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The Man Who Circled the Kaaba with a Knife and a Mouse - Hassan - 07-26-2026
Knowledge should be learned directly from qualified scholars; otherwise, one may fall into serious mistakes!
It is narrated that a man was once seen circumambulating the Kaaba while carrying a knife and a mouse. When people asked him why, he replied, "That's what I read in one of the books."
When the book was brought and checked, it became clear that he had misread the text. The original wording was:
"One should circumambulate with tranquility and dignity."
In Arabic, he mistakenly read sakīnah ("tranquility") as sikkīn ("knife"), and waqār ("dignity") as fa'r ("mouse"), turning a serious instruction into a comical misunderstanding.
RE: The Man Who Circled the Kaaba with a Knife and a Mouse - Muslimah - 07-30-2026
la hawala wala qowata ila billah!