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Tell me about Islam – Imam Ghazali’s Advice To Khwaja Imam Abbasi
To Khwaja Imam Abbasi Someone asked the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him: “Tell me about Islam so that I may have no need to ask others about it.” He replied: “Say, I believe in Allah, after which firmly obey the commands and abandon things which are forbidden.” To believe in Allah means that…
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Finding The Ring
One day Mullah Nasruddin lost his ring down in the basement of his house, where it was very dark. There being no chance of his finding it in that darkness, he went out on the street and started looking for it there. Somebody passing by stopped and enquire: “What are you looking for, Mullah Nasruddin…
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Wit And Wisdom
The wit and wisdom of Mullah Nasruddin never leaves him tongue-tied. One day an illiterate man came to Mullah Nasruddin with a letter he had received. “Mullah Nasruddin, please read this letter to me.” Mullah Nasruddin looked at the letter, but could not make out a single word. So he told the man. “I am…
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Merits Of Youth
At a gathering where Mullah Nasruddin was present, people were discussing the merits of youth and old age. They had all agreed that, a man’s strength decreases as years go by. Mullah Nasruddin dissented. I don’t agree with you gentlemen, he said. In my old age I have the same strength as I had in…