Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 65 of 122

1. God taught me courtesy and how nice was it (to me)!

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 734; Page No. 105 · permalink

2. God will abase whoever seeks honor through His servants.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 735; Page No. 105 · permalink

3. God will assist anyone who intents to pay back his debts.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 736; Page No. 105 · permalink

4. God will banish Paradise for the one who dies after having deceived his servants whom God have put under his supervision.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 737; Page No. 106 · permalink

5. God will be pleased with whoever seeks His consent, even if it leads to people's anger, and will be angry about whoever seeks people's consent by making Him displeased.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 738; Page No. 106 · permalink

6. God will build a house in Paradise for whoever builds a mosque, small as it may be only for a pigeon to lay its eggs in.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 739, Page No. 106 · permalink

7. God will create a good relation between people and the one who establishes a good relation with Him, and will amend the outward conditions of the one who rectifies his inner self.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 740; Page No. 106 · permalink

8. An elder brother has the same right on his younger brothers as a father's on his children.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 200; Page No. 34&35 · permalink

9. The Exalted God says: My forgiveness is more bountiful and greater than covering a Muslim's deed in this world to reveal it afterwards; and thus, so long as my servants ask my forgiveness I will forgive them.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1985; Page No. 278 · permalink

10. The Exalted God says: O son of Adam! Every day your sustenance is given to you but you are sad, and everyday your life gets shorter but you are happy. You have what suffices you but you ask for what makes of you a rebel. You are neither content with less nor satiated with more.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1986; Page No. 278 · permalink

11. The Exalted God says: O son of Adam! There are three things of which one is specifically mine, i.e. you should worship Me and take nothing as a partner with me, one is specifically yours, i.e. I will reward or punish you for what you do (if I forgive you, it is because I am the most Compassionate, the most Merciful(, and one is between Me and you, i.e. you should pray to and ask Me, and I should accept and grant what you request.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1987; Page No. 278 · permalink

12. The Exalted God says: purity (of intention( is the best form of worship My servants can offer Me.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1988; Page No. 278 · permalink

13. The Exalted God says: Son of Adam annoys Me by blaming Time, for I am Time with all affairs in My authority. I am the One who changes day and night.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1989; Page No. 278&279 · permalink

14. The Exalted God says: when a servant approaches Me to the extent of one span, I will get close to him one meter, if he does so to the extent of one meter, I will draw near him more than two meters, and if he approaches Me slowly, I'll go towards him quickly.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1990; Page No. 279 · permalink

15. The Exalted God says: when I inflict my servants with a calamity concerning their bodies, children and wealth and they happen to welcome it patiently, I'll be ashamed to spread out their books of deeds or to call them to the scales of justice in the Day of judgment.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1991; Page No. 279 · permalink

16. The Exalted God says: when one of My servants intends to perform a good deed but he stops doing so, I will record a good deed for him, and if he performs it, I will record ten to seven hundred good deeds for him. Conversely, if he intends to perform a bad deed, but stops doing so, I will not record it. However, if he puts it into action, I will record for him only one bad dead.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1992; Page No. 279 · permalink

17. The Exalted God says: who is crueler than he who wishes to create a creature as Mine? Let those who claim the ability of so doing create a single grain, an ant or a barley seed!

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1993; Page No. 279&280 · permalink

18. The Exalted God says: whoever is not satisfied with what I have destined, and not patient in calamities, should seek a god other than Me.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1994; Page No. 280 · permalink

19. The Exalted God shelters anyone who does the following three, and lets him (her) to Paradise: being moderate towards the poor, being kind to parents and being kind to subordinates.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1995; Page No. 280 · permalink

20. The Exalted God will avenge anyone who oppresses somebody in this world, if the latter is not able to revenge the former in person.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1996; Page No. 280 · permalink

21. The Exalted God will definitely help three groups of people: strugglers in the way of God, slaves struggling for their freedom and men getting married to keep their chastity intact.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1997; Page No. 280 · permalink

22. The Exalted God will dress a Muslim with green heavenly clothes if he provides a naked (poor) Muslim with worldly dresses. The Exalted God will let a Muslim taste heavenly fruits in the Day of Judgment, if he feeds a hungry Muslim. And the Exalted God will let a Muslim drink the untouched drink in the Day of judgment, if he quenches the thirst of another Muslim.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1998; Page No. 280&281 · permalink

23. The Exalted God will expose a leader's face to fire in the Day of Judgment, if he undertakes an affair of my people but carries it out without the care and effort the has for his own fairs.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1999; Page No. 281 · permalink

24. The Exalted God will forgive the sins of the one who terminates the contract with a regretful man.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2000; Page No. 281 · permalink

25. The Exalted God will increase the wealth of the one who opens the door of generosity through giving charity or gifts (to people), and will decrease it should (s)he open the door of(excessive) requests, seeking an increase in his wealth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2001; Page No. 281 · permalink

26. The Exalted God will let a Muslim to Paradise if four people testify to his being good.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2002; Page No. 281 · permalink

27. The Exalted God will make a Muslim associate with an act of worship, feeling its pleasure in his heart, when he casts a first glance at a woman but immediately turns his eyes away from her.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2003; Page No. 281 · permalink

28. The Exalted God will not put two swords on this (Islamic) nation simultaneously- one from themselves and the other from their enemies.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2004; Page No. 281 · permalink

29. The Exalted God will punish a group of people who are greater in number and stronger than the sinners among them, but do not manage to stop the latter committing sins.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2005; Page No. 282 · permalink

30. The Exalted God will surely undertake to grant the requests of anyone who lifts up his hands in request to Him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2006; Page No. 282 · permalink

31. The Exalted God's covenant is the most entitled thing to accomplish.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2007; Page No. 282 · permalink

32. The existence of good neighbors leads to the development of cities and long life of communities.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2008; Page No. 282 · permalink

33. The expiation for backbiting someone is to ask God to forgive him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2009; Page No. 282 · permalink

34. The Fire will eat away all man's body save the place of prostration (on his forehead), for the Great, Powerful God has forbidden it to do so.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2010; Page No. 282 · permalink

35. The first step towards religion is well-wishing for the sake of God, His religion, His Prophet and His Book as well as for Muslims and Muslim leaders.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2011; Page No. 282 · permalink

36. Purify your faith, for a little bit of worship suffices you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1607; Page No. 228 · permalink

37. Put the Divine laws into effect concerning friends and foes alike, and pay no attention to the blames of beraters for that.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1608; Page No. 228 · permalink

38. Putting on your patchy piece is better than picking up a new one belonging to others.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1609; Page No. 228 · permalink

39. Read the Quran and act upon it. Do not leave it, do not exaggerate about it, do not earn your living through it, and do not seek superiority (abundance) by means of it.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1610; Page No. 229 · permalink

40. Read the Quran as long as your hearts are in agreement with each other in respect to it, but as soon as disagreement arose among you, rise up.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1611; Page No. 229 · permalink

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