Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 104 of 122

1. No sooner is leniency added to something than it adorns it, and no sooner is it taken away from something than it spoils it.

   al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 119, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 555 · permalink

2. When two people become friends or accompany each other, the one with the greater reward and the most beloved in Allah's eyes is the one who is the most gentle towards his companion.

   al-Kafi, p. 120, no. 15; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 555 · permalink

3. When Allah wishes to bestow good on a household, he introduces leniency into it.

   Sharhe Nahj al-Balagha by Abi al-Hadid, v. 6, p. 339; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 555 · permalink

4. The most intelligent person is he who is the most obliging towards people.

   Amali al-Saduq, p. 28, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 555 · permalink

5. Verily the knowledgeable man is superior to the [mere] worshipper as the sun is to the stars, and the worshipper is superior to the one who does not worship as the superiority of the moon to the stars.

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 2, p. 19, no. 49; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 505 · permalink

6. The knowledgeable man is superior to the [mere] worshipper by seventy degrees, the distance between two degrees spanning the gallop of a horse for seventy years; and this is because Satan plants an innovation amongst people which the knowledgeable man notices and prohibits, whilst the worshipper attends to his worship neither taking any notice of it nor recognising it.

   Rawdhat al-Wa`aizin, no. 17; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 505 · permalink

7. Looking at the face of a scholar out of love for him is an act of worship.

   Nawadir al-R`awandi, p. 11; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 506 · permalink

8. Seeking knowledge is an obligation on every Muslim. Indeed how Allah loves those who strive in their quest for knowledge.

   al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 30, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 507 · permalink

9. He who cannot endure the submissiveness entailed in learning for an hour will remain submissive to ignorance forever.

   Aaw`ali al-La'ali, v. 1, p. 285, no. 135; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 507 · permalink

10. When death comes to the seeker of knowledge whilst he is in that state [of seeking knowledge], he dies as a martyr.

    al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 1, p. 97, no. 16; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 508 · permalink

11. He who seeks knowledge is as one who spends his day fasting and his night praying. Verily a chapter of knowledge that a man learns is better for him than for him to have as much gold as a mountain and give it all away in the way of Allah.

    Munyat al-Murid, p. 100; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 508 · permalink

12. He who traverses a path in order to gain knowledge thereupon, Allah makes him traverse the path to Paradise.

    Amali al-Saduq, p. 58, no. 9; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 509 · permalink

13. Verily everything seeks forgiveness for the seeker of knowledge, including the fishes in the sea, the reptiles on the land, and the predators and livestock of the earth.

    Amali al-Mufid, p. 29, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 509 · permalink

14. He who has knowledge, acts upon what he knows and teaches it to others is regarded as great in the greatest Kingdom [of the heavens].

    Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 82; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 509 · permalink

15. The best form of charity is for a man to gain knowledge and then teach it to his fellow brother.

    Munyat al-Murid, p. 105; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 510 · permalink

16. Any man who has been granted knowledge by Allah but who suppresses it, in spite of knowing it, will meet Allah, Mighty and Exalted, on the Day of Resurrection bridled with a rein of fire.

    Amali al-Tusi, p. 377, no. 808; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 510 · permalink

17. This world when compared to the Hereafter is just as if one of you dips his finger in the sea and sees what he comes out with.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 119, no. 110; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1010 · permalink

18. Work, for everybody earns what s(he) has been created for.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3193. · permalink

19. A small family is one way to comfort.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 129; Page No. 26 · permalink

20. The best of people is he who longs for worship and embraces it, loves it with his heart, throws himself into it with his whole body, and devotes himself exclusively to it, such that he is not concerned in what worldly state he wakes up in the morning: in difficulty or in ease.

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 83, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1012 · permalink

21. Worship suffices as an occupation.

    Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 35; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1012 · permalink

22. There is no use to worship without conviction.

    Kanz al-Fawa' id li al-Karajiki, v. 1, p. 55; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1012 · permalink

23. Worship consists of ten parts, nine of which are to do with earning a lawful living.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 18, no. 81; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1013 · permalink

24. Looking at [the face of] a scholar is worship, looking at [the face of] a just Imam is worship, looking at one's parents with kindness and mercy is worship, and looking at the face of a brother whom you love for the sake of Allah is worship.

    Amali al-Tusi, p. 454, no. 1015; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1014 · permalink

25. Guard yourselves against people with suspicion.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 158, no. 142; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 214 · permalink

26. Verily the good deed to be rewarded the fastest is reconciliation with one's kin.

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 152, no. 15; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 215 · permalink

27. If you want to be happy the whole year, reconcile with your kin.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 74, p. 103, no. 61; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 215 · permalink

28. Do not cut off your kin even if they cut you off.

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 347, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 217 · permalink

29. Maintain relations with your kin even if it be with a mere greeting (salam).

    Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 57; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 218 · permalink

30. If a servant [of Allah] was to secretly sin, he would only harm himself, and if he was to commit it openly and not change, people would be harmed by it.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 100, p. 74, no. 15; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 218 · permalink

31. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A community who does not let the weak uphold his rights from the strong without obstacle will never be sanctified.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 258, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 218 · permalink

32. There are two kinds of people from my community who if they are sound [of faith] my community will be sound, and if they are corrupt my community will become corrupt.' The Prophet was asked, 'And who are they O messenger of Allah?' He replied, 'The jurists and the leaders.

    al-Khisal, p. 37, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 219 · permalink

33. The first thing that Allah created was my light.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 97, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 232 · permalink

34. Verily the first thing that Allah Mighty and Exalted created was our spirits and then He spoke to them of His Unity and Majesty, then He created the angels.

    Uyoun Akhbar al-Reza (AS), v. 1, p. 262, no. 22; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 233 · permalink

35. The best women of my community are those that have the prettiest faces and the smallest dowries.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 237, no. 25; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 596 · permalink

36. Beware of the verdure growing in manure.' When asked what verdure growing in manure was, he replied, 'It is the beautiful woman that comes from an evil environment.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 232, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 597 · permalink

37. Beware of marrying a stupid girl for her company is a waste and her offspring are [like] hyenas.

    Bihar al-Anwar, p. 237, no. 35; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 597 · permalink

38. A man's sitting beside his family is more beloved in the sight of Allah than his spending the night in worship in this mosque of mine

    Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 122; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 599 · permalink

39. Verily the man who lifts a morsel of food to his wife's mouth is well rewarded

    al-Mahajjat al-Baydha, v. 3, p. 70; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 599 · permalink

40. If a man has a wife who mistreats him, Allah does not accept her daily prayer, nor any other good deed she performs, even if she was to fast all her life, until and unless she relieves him and pleases him and the husband will bear the same burden and punishment if he mistreats or oppresses his wife

    Wasael al-Shi`aah, v. 14, p. 116, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 599 · permalink

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