Ash’ab Ibn Jubair Madani (d. 154 ah)
Reading Time: 2 minutes He was a person who was squint-eyed, bald on two sides of his head and unable to pronounce the letters ر (ra) and ل (lam). […]
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Greedy for Pleasure
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yazid Ibn ‘Abdul Malik (the tenth Umayyad caliph) became caliph after ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Aziz. Contrary to his predecessor, he used to engage himself, day […]
The Caliph’s Ignorant Son
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mahdi ‘Abbasi, the third ‘Abbasid Caliph, had a son by the name of Ibrahim, who was a misguided individual. He showed intense enmity and malice […]
Return before Death
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mua’wiyah Ibn Wahab narrates: “When we set out for Makkah, there was an old man with us who used to engage himself in acts of […]
The Employee of Bani Umayyah
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Ali Ibn Hamzah relates: “I had a young friend who worked as a scribe within the Bani Umayyah administration. Once, he asked me to arrange […]
Walid Ibn Mughairah
Reading Time: < 1 minute Three years after having been appointed as a prophet and with only a handful of people having accepted Islam, it was revealed to the Noble […]
The Consequence of Holding Someone in Contempt
Reading Time: < 1 minute There lived amongst Bani Isra`il, a person who was so sinful and immoral that they eventually had him expelled from their midst. Once, while wandering […]
Learn Submission from the Pigeons
Reading Time: < 1 minute During the time of one of the prophets, there lived a lady who had a son who was in his youth and whom she loved […]
The Trader who Placed his Trust in Allah
Reading Time: 2 minutes During the time of the Noble Prophet (S) there lived a trader who, in all affairs, always placed his trust in Allah. He used to […]
The Curse of a Mother
Reading Time: < 1 minute In the tribe of Bani Israel, there lived a pious person by the name of Jareeh, who used to engage himself in God’s worship, in his monastery. […]