Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 111 of 122

1. My intercession on behalf of one who does not believe in my intercession will not be accepted by Allah.

   Uyoun Akhbar al-Reza (AS), v. 1, p. 136, no. 35; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 480 · permalink

2. When they break a covenant, Allah allows their enemy to gain mastery over them.

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 100, p. 46, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 226 · permalink

3. He who does not keep a promise has no religion.

   Nawadir al-R`awandi, p. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 226 · permalink

4. Three types of people have the right to intercede with Allah, and their intercession will be accepted: the prophets, then the scholars, and then the martyrs.

   al-Khisal, p. 156, no. 197; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 481 · permalink

5. [The right of] Intercession belongs to the prophets, their vicegerents, the believers and the angels.

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 58, no. 75; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 481 · permalink

6. If a bucket of the pus [of Hell] was to be poured where the sun rises, the skulls of the people living where it sets would boil.

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 280, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 401 · permalink

7. Faith is not [acquired] through embellishment or wishing. Rather faith is that which is pure in the heart and is certified by actions.

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 69, p. 72, no. 26; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 283 · permalink

8. Faith is patience during calamity, and thanksgiving during ease

   Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1350; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 284 · permalink

9. The fountainhead of faith is honesty.

   Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5222; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 285 · permalink

10. A servant's faith is not true until his confidence in that which rests in Allah's Hand is more than that which rests in his own hands.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 37, no. 79; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 285 · permalink

11. A servant's faith in Allah is not complete until he has five attributes in him: complete reliance upon Allah, entrusting [his affairs] to Allah, submission to Allah's will, contentment with Allah's decree, and patience in Allah's tribulations. Certainly one who loves for the sake of Allah, hates for the sake of Allah, gives for the sake of Allah, and withholds for the sake of Allah has in fact completed faith.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 10, p. 177, no. 77; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 288 · permalink

12. Faith is in ten things: inner knowledge, obedience, knowledge, action, piety, striving, patience, conviction, contentedness and submission. And if the individual lacks any one of them, it nullifies the whole structure of his faith.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 69, p. 175, no. 28; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 291 · permalink

13. Beware of debt for verily it is a source of anxiety in the night and a source of disgrace during the day.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 141, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 239 · permalink

14. There are certain types of people whose supplications are not answered. From among them is the man who lends money to someone for a specified time and neither writes it down nor has anyone witness it.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 104, p. 301, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 240 · permalink

15. Whoever postpones repaying someone their right while he is capable of doing has the sin of an extortionist written down for him as every day passes by.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 146, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 240 · permalink

16. A wealthy man's postponement [in repayment of a debt] is oppression.

    Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 13, p. 397, no. 15713; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 240 · permalink

17. O Ibn Mas`aud, do not be under any delusion about Allah, and do not be under any delusion with respect to your righteousness, your knowledge, your deeds, your goodness or your worship.

    Makarim al- Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 350, no. 2660; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 241 · permalink

18. The peak of good reason after religious devotion is treating people with love, and doing good to both good and bad people.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 74, p. 401, no. 44; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 201 · permalink

19. Perform acts of courtesy to those who are worthy of them as well as those who are not worthy of them, and even if they have no effect on those who deserve them, you are at least worthy of [performing] them.

    Uyoun Akhbar al-Reza (AS), v. 2, p. 35, no. 76; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 201 · permalink

20. He who offers charity to a poor man gets the reward befitting the action, but if forty thousand people pass the same offering from hand to hand until it reaches the poor man, they all receive a complete reward for it.

    Sawab al-A`amal, p. 342, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 202 · permalink

21. Bringing a good act to completion is better than [merely] initiating it.

    Amali al-Tusi, p. 596, no. 1235; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 203 · permalink

22. A servant [of Allah] entered Paradise because of a thorn branch that he removed from the path of fellow Muslims.

    al-Khisal, v. 32, p. 111; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 204 · permalink

23. He who builds a structure on the road affording shelter to a traveller, All?ah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection mounted on a fine-bred camel made of pearls, and his face will radiate light for all the dwellers of Paradise.

    Sawab al-A`amal, p. 343, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 205 · permalink

24. He who averts an impediment of water or fire from a group of Muslims becomes deserving of obligatory entrance into Paradise.

    al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 55, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 205 · permalink

25. Be compassionate towards a mighty person who has been dishonoured, a rich man who has become poor, and a scholar who has been forgotten amidst a generation of ignorant people.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 74, p. 405, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 206 · permalink

26. Abstain from harming others for this is your charity towards yourself.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 54, no. 19; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 397 · permalink

27. The most prudent of people is he who is best at controlling his rage

    Amali al-Saduq, p. 28, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 753 · permalink

28. The most sagacious one from among you is he who remembers death the most, and the most prudent one from among you is he who is the most prepared for it

    alam al-Din, no. 333; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 754 · permalink

29. If you want Allah to enrich your wealth then give the alms-tax from it.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 96, p. 23, no. 54; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 98 · permalink

30. Whoever keeps his hair long should care for it well, otherwise, he must cut it.

    Wasael al-Shi`aah, v. 1, p. 432, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 141 · permalink

31. Beauty is in the tongue.

    Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 37; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 142 · permalink

32. There is no beauty better than the intellect.

    Nahj al-Sa`ada, v. 1, p. 51; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 142 · permalink

33. There is no clothing more beautiful than good health.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 381, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 142 · permalink

34. Do not betray the one who betrays you lest you be like him.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 175, no. 3] ; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 142 · permalink

35. The one who betrays his trust is not from us.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 172, no. 14] ; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 143 · permalink

36. Disclosing the secret of your brother is betrayal, so keep away from that.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 89, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 144 · permalink

37. As for the signs of the betrayer, there are four: disobedience to the All-Beneficent, disturbance to neighbours, loathing his associates, and being close to tyranny and oppression

    Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 144 · permalink

38. O Ali, do not seek counsel from a coward for verily he will confine the way out for you, nor from the miser for verily he will hold you back from your goal, and nor from the covetous one for verily he will make greediness fair-seeming to you.

    Ellal al-Shara'ie, p. 559, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 221 · permalink

39. Shall I tell you who is the toughest and strongest from among you?' They replied, 'Yes, O Prophet of Allah, do tell us', so the Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The strongest and toughest of you is he who, when he is happy, his happiness does not lead him to committing a sin or anything wrong, and when he gets angry, his anger does not prevent him from speaking the truth, and when he is empowered in any way, he does not take hold of that which is not lawfully his.

    Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 366, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 224 · permalink

40. He who harms a believer is as if he has harmed me.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 68, p. 72, no. 40; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 398 · permalink

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