Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 38 of 122

1. It is better for a man's mind to be filled with infection than with poetry.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1080; Page No. 153 · permalink

2. It is not abstinence to abandon the lawful or to waste one's wealth. Abstinence, in fact, lies in trusting not what you possess more than what God possesses, and in being more desirous for its (eternal) reward when calamity befalls than for its non-occurrence.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1087, Page No. 154 · permalink

3. It is not good for a believer to belittle himself.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1088; Page No. 154 · permalink

4. It is not telling lie to bear tales intending to make two persons rejoin.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1089; Page No. 154 · permalink

5. It is not your enemy whose murder by you brings you prosperity, and your murder by him brings you Paradise; rather, your worst enemy is(perhaps) your own child and the wealth you have earned.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1090, Page No. 154 · permalink

6. It is of humility to associate with the needy.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1091; Page No. 154 · permalink

7. It is permissible to backbite the one who tears off the screen of chastity.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1092; Page No. 154 · permalink

8. It is quite probable that envy (evil eye) overcome fate.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1093, Page No. 155 · permalink

9. O God! Make early rising blessed for my nation.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1458; Page No. 207 · permalink

10. O God! make it up among us, unite our hearts, lead us to peace (of mind), guide us from darkness to wards light and save us from overt and covert indecencies God! bless our ears, eyes, hearts, wives and children and accept our repentance, for you are assuredly the Merciful one who accepts repentance.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1459; Page No. 207 · permalink

11. Verily, God has the claim on making something descend after having let it ascend.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2473. · permalink

12. ice of wine, the marriage gift of an adulteress woman, the price of a dog, and playing chess are all religiously unlawful. Should the owner of a dog ask you for its cost, you will be allowed to fill his hands with soil. Drinking wine, gambling and any intoxicating thing are unlawful.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2148; Page No. 300 · permalink

13. nishment of Muslims lies in what they themselves do in this very world.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2149; Page No. · permalink

14. nishment of two deeds will be experienced in this very world: tyranny and abusing one's parents.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2150. · permalink

15. ran is like unto a tied camel whose owner may keep it intact by holding it as it is, or let it go away by releasing its rope.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2151. · permalink

16. ran is healer of man's spiritual maladies.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2152. · permalink

17. ran is wealth proper beyond which there is no riches.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2153. · permalink

18. nge of my peoples' age is sixty to seventy.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2154. · permalink

19. alm of religion will be opened to God's servants unless they drink wine, and should they do so, God will remove His support from them, and thus Satan will make friend with them, dwelling in their ears and eyes to push them towards all evils and keep them away from all the good.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2155. · permalink

20. duction in your servant's tasks will be a reward added to your book of deeds in the Day of Doom.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2156. · permalink

21. fractoriness of a child in childhood will result in the development of his\her intellect in adulthood.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2157. · permalink

22. ward of the one who donates something in affluence does not exceed that of the needy receiver.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2158. · permalink

23. wards of the following seven will reach one after death and will continue unceasingly: teaching a stream of wader flow, digging a well, planting a date-palm, building a mosque, endowing a mosque, endowing the Book of God, and leaving behind a child to ask God's forgiveness for him (her).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2159. · permalink

24. chest of all people is the one who is free from avarice.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2160. · permalink

25. ght of God on every Muslim is that the latter should bathe himself (herself) once a week (at least).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2161. · permalink

26. The robbed accuse the innocent so much that their sins turn out to weigh over those of the thief.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2162. · permalink

27. The Satan of a young man who marries at his prime of youth, cries out: "woe is him! He saved his (religious) faith from me."

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2163. · permalink

28. The seekers of knowledge will not feel satiated until they finally enter Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2164. · permalink

29. The share of every one of you from this world is as much as a passenger's provision.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2165. · permalink

30. The sightless are not blind; the insightless are blind.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2166. · permalink

31. The sign of loving the Exalted God is interest in remembering Him, and the sign of hating the Greatest and the most Powerful God is unwillingness towards His remembrance.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2167. · permalink

32. The similitude of me to you is that of a man who has made a fire and tries to save locusts and butterflies from falling into it.I am (in fact, firmly) holding your girdles to save you from fire, but you try to release yourselves from my hands.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2168. · permalink

33. The similitude of my household is the similitude of the Ark of Noah, saving those who get on board and leaving to drown those who don't.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2169. · permalink

34. The similitude of the world is the similitude of man' food is. See what finally happens to it, even though more and more he salts and spices it.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2170. · permalink

35. The simplest form of bribe is like unto marrying one's own mother, and the worst form is like unto talking with the purpose to damage the honor of one's brother (in faith).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2171. · permalink

36. The slip of the learned will before long become overt, and that of the ignorant with his ignorance will be covered.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2172. · permalink

37. The son of Adam commits most of his sins through his tongue.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2173. · permalink

38. O God! I take refuge in You from excessive debts, the victory of enemies and the taunting of adversaries.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1445; Page No. 205 · permalink

39. O God! I take refuge in You from ill-omened days, nights and hours, from bad friends, and from undesirable neighbors in the permanent abode.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1446; Page No. 205 · permalink

40. O God! I take refuge in You from indolence, senility, transgression, debt, the blight and chastisement of Hell, the blight of indigence and that of affluence.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1447; Page No. 205 · permalink

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