Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 118 of 122

1. Delay in the payment of debt is a form of injustice.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 445; Page No. 66 · permalink

2. Delay in three things is not allowed: setting prayers in due time, carrying a dead body (for burial) as soon as possible, and marrying a widow to someone equal in status with her.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 446, Page No. 66 · permalink

3. Deprived from my intercession will be the one who does not accept someone's sincere or insincere apology.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 447; Page No. 67 · permalink

4. Descent is (like unto) wealth.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 448; Page No. 67 · permalink

5. Dinars and Dirhams are seals of God on the earth, and the requests of whoever delivers his Master's seals to Him will be granted.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 449; Page No. 67 · permalink

6. Diseases are God's whips on the earth for the correction of people.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 450; Page No. 67 · permalink

7. Divine anger is so severe for the one who regards himself the lord of lords, (for) there is no lord but the Lord (God).

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 451; Page No. 67 · permalink

8. Divine wrath is so severe for the one who oppresses those who have no helper save God.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 452; Page No. 67 · permalink

9. Divorce is the most despised thing God has declared lawful.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 453; Page No. 67 · permalink

10. Divorce is the most hateful (of all) lawful things to God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 454; Page No. 67 · permalink

11. Do brush your teeth, for a very good practice it is! It strengthens (your) gum, wipes out stink from (your) mouth, refreshes (your) stomach, elevates (your) status in Paradise, and makes God pleased and Satan furious.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 455; Page No. 67 · permalink

12. Do brush your teeth, for it's the cause of mouth purification and divine satisfaction.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 456; Page No. 68 · permalink

13. Do fear God, for it's the origin of all the good.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 457, Page No. 68 · permalink

14. Do fear God, the Greatest and the most Powerful, and remember Him in all cases. When you commit an evil deed, do repent instantly -- a covert repentance for a covert sin, and an overt repentance for an overt sin.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 458, Page No. 68 · permalink

15. Do good immediately after doing wrong.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 459; Page No. 68 · permalink

16. Do good to those who deserve it and those who do not, for if your goodness the former receive, it would be quite appropriate; otherwise, you yourself will be the receiver of it.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 460; Page No. 68 · permalink

17. Do not allow your silly ones rule over you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 461; Page No. 68 · permalink

18. Do not ask people for anything.Should your scourge fall down, bend and take it up and do not ask others to do so.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 462; Page No. 68 · permalink

19. Do not backbite Muslims and do not try to discover their faults.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 463; Page No. 68 · permalink

20. Do not be a company but to believers, and do not share your meal save with the pious.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 464; Page No. 68 · permalink

21. Do not be a company to the one who does not regard you of equal status with him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 465; Page No. 69 · permalink

22. Do not be amazed at anybody's being a Muslim; rather (try to) know the essence of his/her thought.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 466; Page No. 69 · permalink

23. Do not be amazed at anybody's state of affairs; rather, (wait to) see its end.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 467; Page No. 69 · permalink

24. Do not be contentious to your brothers (in faith), do not make fun of them, and do not break your promises (in respect to them).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 468; Page No. 69 · permalink

25. Do not be easy-going to yourself, but hard on people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 469; Page No. 69 · permalink

26. Do not be in gross grief, for your due sustenance and whatever is destined for you will surely come to pass.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 470; Page No. 69 · permalink

27. He regards the little good that others do as being much and regards the abundance of good that he himself does as being little

    Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 1, p. 132, no. 184; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 832 · permalink

28. Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, loves the reserved and shy person, and despises the bawdy and importunate beggar

    Amali al-Tusi, p. 39, no. 43; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 834 · permalink

29. Swords are the keys to Paradise.

    Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 11, p. 13, no. 12293; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 559 · permalink

30. Whoever equips a warrior, even with a needle and thread, Allah forgives his past and future sins.

    Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 11, p. 24, no. 12333; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 560 · permalink

31. Whoever carries a message on behalf of a fighter during war is like one who frees a slave, and he partakes in the reward of the one who actually fought.

    Wasael al-Shi`aah, v. 11. p. 14, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 560 · permalink

32. Allah covers with disgrace the one who abandons jihad, and subjects him to poverty, and deprivation in his religion. Verily Allah, blessed and most High, has honoured my community by the solid hooves of its cavalry, and the tips of its lances.

    Amali al-Saduq, p. 462, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 561 · permalink

33. The eyes of two categories of people will never touch the fire: the one who cried out of fear of Allah, and the one who spent the night awake standing guard for the sake of Allah.

    Sunan al-Tirmidhi, no. 1639; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 562 · permalink

34. Whoever transmits to my people one tradition by which a practice is established or a heresy is blocked, will enter Paradise

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 2, p. 152, no. 43; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 942 · permalink

35. O Allah! Have mercy on my ambassadors' thrice. He was asked, 'O Messenger of Allah! Who are your ambassadors?' He said, 'Those who learn my traditions and practices, and then teach them to my community.

    Amali al-Saduq, p. 152, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 943 · permalink

36. Whoever memorizes forty traditions from which my community benefits in their religious affairs, Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection as a learned jurist and a scholar.

    Bihar al-Anwar, p. 156, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 943 · permalink

37. Whoever deliberately ascribes lies to me, let him take his seat in the Fire

    Amali al-Tusi, p. 227, no. 398; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 944 · permalink

38. Whoever rejects a tradition that is transmitted to him on my authority will have me to contend with on the Day of Resurrection. So when you hear a tradition from me that you do not know, say: "Allah knows better."

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 2, p. 212, no. 114; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 945 · permalink

39. Whenever a tradition is transmitted to you from me that agrees with the truth, then I have truly said it, and whatever tradition is transmitted to you from me which does not agree with the truth, then I have not said it, for I speak nothing but the truth.

    Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 390, no. 30; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 946 · permalink

40. Whoever succumbs to degrading himself is not considered from among us, the ahl al-bayt.

    Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 58; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 246 · permalink

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