Generosity

They lived in a beautiful farm, three brothers with their mother. They used to help their father with farm work. But they argued a lot, which saddened their father. The brothers did not stop arguing even on their way to market to sell their farm’s products of vegetables. One of them would lead the cart and one of them would hold the reins of the mules so that they would not fall to the ground. So they were arguing about which one of them would hold the cart and which one would hold the reins. They argued around each one of them about who would hold the cart and who would hold the reins. The cart was beautiful, and the mules were strong and wonderful. ...

There was a child orphan living with his brother and his wife. But his brother’s wife was an evil mistress who always used to beat her husband’s son and make him carry heavy water from the well to the house, and she never gave him food. The brother of the orphan was weak and afraid of his wife. One day, the brother’s wife decided to get rid of the orphan because he no longer stayed at the house, and she ordered her husband to take him to a remote distant island and leave him there. When the brother refused, his wife threatened that she would kick both of them out of the house. ...

One day, the Crusaders gathered and decided to attack Jerusalem in Palestine. They seized it and occupied it. The Crusaders engaged in looting and theft in the land. There was an elderly woman living in an old house with her only son, Ahmed. His mother said to him one day: “Oh Ahmed, the Crusader soldiers have seized everything your father left for us and took it by force. We have only one cow left. Be very careful that the Crusaders do not see it so that they do not take it. Take care of it, oh Ahmed, so that we may drink its milk, for we have nothing left but it.” Ahmed said: “At your command, oh mother. I will take care of it and preserve it, and I will take it now to the field to eat and drink.” ...

There was a man who worked as a woodcutter, and he had seven daughters, and his wife was about to give birth to their eighth child. He wished from God to be granted a son, and he made a vow that if his wife gave birth to a boy, he would offer a pound of gold as a gift for his birth. One day, while the woodcutter was working cutting trees in the forest, his youngest daughter came and told him that his mother had given birth to a boy. The woodcutter felt overwhelming joy and could not believe the news. He hastened to the house to see the boy. ...

There was once a simple farmer living in one of the villages, but he was distinguished by ambition and activity. He also produced in his land the best crops at the village level from vegetables such as cucumbers and tomatoes. All the villagers used to brag about Uncle Muhammad’s crops. One day, a journalist visited the village to do some reports about the village. He passed by Uncle Muhammad’s field and the shape of the fresh red tomatoes caught his attention. He asked Uncle Muhammad to taste them. Uncle Muhammad picked some tomato fruits, then washed them with clean water and gave them to the journalist, who was very impressed with the taste of the delicious fruits. ...

The events of the story take place in ancient times between Juha and his neighbor, the stingy man, who lived by borrowing things from other people, using them, and refusing to buy for himself, despite being very rich. The events of the story revolve around what Juha did with him to teach him a lesson he would learn from: to stay away from people’s things, abandon the bad trait of stinginess, and use his money to buy his needs. ...

The story tells about Firas, the skilled young fisherman, and what happened to him in his journey sailing by boat, about the severe storm that threw him onto an island with customs and traditions for receiving guests, and the customs were that the guest of good intention should come with a gift, so how did he behave with that gift, and what the island people did with him. Beginning of the story: It is told that in ancient times, there was a small fisherman named Firas. He would go day after day to the big sea to fish, but as days passed, he no longer tolerated fishing because he would throw his nets in the sea, but unfortunately, they didn’t carry him any catch of fish. ...

One day there were three friends, Ahmed, Muhammad, and Sulaiman, and these friends had pledged to stand by each other’s side during any crisis that any of them went through, and these friends lived in one village, and this village was famous for the love of its inhabitants for each other, and the absence of hatred and enmity between them. One day, Ahmed’s wife came to him and said to him: my beloved husband, you know that the Eid has approached, and we do not have new clothes for our children, so we want money to buy our children’s clothes. Her husband Ahmed replied to her, his heart filled with sadness and regret: I do not have money to buy new clothes for our children, but wait I will go to my friend Sulaiman to borrow some money from him. ...