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Don’t say: ‘Don’t judge me’, or: ‘Only God can judge me’, but say instead: ‘Don’t judge too soon’, or: ‘Don’t judge without knowledge.’ People judge all the time - it’s natural…. You’re judging this post, right now… It’s inevitable. We judge by o...

The poet says: ‎خدا کے واسطے پردہ نہ کعبہ سے اُٹھا ظالم ‎کہیں ایسا نہ ہو یاں بھی وہی کافر صنم نکلے "𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐎 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧! 𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐚'𝐛𝐚! 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭!" We ...

It is said: تعرف الشجرة بثمارها '𝗔 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁'… This is also mentioned in the Bible - it may or may not be part of the original revelation from God. If a person does not benefit your Dunya nor Akhirah, that person is like a useless...

The way a person's parents are, that's how they will usually be [exceptions apply].... A Pashtun poet says : هره ونه خپله خپله مېوه نيسي په نارنج کې مې انار ليدلی نه دی '𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘀, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂...

The people of the past used to say: إذا أراد الله هلاك النملة أنبت لها جناحين ‘𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿.’...

When it came to jurisprudence, the 'فقهاء' [classical jurists] did not leave a single stone un-turned ... one example is their discussion regarding a wife who eats excessively ... can this be ground for divorce? 1- In 'mawahib al-Jalil', [5/543]: ...

Don’t think you’re too small to do big things … It is said: كيف يمكن للبذرة أن تصدق أن هناك شجرة ضخمة مخبأة داخلها ؟ ما تبحث عنه موجود بداخلك ‘𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵...

There is an old proverb in Afghanistan: د ډیوې لاندې تیاره وي ‎‏ ‘𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽...’ Meaning: even though the lamp lights everything around it, the area closest to it remains dark/unknown/unseen. Similarly, people from a distance...

Imam al-Mawardi said: ‎كانت ملوك الفرس إذا غضبت على عاقل حبسته مع جاهل ‘𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹.’ [‘Adab al-Dunya wa-Deen,’ 56]....

About people who don't prioritize on the important matters, it is said: ‎يترك الحمار ويمسك بالبردعة '𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲.' Only a fool sweeps the floor, while his house is on fire! Wise people focus on the most important t...