A person is the smallest of his heart and tongue.. With this the boy of the Caliph Omar bin Abdul Aziz argued and defeated him

These two stories were among the topics that the episode (7/19/2022) of the “Reflections” program shed light on. With regard to the story of the boy, some narrators mentioned that when he succeeded Omar bin Abdul Aziz, delegations from the people of each country came to him, so the delegation of the people of Hijaz came to him, and he drank from them. A boy to speak, Omar said: Oh boy, let someone who is older than you speak.

However, the boy replied, saying: O Commander of the Faithful, a person is only with his two youngest: his heart and his tongue, so if God grants his servant an eloquent tongue and a memorizing heart, then he has made a choice for him, and if matters were in age, he would be here who is more deserving of your council than you.

Omar said: You are right, speak, for this is lawful magic.

The boy replied: O Commander of the Faithful, we are the delegation of congratulations, not the delegation of the criterion, and you did not present us with desire or fear, because we have secured in your days what we feared, and we realized what we asked for.

Omar asked about the age of the boy, and it was said: 10 years.

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On the other hand, the “Reflections” episode focused on the story of the proverb: So-and-so is roasting sour grapes, and the one whose condition has worsened and his money has run out, and he is afflicted with humiliation after glory, so he grills water with a desire for cooking.

And sour water is pure water that does not mix with anything

The origin of the proverb is that a man craved meat and had nothing but water, so he kindled a fire and put the pot on it, and put water in it and boiled it, and poured over the water, justifying what rises from its vapor. He was told: What are you doing? proverb.

The episode also dealt with various topics, including: prioritizing science over wisdom and vice versa in Quranic verses, and if your friend asks you: Are you hungry?

So tell him: No, and do not say no, within a common mistakes section, in addition to the biography of Abu Mansour Al-Tha’alibi, one of the imams of language and literature, who was nicknamed Jahez of his time.