Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 37 of 122

1. Verily, God loves the youth who spend their lives in the worship of Him.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2486. · permalink

2. Verily, God loves those who insist in praying.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2487. · permalink

3. Verily, God out of his wisdom and grace has coupled rest and happiness with certainty and satisfaction, and sorrow and care with uncertainty and anger.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2488. · permalink

4. Verily, God showers Mercy on His merciful servants.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2489. · permalink

5. Verily, God wards off seventy forms of bad death through charity.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2490. · permalink

6. Verily, God will bestow on you things better than what you connive at out of fear of Him.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2491. · permalink

7. Verily, God will not call to account a joker who is truthful in his joking.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2492. · permalink

8. Verily, God will support this religion through a sinful man.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2493. · permalink

9. Verily, God's forgiveness for man in this world is the concealment of his sins.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2494. · permalink

10. Verily, God's Mercy will not shower on a nation among whom one has broken off ties of kinship.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2495. · permalink

11. Whoever has been granted a good face, good-naturedness, a pious wife and generosity, has (in fact) been granted the blessings of both worlds.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2986. · permalink

12. Whoever has been granted something, should endeavor to preserve it.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2987. · permalink

13. Whoever has been granted virtue, has (actually) been given the blessings of both worlds.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2988. · permalink

14. Whoever has been married to a chaste wife by God, has (actually) been helped by Him in half of his faith; as to the other half, he should seek piety.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2989. · permalink

15. Whoever has faith in God and the Last Day should be kind to his/her neighbors and hospitable to his guests, and should either say something good or keep silent.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2990. · permalink

16. Whoever has faith in God and the Last Day, does not frighten a Muslim.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2991. · permalink

17. Whoever has health of body, safety within his community, and sustenance-earning ability, is like unto the one who possesses the world in its entirety.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2992. · permalink

18. Whoever has no mercy (for others) will not enjoy (God's) mercy, and whoever does not forgive (people) will not be forgiven (by God).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2993. · permalink

19. Whoever has no pity for people, will not receive God's Mercy.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2994. · permalink

20. Whoever has no pity for those on the earth, will not receive the Mercy of the One in the heavens.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2995. · permalink

21. Whoever has the following three, owns what was granted to David: being just in anger, being satisfied and moderate in poverty and affluence (respectively), and fearing the Exalted God in public and privacy.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2996. · permalink

22. Whoever has to swear, should not swear save by God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2997. · permalink

23. Whoever has two tongues in this world (i.e.being double-faced), will be given two tongues of fire in the Day of Judgment.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2998. · permalink

24. Whoever helps a blind person to move forty steps, will be absolved of his/her past sins.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2999. · permalink

25. Whoever helps one's brother in his absence, will be helped by God here and in the Hereafter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3000. · permalink

26. Whoever hesitates (in doing something), goes or will go the right path and whoever hastes, goes or will go the wrong path.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3001. · permalink

27. Whoever hoards up Muslims' food, will be made to suffer leprosy by God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3002. · permalink

28. Whoever honors a heretic, has (in fact) helped the destruction of Islam.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3003. · permalink

29. Whoever honors a Muslim has verily honored the Exalted God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3004. · permalink

30. Whoever hopes to carry out something through disobeying God, will come up with despair, and will achieve what he fears sooner than expected.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3005. · permalink

31. Make friends with each other and rectify yourselves. Whatever happens to a Muslim is a kind of atonement, even if he is afflicted with disaster or hurt by a thorn pricked into his foot.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1215; Page No. 174 · permalink

32. Make friends with your kinds but do not live in their neighborhood, for it causes grudge among you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1216; Page No. 174 · permalink

33. It is a right for a man that his wife should avoid keeping fast without his permission, excepting obligatory fasting; otherwise, she will be sinful and her fasts unacceptable, that she should avoid donating of his property anything to anybody without his permission; otherwise, she will be sinful and the husband will be rewarded for that, and that she should avoid leaving his house without his permission (though he is a cruel man); otherwise, God and the angels of wrath will curse her until she returns home or repents.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1072, Page No. 151&152 · permalink

34. It is a right for a son that his father should choose him a good name, help him marry as he matures and teach him (the skill of) writing.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1073; Page No. 152 · permalink

35. It is a right for a son that his father should teach him (the skills of) writing, shooting and swimming, feed him with good (lawful) food and help him marry when he gets mature.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1074; Page No. 152 · permalink

36. It is a right for a woman that her husband should share with her what he eats, should clothe her as he clothes himself, should avoid slapping her on the face and slandering her, and should avoid leaving her alone save in his own house.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1075; Page No. 152 · permalink

37. It is allowed to amuse oneself with training one's horse, shooting with one's bow and jesting with one's spouse.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1076; Page No. 152 · permalink

38. It is as if those other than us had to follow the truth, as if death were only destined for other than us, and as if the dead whose funeral procession we witness everyday were travelers who would soon return to us, for we bury their bodies and divide their wealth as if we would be immortal after them. We have in fact connived at all admonitions and feel that we are safe against all events.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1077; Page No. 152&153 · permalink

39. It is better for a man to give a Dirham in charity in his lifetime than to give a hundred Dirhams at the verge of death.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1078; Page No. 153 · permalink

40. It is better for a man to train his child well than to give a handful of food in charity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1079; Page No. 153 · permalink

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