Category: Humour
Funny Tabi’ii
The daughter of A’mash asked him for some money. A’mash said: ‘I don’t have any….’ She went to her mother and said: ‘Did you find nobody else to marry, other than him?!’ قال الإمام الأعمش رحمه الله: "طلبت مني ابنتي قطعة نقود." فقلت لها: "ليس معي!...
View DetailsEncouraging Your Husband
A Billionaire once challenged some fellow tourists that if any of them swims across this lake full of crocodiles, he will give them $1,000,000. They all hesitated…… Someone pushed one poor guy from behind and when the adrenaline kicked in, he somehow...
View DetailsStingy Man
A stingy man [بخيل] was asked: ‘What do you do if it gets cold?’ The stingy man: ‘I sit close to the heater.’ The man asked: ‘If that doesn’t help?’ The stingy man said: ‘I get even closer to the heater.’ The man asked: ‘If that also doesn’t help?’ T...
View DetailsWhen A Man Loves
“When a man loves a woman, all the women of the world die in his eyes.” - Musaylamah al-Kadhaab...
View DetailsStories Of Cowards
Among the stories about cowards: عض ثعلب أعرابيًا فأتى راقيًا، فقال الراقي: ما عضك؟! فقال: كلب، واستحى أن يقول: ثعلب! فلما بدأ الراقي بالرقية، قال له الأعرابي: اخلط بها شيئًا من رقية الثعالب! A coward was bitten by a fox. He went to the doctor and t...
View DetailsAppearances Are Important
It is important to appear presentable at all times... It is reported: ونظر أشعب إلى شيخ قبيح الوجه، فقال: ألم ينهكم سليمان بن داود عن أن تخرجوا بالنهار! Ash'ab saw a scary looking person and said to him: 'Did Prophet Sulaiman not forbid [Jinns] like...
View DetailsStories About Food
Everyone loves food, but it is said: على المرء أن يأكل ليحيا، لا أن يحيا ليأكل 'One should eat to live, and not live to eat.' It is reported : وقيل لشريح القاضي أيهما أطيب اللوز ينق أم الجوز ينق؟! فقال: لا أحكم على غائب!!. The judge Shuraih Al-Qadhi...
View DetailsPoetry
Caliph Mamoon recited one of his poems in the presence of the poet Abu Nuwas. The Caliph asked him to judge the quality of his poem… Abu Nuwas replied: ‘This poem contains not even a trace of eloquence.’ He was locked up in the stable with the donkey...
View DetailsClaiming Credit For Other People’s Work
A fly sat on the horn of a bull which was ploughing the fields. When the fly went home, it was asked by other flies: ‘where have you been?’ The fly replied: ‘WE have been ploughing the fields…...’ People who take credit for other people’s hard work ...
View DetailsShortening Books
Ibn Manzur had a habit that every time he saw a long book, he used to write a shortened [abridged - مختصر] version of it, to make it easily accessible to people. Once his son saw a very tall man on the street, and he said: 'If my dad sees you, he wi...
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