Month: December 2021

A religious man said to a prostitute: “You are drunk, caught every moment in a different snare!” She replied: “O Shaykh, I am as you say, but are you as you seem?” ‎قال شيخ لبغى : أنت ذى سكرى فسحقا ‎كل ان لك غاو فى ...

Good companionship - صحبة الأخيار The people around you have a strong influence on you. 1- The Qur'an states: وَكُونُواْ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ "And be WITH the truthful." [9:119]. [This verse does NOT say: 'BE TRUTHFUL', it says: 'Be WITH the Truthful...

Depression ... المكتئب ليس شخصاً مريضاً في نظري، بل هو إنسان رأى الدنيا وأهلها على حقيقتهم، وعجز عن التعامل مع كل هذا القُبح "A Depressed person is not sick in my opinion, but it is a person who saw the real face of the world and its people...

The scholars say: الإفراط في حسن النيه قد يكلفك الكثير.. فحسن الظن قد يتحول الى سذاجة أو حمق أحياناً "Excessive good faith may cause you a lot of harm ..." Good people think that everyone else is good like them. Bad people take advantage of their n...

Plato said: الرجال الحُكماء يتكلّمون لأنهم يملكون شيئًا لقوله أمّا الحمقى فيتكلّمون لأنّ عليهم قول شيء وحسب "Wise people say something, because they have something to say. Foolish people say something,...

A man saw a delegation of European women visit the Middle East on a tour and he said: لماذا لا تنمو هذه النباتات في بلادنا! “Why don’t these type of plants grow in our lands??”...

If someone has gossiped about you in your absence, don't be grateful to the person who brings this gossip to you. 1- It was said to Wahb bin Munabbih: قال رجل لوهب بن منبه: إن فلانا شتمك! قال: "أما وجد الشيطان رسولا غيرك ؟ "Such and such person insu...

Arabs say: مَنْ حَفَرَ لأَخِيهِ قَلِيبًاأَوْقَعَهُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ قَرِيبًا"Whoever digs for his brother a hole (qaleeb),God will make th...

It is reported: أضاعت أعرابية ابنها في زحام، فظلت تبحث عنه وتناديه، فقيل لها: اكشفي وجهك لعله يراك فيهتدي إليك! قالت: ضياع أبنائي ولا ضياع حيائي. A Bedouin woman lost her son and she was looking for him and calling his name. ...

We need to be very careful in our dealings with people who have been scarred, due to bad past experiences. There is a proverb: من لدغته الحية يخاف من الحبل 'A person who was bitten by a snake fears a rope.' We should be very gentle...