Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 56 of 122

1. Verily, charity reduces the charity givers' heat of grave, and believers will rest under the shade of their charity in the Day of Judgment.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2428. · permalink

2. Verily, chastity and faith are interrelated, when one fades, the other lasts on more.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2429. · permalink

3. Verily, children are the cause of man's misery, fear, ignorance and sorrow.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2430. · permalink

4. Verily, committing sins deprives man of his sustenance; divine decree is not changed but through praying and long life is not gained save by kindness.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2431. · permalink

5. Verily, creditors have dominance over debtors until their debts are paid.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2432. · permalink

6. Verily, each of you is the mirror of your brothers (in faith), i.e. discovering any defect in them, you should (try to) rub it off.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2433. · permalink

7. Verily, entrance to Paradise is in pledge of striking swords.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2434. · permalink

8. Verily, every religion has a characteristic feature, and mine is characterized by chastity.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2435. · permalink

9. Verily, every tree has a (kind of) fruit, and the fruit of heart is a child.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2436. · permalink

10. Causing the world to decline is more tolerable to God than killing a Muslim.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 370; Page No. 58 · permalink

11. Verily, everything has a reality, and servants of God will not find access to the reality of faith unless they come to know that what has occurred to them or has not, has been out of necessity and unpreventable.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2437. · permalink

12. Verily, evil eyes send man to his grave, and for the camel the path to table they pave.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2438. · permalink

13. Verily, faith grows old in you, as your dress turns worn on you. So, ask the Exalted God to enliven faith in your hearts.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2439. · permalink

14. Verily, for every people there is a trial, and wealth is my people's trial.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2440. · permalink

15. Verily, for every traveler there is a destination, and man's destination is death. Remember God, therefore, for it make easy your affairs and makes you fond of the Hereafter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2441. · permalink

16. Verily, for everything there is a basis and the basis of this religion (Islam) is knowledge, and one single holder of knowledge is more harmful to Satan than one thousand simple men of worship.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2442. · permalink

17. Verily, for everything there is a mine, and the mine of piety is the mystics' hearts.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2443. · permalink

18. Verily, fortune-tellers will be expelled to Hell.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2444. · permalink

19. The bane of humour is lack of shame; the bane of courage is aggression; the bane of generosity is mentioning one's favors to others; the bane of beauty is arrogance; the bane of worship is abeyance; the bane of speech is lying; the bane of knowledge is forgetfulness; the bane of wisdom is foolishness; the bane of good lineage is pride; and the bane of liberality is wastefulness.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44091; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 129 · permalink

20. Allah, most High, is beautiful and He loves beauty. And He likes to see the evidence of His bounty on His servant. He loathes misery and pretending to be miserable.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 17166; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 140 · permalink

21. The best thing given to a believer is good character, and the worst thing given to a man is a corrupt heart in a beautiful figure.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5170; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 141 · permalink

22. Weigh your food, for there is blessing in weighed food.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 9434; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 145 · permalink

23. Allah's curse is on the briber, the bribed, and the agent between them

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1508; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 146 · permalink

24. Seek to increase your brothers [i.e. believeing friends], for every believer will make an intercession on the Day of Judgment.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 24642; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 148 · permalink

25. Allah, the Exalted, likes the maintenance of old brotherhood, so maintain it.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 24759; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 156 · permalink

26. When you see three traits in your brother, place your hope in him: bashfulness, trustworthiness, and truthfulness. If you do not see them, do not place your hope in him.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 24755; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 159 · permalink

27. Ablution is a main part of faith, and brushing one's teeth is a main part of ablution.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 26200; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 163 · permalink

28. Freshen your mouths by brushing, for verily they are the means to the Qur'an.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, 2753; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 163 · permalink

29. Stand up, Bil l, and relieve us with the [call for] prayer.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 20954; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 166 · permalink

30. Satan flees when he hears the call for prayer.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 20951; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 166 · permalink

31. The inhabitants of Heaven hear nothing from the inhabitants of the earth except for the call for prayer.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 20934; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 166 · permalink

32. Islam is to be good-natured

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5225; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 168 · permalink

33. Verily Allah loves high moral virtues and detests poor manners.'

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5180; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 170 · permalink

34. Verily I was deputed to perfect noble moral traits.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5217; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 171 · permalink

35. Everyone will only have recourse to the shade provided by charity they had given until their affairs are judged [by Allah].

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16068; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 175 · permalink

36. Verily charity extinguishes the wrath of the Lord.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16114; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 175 · permalink

37. Charity prevents seventy different types of adversities, the simplest of them being elephantiasis and leprosy.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 15982; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 176 · permalink

38. Give charity, and cure your sick ones through the giving of charity, for verily charity repels accidents and illnesses, and is a source of increase in your life spans and your good deeds.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, 16113; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 176 · permalink

39. The best form of charity is to give away when one is healthy and covetous, when one has high hopes of one's livelihood and fears poverty. Do not wait until you are breathing your last to bequeath to others, saying: 'this is for x and this is for y, and this belonged to z.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16251; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 178 · permalink

40. The best of people is he who gives away his hard-earned money [in charity].

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16084; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 178 · permalink

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