Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 61 of 122

1. Know for sure that anger is a fire burning in man's heart. Do you not see the redness of his eyes and the inflammation of his veins when he is cross. When one of you happens to experience such a feeling, you should better take a sitting position.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1146; Page No. 163 · permalink

2. Know for sure that people are Adam's offspring, and Adam was created from soil. Verily, the most honored of them are the most virtuous.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1147; Page No. 163 · permalink

3. Backbiting is to mention your brother's name in connection with what he hates.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 255; Page No. 42 · permalink

4. Backbiting the wicked is permissible.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 256; Page No. 42 · permalink

5. Bad-temperedness is ill-omened, and the worst of you is the most ill-tempered one.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 257; Page No. 42 · permalink

6. Bad-temperedness is ill-omened, obedience to women is regrettable, and good-naturedness is growth.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 258; Page No. 42 · permalink

7. Be a company to the Quran and make it your leader and guide, for it's the word of the Lord of the worlds. It belongs to Him and to Him will it return. Believe in its allegorical verses and take lessons from its parables.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 260, Page No. 42 · permalink

8. Be a follower to the Book of God forever.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 261, Page No. 43 · permalink

9. Be afraid of the oppressor's curse, for it mounts on clouds (i.e. ascends to the heavens), and God, the Exalted, says: I swear by My Honor and Glory to help you though it may take time.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 262, Page No. 43 · permalink

10. Be afraid of the oppressor's curse, though an infidel s (he) might be, for it is immediately answered by the Great, Powerful God.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 263, Page No. 43 · permalink

11. Be an early bird in seeking knowledge, for early-rising brings you blessing and prosperity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 264; Page No. 43 · permalink

12. Be an scholar or a student, a listener or a lover of lore, and be not the fifth (of these four), for you'll perish.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 265; Page No. 43 · permalink

13. Be carefull about a believer's wit, for s(he) looks (at things) through the light of God, the Most High!

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 266; Page No. 43 · permalink

14. Be clean to the extent possible, for the Exalted God has founded Islam on cleanliness, and nobody enters Paradise save the clean.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 267; Page No. 43 · permalink

15. Be duly modest towards God, for he who does so, should control his head and mind as well as his belly and privy parts (against the unlawful), and remember (his) death and trial. Whoever seeks the eternal life should abandon the luxurious beauties of worldly life and thereby, s(he) will be the one duly modest towards God.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 268, Page No. 44 · permalink

16. Be early rising, for in it there is blessing.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 269; Page No. 44 · permalink

17. Be easy-going and do not be hard (on people).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 270; Page No. 44 · permalink

18. Be economical in speaking, for the word which settles your need suffices you (indeed).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 271; Page No. 44 · permalink

19. Be generous (to people) and put them not in straits, for you will be put in straits (in the Hereafter).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 272; Page No. 44 · permalink

20. Be good and refrain from evil. Behave in such a way that in your absence, people talk of you as you wished, and abstain from what you do not like people to attribute to you.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 273, Page No. 44 · permalink

21. Be good to the one who is good to you; and if you cannot do so, pray for him/her.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 274, Page No. 44 · permalink

22. Be good-tempered and keep silent as long as possible, for by the One in whose hands lays my life, there is no beauty as these among people.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 275, Page No. 44&45 · permalink

23. Be good-tempered, for the most good-tempered are the best in religion.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 276, Page No. 45 · permalink

24. Be honest to those who consider you trustworthy, and be not a traitor to those who have been disloyal to you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 277; Page No. 45 · permalink

25. Be honest, for it's akin to goodness and both reside in Paradise. Avoid telling lie, for it's akin to badness and both dwell in Hell. Ask God for certainty and good health, for aside from certainty, nothing better than good health has been given to anybody. Avoid jealousy and hostility, and do not break your relations with people. Be brothers, O servants of God, to one another as God has ordered you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 278; Page No. 45 · permalink

26. Be hopeful about your brother (in faith), if in him you observe three virtues: chastity, trustfulness and truthfulness; and be hopeless about him, if he is bereft of them.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 279; Page No. 45 · permalink

27. Be hopeless of what people possess.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 280; Page No. 45 · permalink

28. Be humble and keep company with the poor to be glorified before God and saved from vanity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 281; Page No. 45 · permalink

29. Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Those who are biased have removed the necklace of Islam from their necks and thrown it away."

    Iqbal al-A`amal, page 280 · permalink

30. Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his ancestors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Even if one has bigotry in his heart equal to a small grain, the Almighty Allah will assemble him on the Day of Judgment along with ignorant polytheists."

    Iqbal al-A`amal, page 280 · permalink

31. The proud will be gathered on the Day of Judgment with their bodies as diminutive as that of ants. People will tease them till Allah concludes accounting of all the people. Then Allah will put them into Hell where they will be made to drink the dirt coming out of the private parts of a fornicateress and dirty blood and puss of the people of Hell.

    Iqbal al-A`amal, page 281/282 · permalink

32. The majority of the people of Hell will be those who are proud.

    Iqbal al-A`amal, page 282 · permalink

33. God does not endear the ignorant, nor does He degrade the patient.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 695; Page No. 100&101 · permalink

34. Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Allah will not talk to three types of people on the Day of Judgment and neither will He send mercy upon them. They will not be consoled and shall get severe punishment. Those three are an aged fornicator, a despotic ruler and person who is proud."

    Iqbal al-A`amal, page 282 · permalink

35. Verily, charity pacifies God's wrath and wards off bad death.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2427. · permalink

36. Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that a person came to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) and said, "I have dedicated my one-third prayer for you." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Goodness be for you." The man said, "I have dedicated half of my prayer for you." He replied, "You did a really good thing." The man told him, "I have dedicated my whole prayer for you." He replied, "Allah will fulfill all your desires of this world and the hereafter." At that time, a person asked Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.), "May Allah do good to you, how can a person dedicate his supplication to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.)?" Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) said, "Send salutation of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) and his progeny before asking for anything from Allah."

    Sawab al-A`amal, Page 206 · permalink

37. Do not postpone your brethren's affairs, do not be hostile to them, and do not contend with them.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 498; Page No. 72 · permalink

38. Do not punish people when you are doubtful (about their faults), and be oblivious to the great men's blunders, unless (the punishment) is divinely prescribed.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 499; Page No. 72 · permalink

39. Do not put anyone to shame.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 500; Page No. 72 · permalink

40. Do not put yourself into trouble for guests.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 501; Page No. 72 · permalink

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