Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 28 of 122

1. Verily, adulterers will appear (in the Day of Judgment) with faces flamed with fire.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2403. · permalink

2. Verily, all the good is perceptible through wisdom, and he who lacks wisdom is bereft of faith.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2404. · permalink

3. Verily, alms given to a relative entail a double reward.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2405. · permalink

4. Verily, among (good) habits is to accompany guests to the house gate.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2406. · permalink

5. Verily, among God's servants are the ones whose swears will prove to be true should they swear by God.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2407. · permalink

6. Do not keep company with the foolish.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 491; Page No. 71 · permalink

7. Verily, among the claims of a child on his father is to teach him how to write, to choose him a good name and to take a wife for him when he reaches maturity.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2408. · permalink

8. Verily, among the good deeds and actions of a believer, which will rejoin him after death are: the knowledge spread, a righteous child, a Quran left as inheritance, a mosque built, a house made for the wayfarers, a stream flown by one's assistance and a share of one's wealth set aside for the poor when one is healthy and still alive.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2409. · permalink

9. Verily, among the indications of a woman's felicity are the ease in her engagement and the scantiness of her dowry.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2410. · permalink

10. Verily, among the means of (God's) forgiveness is greeting and well-speaking.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2411. · permalink

11. Verily, among the means of (God's) forgiveness is to please one's faithful brethren.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2412. · permalink

12. Verily, among the mines of piety is the acquisition of what you know not and adding it to what you know, for the reduction in knowledge enhancement will make it defective, and (s) he who avails himself (herself) less of his (her) knowledge, will fall short in learning what (s) he knows not.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2413. · permalink

13. Verily, among the most capital sins is to usurp someone's properties, and paying a visit to patients is among good deeds.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2414. · permalink

14. Verily, among the prerequisites of faith are to please nobody through causing God's anger, to thank nobody for what God has given you, and to berate nobody for what He has withheld from you, for (the destined) sustenance will not increase through the avarice of the avaricious, nor does it decrease through the displeasure of the displeased.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2415. · permalink

15. Verily, among the signs of one's perfection of faith is to observe some degrees of exception (probability) in whatever one says.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2416. · permalink

16. Verily, among the signs of the Hour (the Resurrection) are the fall of knowledge and the rise of ignorance, the prevalence of adultery, drinking wine and the increase in the number of women over men to the extent that one man might remain as the guardian of fifty women.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2417. · permalink

17. The best of my people is the one who calls people towards God, the Almighty, and makes them lovers of Him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1904; Page No. 267 · permalink

18. The best of people is a poor believer who expends (in the way of God) to the possible extent.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1905; Page No. 267 · permalink

19. The best of people is the one who benefits them the most.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1906; Page No. 267 · permalink

20. The best of people is the one who lives a long life of good deeds, and the worst is the one who lives a long life of evil deeds.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1907; Page No. 267 · permalink

21. The best of people is the one whom others profit by.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1908; Page No. 268 · permalink

22. The best of women is the one with a more beautiful visage and the less gift of marriage.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1909; Page No. 268 · permalink

23. The best of you are the most good-tempered who associate with people, and with whom people (tend to) associate.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1917; Page No. 268 · permalink

24. The best of you are the most reluctant to here and the most inclined towards the Hereafter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1918; Page No. 269 · permalink

25. The best of you are those who defend their clan without committing sins.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1919; Page No. 269 · permalink

26. The best of you are those who learn and teach the Quran.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1920; Page No. 269 · permalink

27. The best of you are those who neither abandon here for the Hereafter, nor do the reverse, nor stand a burden on others.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1921; Page No. 269 · permalink

28. The best of you are those whose good we can be hopeful about and from whose evil we can find a way out, and the worst of you are those whose good we cannot be hopeful about and from whose evil we cannot find a way out.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1922; Page No. 269 · permalink

29. The best of you are, in refunding their debts, the quickest.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1923; Page No. 269 · permalink

30. The best of you in faith has the best manners (in rate).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1924; Page No. 269 · permalink

31. The best of you is not the one who abandons this world for the next or the next for this in order to avail herself/himself of both, for this world is a bridge to the next. Try not to be a burden to others.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1925; Page No. 269 · permalink

32. The best of you is the one whom God has given a hand, and who has on his own `self' full command.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1926; Page No. 269&270 · permalink

33. The best of you is the one whose meeting reminds you of God, whose words increase your knowledge, and whose deeds incline you towards the Hereafter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1927; Page No. 270 · permalink

34. The best of your homes is the one wherein an orphan is kept in respect.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1928; Page No. 270 · permalink

35. The best of your leaders are those whom you love and pray for, who love and pray for you, and the worst ones are those whom you hate and curse, and who hate and curse you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1929; Page No. 270 · permalink

36. The best of your women are the affectionate, childbearing ones who are assistant and obedient to their husbands and pious at the same time, and the worst of them are the arrogant ones who use makeup (for other than their husbands). The latter are hypocrites (in reality) who will not be allowed to Paradise, save to the number of crows with red feet and beaks.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1930; Page No. 270 · permalink

37. Revealing all you know suffices to show your ignorance.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1688; Page No. 238 · permalink

38. Revealing God's blessings is one way of thanksgiving to Him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1689; Page No. 238 · permalink

39. Ruin is the end of men who obey women.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1690; Page No. 238 · permalink

40. S(he) who recites the Qoran, will not suffer poverty, and that's the peak of riches for him/her.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1691; Page No. 239 · permalink

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