Month: December 2021

Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali said after mentioning the fact that four witnesses are required to establish adultery & fornication: ثم انظر إلى كثيف ستر الله كيف أسبله على العصاة من خلقه بتضييق الطريق في كشفه فنرجو أن لا نحرم هذا الكرم يوم تبلى السرا...

A yahoodi started causing doubts in the minds of the Muslim laymen, saying Islam is illogical, because: تحلّون هذا و تحرّمون هذا .. مع ان هذا من هذا !! "It forbids wine, and permits grapes - even though wine came from grapes...

Fearing what people will say - الخوف من كلام الناس Don't live in this mental-prison, fearing people's opinions ... whatever you do, people will always talk. A poet said: صَمَتُ فقالوا كليلُ اللسان ** نَطقتُ فقالوا كثير الكلام ...

'o my dark night' - ياليلي الاسود A man had 9 sons and 1 daughter. When his daughter was born, he became sad, saying: "o my dark night!' - as if darkness had descended upon his house. This was a Jahili tradition, condemned by Islam. When his childre...

‘Why is this wall crooked?’ انوشیروان ساسانی به خاطر پیرزنی که حاضر نشد خانه‌اش را بفروشد دیوار کاخ کسری را کج بنا کرد یکی از بزرگان از او پرسید این کجی از بهر چیست؟! انوشیروان گفت: این کجی از راستی ماست! A Persian king of the Sassanid Empi...

Imam Haskafi al-Hanafi said 400 years ago: إذا سئلنا عن مذهبنا ومذهب مخالفنا قلنا وجوبا : مذهبنا صواب يحتمل الخطأ ومذهب مخالفنا خطأ يحتمل الصواب "If you ask us about our madhab and the madhab of our (other Sunni) opponents (on Fiqhi issues),...

A man claimed prophethood at the time of Caliph Mamoon. Mamoon asked: “What is your miracle?” The man replied: “Ask me anything you want.” Mamoon had a lock in his hand and said: “Open this lock without a key.” The man said: “I’m a Prophet, not a loc...

Al-Zamakhshari - الزمخشري -, the linguist, was asked: "Why can men have more than one wife, but women cannot have more than one husband?" He responded, using an Arabic grammar rule: يجوز تعدد المفعول به في اللغة العربية ، ولا يجوز تعدد الفاعل ...

The difference between 'eyesight' & 'insight' - الفرق بين البصر والبصيرة The scholars say: Elders have weak eyesight (البصر), but strong insight (البصيرة). Youth have weak insight (البصيرة), ...

Imam Ibn al-Jawzi said: ‎يا هذا ماء العين في الأرض حياة الزرع ‎وماء العين على الخد حياة القلب “O you! The water that flows on land brings crops to life, but the water (tears) that flows on cheeks brings hearts to life.” [“Al-Tabsir...