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Times Have Changed
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia The media thinks we still live in tents and ride donkeys...
View DetailsDelivery Method Is Important
A shopkeeper asked another shop-keeper: "Why do people buy from you, but not from me?" He replied: أنا أبيع الخل بلسان من عسل، و أنت تبيع العسل بلسان من خل "I sell vinegar with a tongue, sweet like honey; You sell honey with...
View DetailsEat To Live
It is said: " ينبغي للمرء أن يأكل ليحيا لا أن يحيا ليأكل " "Eat to Live; don't Live to Eat."...
View DetailsWorse Than Ignorance
A man was asked if there is anything worse than ignorance. He replied: نعم الجهل بالجهل "Yes, people being ignorant (unaware) of their ignorance."...
View DetailsDon’t Belittle People
A man tried to talk to Ma'mun (المأمون - an Abbasid ruler), but Ma'mun did not pay any attention to him. The man said: "God stopped Prophet Solaiman to listen to an ant. I'm not less than an ant, and you are not more than So...
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A man said to his wife: "The Abbasid kings had beautiful names, such as: "Al-Mu'tasim Billah, Al-Mutawakil 'ala Allah etc, If I was one of them, how would you have named me?" His wife replied: "Probably 'Al-'Ayazu Billah' (ا...
View DetailsUsuli Husband
A man was studying Usul al-Fiqh - أصول الفقه His wife asked: "If you were to choose between me and such and such woman, who would you prefer?" The man replied, citing an Usuli principle: "Don't give preference (tarjih) to one over the other, unles...
View DetailsClever Warrior
The story of 'Uday bin Rabia - عدي بن أبي ربيعة A man was captured in a tribal war, in times of Jahiliyah. They asked him to show them 'Uday bin Rabia. The prisoner said: "If I show him to y...
View DetailsControlling Parents
Some parents are control-freaks ... They want to micro-manage and get involved in every decision of their children, even after they've grown up. Ibn Daqiq al-Eid said: فلا يجب على الولد طاعتهما في كل ما يأمران به ، ولا في كل ما ينهيان عنه ب...
View DetailsFighting The Inner-Self
The Prophet said: وَالْمُجَاهِدُ مَنْ جَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُهَاجِر من هجر الْخَطَايَا والذنُوب "The Mujahid (warrior) is the one who fights/strives against (the evil in) himself, to ali...
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