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1 single grape in charity ... Yahya related that Malik said: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ مِسْكِينًا، اسْتَطْعَمَ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا عِنَبٌ فَقَالَتْ لإِنْسَانٍ خُذْ حَبَّةً فَأَعْطِهِ إِيَّاهَا فَ...

Persian proverb: قطره قطره دريا ميشود An ocean is made up of drops of water.... Don't under-estimate small acts of charity... There is a story about a forest-fire ... All animals fled, except a little bird, which wa...

In Arabic language, the way a person says: "our father", changes depending on the sentence. A man sought judgement from Imam al-Sha’bi - الشعبي - because he lost a part of his inheritance share in a dispute with his brothers...

Ibn Batuta, the famous Moroccan explorer from 700 years ago, writes in his 'Rihla' (p.424), that he fainted on seeing the unbelievable sight of 'Sati' (bride burning) in India. He described how a widow smiled and willingly jumped into the flames of ...

Al-Jahiz - الجاحظ - said: I have never been humiliated, except by two women: I once sat somewhere and I was eating. A very tall woman walked past. I tried to make fun of her height, so I said: "Why don't you COME DOWN and eat with us?" She replied:...

Take wisdom, wherever it may come from ... خذ الحكمة ولا يهمك من اي وعاء خرجت A Bedouin had a container of water hanging on one side of his camel. To balance out the weight, had had added sand in the other empty container, h...

The job of a jurist ... العلماء ورثة الأنبياء Some people expect a religious scholar to build SPACE SHUTTLES, find a CURE FOR CANCER, take us to the MOON and build settlements on MARS etc. That's not their job. You wouldn’t expect, a medical docto...

It was said to a scholar: فلان يحفظ القرآن! "That person did Hifz of the Qur'an!" So he said: بل القرآنُ يحفظه!! "Rather, the Qur'an did Hifz of him!"...

Al-Qur'an: وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمً...

The Ruling on Abandoner of Prayer - حكم تارك الصلاة Short Answer: If a person abandons prayers out of denial (إنكار وجحود) and arrogance, such a person is a kafir by agreement of all scholars. If a person abandons prayers out of negligence and laz...