Enjoy your live

[wyre]

enjoy your is a very inspiring book by Dr. Mohammed Al-arifi, this book will bring smile in your face,

this apart of it

 

Ibn Hazm mentions in his work Tawq al-Hamamah a tale of

a famous Spanish businessman: There was competition between

him and four other businessmen and as a result, they disliked

him. They were therefore determined to aggravate him. One

morning, he left his house to go to his workplace, wearing a

white shirt and turban. One of the four businessmen met him

on the way. He greeted the Spanish businesman, looked at his

turban and said, “How beautiful this yellow turban is!”

The businessman said, “Are you blind? This turban is white!”

 

He replied, “No, it is yellow! It is yellow, but it looks good.”

The businessman left him and moved on until he met the

second of them. He greeted him, then looked at his turban and

said, “You look handsome today! Your clothes look fine! Especially

this green turban!”

The businessman said, “Actually, the turban is white.”

“No, it is green,” he insisted.

He replied, “It is white! Go away from me!”

The businessman walked on, talking to himself, and every

now and then looking at the flank of his turban to make sure

that it was indeed white. He reached his shop and opened up the

lock. Meanwhile, there came to him the third of the four businessmen

and said, “How beautiful this morning is! And especially

your clothes, they look fine! And your beautiful blue turban only

adds to your good looks!”

The businessman looked at his turban to ascertain its colour,

then rubbed his eyes and said, “Dear brother! My turban is

white!”

“No, it is blue. But the important thing is that it looks good,

so don’t worry!” the man said, and left, as the businessman began

to yell after him saying, “The turban is white!” as he looked at his

turban to ascertain its colour once again.

He sat in his shop for a while and couldn’t take his eyes off

his turban. Meanwhile, the fourth person came and said, “Greetings!

MashaAllah! From where did you buy this red turban?”

The businessman shouted, “My turban is blue!”

 

He replied, “No, it is red.”

The businessman said, “No, it is green! Actually, no, it is white!

No, it is blue, or black!” He then laughed out loud, then screamed,

then began to cry and then started to jump up and down!

Ibn Hazm said, ‘Thereafter, I would see him in the streets of

Spain. He had gone mad and children would pelt stones at him.’

:D

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I didn't get it :confused:

[wyre]

thanks for reminding me, lemmi continue what the sheikh said

 

A thought

 

When you climb a mountain, look to the top and not to the

rocks that surround you. Make sure of where you step as you

climb, and do not leap in case you loose your footing.

 

 

You sit with someone who is twenty years old and notice

that he has particular etiquettes, logic and thought. You then sit

with him when he is thirty to discover that he is exactly the

way he was ten years ago and has not improved at all. Yet, you

sit with others and you feel that they are actually taking benefit

from their lives. You discover that they improve themselves on a

daily basis. In fact, not an hour passes except that they improve

either religiously or otherwise. If you wish to ponder upon the

different types of people with respect to self-improvement, then

think about the following:

There are those who like to watch those satellite television

channels that help their general knowledge and intelligence

grow. They benefit from other people’s experiences by watching

constructive discussions, from which they learn the characteristics

of debating and improve their language, understanding, and

expertise in debate and persuasion.

Then there are those who cannot miss out on a series about

a failed love story, or an emotional play, or a horror film, or films

about useless fantasies with no link to reality at all.

 

Notice the difference between the two after five or ten years.

 

Which of the two would have improved the most in his skills and

ability to fathom information, gain general knowledge, have the

power to convince others, or successfully be able to cope with

diverse situations? No doubt the first person! You will find the

mannerisms of the first person to be completely different.

[wyre]

the sheikh says,,,,

 

When he argues, he does so on the basis of legal references,

facts and figures, while the second can only quote the words of

actors and singers, so much so that one such person once said

during a discussion, “Allah says: ‘Strive, my servant, and I shall

strive with you!’’

We informed him that this is not a verse from the Qur’an.

His complexion changed and he fell silent. I then thought about

the phrase and it occurred to me that it is an Egyptian idiom

which was imprinted on his mind after watching a drama series!

