draining of the sea

Two days after Abunawas wrapped the sun, he was called to the palace again. He said, “Abu, you are very great. You can put the sun in a bag.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
“Our sea has been polluted. We will be able to clean it up when it is dry. Now I want you to drain off the sea,” said the king.
Then Abunawas went home. One the way he saw some children look for fish in a small stream by the street. They drained off a small hole by the strem with a pail. Abunawas smiled. He got an idea.
Early the next morning it was very crowded around the palace. A lot of people dug several big holes around the palace.

the sun in the pail

The king gave another impossible task again to abunawas that day.he said, “abu,in this summer, the sun is very very hot.if you can wraf the sun, you’ll help all people.”
Abunawas was just silent. Thenthe king said again, “I want you to wraf the sun by tomorrow!”
Abunawas could not refuse the order. He looked confused.
“what time will you take the order, abu?” asked the king.
Abunawas was silent.the king repeated the question.
After a quitelong silence he answered, “Around midday, your majesty!”
Then the king ordered all the ministers to com to the palace the next day around twelve o’clock.

supernatural power

ONe day King Aron called Abunawas to the palace. He asked, “Have you ever heard the story of a man with supernatural power Abu?
“Of course, His Majesty. Whith such power, a person will not suffer any pain nor be hurt,” Abunawas answered.
“That’s right. Today I assign you to look for a charm. people say with a charm any person will not suffer any pain. No matter how people try to hunt him, he will not suffer,” said the king.

moving the mosque

One day King Aaron spoke in front of his people. “After having friday frayer tomorrow afternoon, you should not go home. I will make a very inportant announcement.”
“The place around our mosque is very noisy. So, I would like to move to another location. Anybody who can move the mosque will get a lot of prizes.”

Harun Al-rasid and the damsel

The Caliph, Commander of the Faithful, Harun al-Rashid, being one night exceedingly restless and thoughtful with sad thought, rose from his couch and walked about the by-ways of his palace, till he came to a chamber, over whose doorway hung a curtain. He raised that curtain and saw, at the upper end of the room, a bedstead whereon lay something black, as it were a man asleep, with a wax taper on his right hand and another on his left; and as the Caliph stood wondering at the sight, behold, he remarked a flagon full of old wine whose mouth was covered by the cup. The Caliph wondered even more at this, saying, “How came this black by such wine-service?” Then, drawing near the bedstead, he found that it was a girl lying asleep there, curtained by her hair; so he uncovered her face and saw that it was like the moon, on the night of his fulness. So the Caliph filled himself a cup of wine and drank it to the roses of her cheeks; and, feeling inclined to enjoy her, kissed a mole on her face, whereupon she started up from sleep, and cried out, “O Trusted of Allah, what may this be?” Replied he, “A guest who knocketh at thy door, hoping that thou wilt give him hospitality till the dawn;” and she answered; “Even so! I will serve him with my hearing and my sight.” So she brought forward the wine and they drank together, after which she took the lute and tuning the strings, preluded in one-and-twenty modes, then returning to the first, played a lively measure and sang these couplets,

“The tongue of love from heart bespeaks my sprite,

Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi

Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi was Born in the village of Nawa in Southern Syria, Nawawi spent most of his life in Damascus where he lived in a simple manner, devoted to Allah, engaging single-mindedly in worship, study, writing and teaching various Islamic sciences. The life of this world seems scarcely to have impinged upon him. He was a versatile and extremely dedicated scholar whose breadth of learning was matched by its depth. .
Imam Nawawi died at the young age of 44 years, leaving behind him numerous works of great importance, the most famous of these being:

The sun in the pail

The sun in the pail

The king gave another impossible task again to abunawas that day.he said, “abu,in this summer, the sun is very very hot.if you can wraf the sun, you’ll help all people.”
Abunawas was just silent. Thenthe king said again, “I want you to wraf the sun by tomorrow!”
Abunawas could not refuse the order. He looked confused.
“what time will you take the order, abu?” asked the king.
Abunawas was silent.the king repeated the question.
After a quitelong silence he answered, “Around midday, your majesty!”
Then the king ordered all the ministers to com to the palace the next day around twelve o’clock.
The next day at twelve o’clock many people gathered in the palace . they wanted to see how abunawas wrapped the sun. when abunawas come there , the king asked him directly, “how will you do it, abu?”
“I need a pail of water and a big leather bag, your majesty. There must be no leak on the bag,” said the smart man.