Category: Self-Purification
Appearances Can Be Deceiving
A religious man said to a prostitute: “You are drunk, caught every moment in a different snare!” She replied: “O Shaykh, I am as you say, but are you as you seem?” قال شيخ لبغى : أنت ذى سكرى فسحقا كل ان لك غاو فى ...
View DetailsGood Companionship
Good companionship - صحبة الأخيار The people around you have a strong influence on you. 1- The Qur'an states: وَكُونُواْ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ "And be WITH the truthful." [9:119]. [This verse does NOT say: 'BE TRUTHFUL', it says: 'Be WITH the Truthful...
View DetailsElevating Stupid People
Don't elevate stupid people: A man bought a new donkey and took it to the roof of his house, so that the donkey could enjoy the view of the neighbourhood. After a while, the donkey didn't want to come down! The man tried to pull down the donkey, but...
View DetailsSteadfastness
The Qur'an states: فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌۢ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا "Lest your foot slips after having been firmly in place." [16:94]. How many people have lost the plot after finding guidance? We should never feel safe from misguidance and alw...
View DetailsToo Many Enemies
It is said: وليسَ كثيراً ألفُ خِلٍّ وصاحبٍ وإن عدوًا واحداً لكثيرُ "Thousand friends are too few, and a single enemy is too many."...
View DetailsFriends Turning Against You
The poet says: أُعَلِّمُه الرمايَة كُلَّ يَومٍ فَلَمّا اشتدَّ ساعِدهُ رَماني وَكَم علمتُـه نظـمَ القوافِـي فَلمـا قـالَ قافيـةً هجـانـي "I taught him the art of archery, when he mastered it, he pointed his arrow at me!...
View DetailsUngrateful People
A wolf was dying because a bone was stuck in its throat. A bird came to its rescue and pulled out the bone from its mouth. The bird said to the wolf: "I helped you. How will you return the favour?" The wolf replied: "Consider the fact that I let y...
View DetailsBad Relatives
Arabs say: الأقارب عقارب 'al-Aqarib 'Aqarib' Meaning: "Relatives are Scorpions"..........
View DetailsDouble Faced People
The Prophet said: تَجِدُ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ذَا الْوَجْهَيْنِ، الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلاَءِ بِوَجْهٍ وَهَؤُلاَءِ بِوَجْهٍ "The worst people in the Sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be the double f...
View DetailsAssociate With Smart People
Associate with intelligent people. Ignorant people will harm you more than they will benefit you, even if they're your friends. Omar Khayyam says in a poem: اشرب نقيع السم من عاقل واسكب على الأرض دواء الجهول "Drink the Infusion of a Sane p...
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