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It is narrated from Hazrat Sayyiduna Wahb bin Munabbih (may Allah have mercy on him): A devout worshipper (abid) of Bani Israel had been engaged in worship in his place of worsh...
Yahya bin Yahya narrates: When the terminal illness of Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy upon him) prolonged and his final hour approached, all the scholars and jurists from Medina...
Hazrat Malik bin Dinar (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: "I performed Hajj sixty times in my life. During one Hajj, I saw an extraordinary crowd in Makkah Mukarramah, a magnif...
It is narrated that Isaam bin Yusuf came to the gathering of Hazrat Hatim Asam (may Allah have mercy on him) with the intention to object to him. So, Isaam said to Hatim: "O Abu Ab...
Story Title: "Father said I'd be back soon... but eleven years passed" I was only eight years old when Father, as he was leaving home, placed his hand on my head and smiled, say...
A woman asked an elderly street vendor, "How much are the eggs per dozen?" The old man replied respectfully, "Madam, thirty rupees per egg." The woman retorted, "I will take six eg...
There once lived a poor barber in a village who used to cut people's hair and shave their beards under a tree, setting up a single chair. He was barely making ends meet. He had no...
Before passing away, a father called his son to his side, handed him an old wristwatch, and said: "My son, this watch is more than two hundred years old. It belonged to your great-...
Getting his shoes polished by the old man sitting on the pavement near the office was a regular routine for him. However, a strange thing I had been noticing for the past several d...
Abul Kalam says: One night at dinner time, my mother placed curry and a burnt roti (bread) in front of my father. I kept waiting for my father's reaction, thinking he might expr...
Once, a king visited the soldiers' mess hall (langar khana) and checked the cleanliness, which was up to mark. He then asked what had been cooked for the soldiers. The answer came:...
A king once said to his minister, "I don't understand one thing: I have every luxury and comfort of the world, yet my heart is not happy. On the other hand, my servant has nothing—...