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A woman said to Bashar ibn Burd, "𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲!"He said, "𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁…
It is mentioned that a wolf used to frequent some villages and cause trouble there.The villagers lay in wait for it until they caught it.Then, they debated how to punish…
Ibrahim al-Mawsili, (188 AH), said: “𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗺, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗺.”قال إبراهيم…
A man said to his wife: “𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻?”She replied: “𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿: “𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨…
A grammarian entered his house, and he had a cat.The cat came in crying, “𝗠𝗲𝘄!”He said to her, “𝗠𝗲’𝘄’ 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽.”Then he picked her up and…
A bad tempered woman got sick, she said to her husband: “𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘦?”Her husband said: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦?”زنی…
A Bedouin married an unattractive lady. On the morning after the wedding, she asked her husband: "To whom do you allow me to show myself, and from whom should I…
Juha was sitting in front of his house very upset. A fortune teller walked by and said: “𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲!” Juha smiled and…
Abu Hayaan al-Tawhidi narrates: Abū al-ʿAynāʾ said: ʿĪsā ibn Zayd al-Marrākibī, who was one of the wittiest of people, said to me: "I had a servant who was among the…
Appearances can be deceiving, as Imam Ibn al-Jawzi narrates:قال الجاحظ: دخلت واسط فبكرت يوم الجمعة إلى الجامع، فقعدت، فرأيت على رجل لحية لم أر أكبر منها، وإذا هو يقول لآخر:…
The man with eight children:A man went looking for a house to rent but was unsuccessful, everyone refused to rent to him — because he had eight children.So the man…
The failed marriage proposal:Imam Sufyan ibn ʿUyaynah’s nephew came to ask for his daughter’s hand in marriage.Sufyan asked: “𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗿’𝗮𝗻?.” But he could not.He…