One day, Amir Timur Lang was holding court. The courtiers were standing in their respective places in a respectful manner. Referring to the Caliphs of Baghdad, Timur said, "Their titles used to be very magnificent. For example, Mustaqzir Bi...
A king had announced that whoever said something wise and good would be rewarded with four hundred dinars (gold coins)...!!!! One day, the king went out to look after his subjects. He saw a ninety-year-old woman planting olive saplings....
The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has forbidden lying even to young children. Accordingly, Hazrat Abdullah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Holy Prophet ﷺ was present at our house. My moth...
His real name was Amr bin Mahbub, born in 160 AH, and became famous by the title of "Al-Jahiz". In Arabic, Al-Jahiz refers to someone whose eyeballs are protruding. In the beginning, he disliked this title, but gradually he became silent ab...
Allah Almighty had blessed Imam Zayn al-Abidin (may Allah have mercy on him) with a very beautiful body. When he passed away and the ritual washer (Ghassal) began to bathe him, he noticed that there was a black mark on his shoulder. He coul...
A photographer had put up a board outside his shop, on which the following three lines were written: "For twenty rupees, get a photo taken exactly as you are. For thirty rupees, get a photo taken as you think you are. And, For fifty ru...
The king asked the slave: "Why are you leaving your job?" The slave replied: "There are five reasons." "The first reason is that you keep sitting while I remain standing before you, whereas the One Whom I worship commands me to sit...
Pure is that Being Who has decided to annihilate all creation. From this perspective, kings and slaves are all equal before Him. He kept only Himself unique with eternity, and maintained Himself as one in primal existence. He used His power...
The world either puts the heart and mind into the same compartment, connecting their ends in a way that there seems to be no difference or distinction between them, or it goes to the other extreme, creating such a distance between the two a...
A cunning and clever wealthy man reached a farmer in a village and offered him a partnership, saying: "The money will be mine and the labor yours! But when the crop is ready, the part that remains inside the ground will be yours while the e...
When Hazrat Saad bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) conquered Madain, he made an announcement that whichever Mujahid (warrior) possessed any spoils of war should bring it all and gather it in one place so that it could be distri...
Someone presented two falcon (Shaheen) chicks as a gift to a king. The king handed both of them over to his falcon trainers so that they could train them to be taken for hunting. After a month, the servant appeared before the king and sa...
