Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 18 of 122

1. When you conquered your enemy, forgive him out of thanksgiving for your power.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2859. · permalink

2. When you decide to do something, ask for God's grace seven times, and then see what you are inclined to, for your good lies surely in that.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2860. · permalink

3. When you decide to do something, meditate on its results. If it entails good results, perform it; otherwise, forget about it.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2861. · permalink

4. When you face those overtaken by calamities, ask God (to grant you) health.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2862. · permalink

5. When you love one of your brethren, show your love to him, for this will strengthen your friendship and make it last longer.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2863. · permalink

6. When you make a request to your brother (in faith), do not start with extolling him, for it puts a pressure on his back.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2864. · permalink

7. When you make friend with someone, try not dispute with him, nor to seek superiority over him, nor to inquire about him, for it may come to pass that you come across one of his foes who might cause discord between you by speaking ill of him.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2865. · permalink

8. When you see breach of promise and weakness of trusteeship prevalent among people, (the Holy Prophet said with enveloped fingers), run a solitary life at home, control your tongue' practice what you know, leave aside what you know not, manage your personal affairs and keep away from people's business.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2866. · permalink

9. When you see God has subjected one of His servants to poverty and disease, know that He intends to purify him (of his sins).

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2867. · permalink

10. When you see someone who is superior to you in beauty and wealth, think of someone who is inferior to you in these respects.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2868. · permalink

11. When you want to know about one's status to God, heed to what is said of him in his absence.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2869. · permalink

12. When your rulers are the benevolent, your rich men are the most generous and your affairs consulted among you, the back of the earth would better suit you than its depth, and when your rulers are the most wicked, your rich men are the most miserly and your affairs controlled by women, the depth of the earth would better suit you than its back.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2870. · permalink

13. When your servant serves you a meal which he has prepared with lots of troubles, share the meal with him, or (at least) ask him to have a morsel or two.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2871. · permalink

14. Whenever a human being or one of God's creatures eats the fruits of a tree, a good reward is recorded for the one who has planted the tree.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2872. · permalink

15. Whenever Gabriel came to me urged me to brush my teeth, to the extent that I got worried of wearing away my gum.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2873. · permalink

16. Whenever the Sun rises, two angels call out from its two sides, "O Lord! Reward the generous and ruin the stingy as soon as possible."

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2874. · permalink

17. While weakness befalls an old man's body, his heart grows younger (eager) towards the love of long life and abundant wealth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2875. · permalink

18. Who commits adultery will be afflicted with adultery.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2876. · permalink

19. The lawful is what God has announced lawful in His Book, and the unlawful is too, and what He has left undecided, will be forgiven (if acted upon).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2066; Page No. 290 · permalink

20. The learned are heir to prophets and (thus), whoever acquires knowledge avails oneself greatly of the prophets' heritage.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2067; Page No. 290 · permalink

21. The learned are leaders and the pious are masters (of the people) and the company both brings abundance.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2068; Page No. 290 · permalink

22. Whoever pleases his parents, pleases God, and whoever displeases them, displeases Him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3074. · permalink

23. The learned are of three kinds: those whose knowledge is of benefit to people and to themselves, those whose knowledge is of benefit to people but of ruin to themselves, and those whose knowledge is of benefit to themselves but not to others.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2069; Page No. 290 · permalink

24. The learned are the lights of earth, the caliphs of the prophets, and the successors of the prophets and me.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2070; Page No. 290 · permalink

25. The learned person's ink and the martyrs' blood will be weighed in the Day of Judgment, and the former will turn out to be weightier (worthier).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2071; Page No. 290 · permalink

26. The learned person's sin is considered one and that of the ignorant, two.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2072; Page No. 291 · permalink

27. The least punished of people in the Day of Judgment are those on whose soles two flames of fire will be placed, which will make their brains boil.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2073; Page No. 291 · permalink

28. The light of faith will vanish from the heart of those who drink wine.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2074; Page No. 291 · permalink

29. The little work done with knowledge is great, and the great work done with ignorance is little.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2075; Page No. 291 · permalink

30. The best of you are for their wives and daughters the best.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1910; Page No. 268 · permalink

31. The lonely of this world are the following four: the Quran in a tyrant's memory, a mosque wherein its neighbors do not say their prayers, a holy Book kept in a house but not read, and a pious man among the impious.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2076; Page No. 291 · permalink

32. The longer a Muslim's life, the better for him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2077; Page No. 291 · permalink

33. The maladies of your predecessors such as envy and enmity have penetrated into your (souls), wearing away not your bodies, but your faith. By the One in whose hands Muhammad's soul stands, you will not be allowed to Paradise unless you turn out to be (true) believers, and you will not achieve that save by loving one another. Shall I make you aware of something that would help you so doing? Greet each other.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2078; Page No. 291&292 · permalink

34. The meanest of all people is the one who considers people mean.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2079; Page No. 292 · permalink

35. The measure of faith is virtue.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2080; Page No. 292 · permalink

36. The merciful among my people are the moderate ones.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2081; Page No. 292 · permalink

37. The merciless will not be allowed to Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2082; Page No. 292 · permalink

38. The misled is only liked by the misled.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2083; Page No. 292 · permalink

39. The moderate will not suffer poverty.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2084; Page No. 292 · permalink

40. The money spent for one's family is (considered an act of) charity for him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2085; Page No. 292 · permalink

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