Suicide is An Easy Way Out…
…for the atheist. I can say with 100% certainty that if I truly did not believe that this world was created by an all-knowing God that I would “off” myself without even having to put much thought into it. Who […]
Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
The Personal Relationship Between a Scholar and His Student. Imam Ahmad used to mention the virtues of his sheikh, Imam Al-Shafi’ee to his wife. He would mention to her the extensive and superb knowledge of Imam Al-Shafi’ee as well as […]
The Lizard who Never Loses Hope
In order to renovate his house, a man in Japan breaks open the wall. Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls. When tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there because […]
Wisdom for All Time
A story is narrated about a man who owned a horse that was very dear to him. One day he woke to find that his horse had escaped. His neighbours came to comfort him for his tough luck; however the […]
The Three Loaves of Bread
Listen to the lecture here: There are a few different narrations of this story. The text below is slightly different than the video above. It was just after mid-day when a villager decided it was about time he went to […]
The King and His Advisor
The King and His Advisor By Ahmed Rizk There was a king who had an advisor always by his side. After an unfortunate incident, the king lost one of his fingers. The king, who was furious after this incident, tells […]
The Story of Burseesah
You can listen to the lecture here: There were three men from Bani Israel who were called to fight for the sake of Allah. They accepted the call, but they had concerns for their sister as she would be left […]
The Story of Prophet Ayyub (Job)
Ibn Ishaaq stated that he was a man of Rum. His name was Job, Ibn Mose, Ibn Razeh, Ibn Esau, Ibn Isaac (pbuh), Ibn Abraham (pbuh). Someone else said he was Job, Ibn Mose, Ibn Rimil, Ibn Esau, Ibn Isaac, […]
