Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Scholars & Rulers
It is said: خير الأمراء الذين يأتون العلماء، وشر العلماء الذين يأتون الأمراء "The best umara (rulers) are those who visit the ulama (scholars). The worst ulama (scholars) are those who visi...
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A governor walked past a group of men who were cleaning sewers. He heard one of them talk about global affairs and criticize the ruler. The governor said: أنف فى السماء واست فى الماء "His nose is up in the sky (samaa - سماء), ...
View DetailsFox Or Tiger?
There was a fox who wanted to be a tiger ....... So the fox painted some stripes on its body, and walked among the tigers. The tigers thought that the fox was also a tiger like them ... so they respected the fox. But one day ... it started raining .....
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"War of the Bucket" 700 years ago in Italy, a big war took place ... 40,000 soldiers were involved … 2,000 soldiers died ... It all started because a wooden bucket was stolen! 🤦🏻♂️ https://www.historynet.com/what-we-learned-from-the-battle-of-zap...
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Sheep spend their entire life fearing the wolf, but in the end, it is the shepherd who eats them ! تعيش الأغنام حياتها خائفة من الذئب ثم في النهاية يأكلها الراعي ! #KnowYourEnemy...
View DetailsExcuse Of Ignorance
Imam Tahawi Hanafi said: فلم يوجب الحد على الجاهل بالتحريم ولا يعلم عن أحد من الصحابة خلافه وقال تعالى وما كنا معذبين حتى نبعث رسولا فأخبر أنه لا يعذب أحدا فيما طريقه السمع إلا بعد إقامة الحجة عليه بتحريمها وأيضا فإن الحدود عقوبات على انتهاك المحارم...
View DetailsDon’t Wait For Others
Milk Cans & the king - حكمة In an ancient kingdom, the army was short on funding. So the king ordered milk cans to be placed in every neighbourhood in his kingdom and he ordered every household to pour a cup of milk into these cans every night, ...
View DetailsTolerate Differences Of Opinions
It is said that an army lost a historic battle, because all their generals agreed on their strategy. If some had disagreed, they would have identified the weaknesses in their strategy, which they could have turned into strengths. Don't create 'echo-c...
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Khatib al-Baghdadi narrates that a Roman official wrote a threatening letter to Caliph Mu'tasim, and demanded to hear his immediate response. The Caliph wrote back: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم، أما بعد: فقد قرأتُ كتابك وسمعتُ خطابك، والجواب ما ترى لا ما ...
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A proverb: ياكل مع الذيب ويبكي مع الراعي 'To eat with the wolf, and to cry with the shepherd.' It's like the English proverb: 'To run with the hare and to hunt with the hounds.' It applies to double-faced hypocrites....
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