Category: Humour
You Mean Everything To Me
A man wanted to visit Africa. He asked his wife: "What shall I bring you from Africa?" She said: "A little monkey." Het forgot, so when he came back, he apologised to his wife. She said: "It's OK dear, your presence is sufficient." قبل أن يسافر الزو...
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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...
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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...
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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 DetailsRecognising Donkeys
Juha was riding his donkey and entered a village. Someone said to him: "I only recognised you because of your donkey." Juha said: "It's OK ... Donkeys tend to recognise each other." أقبل جحا على قري...
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Khatib al-Baghdadi records that Ash'ab was narrating Ahadith to a group of people. He said: سمعت عكرمة يقول سمعت بن عباس يقول سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم يقول خلتان لا يجتمعان في مؤمن ثم سكت فقالوا ما الخلتان فقال نسي عكرمة واحدة ونس...
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A Bedouin came to Mamoon ... جاء أعرابي إلى المأمون The Bedouin said: "I want to go on Hajj." Caliph: "The road is in front of you ..." Bedouin: "But I don't have the means." Caliph: "Then H...
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A man was standing at the pulpit and gave a speech, full of mistakes. He then mis-pronounced: "Corruption has appeared on land and in the sea." [Qur'an 30:41]. A Bedouin said: "And also on the pulpits!"...
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A man sat between two people. They tried to make fun of him, so they asked: "Are you a fool or an idiot?" He replied: "I'm in between a fool and an idiot." جلس شيخ بين شابين فأتفقا على أن يسخرا منه ...
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King Faisal was asked a silly question: "Why is your beard black, but the hair on your head grey?" So he replied: "The hair on my head started growing 20 years before my beard." سئل الملك فيصل كي يُحرَج : نرى لحيتك سوداء وشعر رأسك أبيض ؟ فقال : شعر...
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