Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]
4860 sayings · page 43 of 122
May God bless a father who gives his child a hand in being kind to him (i.e. his father).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1271; Page No. 181 · permalink
May God bless the eyes, which shed tears out of fear of God, and bless the eyes, which keep awake for God's sake.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1272; Page No. 182 · permalink
May God damn (curse) the one who makes separation between a mother and her child or between two brothers!
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1275; Page No. 182 · permalink
May God damn a woman who calls her husband to bed but by denying him immediate sex causes him to fall asleep.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1276; Page No. 182 · permalink
May God damn a woman who dresses up like men and a man who dresses up like women.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1277; Page No. 182 · permalink
May God damn both sides of a usury affair as well as the one who writes the contract for it, and damn the one who blocks the way to charity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1278; Page No. 182 · permalink
May God damn mohallels([1]) and those for whom someone plays the role of a mohallel.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1279; Page No. 182&183 · permalink
May God damn the giver and receiver of bribe, as well as the mediator between them!
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1280; Page No. 183 · permalink
May God damn the giver of bribe as well as its receiver.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1281; Page No. 183 · permalink
May God damn the one who makes his face!
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1282; Page No. 183 · permalink
How nice is lawfully-earned wealth for a pious man!
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 933; Page No. 131 · permalink
Are you (women) not pleased that when one of you becomes pregnant of her husband and he is satisfied with her, she will be rewarded the reward of the one who keeps fast while struggling in the way of God, and when she gives birth to a child, she will be offered a reward for each drop of milk she produces and for each time her breast is sucked, and if she keeps awake one night to look after her child, she will be given the reward of releasing seventy slaves for God's sake?
Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 228, Page No. 38 · permalink
As long as a man truly guides those who consult him he continues to enjoy correctness of opinion, but as soon as he starts deceiving them, the Exalted God will deprive him of this blessing.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 229; Page No. 38 · permalink
Ascended to me Gabriel and said: "Muhammad! Live as long as you wish, for you will finally perish, love whatever you mind, for you will leave it behind and do whatever you want to do, for its reward will come back to you. Know that night vigilance (for worship) is man's dignity and needlessness from people shows his magnanimity.
Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 230, Page No. 38 · permalink
Ask for generosity from the merciful among my people, not from the hardhearted, and live under the protection of the former.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 231; Page No. 38&39 · permalink
Ask God (to give you) of His bounties, for he likes asking Him. The best act of worship is looking forward to deliverance (in hard times).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 232; Page No. 39 · permalink
Ask God (to give you) useful knowledge, and take refuge with Him from useless knowledge.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 233; Page No. 39 · permalink
Ask God for everything, even a shoelace; for should He not wish success, to nothing will you have access.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 234; Page No. 39 · permalink
Ask God for good health and cure of all illness here and in the Hereafter, for should you be bestowed with these in this world and in the next, you will be prosperous.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 235; Page No. 39 · permalink
Ask God for good health and forgiveness, for apart from certainty, no one has been bestowed with anything better prosperity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 236; Page No. 39 · permalink
Ask guidance from the wise to find the straight path, and do not disobey them; otherwise, you will become remorseful.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 237; Page No. 39 · permalink
Ask your heart for what's false or true, and let others say whatever they want to.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 238; Page No. 39 · permalink
Asking forgiveness (from God) rubs off sins.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 239; Page No. 39 · permalink
Asking properly is one half of knowledge.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 240; Page No. 40 · permalink
Assign people their due status(value) of good and evil.
Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 241, Page No. 40 · permalink
Assist your brother (in faith), being him an oppressor or oppressed; if the former, keep him away from oppression and if the latter, lend him a hand.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 242; Page No. 40 · permalink
Assist your children in doing good, for everybody can save his (her) children from being cursed if (s)he so wishes.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 243; Page No. 40 · permalink
Assure me of six things, and I will ensure you of entering Paradise: avoidance of telling lie, avoidance of breaking your promise, keeping away from treachery to trusts, closing your eyes on the unlawful, controlling your hands and restraining your privy parts.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 244; Page No. 40 · permalink
Attending the Friday ritual prayer is obligatory for all mature people.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 245; Page No. 40 · permalink
Attending the weak is paying attention to me, for your sustenance and its support (by God) is for the sake of them.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 246; Page No. 40 · permalink
Avail yourself of five things before five other things: youth before oldness, health before illness, wealth before need, convenience before inconvenience and life before death.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 247; Page No. 40&41 · permalink
Avail yourself of what God has made available for you.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 248; Page No. 41 · permalink
Avoid doing evil to people, for it is charity you give for yourself.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 249; Page No. 41 · permalink
Avoid drinking wine, for it is verily the key to all evils.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 250; Page No. 41 · permalink
Avoid using (even one piece of) unlawfully-earned stone in (your) building, for the very stone causes its collapse.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 251; Page No. 41 · permalink
Avoidance of bidding to good results in disgrace here and Fire in the Hereafter.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 252; Page No. 41 · permalink
Awaiting betterment (in life), is servitude to God if coupled with patience.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 253; Page No. 41 · permalink
Verily, Satan enjoys nearness to man and angels do too. The former suggests (to him) calling to evil and belying the truth, while the latter suggest calling to good and accepting the truth. Thus, whoever feels the second state of affairs should know that it is divine, and whoever finds in himself the first, should take refuge in God from the Satan.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2559. · permalink
Verily, Satan flows like blood in man's body.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2560. · permalink
Verily, Satan sets his throne on water and dispatches his groups (of satans) to every place, and those of whom who give rise to greater seditions are closer to him in residence. Then, one of his servants approaches him with a report of his great achievements, but Satan tells him that he has no great accomplishment. Then, another approaches him and reports of a man whom he has separated from his folk, and so Satan calls him to his close presence and tells him that he has achieved a lot.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2565. · permalink
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