Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 26 of 122

1. Know that the best of men is the one who becomes enraged hardly and gets pleased easily, and the worst of them is the one who gets pleased hardly and become enraged easily. If a man hardly becomes enraged and hardly gets pleased or easily becomes enraged and easily gets pleased, that is something in its own right.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1153; Page No. 164&165 · permalink

2. Knowing your faults should stop you recounting people's faults. Control your tongue, save for well- wishing, for this can make you defeat Satan.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1154, Page No. 165 · permalink

3. Knowledge and the learned dwell in Paradise and thus, if the learned do not act upon their knowledge, action and knowledge will in Paradise dwell, and the learned in Hell.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1155; Page No. 165 · permalink

4. Knowledge and wealth keep all faults covert, but ignorance and poverty make them overt.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1156; Page No. 165 · permalink

5. Knowledge id better than deed, and the best of all deeds is a moderate one.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1157; Page No. 165 · permalink

6. Knowledge is a believer's friend, fortitude being his minister, intellect being his guide, action being his leader, moderateness being his father, kindness being his brother, and patience being the commander of his army.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1158; Page No. 165 · permalink

7. Knowledge is a believer's lost one. Whenever (s)he learns a bit of it, (s)he demands another.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1159; Page No. 165 · permalink

8. Knowledge is acquired through learning and forbearance is achieved through practicing it. Whoever seeks good will be offered good and whoever fears evil will be saved from it.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1160; Page No. 166 · permalink

9. Knowledge is of three kinds: a manifest book, a practiced tradition and "I don't know".

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1161; Page No. 166 · permalink

10. Knowledge is of two kinds: the one lying in man's heart, i.e. beneficial knowledge, and the one being on (the tip of) one's tongue and, thus, being God's proof for Adam's sons.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1162; Page No. 166 · permalink

11. Knowledge is superior to deed, religion is founded on abstinence, and a (true) scholar is he who practices what he knows.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1163; Page No. 166 · permalink

12. Knowledge is superior to worship, and abstinence is the basis of religion.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1164; Page No. 166 · permalink

13. Knowledge is the heritage of me and my predecessors(in prophethood).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1165; Page No. 166 · permalink

14. Knowledge is the spirit of Islam and the pillar of faith, and God will give perfect reward to s(he) who acquires some sort of knowledge, and if s(he) happens to practice it, He will let him\her know what s(he)knows not.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1166; Page No. 166 · permalink

15. Knowledge is treasures, and the key to them is asking. So, question to gain God's Mercy, for God rewards four groups in so far as knowledge is concerned: seekers of knowledge, teachers, listeners, and those who love the first three groups.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1167; Page No. 167 · permalink

16. Knowledge should not be stopped (being learned or taught).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1168; Page No. 167 · permalink

17. Knowledge without use is like unto a treasure untouched.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1169; Page No. 167 · permalink

18. Knowledge without use is like unto untouched treasure. For everything there is a poor-rate, and for the body, fasting.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1170; Page No. 167 · permalink

19. Lambs are blessings (of God).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1171; Page No. 168 · permalink

20. No trustworthiness, and no companionship.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1400; Page No. 198 · permalink

21. Laughing is of two kinds-that which God likes, i.e. a man's smiling at his brother's face out of pleasure to see him, and that which the Exalted God dislikes, i.e. a man's saying something false or unjust to laugh or make people laugh and thus, falling to Hell for seventy autumns.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1172; Page No. 168 · permalink

22. Learn shooting and horsemanship, but I love you shoot more than ride on horseback. Whatever makes you busy is idle, save shooting an arrow, training your horse or playing with your wives. All these are among your rights, and whoever abandons shooting after having learned it, is guilty of ingratitude to his teacher.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1173; Page No. 168 · permalink

23. Learn whatever you like, for God will not let you avail yourself of your knowledge unless you put it to practice.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1174; Page No. 168&169 · permalink

24. My eyes fall asleep, but my heart doesn't.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1337; Page No. 190 · permalink

25. My God damn (curse) the one who curses his/her parents.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1338; Page No. 190 · permalink

26. My intercession belongs to the noblemen of my people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1339; Page No. 190 · permalink

27. My nation will experience a time with the largest number of the poor and the least number of the learned (in religious jurisprudence), when knowledge decreases and sedition increases. Then they will see a time when some men of my nation recite the Quran, but it will not rise beyond their very throats (i.e. it will not affect their minds). They will still see a time when polytheists argue with the believers, using the same words (and reasoning) as they do.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1340; Page No. 190 · permalink

28. My people are like unto rain whose beginning and ending benefits nobody can explain (foresee).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1341; Page No. 191 · permalink

29. My people will not be called to account for mistake, oblivion and helplessness.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1342; Page No. 191 · permalink

30. Narrating whatever you have heard suffices to show your mendacity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1343; Page No. 192 · permalink

31. Needlessness does not in abundance lie; on needless souls does it rely.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1344; Page No. 192 · permalink

32. Needlessness lies in being hopeless of what people possess, and whoever walks in the way of greed, should slow his/her speed.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1345; Page No. 192 · permalink

33. Neighborhood extends to forty houses.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1346; Page No. 192 · permalink

34. Neighbors have priority (to others) in buying their neighbors' houses.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1347; Page No. 192 · permalink

35. Never leave your job for tomorrow, for each day has it's own share.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1348; Page No. 192 · permalink

36. Never long for death.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1349; Page No. 192 · permalink

37. Never will God put to Fire the flesh of a servant to whom He has given good countenance and character.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1350; Page No. 192&193 · permalink

38. New dresses wear, and good fame (try to) bear.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1351; Page No. 193 · permalink

39. No expiation can make up for the following five sins, and faithless is the one who lacks any single one of them: surrendering to the will of God, being pleased with His decrees, leaving one's affairs to Him, relying on Him, and keeping patient when one first faces a disaster.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1362; Page No. 194 · permalink

40. No good can you find in the company of the one who does not count himself equal to you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1363; Page No. 194 · permalink

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