Day: January 27, 2022

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Back in the days, even thieves had a “code-of-honour” and some “self-respect” ... Dahm bin 'Asqalah - دهم بن عسقلة - was the chief thief, in the Abbasid era. Before he died, he left the following will to his fellow-thieves: "Do not steal fr...

A poet saw an attractive woman, but he did not lower his gaze as prescribed, so the woman looked away - to safe him from the fitnah. The poet said: السيف في الغمد لا تخشى مضاربه وسيف عينيك في حالين بتار “One does not fear a sheathed sword,...