Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 10 of 122

1. Man follows the path of his friend's religion.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1230; Page No. 176 · permalink

2. Man has a kind of wisdom in his head, supervised by an angel.Showing humility, the angel is ordered to lift it up and showing vanity, (s)he is ordered to let it fall.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1231; Page No. 176 · permalink

3. Man is a company to what he loves.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1232; Page No. 176 · permalink

4. Man is in line with his friends, and the result of his deeds to them he sends.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1233; Page No. 176 · permalink

5. Man should help his brother, being he oppressed or an oppressor.If he is an oppressor, the former should prevent him from oppression, for this is in itself assisting him; and if he is oppressed the, former should help him.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1234; Page No. 176 · permalink

6. Man should save something from himself for himself, from this world for the next, from youth before old age, and from this life before death, for there will be no dwelling save Heaven and Hell beyond this world.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1236; Page No. 177 · permalink

7. Man will be under the shield of his charitable acts until he is judged among people (in the Day of Judgment).

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1237; Page No. 177 · permalink

8. Man will see a day when all people would be involved in usury; and if not, they would at least be affected by its results.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1238; Page No. 177 · permalink

9. Man will see a day when people will not care for the way to earn money-lawfully or unlawfully!

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1239; Page No. 177 · permalink

10. Man's deeds are presented to God on Mondays and Thursdays, and to prophets and parents on Fridays. They rejoice by (their children's) good deeds and turn brighter in their faces. Fear God, therefore, and hurt not your dead ones.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1242; Page No. 177 · permalink

11. Man's deeds are presented to the Exalted God on Mondays and Thursdays, and He forgives all sins save the sins of belligerent people and those who break bonds of kinship.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1243; Page No. 178 · permalink

12. Man's dress shows his riches, fragrant oil makes poverty disappear, and benevolence to (one's) subjects causes God to put (your) enemy to shame.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1244; Page No. 178 · permalink

13. Man's faith lies in his wisdom and thus, whoever is devoid of wisdom is bereft of faith.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1245; Page No. 178 · permalink

14. Man's greatness, fairness, and dignity lie respectively in (the extent of) his faith, thought and manners.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1246; Page No. 178 · permalink

15. Man's heart is like unto a king with soldiers.Being good, its soldiers will turn out to be good too and being corrupted, they will be likewise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1247; Page No. 178 · permalink

16. Man's is not hurt, but with his own hand.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1248; Page No. 178 · permalink

17. Man's request will not be rejected in three places: in a desert where nobody but God witnesses him standing to prayer, in war where all his companions escape but he stands steadfast, and at midnight when he rises up to pray (to God).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1249; Page No. 178&179 · permalink

18. Man's soul will always be hanging on his debt (after death) till it's repaid.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1250; Page No. 179 · permalink

19. Man's stability lies in his wisdom, and whoever is bereft of wisdom is devoid of faith.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1251; Page No. 179 · permalink

20. Man's word is entirely to his loss not benefit, unless it is used for bidding to good and forbidding evil or for remembering the Exalted God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1252; Page No. 179 · permalink

21. Manliness requires a Muslim to listen to the words of his brother (in faith) when he speaks to him, and proper companionship requires a Muslim to stop going when his brother (in faith) has a torn off shoe-lace stopping him to move.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1253; Page No. 179 · permalink

22. Man's nature demands brushing his teeth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1254; Page No. 179 · permalink

23. Many a dusty disheveled people who possess nothing but two ragged pieces of dress, unpleasant in people's sight, whose swears will work, should they swear by God!

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1255; Page No. 179 · permalink

24. Verily, the Exalted God wards off calamity from a hundred neighboring houses on account of a pious Muslim.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2661. · permalink

25. Verily, the Exalted God who has created maladies has provided medicines too.(Try to) cure your diseases, therefore.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2662. · permalink

26. Verily, the Exalted God will ask everybody about his subjects, i.e. having been saved or ruined. He even asks men about their households in like manner.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2663. · permalink

27. Verily, the Exalted God will ask His servants about the increase of their knowledge as he will ask them about the excess of their wealth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2664. · permalink

28. Verily, the Exalted God will cause to descend whatever people may cause to ascend (against His will).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2665. · permalink

29. Verily, the Exalted God will subject to suffering, in the Day of Judgment, those who make people suffer in the world.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2666. · permalink

30. Verily, the Exalted God will support Islam through non-Muslim hands

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2667. · permalink

31. Verily, the Exalted God would like you to observe justice in treating your children, even in kissing them.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2668. · permalink

32. Verily, the Exalted God would like you to perfect your deeds.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2669. · permalink

33. Verily, the first reward for a believer after his (her) death is the forgiveness of God for all participants in his (her) burial procession.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2670. · permalink

34. Verily, the fools commit more sins on account of their foolishness than the debaucherous.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2671. · permalink

35. Verily, the good-doers in this world will be the good-doers in the Hereafter, just as the evildoers of here will be the evildoers of the Hereafter, and the good-doers will be the first group of people to enter Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2672. · permalink

36. Verily, the Great, Powerful God loves a white lie and detests a sedition-inciting truth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2673. · permalink

37. Verily, the greatest liars will appear before the Resurrection. Avoid the company of them.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2674. · permalink

38. Whoever drives out a heretic, will receive from God full safety and faith in his heart.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2951. · permalink

39. Whoever earns his living through his own physical efforts, is a friend of God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2952. · permalink

40. The reward for Sadaqah in the way of Allah is ten times, whereas the reward for giving a loan is twelve times (because in giving a loan the dignity of the Loanee is maintained). The reward for the good behaviour to the believing brothers is twelve times and the reward for Sileh Rahmi is twenty four times

    Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 166; Behaarul Anwaar · permalink

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