Sleep with the dogs....

I heard a scholar use the following phrase when explaining the importance of keeping good company:

"Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas"

Watching what one says

I was once talking to a learned Shaykh about watching what one says. He made an interesting analagy.

He told me the problem with some people ( who talk to much ) is similar to hadath ( a condition where one cant control one's excrement's).

Scary!

May ALlah help us control our tounges!

Punjabi Wise Sayings 9: The Gardener

Mali da kam pani dena bhar bhar mashkan paway
Malik da kam phal phul laona laway ya na laway

Translation

The gardener's job is to water ( the garden)

Working hard day after day

It is God's job to make the fruit grow ( in the garden)

And it's up to God to decide to make the fruit grow or not

Commentary:

The Gardner's job is to water the garden and work hard day after day. Hence the gardener is only responsible for taking the means and working hard. The results ( fruits) of this hard work are in God's hand and hence it is God's decision if he makes the fruit grow or not i.e. it is not for the Gardener's job to worry about the results of his hard work.