Let’s look at it from another angle – that of reading newspapers

and magazines. How many people take an interest in reading

beneficial news and information that helps them in developing

their personality, improves their skills and increases their general

knowledge? Yet, how many are those who cannot read except

sports and entertainment news? This is true to such an extent

that many newspapers compete with each other by increasing

the sports and entertainment pages at the cost of other sections.

The same can be said about our gatherings and the things

in which we spend our time.

Hence, if you would like to be a head instead of a tail, then

eagerly try to practice all skills, regardless of what they may be.

‘Abdullah was an energetic person but lacking in certain skills.

One day, he left his home to pray Dhuhr in the mosque.

 

It washis zeal for the prayer and respect for his religion which brought

him out to pray. He was walking fast in order to reach the

mosque before the Iqamah was given. On his way, he passed by

a date-palm tree on top of which there was a man in uniform,

working on the tree. ‘Abdullah became surprised and thought,

“Who is this man that does not care about the prayer! It is as if

he didn’t even hear the Adhan, or doesn’t care about the Iqamah,

which is about to go!”

He shouted in anger, “Get down and pray!”

The man responded coldly, “OK, OK...”

He said, again, “Hurry up and pray, you donkey!”

The man screamed, “You called me a donkey?!” He then took

a branch of the tree and descended in order to hit him over the

head with it! ‘Abdullah hid his face with his headscarf so the man

wouldn’t recognise him and went on to the mosque. The man

descended from the tree in anger, went to his house, prayed and

rested for a while. He then returned to the tree to finish his job.

Then ‘Asr time came and ‘Abdullah went to the mosque again.

On his way he passed by the same tree and noticed the same

man working. He decided to change his method altogether and

said, ‘As-salamu ‘alaykum! How are you?”

The man replied, “Al-hamdulillah, I am fine!”

He said, “Give me some good news. How are the dates this

year?”

The man said, “Al-Hamdulillah.”

‘Abdullah said, “May Allah give you success and provision,

make your life easy for you, and not deprive you of the reward

The man was overjoyed at hearing this supplication and said

ameen to the prayer.

‘Abdullah then said, “It seems that you are so preoccupied

with work that perhaps you didn’t notice the Adhan for ‘Asr

prayer. The Adhan has been called and the Iqamah is about to be

given. Perhaps you should get down, relax a little and get ready

for prayer. After the prayer you can get on with your work again.

May Allah keep you healthy.”

The man said, “InshaAllah... InshaAllah...” and began to descend

gently.

He then turned to ‘Abdullah, shook his hand warmly and

said, “I would like to thank you for your excellent manners. As

for the one who passed by me at Dhuhr time, I wish I could see

him and show him who the real donkey is!”

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“I would like to thank you for your excellent manners. As

for the one who passed by me at Dhuhr time, I wish I could see

him and show him who the real donkey is!”

Looooooool.

 

Thanks for the great post Wyre it's something we can all benefit from.

[Wadani]

There are good lessons in many of these stories told by the shaikhs, but the problem is many of them seem made up like the one u just posted. What r the odds the man wouldn't recognize him the second time around, even if he didnt see his face. His voice, body language, stature and gait would all be the same.

[Alpha Blondy]

i once read dont be sad and it didnt do anything for me so i continued with the songs. sad.

[wyre]

Wadani;880672 wrote:

There are good lessons in many of these stories told by the shaikhs, but the problem is many of them seem made up like the one u just posted. What r the odds the man wouldn't recognize him the second time around, even if he didnt see his face. His voice, body language, stature and gait would all be the same.

lol waddani, the man is on top of a tree oo laamo leh and he hid his face, in the first scene the man was shouting and his voice was different, in the other scene the man was cool and respecting and his voice was different, marka wax fahan

 

Lol@ alpha :D "sad"

 

Thanks blue i will post more insha allah

[Wadani]

lol Fahmay

[Narniah]

lol@I read don't be sad!

 

It's called La tahzan in Arabic, I read it too.

[Alpha Blondy]

Narniah;880706 wrote:

lol@I read don't be sad!

 

It's called La tahzan in Arabic, I read it too.

lol@Narniah,

 

so what does this mean now? kulaha i read it too!