by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Dec 22, 2008 | Smile
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A Rabbit asked him, Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long? The crow answered: Sure, why not. So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. A fox jumped on the rabbit and ate...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Dec 22, 2008 | Poetry
Stay in your bed, don’t make a fuss. Your prayers can wait; give in to your nafs. (1) What! Go to the mosque, the path you’ll pave? Don’t bother, think of the gas you’ll save. Why go the extra miles to be kind? Don’t...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Dec 22, 2008 | Hadith
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) said, "A man set out to visit a brother (in Faith) in another town and Allah sent an angel on his way. When the man met the angel, the latter asked him, "Where do you...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Dec 19, 2008 | Wise Words
Lawful earnings become difficult as a result of marriage. There is in Hadith that if a man earns virtues to the height of mountain, he shall have to wait near the Balance and accounts will be taken from him of his wealth, of his expenditure, of his maintenance...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Dec 18, 2008 | Wise Words
The world is like a caravanserai with two doors: entering by one door thou passest out through the other. Thou art sunk in heedless sleep and knowest of nothing; thou shalt die whether thou wilt or not. Be thou beggar or king thou shalt take with thee two ells...
