Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 44 of 122

1. Verily, satans arrive at bazaars early in the morning with their banners, entering there with those who come earlier and leaving there with those who get out later than others.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2566. · permalink

2. Verily, sedition prevails to vanquish people, and only the learned can find a way out of it.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2567. · permalink

3. Verily, some people are the key to good and some others, the key to evil. Thus, how good for those on whom God has bestowed the key to good and how bad for those to whom He has given the key to evil.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2568. · permalink

4. Verily, some sins cannot be wiped out through setting prayer; fasting and making minor or major pilgrimage to Mecca. They can only be wiped out through struggling to earn one's sustenance.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2569. · permalink

5. Verily, some statements are enchanting, some poems contain wisdom, some sayings are defective and some ways of seeking knowledge lead to ignorance.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2570. · permalink

6. Verily, struggling in the way of God is the best of a believer's deeds.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2571. · permalink

7. Verily, sustenance looks for servants of God more than their death does.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2572. · permalink

8. Verily, swearing ends either in disregard or regret.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2573. · permalink

9. Verily, the best (form of) kindness is to make friend with one's dead father's friends.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2574. · permalink

10. Whoever wishes to be safe, should keep silent.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3133. · permalink

11. Whoever wishes to be the most beloved of all people to God, should fear Him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3134. · permalink

12. Do not do in privacy what you like people not to see in you(in public).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 479; Page No. 70 · permalink

13. Do not drink wine, for it's the key to all evils.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 480; Page No. 70 · permalink

14. Do not feed the poor on the things you don't eat yourselves.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 481; Page No. 70 · permalink

15. Do not frighten a Muslim, for it's great injustice.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 482; Page No. 70 · permalink

16. The opposition of both the friend and the foe is from Allah. Because the hearts of both are in the control of Allah. However evil the claimant may intend, only that which Allah permits comes to pass. There is a tradition that,

    Greater Sins Vol 1, Part 3, page 58 · permalink

17. Make greeting open, and bonds of friendship strengthen.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1217; Page No. 174 · permalink

18. Make the most of an afflicted believer's supplications.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1218; Page No. 174 · permalink

19. Make the most of four things before four others: Youth before old age, health before illness, richness before poverty and life before death.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1219; Page No. 174&175 · permalink

20. Muawiya considered it obligatory to fight Ali (a.s.) whereas the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) had made it Haraam. The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "War against Ali (a.s.) is war against me." Muawiya used to order people to hate Ali (a.s.) while the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) made Ali's love obligatory and Allah made the love of Ali (a.s.) the compensation of the Prophetic message. The Holy Quran says,

    Greater Sins Vol 1, Part 3, page 66 · permalink

21. was once asked, 'I would love to be the most knowledgeable of all people' , to which he replied, 'Be wary of your duty to Allah and you will be the most knowledgeable of people.'

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44154; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 528 · permalink

22. It is unlawful for anyone to use the property of his brother except by his consent.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 30345]; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 531 · permalink

23. Whoever dies without having an Imam has died a pagan [pre-Islamic] death.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 464; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 536 · permalink

24. There is no obedience due to one who disobeys Allah.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 14872; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 543 · permalink

25. Jabir ibn Abdullah Ansari (a.r.) reports, "I asked the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) that I know Allah and His Prophet (s.a.w.s.), but I do not know the Ulil Amr." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) replied,

    Greater Sins Vol 1, Part 3, page 67; Yanabiul Mawaddah · permalink

26. The one who worships without any knowledge [of his actions] is as a donkey in a windmill.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28709; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 519 · permalink

27. The ambition of knowledgeable people is greater awareness, whereas the ambition of fools is telling stories.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 29337; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 521 · permalink

28. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from a heart that is not fearful, from a supplication that is unheard, and from a soul that is never sated.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 3609; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 526 · permalink

29. The knowledge of the hidden is one of the secrets of Allah, Mighty and Exalted, and one of Allah' s commands which He divulges into the hearts of whom He wills from among His servants.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28820; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 528 · permalink

30. If you feared Allah with the fear that He is worthy of, you would be taught the knowledge after which no ignorance ever remains.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5881; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 528 · permalink

31. Avert the punishments from the Muslims as much as you can, and if you can find a way out for a Muslim, then make way for him, for it is better for the Imam to err in reprieving than in punishment.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 12971; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 551 · permalink

32. Every man who stops the exercise of one of Allah's punishments on himself by intercession [of someone influential], will continue to be exposed to Allah's anger until he ceases.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43837; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 552 · permalink

33. Whoever commits a sin and then bears the punishment meted out for that particular sin, then that shall be his atonement.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, nos. 12964, 12966, 13366, 13367; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 554 · permalink

34. Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, is lenient and loves leniency in all matters.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 537; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 556 · permalink

35. The deeds of all the worshippers when compared to those who wage jihad in the way of Allah is as a gulp of sea-water that a swallow takes into his beak.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1068; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 559 · permalink

36. Be wary of harming those who fight in the way of Allah, for Allah is angered for their sake just as He is for the sake of the Prophet (SAWA), and He answers their prayers just as He answers the prayers of the Prophet (SAWA)

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 10664; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 560 · permalink

37. The prayer of one carrying his sword is seven hundred times better than praying without it.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 10791; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 561 · permalink

38. Keeping your posts for a single day is better than the whole world and all that it contains.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 10508; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 561 · permalink

39. Every action will be separated from its owner upon death, except the one who maintained his post for the sake of Allah, since it will be increased and rewarded to him until the Day of Resurrection.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 10611; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 561 · permalink

40. Standing guard for a single night for the sake of Allah is better than a thousand nights spent in worship followed by fasting during the day.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 10730; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 562 · permalink

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