Month: December 2021
Innocence Of Children
The innocence of children ... A cleric was invited to a give a speech in a new city. He was lost and asked a child: "Which way is the Mosque?" The child showed him the way. The cleric said to the child: "Why don't you also come to the Mosque and att...
View DetailsGlory & Humiliation
The ancient pre-Islamic warrior poet Antarah ibn Shaddad says in a poem: فَـعَـيـشُـكَ تَـحـتَ ظِلِّ العِزِّ يَوماً وَلا تَــحــتَ المَـذَلَّةِ أَلفَ عـامِ “Living in the shade of glory for a single day, is better than livin...
View DetailsReform Or Deform?
Sh Muhammad al-Ghazali said: تجديد الإسلام ليس نقل الدين من مكانه إلى حيث يهوى الناس، بل نقل الناس من نطاق أهوائهم إلى حيث يرضى الله "Reforming religion does not mean: taking the religion from its place to where people desire it to be. It m...
View DetailsHealth Or Wealth?
The irony: الإنسان يضحي بصحته من اجل المال .. ثم يضحي بالمال من اجل استعادة صحته 'Humans sacrifice their health to gain wealth, then sacrifice their wealth to gain health.'...
View DetailsYour Worth
The scholars said: قيمة الانسان أحياناً تكون فيما يترك لا فيما يأخذ، وفيما لا يقول لا فيما يقول “Your worth is sometimes established: by what you leave, not by what you take; by what you don’t say, not by w...
View DetailsMaking Things Worse
Proverb: جاء يكحلها وأعماها "He came to put Kohl in her eyes but he blinded her." Imam A'mash had an argument with his wife, so one of his friends tried to reconcile between them. His friend said to the wife of Imam A'mash: "A'mas...
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