Month: February 2022

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It is said: ‎الزواج مثل القلعة المحاصرة ‎الذين بالداخل يودون الخروج ‎و الذين بالخارج يريدون الدخول ‘Marriage is like a besieged castle: those inside want to get out, those outside want to get in.’ ...

It is said that Socrates once had an argument with his wife Xanthippe. She was furious and started shouting! Then she poured a pot of water on his head! Socrates said: “Rain after thunder…” ‏الفيلسوف سقراط صرخت علیه زوجته، ثم رشت عليه الماء الذي كان...

Ibn Manzur had a habit that every time he saw a long book, he used to write a shortened [abridged - مختصر] version of it, to make it easily accessible to people. Once his son saw a very tall man on the street, and he said: 'If my dad sees you, he wi...

Ibn al-Jawzi mentions a funny incident: وكان لبعض المغفلين حمار فمرض الحمار، فنذر إن عوفي حماره صام عشرة أيام فعوفي الحمار فصام، فلما تمت مات الحمار فقال: يا ربت تلهيت بي! ولكن رمضان إلى هنا يجيء والله لآخذن من نقاوته عشرة أيام لا أصومها. A...

A flawed understanding of 'loyalty and disavowal' - الولاء والبراء Some people mistakenly think that a believer cannot love ANY disbeliever, and that ALL disbelievers must be hated and treated harshly [أَشِدَّاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَاءُ بَيْنَهُ...

“If a battle cannot be won, do not fight it.” - Sun Tzu - 496 BC, Chinese general & military strategist ———————-...

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” ‎هناك عقود لم يحدث فيها شيء ‎وهناك أسابيع حيث تحدث فيها عقود -Lenin...

Ibn Taymiyah said: ليس لأحد أن يحمل كلام أحد من الناس إلا على ما عُرف أنه أراده 'It is inappropriate to interpret the words of a person to mean something other than what that person intended.' ['Majmu al-Fatawa', 7/36]....

Is generosity nature or nurture? Or both? Haatim al-Ta'ii [حاتم الطائي] was a generous man who lived in the pre-Islamic times of Jahiliyah. After he died, his brother tried to be generous like him. His mother said to him: 'Son, you will never be l...

This is good financial advice: ادخر لوقت للشدة (احفظ قرشك الأبیض لیومك الأسود) 'Keep something for a rainy day...' If you lose your job today - you should have enough emergency savings that will keep you going for the next 3-6 mont...