Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 5 of 122

1. Nobody has ever suffered as me in the way of God.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1405; Page No. 199 link

2. Nobody hoards(goods), save a wrongdoer.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1406; Page No. 199 link

3. Nobody is allowed to abandon the following three: kindness to parents, being them Muslims or non-Muslims, keeping one's promise for Muslims and non-Muslims, and returning Muslims' deposits.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1407; Page No. 199 link

4. Whoever whips (someone) in tyranny will suffer revenge in the Day of Judgment.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3128. link

5. Whoever wishes dearth of one single night for my people, will be frustrated by God in his worship of forty years.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3129. link

6. Whoever wishes his prayers to be granted and his grief to vanish, should resolve the difficulty of an indigent person.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3130. link

7. One who is able to satisfy (please) his creditors will certainly enter Paradise without any delay in accounting. He will be in the Garden, in the company of Ismail (a.s.) the son of Ibrahim (a.s.).

   Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 186; Mustadrak link

8. The debt which is returned by the debtor is more superior to the worship of a thousand years and the emancipation of a thousand slaves and performing Hajj and Umrah a thousand times

   Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 186; Mustadrak link

9. If someone restores a single dirham to its rightful owner, the Almighty Allah will save him from the fire of Hell and for each Daniq (1/6 of a DIrham) he will get rewards of a prophet and for each Dirham he will get a palace of Red Pearls (in Paradise)

   Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 186; Mustadrak link

10. Returning a right to its owner is better than fasting during the day and the prayers of the night. If a person returns a debt an angel cries out from below the Arsh: O servant (of Allah) from the time you began this good deed, Allah has forgiven all your past sins.

    Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 186 link

11. One who migrates from a place to another for the sake of religion, even if it is only as far as the distance of a span (of hand), Allah makes Paradise incumbent upon him. (Wherein) his companions will be Hazrat Ibrahim (a.s.) and Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.).

    Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-eighth Greater Sin ,page 198; Minhajus Saadeqeen link

12. Hijrat is wajib till the doors of repentance close. The doors of repentance will not close till the sun rises from the west." (i.e. the order for migration will be in force till Qiyamat)

    Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-eighth Greater Sin ,page 200; Masalik link

13. The validity of a letter lies in its seal.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2191. link

14. May God bless those who control their tongues, know their time, and walk in the straight path.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1273; Page No. 182 link

15. May God curse three persons: the one who eats his (her) provision alone, the one who rides (on a horse) in a desert alone, and the one who sleeps in a house alone.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1274; Page No. 182 link

16. One who is careless of namaz will be deprived of my intercession, and will not be able to reach me at the pool of Kausar1. And by Allah, my intercession will also not reach the one who consumes intoxicants, and he would not be able to reach me at the pool of Kausar

    Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 266 link

17. The virtue of knowledge weighs over that of worship.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2193. link

18. Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) informs that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said:

    Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 271; Wasaelush Shia link

19. One who believes in Allah and the last day, must not even sit at the table where wine is kept."

    Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 271; Masaalik of Shaheed Thani link

20. Verily, refrain from three traits: Jealousy, avarice and vanity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2553. link

21. The Prophet (a.s) was asked whose faith is superior to other people's faith. He replied: "The one who is more generous."

    Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues, Chapter 10 on on Faith and Islam, Hadees 169 link

22. In Rauzat al-Vaezeen it is narrated that the Prophet of Allah (a.s) said: "A believer's house is simple, his food is little, his hair is not styled, his clothes are simple, but he is humble and does not exchange his health with anything."

    Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues, Chapter 10 on on Faith and Islam, Hadees 170 link

23. O God! expand Your sustenance for me in old age and last days of my life.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1431; Page No. 203 link

24. O God! forgive my sins, expand my house and bestow your blessing on my sustenance.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1432; Page No. 203 link

25. Swearing ends either in violation or remorse.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1811; Page No. 255 link

26. Verily, the Exalted God asks His believing servants to refrain from the world just as you make your patients refrain from eating and drinking, for you are worried about them.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2590. link

27. Verily, the Exalted God connives at the faults, oblivion and repulsive deeds of my people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2591. link

28. Verily, the Exalted God created His creatures in darkness and (then) threw His own light on them and therefore, whoever was at that time given a share of that light was guided and whoever was refused thus, was misled.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2592. link

29. Verily, the Exalted God created one hundred sets of mercy the day he created the heavens and earth, every one of which covering the distance between the earth and sky, and placed one of them on the earth for mothers to be kind to their children and for wild animals and birds to be used to each other. He has kept ninety-nine sets of mercy for the Day of Judgment to be completed by the mentioned one.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2593. link

30. Verily, the Exalted God detests a seventy-year old man whose wishes and behavior are like unto a twenty-year old person.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2594. link

31. Verily, the Exalted God detests an unwise believer.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2595. link

32. Verily, the Exalted God detests dirt and disorderliness.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2596. link

33. Verily, the Exalted God detests foul-mouthed, scurrilous people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2597. link

34. Verily, the Exalted God detests the one who is stingy in life but becomes generous on the verge of death.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2598. link

35. Verily, the Exalted God detests those who frown at their brethren's faces.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2599. link

36. Verily, the Exalted God dislikes divorce.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2600. link

37. Verily, the Exalted God does not ignore a believer's good deed and will reward it here and in the Hereafter, and a disbeliever enjoys the rewards of his good deeds here but does not have any good deed to avail himself of in the Hereafter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2601. link

38. Verily, the Exalted God does not punish any of His servants save a refractory one who rebels against Him and refuses to say, "There is no god but Allah".

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2602. link

39. Verily, the Exalted God forbids you to swear by your ancestors.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2603. link

40. Verily, the Exalted God grants help to the extent of one's need, and patience to the extent of one's calamity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2604. link

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