

"But I have a good heart"... Ibn Taymiyah said: القلب هو الملك، والأعضاء جنوده "The heart is king and the limbs are its obedient soldiers." ["Majmu al-Fatawa", 2/6]. The fact that our hearts command our limbs to perform bad deeds and no good deeds,...

A romantic woman woke her husband up in the middle of the night, saying: "Did you sleep out of love for this night? Or did you sleep this night while in love [with me]? Or am I and the night both sleeplessly in love!" Her husband replied: "Are you l...

'Putting the hand on the wound, even if it hurts...' وضع اليد على الجرح وان أوجع... The coward preachers who shy away from the difficult issues and only talk about the 'cute' and 'fluffy' stuff - they are unfit to lead this nation. This nation is b...

Sometimes, keeping your distance from people and reducing your presence increases your worth in their eyes. لربما القمر ليس جميلا إلا لأنه بعيد.. "Maybe the moon is only beautiful because it is far away ..." What makes people attra...

Times have changed, but Arabs used to like chubbiness in women and they did not like chubbiness in men. 1- Imam al-Suyuti wrote a book 600 years ago, titled: اليواقيت الثمينة في صفات السمينة 'Precious Pearls [in praise of] the Characteristics of Fat...

They say about finding people's true nature: بعض البشر كمسائل الرياضيات .. الحل طويل و القيمة صفر !.. 'Some people are like complicated maths questions: it takes long to understand and figure them out, but the answer you end up with may be zero (i...

The wound of prostration on the forehead ... أثر السجود Al-Khatib al-Shirbini, ash-Shafi'ii quotes some scholars of the past as saying: كنا نصلي فلا يرى بين أعيننا شيء ونرى أحدنا الآن يصلي فيرى بين عينيه ركبة البعير فلا ندري أثقلت الرؤوس أم خشنت الأ...

The huge impact of small things … It is said: ‎قطره قطره جمع گردد وانگهی دریا شود When drops gather, an ocean is formed… According to legends and folklore: Once an entire kingdom collapsed because of one loose scr...