Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 23 of 122

1. Verily, next to the capital sins prohibited by God is the greatest of man's vices, i.e. to die while leaving his debts unpaid.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2541. · permalink

2. Verily, nothing (should) be more respectful to a woman than her husband.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2542. · permalink

3. Verily, nothing better than good morals have been bestowed on people.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2543. · permalink

4. Verily, nothing is left over the world save sedition and calamities.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2544. · permalink

5. Verily, nothing makes water defiled save what can change its smell, taste and color.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2545. · permalink

6. Verily, observation of bonds of kinship will be rewarded sooner than all forms of kindness.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2546. · permalink

7. Verily, patience in (facing) the first harm is the real one.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2547. · permalink

8. Verily, people will arrive at the Resurrection in company of their intentions.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2548. · permalink

9. Verily, performers of prayers knock at the Lord's door, and whoever knocks at a door unceasingly, will find a way (to the house) finally.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2549. · permalink

10. The first things which will fade away from amongst this (Islamic) nation are honesty and chastity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2015; Page No. 283 · permalink

11. The first things, save idol-worship, which my Lord forbade me to do were drinking wine and (men's) slandering.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2016; Page No. 283 · permalink

12. The following six things ruin one's deeds: preoccupation with people's faults, hard-heartedness, excessive love of the world, insufficient modesty, ambitious desires, and unending oppression.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2017; Page No. 283 · permalink

13. The forbearing is invested with glory here and in the Hereafter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2018; Page No. 283 · permalink

14. The forebearant have surely slipped, and the wise are surely experienced.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2019; Page No. 283 · permalink

15. The forerunners (in religion) and the moderate people will be allowed to paradise without reckoning, and an easy reckoning will there be for those who do cruelty to their won souls, before they are allowed to Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2020; Page No. 283&284 · permalink

16. The fortunate have been created fortunate in their mothers' wombs, and so are the unfortunate.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2021; Page No. 284 · permalink

17. The fragrance of Paradise will not reach three groups of people: those who attribute themselves to other than their real fathers, those who tell lie about me, and those who belie what they have witnessed.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2022; Page No. 284 · permalink

18. The friends of the accused are the most entitled to be accused.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2023; Page No. 284 · permalink

19. The gates of Paradise will be open to the truthful traders.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2024; Page No. 284 · permalink

20. The generous is close to God, people and paradise but remote from Fire, and the miser is remote from God, people and paradise but close to Fire, and the ignorant generous is more beloved to God than the knowledgeable miser.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2025; Page No. 284 · permalink

21. The generous practices generosity for thinking optimistically of God, and the stingy follow miserliness for thinking pessimistically of Him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2026; Page No. 284 · permalink

22. The good of a horse lies in its brown color.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2027; Page No. 284&285 · permalink

23. The good of early men (of Islam) lied in abstinence and faith, and the annihilation of the people of the end of the times lies in stinginess and long desires.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2028; Page No. 285 · permalink

24. Saying prayer with one's teeth brushed weighs over seventy prayers said with unbrushed teeth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1700; Page No. 240 · permalink

25. Scholars are God's trustees for people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1701; Page No. 240 · permalink

26. Scholars are God's trustees on earth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1702; Page No. 240 · permalink

27. People who sit together must be careful of safe-guarding the trust. It is not permitted for a believer to expose a secret of his believing brother."

    Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 123; Behaarul Anwaar Vol.16 · permalink

28. Abu Zar has related from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) that he said:

    Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 123; Wasaelush Shia · permalink

29. Prayers repel plagues.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1589; Page No. 225 · permalink

30. Praying for one's absent brethren will certainly be granted.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1590; Page No. 225 · permalink

31. Verily, the Exalted God is a helping hand to a judge as long as he keeps away from purposeful injustice.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2623. · permalink

32. A believer cannot commit fornication and a believer cannot steal.

    Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Third Greater Sin ,page 133; Wasaelush Shia · permalink

33. The following tradition has been recorded from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) in the book Tafseer Minhajus Saadeqeen According to this tradition there are five types of sins which bring about five types of calamities.

    Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Fourth Greater Sin ,page 147; Tafseer Minhajus Saadeqeen · permalink

34. One who does Khayanat in weighing and measuring is thrown into the lowest section of Hell. There he shall be placed between two mountains of fire. He will be told to weigh those mountains. He will be busy in this forever

    Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Fourth Greater Sin ,page 147 · permalink

35. Shaykh Sadooq has recorded the prophetic tradition:

    Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Fourth Greater Sin ,page 149; Iqaabul Aamaal · permalink

36. The dead suffers in the grave from the groans and shouts of others on his death.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1958; Page No. 273 · permalink

37. The deeds of three groups will not be recorded: the insane who lack control on their intellect till they recover, sleepers as long as they are asleep, and children till they reach maturity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1959; Page No. 273 · permalink

38. The disgrace of this world is more tolerable than that of the Hereafter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1960; Page No. 274 · permalink

39. The divine Mercy is of one hundred parts, one of which He has showered on people, and the rest He has saved for the Day of Judgment.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1961; Page No. 274 · permalink

40. The doer of good is better than good, and the doer of evil worse than evil.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1962; Page No. 274 · permalink

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