Day: May 25, 2022
Be Kind
They used to say: كُنْ عَظِيمَاً وَدُودَاً قَبلَ أَن تُصبِحَ عُظَيمَاً و دُودَاً ...
View DetailsSelf-Sufficient
Always try to be self-sufficient, avoid the humiliation of asking … يموت الشجر بجانب البئر عطشاًلكنه لا ينحني ابداً لطلب الماء‘𝗔 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁...
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‘𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀,𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘁.’ عندما يلقي الرجال الصغار بظلالهم الكبيرة ، فهذا يعني أن الشمس على وشك الغروب ...
View DetailsDon’t Get Too Close
Imam Ibn Hazm wrote:اجعلهم كالنار تدفأ بها ولا تخالطها‘𝗕𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲: 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲!!’[‘Al-Akhlaaq’, 1/73]. ...
View DetailsThe Judge
A woman took her lazy and negligent husband to court, because he did not provide her sustenance.The judge ruled: 'You have to give her bread and water.'The man said: 'I water her every night, but I struggle to provide...
View DetailsCriticising Is Easy
Imam al-Raghib al-Isfahani (d. 502 A.H.) said: واعلم أن سبيل إنكار الحجة، والسعي في إفسادها؛ أسهل من سبيل المعارضة بمثلها، والمقابلة لها، ولهذا يتحرى الجدل الخصيم أبدًا بال...
View DetailsDo What You Enjoy
If your child shows no interest in a particular field of study, don’t force them into it. Imam Ibn Hazm said 1000 years ago: ...
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