Before you read these jokes, you might want to read a little bit about the conditions of joking in Islam. The article is located at the bottom of this page.
A man is taking a walk in Central park
in New York. Suddenly he sees a little girl being attacked by a pit bull
dog . He runs over and starts fighting with the dog. He succeeds in
killing the dog and saving the girl's life. A policeman who was watching
the scene walks over and says: "You are a hero, tomorrow you can read
it in all the newspapers: "Brave New Yorker saves the life of little
girl" The man says: - "But I am not a New Yorker!" "Oh ,then it will say
in newspapers in the morning: 'Brave American saves life of little
girl'" – the policeman answers. "But I am not an American!" – says the
man. "Oh, what are you then? " The man says: - "I am a Saudi !" The next
day the newspapers says: "Islamic extremist kills innocent American
dog.
Here is the story of an Imam who got up
after Friday prayers and announced to the people:"I have good news and
bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new
building program. The bad news is, it's still out there in your
pockets."
An Imam shocked his community when he
announced that he was resigning from that particular Masjid and moving
to a drier climate. After the session, a very distraught lady came to
the Imam with tears in her eyes, "Oh, Imam, we are going to miss you so
much. We don't want you to leave!" The kind hearted Imam said "Now, now,
sister, don't carry on. The Imam who takes my place might be even
better than me".
"Yeah", she said, with a tone of disappointment in her voice, "That's what they said the last time too . . . "
True Incident: During a Jumah Khutbah
in a small town, an Imam talked about the significance of saying
"Insha Allah" (which means if Allah wills) when planning to do something
in the future. After a few days, a man who had also attended the
Khutbah was going to buy a cow from the market. On the way, he met a
friend who asked him where he was going. He told him about buying the
cow but did not say Insha Allah in the end. His friend reminded him
about the Khutbah and told him to say Insha Allah. However, this
individual said that he had the money he needs and the energy to go to
the market, thus, there is no point of saying Insha Allah as he will
certainly buy the cow. He thought that saying Insha Allah will not make
any difference.
When he reached the market, he found a
cow that met his expectations. He bargained with the seller and came to a
reasonable price. Finally, he decided to pay for the cow but was
dumbfounded when he discovered that his money was missing. A thief had
stolen the money while he was walking through the busy market. The cow
seller asked him whether he was going to buy the cow or not. "Insha
Allah, I will buy it next week," he said. When he reached home, his wife
inquired about the cow. He told her about how he forgot to say Insha
Allah, and also added, "Insha Allah, I wanted to buy the cow. But
Insha Allah, my money was stolen. Insha Allah, I will buy it next week."
His wife clarified to him that we should say Insha Allah for things
that are yet to happen, not for those things that had already happened.
He never forgot his "Insha Allah" again.
Once, the people of the city invited
Mulla Nasruddin to deliver a speech. When he got on the minbar (pulpit),
he found the audience was not very enthusiastic, so he asked "Do you
know what I am going to say?" The audience replied "NO", so he announced
"I have no desire to speak to people who don't even know what I will be
talking about" and he left. The people felt embarrassed and called him
back again the next day. This time when he asked the same question, the
people replied "YES" So Mullah Nasruddin said, "Well, since you already
know what I am going to say, I won't waste any more of your time" and he
left. Now the people were really perplexed. They decided to try one
more time and once again invited the Mullah to speak the following week.
Once again he asked the same question - "Do you know what I am going to
say?" Now the people were prepared and so half of them answered "YES"
while the other half replied "NO". So Mullah Nasruddin said "The half
who know what I am going to say, tell it to the other half" and he left!
True Incident: A young man in a village
refused to believe that Allah has total control of everything. He
claimed that Allah cannot make him eat food if he didn't want to eat. To
prove his point, he decided to stay hungry for a day and see if Allah
can make him eat. His mother tried her best to stop this foolishness but
he paid no attention. Annoyed of his mother in the evening, he decided
to climb a tree and isolate himself there. Being compassionate, his
mother decided to leave the food under the tree incase her son finally
gives up and wants to eat. When the night fell, a group of robbers were
passing by that tree. They noticed a plate of delicious food placed
under the tree. They looked at each other in amazement and thought that
someone must be playing a trick on them. May be someone is trying to
poison them with good food. They looked around to see if there was
anyone nearby and noticed the young man on top of the tree. The robbers
got him down and told him to eat the food to see if it is poisoned. But
the young man refused to eat as he is still carrying on his challenge
against Allah. The robbers became suspicious and started beating the
young man to eat. He gave up and started eating. Seeing that the food
was not poisoned, the robbers left him and went away. Finally, the young
man admitted that yes, Allah has total control of everything!
An old woman came to the Prophet
(sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, pray to
Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala) that I will enter Paradise." He said
jokingly, "O Mother of So-and-so, no old women will enter Paradise." The
old woman went away crying, so the Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa
sallam) said, "Tell her that she will not enter Paradise as an old
woman, for Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala) says: (We have created [their
Companions] of special creation, and made them virgin-pure [and
undefiled]) (Qur'an 56:35-36)." Reported by al-Tirmidhi, it is hasan
because of the existence of corroborating reports.
