Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 107 of 122

1. Two(real) friends enjoy each other's company.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2374. · permalink

2. Tyranny is of three kinds: one which God does not forgive, i.e. polytheism, God says," Verily, polytheism is great injustice", one which God forgives, i.e. peoplee's oppressing their own souls (of which God) and they themselves are aware), and one which God does not ignore, i.e. people doing injustice to one another.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2375. · permalink

3. Unhappily lived the one who came to know the (intentions of the) people, and happily lived among them s(he) who knew them not.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2377. · permalink

4. Unite with each other to have unity of hearts and keep company with one another to share a feeling of compassion.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2379. · permalink

5. Unity fruits in mercy, and discord in distress.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2380. · permalink

6. Use olive as food and lubricant, for it is the fruit of the Blessed Tree.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2381. · permalink

7. Using perfume for other than one's husband, brings a woman shame and fire (of Hell).

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2382. · permalink

8. Usury is of seventy three forms, the best being like unto committing adultery with one's own mother, and the worst being (like unto) aggression upon a Muslim's fame.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2383. · permalink

9. Usury might lead to gain, but finally ends in loss.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2384. · permalink

10. Vanity originates from ignoring the truth and belittling people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2385. · permalink

11. Veil yourself after having intercourse with your wives, and be not naked like unto camels.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2386. · permalink

12. Verily good-temperedness wipes out sins as sunlight melts ice.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2387. · permalink

13. Verily should a servant of God be fond of the eternal life, the Exalted God will grant him sufficient wealth and fill his heart with richness, so that he will constantly live in needlessness; and should he be attached to the (material) world, the Exalted God will grant him abundance in wealth, but will appoint poverty ahead of him, so that he will constantly live a life of poverty.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2388. · permalink

14. Verily, in the Day of Judgment, the Exalted God will forgive the masses but not the elite for the same doings.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2389. · permalink

15. Verily, (man's) heart is like unto a string hanging from a tree in a desert, which is turned upside down by wind.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2390. · permalink

16. Truthfulness is incumbent upon you, for verily it is one of the doors of Paradise.

    Tarikh Baghdad, p. 11, no. 82; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 962 · permalink

17. A recalcitrant tyrant is anyone who refuses to say: 'There is no god but Allah.

    al-Tawhid, p. 22, no. 9; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 964 · permalink

18. The tyrants and the arrogant people will be raised on the Day of Judgment in the form of tiny particles, which the rest of the people will trample underfoot as a sign of their low esteem before Allah

    Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 199; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 964 · permalink

19. A man said one day, 'I swear by Allah that He will not forgive so and so.' Allah, the Exalted, said, 'Who is he to foretell about what I will do that I will not forgive this man? I indeed have forgiven him and annulled the work of the foretelling man because of his saying, 'Allah will not forgive him.

    Wasael al-Shi`aah, v. 11, p. 267, no. 13; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 790 · permalink

20. Indeed each of you is a shepherd responsible for his own herd. The commander of the people is their shepherd and responsible for his herd, just as a man looks after his household and is responsible for them, and a woman tends to her husband and children and is responsible for them.

    Sahih Muslim, no. 1829; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 792 · permalink

21. (The Day of) Resurrection will be a field of activity wherein a successful man will be delighted at what he has bagged for himself, and a regretful man will grieve at what he has missed out on".

    A`alam al-Din, p. 341; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 794 · permalink

22. The time between when I was sent down [as a messenger] and the Hour is as these two', indicating to the space between his index finger and his middle finger. He then continued, 'By the One who has my soul in His Grasp, verily I find the Hour to be upon me already

    al-Ja`afariyyat, p. 212; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 794 · permalink

23. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, 'A man once came to the Prophet (SAWA) asking, 'O Prophet of Allah, what is knowledge' to which he replied, 'Paying attention.' The man asked, 'Then what' He replied, 'Listening.' He asked, 'Then what' The Prophet replied, 'Learning.' The man asked, 'Then what' He replied, 'Acting upon it.' He asked, 'Then what O Prophet of Allah' , to which he replied, 'Spreading it.'

    al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 48, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 525 · permalink

24. Imam al-Kazim (AS) narrated, 'The Prophet (SAWA) once entered the mosque to find a large group of people gathered around a man, so he asked, 'Who is this' to which they replied, 'A most learned scholar ('allama).' He then asked, 'And what is a most learned scholar' to which they replied, '[He is] the most knowledgeable of all people about Arab ancestry and events, and pre-Islamic history, and Arab poetry.' So the Prophet said, 'That is knowledge which neither harms one who remains ignorant of it nor avails one who knows it.'

    Amali al-Saduq, p. 220, no. 13; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 526 · permalink

25. There are two types of knowledge the knowledge of ideologies, and the knowledge of physical bodies.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 220, no. 52; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 526 · permalink

26. Knowledge is too great to be encompassed, so take the best from each thing.

    Kanz al-Fawa' id li al-Karajiki, v. 2, p. 31; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 526 · permalink

27. It only takes for a Muslim to deliberately abandon the performance of the daily obligatory prayer or to not perform it out of carelessness, for him to become an infidel (kafir

    Sawab al-A`amal, p. 275, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 724 · permalink

28. When Allah wants good for a community, He increases their scholars and decreases their ignorant ones, so when the scholar speaks, he finds supporters, but when the ignorant one speaks, he is defeated.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28692; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 355 · permalink

29. The one who guides towards good is just as its doer.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16052; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 359 · permalink

30. I have found the good deed to be a light in the heart, an adornment on the face, and strength in action, but I have found the sin to be blackness in the heart, weakness in action, and a blemish on the face.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44084; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 359 · permalink

31. Salman b. `Amir al-Zabbi narrated: I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah! My father was hospitable to guests, honoured the neighbours, fulfilled his promises, and donated in misfortunes. Of what use will that be to him?' He asked, 'Did your father die a polytheist?' I said, 'Yes!' He said, 'Truly they will be of no use to him, but they will remain for his children, in that they will never be disgraced or humiliated, nor suffer poverty.'

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16489; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 362 · permalink

32. Teach your children to pray when they reach the age of seven, and coerce them to perform it when they reach the age of ten. And make them sleep in separate beds.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 4533; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 369 · permalink

33. The one who truly wages jihad is the one who combats his self for the sake of Allah.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 11261; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 378 · permalink

34. Greed takes away wisdom from the hearts of the knowledgeable men.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 7576; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 381 · permalink

35. Beware of greed for it is ready poverty.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 8852; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 381 · permalink

36. When someone with good habits does something good it is accepted from him, and even if he makes a mistake, he is forgiven for it

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 911; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 386 · permalink

37. Whoever establishes a good habitual practice that people follow even after him, he will get his own reward for it as well as the like of their reward for performing it, without any decrease in their reward thereof. And whoever establishes an evil habitual practice that is followed by people after him, he will be responsible for the burden of his own sin as well as the burden of their sins, without any decrease in their burdens thereof.

    Kanz al-`Ummal,no. 43079; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 386 · permalink

38. There is a place in Paradise called the House of Happiness which none shall enter except those who cheered up the orphans from amongst the believers.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 6008; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 395 · permalink

39. There is a place in Paradise called the House of Happiness which none shall enter except those who cheered up children.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 6009; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 395 · permalink

40. The people of the Fire to experience the least pain will be wearing slippers of fire, whilst their brains will be boiling due to the [intensity of the] heat of their slippers.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 39507; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 402 · permalink

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