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The Considerate Creditor
Shaqeeq bin Ebrahim Balkhi (rahimahullah) mentioned the following incident:
I accompanied Imaam Abu Haneefah (rahimahullah) to visit a sick person. En route, a man saw him from a distance and hid away from him, taking another road. Imaam Abu Haneefah (rahimahullah) shouted out, “O so and so! Walk in the direction you were walking in. Don’t change your route.” When he realized that Imaam Abu Haneefah (rahimahullah) had already seen him, he was overcome with shame and stood still. On reaching …
Fruit and Their Temperaments
As mentioned previously, different foods, such as fruit, vegetables, meats, etc, have different temperaments. Accordingly, they have varying degrees of heat, cold, dryness and moisture.
Below is a list of various fruit, the period of the year in which they are generally found, and their temperaments. We will first mention the winter fruit, and then the summer fruit, and then the fruit that are not restricted to any period of the year.
Fruit of the Second/Third Quarter
Orange (sour): …
The Stranger Danger
In an age where kidnapping, child-trafficking, child-abuse, drug addiction, gangsterism and other societal scourges are on the rise, almost every parent will, at some point, stress and emphasize on their children the danger of strangers. Parents warn their children to never take a lift with a stranger, never speak or disclose personal information to a stranger and never accept a gift from a stranger. In short, they urge them to never stay close to strangers.
Such is the concern for …
