Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 15 of 122

1. People are like unto the teeth of a comb.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1543; Page No. 220 · permalink

2. People are mines, mines of gold and silver.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1544; Page No. 220 · permalink

3. People are mines, with their race (origins) affecting them, and bad training is like unto bad race.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1545; Page No. 220 · permalink

4. People are two groups: teachers and learners, and there is no good in other than these two.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1546; Page No. 220 · permalink

5. People do good deeds, but their reward in the Day of Judgment will be to the extent of their wisdom.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1547; Page No. 220&221 · permalink

6. People perish through the offshoots of their tongues.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1548; Page No. 221 · permalink

7. People who entrust the administration of their affairs to a woman will never be saved(prosperous).

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1550; Page No. 221 · permalink

8. People will be resurrected with respect to their intentions in the Day of Judgment.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1551; Page No. 221 · permalink

9. People will face a time when a believer will be meaner than his sheep.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1552; Page No. 221 · permalink

10. It is the right of a neighbor to pay him a visit in sickness, to attend his funeral procession, to lend him money in times of need, to congratulate him in happiness, to console him in sadness and to avoid constructing your building higher than his, lest you should block up the wind blowing to his house.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1094; Page No. 155 · permalink

11. It is undesirable for a ruler to accept gifts, and blasphemous for a judge to do so.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1095; Page No. 155 · permalink

12. It is unlawful for the men of my people, but not for women, to dress themselves in silk and gold.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1096, Page No. 155 · permalink

13. It may happen that a man beseeches the Exalted God to settle his need, but He does not grant his request on account of a reason and thus, he charges people of being unjust to him, saying, "who has taken away my share"?

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1097; Page No. 155 · permalink

14. It may happen that a man is raised in Paradise, and on asking how this happened, he will be told, "Your son has asked forgiveness for you".

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1098; Page No. 155 · permalink

15. It may happen that a man or a woman worships (obeys) God, the Exalted, for sixty years, but at the time of death, (s) he does not act properly concerning his (her) testament and thus, Hell will be indispensable for him (her).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1099; Page No. 155&156 · permalink

16. It may happen that a man performs deeds, which seem heavenly to others, but he is, in fact, a dweller of Hell, and it may happen that a man performs deeds, which seem hellish to others, but he is, in fact, a dweller of Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1100; Page No. 156 · permalink

17. It may happen that a man performs heavenly deeds for a long time but his deeds end up with those of the dwellers of Hell, and it may happen that a man does hellish deeds for a long time but his deeds end up with those of the dwellers of Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1101; Page No. 156 · permalink

18. It may happen that a servant (of God) gives a loaf of bread in charity but it turns out to be great as Mount Uhud to God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1102; Page No. 156 · permalink

19. It may happen that one of you is used to performing heavenly deeds so that there remains only a cubit between him and Paradise, but (suddenly) his fate outruns his deeds and he commits a hellish deed which earns him Hell, and it may happen that one of you is used to performing hellish deeds so that there remains only a cubit between him and Hell, but (suddenly) his fate outruns his deeds and he commits a heavenly deed which earns him Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1103; Page No. 156&157 · permalink

20. It was quite probable that poverty end in blasphemy.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1104; Page No. 157 · permalink

21. It was quite probable that the patient be appointed to prophethood.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1105; Page No. 157 · permalink

22. It will be sufficient for a man if the Exalted God know his dissatisfaction as to what he sees indecent but is unable to change.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1106; Page No. 157 · permalink

23. It would be much better for one to give a penny in health (in the way of God) than to emancipate a salve at the point of death.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1107; Page No. 157 · permalink

24. Jealousy eats away good deeds just as fire eats away firewood, and charity puts out (the flames of) sins just as water puts out fire.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1108; Page No. 158 · permalink

25. Jealousy ruins (one's) faith just as aloe decays honey.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1109; Page No. 158 · permalink

26. Jens will not make idiot those who have horses of noble birth at home.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1110; Page No. 158 · permalink

27. Jesus, son of Mary beheld a man stealing (something)."Did you steal anything"?, he asked him." No, by the God save Him no god exists". The man retorted." I believe in God and my eyes have erred". Jesus asserted.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1111; Page No. 158 · permalink

28. Join the one who has renounced you, do good to the one who has deprived you and forgive the one who has oppressed you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1112; Page No. 158 · permalink

29. Join the one who has renounced you, do good to the one who has wronged you and tell the truth, though it might be against you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1113; Page No. 159 · permalink

30. Joining a servant's meal shows one's humility.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1114; Page No. 159 · permalink

31. Joking is not allowed in the following three: divorce, marriage, and emancipation of slaves.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1115, Page No. 159 · permalink

32. Justice is good but it's better with rulers, generosity is good but it's better with the rich, abstinence is good but it's better with the learned, patience is good but it's better with the poor, penitence is good but it's better with the youth, and chastity is good but it's better with women.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1116; Page No. 159 · permalink

33. Keen is the one who rules over his (evil) soul and makes provisions for the Hereafter, and weak is the one who obeys his carnal desires and asks God for (unrealizable) longings.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1117; Page No. 160 · permalink

34. Keep away from the unlawful to be the most (obedient) servant of God, and be convinced with your destined share to be needless of all people.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1118, Page No. 160 · permalink

35. Keep away from a leprous as you do from a wild animal. Should (s)he settle somewhere, you do settle somewhere else.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1119, Page No. 160 · permalink

36. Keep away from oppression, for it will bring (you) darkness in the Day of Judgment.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1120, Page No. 160 · permalink

37. Whoever pays a visit to a patient plunges himself into the Mercy of God, and if he sits beside him\her, Mercy will surround him. A perfect visit to a patient is achieved when one of you puts his hand on his\her face or hand and asks him\her how he feels. The perfect way of greeting for you is to shake hands with each other.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3066. · permalink

38. Whoever performs the following three, a wrongdoer will turn out to be: hoisting the banner of falsehood, subjecting oneself to his (her) parents' curse, and accompanying a tyrant with the intention to assist him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3068. · permalink

39. Whoever plants a good deed will profit by it, and whoever plants an evil deed will reap it.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3069. · permalink

40. Whoever plants a good deed will profit by it, and whoever plants an evil deed will reap remorse.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3070. · permalink

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