An elderly lady was well-known for her
Iman and for her confidence in talking about it. She would stand in
front of her house and say Alhamdulilah "Allah be praised" to all those
who passed by. Next door to her lived an atheist who would get so angry
at her proclamations he would shout, "There ain't no Lord!!" Hard times
came upon the elderly lady, and she prayed for Allah to send her some
assistance. She would pray out loud in her night prayer" Oh Allah! I
need food!! I am having a hard time, please Lord, PLEASE LORD, SEND ME
SOME GROCERIES!!" The atheist happened to hear her as she was praying,
and decided to play a prank on her. The next morning the lady went out
on her porch and noted a large bag of groceries and shouted,
"Alhamdulilah, Allah be praised!." The neighbor jumped from behind a
bush and said, "Aha! I told you there was no Lord. I bought those
groceries, God didn't." The lady started jumping up and down and
clapping her hands and said, "ALHAMDULILAH WA SHUKRILLAH”. He not only
sent me groceries, but he made the devil pay for them!"
"When I was in the desert," said Nasruddin one day, "I caused an entire tribe of horrible and bloodthirsty bedouins to run."
"However did you do it?" asked a person.
"Easy. I just ran, and they ran after me."
An Imam was selling his horse in the
market. An interested buyer came to him and requested if he could get a
test drive. The Imam told the man that this horse is unique. In order to
make it walk, you have to say Subhanallah. To make it run, you have
to say Alhamdulillah and to make it stop, you have to say Allahu
Akbar. The man sat on the horse and said Subhanallah. The horse started
to walk. Then he said Alhamdulillah and it started to run. He kept
saying Alhamdulillah and the horse started running faster and faster.
All of a sudden the man noticed that the horse is running towards the
edge of the hill that he was riding on. Being overly fearful, he forgot
how to stop the horse. He kept saying all these words out of confusion.
When the horse was just near the edge, he remembered Allahu Akbar and
said it out loud. The horse stopped just one step away from the edge.
The man took a deep breath, looked up towards the sky and said
Alhamdulillah!
True Incident: The incident took place
in South Asia. A man was offering salah in his house. He was praying as
fast as he could as many of us do. All of a sudden, he heard the door
behind him open. Since, someone entered the room, he started making his
ruku and sujud longer. Upon completion of the salah, he looked back to
see who it was. To his amazement, it was a dog!
Two men were on a plane on a business
trip when a Muslim couple boarded the plane and were seated right in
front of them. The two men, eager to have some fun, started talking
loudly. "My boss is sending me to Saudi Arabia", the one said, "But I
don't want to go...too many Muslims there!" The Muslim couple noticeably
heard and grew uncomfortable. The other guy laughed, "Oh, yeah, my boss
wanted to send me to Pakistan but I refused...WAY too many Muslims!"
Smiling, the first man said, "One time I was in Iran but I HATED the
fact that there were so many Muslims!" The couple fidgeted. The other
guy responded, "Oh, yeah...you can't go ANYWHERE to get away from
them...the last time I was in FRANCE I ran into a bunch of them too!"
The first guy was laughing hysterically as he added, "That is why you'll
never see me in Indonesia...WAY too many Muslims!" At this, the Muslim
man turned around and responded politely, "Why don't you go to Hell?",
he asked, "I hear there's not very many Muslims THERE!"
Rules of Joking in Islam
Some people joke too much and it becomes a habit for them. This is the opposite of the serious nature which is the characteristic of the believers. Joking is a break, a rest from ongoing seriousness and striving; it is a little relaxation for the soul. ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azeez (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “Fear joking, for it is folly and generates grudges.”
Imaam al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “The kind of joking which is forbidden is that which is excessive and persistent, for it leads to too much laughter and hardening of the heart, it distracts from remembrance of Allaah, and it often leads to hurt feelings, generates hatred and causes people to lose respect and dignity. But whoever is safe from such dangers, then that which the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to do is permissible for him.”
Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqaas said: “Set a limit to your jokes, for going to extremes makes you lose respect and incites the foolish against you.”
The amount of joking should be like the amount of salt in one’s food.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not laugh too much, for laughing too much deadens the heart.” (Saheeh al-Jaami’, 7312)
‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “Whoever laughs too much or jokes too much loses respect, and whoever persists in doing something will be known for it.”
So beware of joking, for it “causes a person to lose face after he was thought of as respectable, and it brings him humiliation after esteem.”
A man said to Sufyaan ibn ‘Uyaynah (may Allaah be pleased with him), “Joking is not right, it is to be denounced.” He replied, “Rather it is Sunnah, but only for those who know how to do it and do it at the appropriate time.”
Nowadays, although the ummah needs to increase the love between its individual members and to relieve itself of boredom, it has gone too far with regard to relaxation, laughter and jokes. This has become a habit which fills their gatherings and wastes their time, so their lives are wasted and their newspapers are filled with jokes and trivia.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.” In Fath al-Baari it says: “What is meant by knowledge here has to do with the might of Allaah and His vengeance upon those who disobey Him, and the terrors that occur at death, in the grave and on the Day of Resurrection).
Muslim men and women have to be inclined to choose righteous and serious friends in their lives, who will help them to make good use of their time and strive for the sake of Allaah with seriousness and steadfastness, good and righteous people whose example they can follow. Bilaal ibn Sa’d said: “I saw them [the Sahaabah] jokingly pretending to fight over some goods, and laughing with one another, but when night came they were like monks.”
Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) was asked, “Did the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) laugh?” He said, “Yes, and the faith in their hearts was like mountains.”
So you have to follow the example of such people, who were knights by day and monks (i.e., devoted worshippers) by night.
May Allaah keep us, you and our parents safe on the Day of the Greatest Terror, those to whom the call will go out on that great Day:
“Enter Paradise, no fear shall be on you, nor shall you grieve”
[al-A’raaf 7:49 – interpretation of the meaning]
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