Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]
4860 sayings · page 49 of 122
Every thing has a reality, and a servant will never reach the reality of faith until he acknowledges that whatever afflicts him would never have missed him and whatever has missed him would never have afflicted him.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 284 · permalink
A servant will never attain the reality of faith until he is angered only for the sake of Allah and is pleased only for Allah. When he does that, he truly becomes deserving of the reality of faith.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 99; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 284 · permalink
A servant will not have faith until he loves for others the good that he loves for himself.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 95; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 284 · permalink
Faith and action are two brothers, bound together with a single rope. Allah will not accept either one without the other.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 59; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 285 · permalink
The murji'a have been cursed by seventy prophets. They are those who say that faith is attestation without action.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 637; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 285 · permalink
A sin cannot expel the faithful person from his faith, just as an act of goodness cannot expel an infidel from his faithlessness.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1333; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 286 · permalink
Whoever sincerely says: 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illallah) will enter Paradise.' He was asked, 'And where does the sincerity of it [i.e. the statement] lie?' He said, 'In guarding it from what Allah has prohibited.'
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 205; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 286 · permalink
He who repents for his sin is like one who has no sin.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 10174; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 784 · permalink
[The statement] 'There is no god but Allah' will benefit whoever recites it until he depreciates it. And depreciating its right is when sins are openly committed, and they neither prohibit them, nor do they change them.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 223; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 287 · permalink
Three qualities, when present in an individual, will complete his faith: a man who does not fear the reproach of an admonisher for the sake of Allah, who never shows off in any of his actions, and who when faced with two matters, one for this world and the other for the Hereafter, he chooses the matter of the Hereafter over the world.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43247; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 287 · permalink
A servant's faith is incomplete until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself, and until he fears Allah both in times of jesting as well as seriousness.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 106; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 287 · permalink
The best women of my nation are those with nicer faces and less marriage portions.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1951; Page No. 273 · permalink
The best word to me, the truest (I see).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1952; Page No. 273 · permalink
The Blessed and Exalted God showers His Mercy on the merciful. Be, therefore, to those on the earth to receive the Mercy of the One in the sky.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1953; Page No. 273 · permalink
The bravest are those people who (can) reign their carnal passions.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1954; Page No. 273 · permalink
The camel tie, and on God rely.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1955; Page No. 273 · permalink
The carelessness of a rich man (to repay his debts) leads to his disgrace and (God's) punishment for him.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1956; Page No. 273 · permalink
The companions to God in the Hereafter are the pious and abstinent people here.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1957; Page No. 273 · permalink
Relive your hearts time and again (by remembering God).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1661; Page No. 235 · permalink
Three groups of people will not be allowed to Paradise: drunkards, those who break the bonds of kinship, and those who approve of sorcery.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2288. · permalink
Three groups of people will not be allowed to Paradise: those with whom their parents are dissatisfied, those who connive at their wives' disloyalty, and women who pretend to be men.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2289. · permalink
Three people have a claim on God to grant their prayers: a fast person till he breaks his fast, an oppressed person till he gains victory and a traveler till he returns home.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2290. · permalink
Three people pray to the Great and Powerful God, but their prayers are not granted: a man who has a bad-tempered wife and divorces her not, a man who entrusts his property to someone without calling somebody to witness, and a man who entrusts his wealth to silly persons; and indeed, the Almighty God has said, "Do not entrust your wealth to the silly."
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2291. · permalink
Three people will converse with God in the Day of Judgment: he who refrains from tale bearing, he who never thinks of adultery, and he who does not allow usury in his job.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2292. · permalink
Three persons are beloved of God and three persons are hated by Him. The former are those who secretly help a man whose request (for the sake of God, not kinship) to a group of people is rejected, who stand up to prayer and recitation of the Quran in the dark of night when their companions in trip lie their heads on earth to enjoy their most favorite sleep, and who stand against enemy in war to kill or to be killed, while their friends manage to escape. The latter are the adulterous old, the arrogant poor and the cruel rich.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2293. · permalink
Three persons are loved by God, and three persons are hated by Him. The former are those who stand against an enemy to the point of death or victory for their friends, who walk on foot on a trip in the company of a group of people and at night, when they go to sleep, stand up to prayer till morning to wake them up for departure, and who tolerate their neighbors' annoyance to the time when death or trip set them apart. The latter are the traders who swear a lot, the arrogant poor and the twitting misers.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2294. · permalink
Three persons gave charity in the following way and were equal as far as (heavenly) reward is concerned, for each of them paid one tenth of his property indeed: one diner out of ten Dinars, one Ukiah (equal to dirhams) out of ten Uqiahs, and ten gold Uqiahs out of hundred gold Uqiahs.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2295. · permalink
Three persons ruin religion: a wrongdoing jurisprudent, a cruel leader and an ignorant struggler in religion.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2296. · permalink
Three persons will not avenge three others: a free man, a learned man and a powerful person in respect to a slave, an ignorant person and a weak man respectively.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2297. · permalink
Three things are among the greatest moral values: forgiving the one who has oppressed you, being generous to the one who has deprived you (of something), and joining the one who has disconnected relations with you.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2298. · permalink
Three things are among the treasures of goodness: giving alms hidden, concealing calamity, and hesitating to complain (of me). God says: "When I make My servant suffer a disease, and he keeps patient, refusing to complain about me before his visitors, I will offer him flesh and blood better than his own. Thus, should I restore him to life, he will be freed from all his sins, and should I take back his soul, he will be led to My Mercy."
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2299. · permalink
Three things are among the treasures of goodness: hiding pains, calamities and diseases. He who publicize his calamity, patient can never be.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2300. · permalink
Three things are among the world's blessings, although the world is basically bereft of any (real) blessings: a well-branded horse (or camel), a pious wife, and a big house.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2301. · permalink
Three things are characteristic of a hypocrite: s(he) feels happy when being among people, feels sad when being lonely, and likes to be admired in all his affairs.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2302. · permalink
Three things are characteristic of a hypocrite: telling lie, breaking one's promises and committing treachery in trusts.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2303. · permalink
Three things are hung up from the divine Throne: kinship which says, "O God! I am dependent on you, let me not be disconnected.", trusteeship which says, "O God! I am dependent on you; let me not be violated.", and blessing which says: "O God! I am dependent on you, let me not be subjected to ungratefulness."
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2304. · permalink
Three things are inherent in my people: suspicion, jealousy and divination. When suspicion came unto you, do not consider it true; when jealousy picks, from God forgiveness seek; and when you managed to presage disregard it and proceed in your passage.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2305. · permalink
Three things are necessary for every Muslim: Friday ritual bathing, brushing one's teeth and applying odors.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2306. · permalink
Three things bring about blessings: time selling, lending money and mixing wheat with barley for consumption, not for bargain.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2307. · permalink
Three things bring happiness to a Muslim in this world: a pious neighbor, a vast house and a tamed horse.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2308. · permalink
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