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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 always kept his head covered. No one had ever seen him bareheaded. Many people tried to uncover this secret, but every time, the king would skillfully divert the conversatio...
Hazrat Bilal (R.A.) was once asked by someone, "How did you see the Holy Prophet ﷺ for the very first time?" Hazrat Bilal (R.A.) replied, "I knew very little about the people of Me...
During the Battle of Alexandria, the Romans were enclosed inside a fort, and the Muslims had besieged it. One day, the Romans came out into the battlefield, and the commander, Hazr...
Yazid bin Malik was an Umayyad Caliph; he was a new caliph who came after Umar bin Abdul Aziz (R.A). One day he said, "Who says kings are not blessed with happiness...? I will show...
Greeks say that a woman is more dangerous than a snake. Socrates said that there is nothing in the world that causes more chaos and corruption than a woman. Bona Wittier said t...
Qarun did not know that the ATM card in our pocket would replace his keys, whose keys even strong men could not lift...!! Khosrow (Kisra) of Persia did not know that the couch i...
Sulayman bin Abdul Malik, who was a king of the Umayyad dynasty, once inquired from Sheikh al-Hadith Abu Hazim (may Allah have mercy on him), "What is the reason that we love this...
The court of Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi was in session. Thousands of people were present in the court, including saints (Aulia), Qutb, and Abdal. Sultan Mahmood addressed everyone and...
Imam Abu Nasr Fatih bin Abdullah Sindhi (may Allah have mercy on him) is among those scholars of the second century AH who were of Sindhi origin and embraced Islam after the entry...
The King of Khorasan, after returning from hunting, was sitting on his throne. Due to fatigue, his eyes were becoming heavy. A servant stood before the king respectfully with his h...
The king asked the slave: "Why are you leaving your job?" The slave replied: "There are five reasons." "The first reason is that you keep sitting while I remain standing be...