Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 35 of 122

1. Whoever among you is able to benefit his Muslim brothers, should do so.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2896. · permalink

2. Whoever among you is able to have a hidden reserve of good deeds must do so.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2897. · permalink

3. Whoever among you is able to provide a Muslim brother with a piece of dress should do so.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2898. · permalink

4. Whoever among you is able to save one's face and faith with his wealth, should do so.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2899. · permalink

5. Whoever appoints someone a ruler to ten people, knowing that among them there is one superior to the former, has actually (tried) to deceive God, His Messenger as well as Muslims.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2900. · permalink

6. Whoever argues about, without knowledge, in a dispute, will face God's anger till he abandons his arguments.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2901. · permalink

7. Whoever asks forgiveness (from God), does not (in fact) insist in sins even if (s)he commits seventy sins a day.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2902. · permalink

8. Whoever asks goodness from God will not suffer despair, whoever counsels in his affairs will not regret, and whoever considers lawful the prohibitions in the Quran, does not believe in it.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2903. · permalink

9. I saw a man from my nation in a dream. He was surrounded by the Fire of Hell. At once his acts of enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong came to his help and saved him from the Fire and handed him over to the angels.

   Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 13 On Enjoining the Right and Forbidding the Wrong, Hadees 226 · permalink

10. "What would you do if all your women were corrupt and your youth were deviated, and no one enjoined the right and forbade the wrong?" He was asked: "O' Prophet of Allah! Will this happen?" He replied: "Yes. It will get even worse. What will you do when the people enjoin the wrong and forbid the right?" He was asked: "O' Prophet of Allah! Will things ever get this way?" He replied: "Yes, it will get even worse than this. What will you do when the people consider the right as the wrong and the wrong as the right?"

    Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 13 On Enjoining the Right and Forbidding the Wrong, Hadees 229 · permalink

11. Verily, remembrance of God weighs over dispensing one's wealth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2554. · permalink

12. Verily, s (he) who asks nothing from God, will experience His wrath.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2555. · permalink

13. Verily, s(he) who eats and thanks will be rewarded the same as a fast, patient man.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2556. · permalink

14. : "The people will live in prosperity as long as they cooperate with each other in enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong. However, once they stop doing so, their blessings will be taken away from them, and some will rule over others, and they will have no helpers in the heavens or on the Earth."

    Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 13 On Enjoining the Right and Forbidding the Wrong, Hadees 243 · permalink

15. One who violates the trust with which he is entrusted does not belong to my nation.

    Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 250 · permalink

16. The wisest of all people is the most moderate towards them.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2201. · permalink

17. The women who are pregnant or have children, who milk their children and are kind to them and who set prayers, will enter Paradise if they don't treat their husbands badly.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2202. · permalink

18. The words of a judge amid two paths dwell, leading him to Paradise or Hell.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2203. · permalink

19. The world and whatever it possesses are damnable, save bidding to good and forbidding evil as well as the remembrance of God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2204. · permalink

20. The worst of all people are those who are hard on their families.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2222. · permalink

21. The world and whatever it possesses are damnable, save that which (is used) for God, the most Powerful and Glorious.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2206. · permalink

22. The world and whatever it possesses are damnable, save the remembrance of God and what it entails as well as teachers and learners.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2207. · permalink

23. The world is a piece of goods, and the best in it is a pious wife.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2208. · permalink

24. The world is believers' prison and unbelievers' Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2209. · permalink

25. The world is green and sweet. Whoever a lawful share of it earns and duly spends, will enjoy God's reward and in Paradise will dwell, and whoever an unlawful share of it earns and unduly spends, will be made by God to reside in Hell.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2210. · permalink

26. The world is home for those without home and wealth for those without wealth, and unwise are those who amass wealth for worldly life.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2211. · permalink

27. The world is in the move. Your share of its benefits will reach you even if you are weak and your share of its losses you will not repel through your strength.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2212. · permalink

28. The world is sweat and green. Whoever takes of it a due share, blessed will it be for her (him).Many a man who plunges into their carnal desires and, in the Hereafter, no share will be theirs but fire!

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2213. · permalink

29. The worst (form of) vilification is slandering people's fame and the worst type of slandering is lampooning others, and the narrator of lampoons is considered among the slanderers too.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2214. · permalink

30. The worst among my people is he who undertakes judgment but does not consult in case of being doubtful about (a case), who is proud of himself for issuing a sound judgment, and who acts harshly when roused to anger. Whoever writes down cases of evil is like unto the one who acts upon them.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2215. · permalink

31. The worst among you are bachelors, and the most ignoble of your dead ones are bachelors too.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2216. · permalink

32. The worst food is the one served in feasts, to which the needless are called, not the needy.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2217. · permalink

33. The worst food is the one served in feats, to which the satiated are called, not the hungry.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2218. · permalink

34. The worst form of calamity is to be in need of what others have but refuse to give it to you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2219. · permalink

35. The worst of all affairs is originating heresy, the worst blindness is blind-heartedness, the worst repentance is that of death time, the worst regret is that of Doomsday, the worst edible thing is an orphan's property, and the worst business is usury.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2220. · permalink

36. The worst of all people are corrupt scholars.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2221. · permalink

37. Awaiting prayers by God's servants is (in fact) saying prayers.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 254; Page No. 41 · permalink

38. O God! save me through Islam in sleeping, sitting and standing (positions), and save me from the blames of the jealous and envious fellows God! I ask you to give me of all the good the treasures of which you keep and I take refuge in you of all the evils the treasures of which you hold.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1466; Page No. 209 · permalink

39. O God! You created my soul and You make it die-its life and death are Yours. If You keep it alive, save it and if You make it die, forgive it. O God! I beseech You to grant me health and safety.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1467; Page No. 209 · permalink

40. O God, Our Lord! Bestow upon us good here and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the torment of Fire.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1468; Page No. 209 · permalink

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