by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Nov 4, 2008 | Smile
So this Department of Water Resources representative Philemon stops at a Free State farm and talks with an old farmer Piet. He tells the farmer, "I ectually and infekt need to inspekt your fam for the water allocation". The old farmer says, Okay, but...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Nov 3, 2008 | Smile
The young clerk's responsibilities included bringing the judge a hot cup of coffee at the start of every day. Each morning the judge was enraged that the coffee cup arrived two-thirds full. The clerk explained that he had to rush to get the coffee delivered...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Nov 3, 2008 | Poetry
From Kashif Khan Six humans trapped by circumstances, in bleak and bitter cold. Each one possessed a stick of wood, or so the story told. Their dying fire in need of logs, the first man held his back, for, of the faces around the fire, he noticed one man of...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Nov 3, 2008 | Hadith
Yazid bin Haiyan RA reported: I went along with Husain bin Sabrah and `Amr bin Muslim to Zaid bin Arqam (May Allah be pleased with them) and, as we sat by his side, Husain said to him, "Zaid, you acquired great merits, you saw the Messenger of Allah (Peace Be...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Oct 31, 2008 | Smile
Occasionally, airline attendants make an effort to make the "in-flight safety lecture" and their other announcements a bit more entertaining. Pilot – "Folks, we have reached our cruising altitude now, so I am going to switch the seat belt...