Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]
4860 sayings · page 103 of 122
With great people keep company, to the learned make (your) enquiry, and converse with men of philosophy.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3174. · permalink
With self-respect secure your needs, for predestined are all affairs and deeds.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3175. · permalink
Witnessing his enemies in disobedience of God suffices to make of man a sinner.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3176. · permalink
Woe is my people for bad scholars!
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3177. · permalink
Woe is the learned for the ignorant and woe is the ignorant for the learned!
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3178. · permalink
Woe is the one who deprives his family from good and approaches God with evil!
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3179. · permalink
Woe is the one who does not know (the truth of something), and woe is the one who knows it but does not act upon it!
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3180. · permalink
Worldly affairs bring nothing but hardship, the world causes nothing but adversity, and people are on the way to unceasing avarice.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3194. · permalink
Worldly joys entail otherworldly grief, and worldly grief entails otherworldly joys.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3195. · permalink
Worship God as much as your ability permits you, for God does not get tired of you as long as you do not get tired (of worshiping Him).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3196. · permalink
Worship God in such a way as if He were in your view, for if not so, surely He sees (me and) you.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3197. · permalink
Worship God to the extent of your ability, for God will not get tired (of you) till you get tired (of worshipping Him).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3198. · permalink
Worshipping God suffices to show man's deep knowledge and vaunting personal views, to show his ignorance.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3199. · permalink
Would you like to have a compassionate heart and to achieve your goals? Be merciful to orphans, treat them with tender care and your food, let them share.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3200. · permalink
Voices should not be raised therein, nor engrossment in wrongdoing. There should be no buying or selling, and all vain talk must be shunned as long as you are inside. If you do not do this, then you will have no one to blame but yourself on the Day of Resurrection.
Makarim al- Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 374, no. 2661; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 621 · permalink
He who walks to a mosque asking people to join him along the way gets the equivalent of seventy thousand good deeds for every step he takes, and he is raised as many levels, and if he dies on the way, Allah assigns seventy thousand angels to visit him in his grave to keep him company in his loneliness and to seek forgiveness for him until the day he is raised again.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 336, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 621 · permalink
O Abu Dharr, verily for as long as you remain seated in the mosque Allah, most High, will grant you an extra level in Paradise for every breath you take, the angels send salutations on you, and ten good deeds are recorded and ten evil deeds wiped away for every breath you take therein
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 85, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 622 · permalink
Whoever has eaten this pungent herb [i.e. garlic] should not approach our mosque. As for one who has eaten it and does not come to the mosque [as a result], there is no blame on him for it
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 84, p. 9, no. 83; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 623 · permalink
Do not use the mosques as mere passageways until you have prayed two units of prayer therein
Amali al-Saduq, p. 344, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 623 · permalink
Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, sent me as a mercy to the worlds, and in order to eradicate string instruments, the flute and others pre-Islamic pagan practices
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 250, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 623 · permalink
Music is a charm of adultery
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 247, no. 26; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 624 · permalink
Three things harden the heart: listening to diversionary words (lahw), seeking [game] to hunt, and frequenting the sultan. {Translators note: lahw: translated as 'diversionary talk' in the translation of the Qur'an, and often interpreted as music in exegeses of the Qur'an }
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 252, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 624 · permalink
The best of my community are the most abstemious in the world and the most desirous of the Hereafter
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 123; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 626 · permalink
The best of my community are those who spend away their youth in Allah's obedience, wean themselves away from the worldly pleasures and are infatuated with the Hereafter. Surely their reward upon Allah is the highest levels of Paradise
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 123; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 626 · permalink
The best of my community are those who when treated foolishly are tolerant, and when attacked they forgive, and when they are hurt are patient.
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 123; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 626 · permalink
Clipping one's nails prevents the worst disease, and yields abundant sustenance
al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 490, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 626 · permalink
It is narrated in al-Kafi on the authority of al-Sakuni that the Prophet of Allah (AS) said to men, 'Cut your nails', and to women, 'Leave them for verily that is more beautiful for you.
al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 490, p. 491, no. 15; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 627 · permalink
The one who endeavours to help his brother and benefit him has the reward of the warriors in the way of Allah
Sawab al-A`amal, p. 340, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 628 · permalink
The one who grants the need of a fellow believing brother is as one who has worshipped Allah his entire life
Amali al-Tusi, p. 481, no. 1051; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 628 · permalink
A child is a master for seven years, a slave for the next seven years, and a minister for another seven years. By the age of twenty one, you must either approve of his manners or cut him loose, for [by then] you would have fulfilled your obligation toward Allah, most High.'
Makarim al- Akhlaq, v. 1, p. 478, no. 1649; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 370 · permalink
The Prophet (SAWA) prohibited disciplining (teaching good manners) in times of anger.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 102, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 370 · permalink
He who guards the reputation of his fellow brother is veiled from the Fire.
Amali al-Mufid, p. 338, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 373 · permalink
He who guards the reputation of his fellow Muslim brother definitely becomes deserving of obligatory entrance into Paradise.
Wasael al-Shi`aah, v. 8, p. 606, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 373 · permalink
To insult a believer is a gross iniquity, to kill him is infidelity, and to backbite him is an act of disobedience of Allah.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 148, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 463 · permalink
Do not insult the winds for verily they are commanded [to blow], nor insult the mountains, nor time, nor the days, nor the nights, lest you transgress thereby and it comes back to you
Ellal al-Shara'ie, p. 577, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 463 · permalink
Do not insult people lest you procure animosity from them.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 360, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 463 · permalink
Allah has commanded me to treat people amicably just as He has commanded me to fulfil the religious obligations.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 117, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 102 · permalink
Beautiful hair is part of Allah's dressing [for you], so make sure to honour it.
Wasael al-Shi`aah, v. 1, p. 432, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 141 · permalink
On the Day of Resurrection a ruler will be brought forth who had inflicted one lash less than the punishment prescribed. He will plead, 'O my Lord! I did it out of mercy for Your servants.' He will be told, 'Are you [trying to be] more merciful to them than Me?' Then he will be ordered into the Fire. Another man who had added one lash [to the punishment] will be brought forth, and he will plead, '[O Allah! I did it] to make them stop committing acts of disobedience to You.' Then he too will be ordered into the Fire.'
Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 18, p. 37, no. 21948; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 553 · permalink
When the Prophet (SAWA) stoned a man for adultery, a man said to his friend, 'He died on the spot like a dog.' So when the Prophet (SAWA) was passing with them by the carcass of a dead animal he told them to take a bite out of it. They said, 'O Messenger of Allah! May Allah bless you. How can we bite a carcass?!' He replied, 'What you have bitten from your brother is fouler than that.'
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 116; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 554 · permalink
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