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Shaykh Sa'di was once fixing a drainage pipe of the mosque during a dry season. People were confused, so they asked why? The Shaykh replied: غداً سنصلي الإستسقاء "We are p...

The Prophet said: الطَّاعِمُ الشَّاكِرُ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ الصَّائِمِ الصَّابِرِ ‏ “The one who eats and thanks [God] has the same reward as the one who fasts and is patient.” ["Sunan Ibn Majah", 1765]. https://sunnah.com/urn/12716...

About: buying and selling cats - حكم بيع القطط Abu Zubair said: سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا عَنْ ثَمَنِ الْكَلْبِ، وَالسِّنَّوْرِ، قَالَ زَجَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ 'I asked Jabir about the price of a dog and a cat; he said: A...

A man wanted to go to a king, to beg for his needs. He asked scholar to come with him, but the scholar said we should ask God, saying: إني يا بُني لا أترك باباً مفتوحاً، وأذهب إلى باب مغلق "My son, I won’t forsake a door that is open, for a...

When “bad assumptions” (سوء الظن) are permissible: In principle, we should have good assumptions (حسن الظن) about our brothers and sisters, but if someone displays bad conduct, we should not be gullible and expect only good to come from them. Ibn B...

The wise people of ancient Andalusia used to say: مَن حَسُن كلامُه وَجَبَ اكرَامه "Whoever beautifies his speech (kalamuh), it becomes obligatory to respect him (ikraamuh)."...

The Prophet said: إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ مَعَالِيَ الأُمُورِ وَأَشرَافَهَا ، وَيَكْرَهُ سَفْسَافَهَا “God loves lofty and honourable of matters and hates petty, trivial matters." ["Silsilah as-Sahihah", 1890]. Occupy your mind with...

A young boy was serving a gathering of elders. As he saw the big people, he became nervous and spilled a cup on the floor. Instead of punishing the boy, the elders smiled and said: وَلِلأَرْضِ مِنْ كأسِ الكِرامِ نَصِيبُ "The earth also has...

Imam Nawawi ash-Shafi'ii said: والذي يقتضيه الدليل أنه ـ أي العامي ـ لا يلزمه التمذهب بمذهب، بل يستفتي من يشاء، أو من اتفق، لكن من غير تلقط للرخص "What is dictated by the evidence is that a layperson is not obliged to adhere to a madhhab; r...

There was a drought in a region, and a linguist was making a rain-prayer, using posh words, asking God to grant us rain that is: pouring, gushing, torrential, heavy, abundant, showering, flooding etc. A Bedouin heard him and said: "O successor of No...