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Funny Story
Funny Story: الشيخ كشك رحمه الله Shaykh Kishk was once summoned by an oppressive government official. The official asked: "What separates you from a donkey?" Kishk replied: "The table that is between us."...
View DetailsImam Shaybani Was Fat
Imam al-Shaybani, the student of Abu Hanifah was fat. Imam Shafi'ii said: ما أفلح سمين قط إلا أن يكون محمد بن الحسن "No fat man has been successful except Mohammad Ibn Hassan al-Shaybani." ["Siyar A'lam al-Nubala", ...
View DetailsTill Death Do Us Part
"Till death do us part" ... this is not an Islamic concept. If marriages get toxic and don’t work out - separate. The Qur'an states: فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ فَارِقُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ "Either keep them honourably or part with them in honou...
View DetailsWarning To Muftis
As a Warning to Muftis - Ibn Umar once said: تدري ما يريد هؤلاء؟ يريدون أن يجعلوا ظهورنا جسرًا لهم إلى جهنم "Do you know what these people want? They want to make our backs a bridge to Hell." ["Jam...
View DetailsMother Of Donkeys
A Bedouin woman was with her donkeys outside. Some kids tried to make fun of her, saying: "Good morning, mother of donkeys!" She replied: "Good morning, my children!" ساقت أعرابية أربعة حمير، فالتقى...
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When Imam Ahmad was imprisoned, one of the prison guards came to him and asked: يا أبا عبد الله الحديث الذي روي في الظلمة وأعوانهم صحيح ؟ “Is the hadith regarding the oppressors and those that aid them authe...
View DetailsHow Many Major Sins Are There?
How many MAJOR SINS are there - كبائر ? Sh Haatim al-'Awni says that the quantity of 'major sins' was much less according to the early scholars, as compared to later scholars: 1- Al-Bardiji (301 AH) wrote the first book about MAJOR SINS, he listed:...
View DetailsIntimacy
If you are a kid reading this: skip this post and go back to your PlayStation/Xbox. So ... a man asked Imam Sha'bi: قال رجل للشعبي: ما تقول في امرأة تقول لزوجها إذا وطئها قتلتني أوجعتني؟ فقال: يقتلها بذلك وديتها في عنقي. "What do you say about a wo...
View DetailsDo It Yourself
A thief stole something from a man and ran away. The man told his servant to catch him. The servant ran after him, but the thief escaped. The man asked : "Why couldn't you catch him?!" The servant replied [this is in Farsi]: آن برای خودش می...
View DetailsLaughter In Classical Books
Did you know that classical scholars used to write laughter as "haha - هه هه" in their books? Here is a "haha" recorded from one of the Salaf, with a SAHIH ISNAAD: 1- Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal narrates: حدثنا عبد الله حدثني ابي حدثنا عفان بن مس...
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