Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 68 of 122

1. Marry into a good tribe for verily what is bred-in-the-bone will come out in the flesh.

   Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44559; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 596 · permalink

2. Choose carefully for your seed, for verily women give birth to children who resemble their own brothers and sisters.'

   Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44557; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 596 · permalink

3. The person with the greatest right over a woman is her husband, and the person with the greatest right over a man is his mother.

   Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44771; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 597 · permalink

4. If a man quenches his wife's thirst he is rewarded for it

   Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44435; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 599 · permalink

5. There is nothing more beneficial to a believer after his piety and devotion to Allah than a virtuous wife.

   Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 444410; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 601 · permalink

6. The best source of enjoyment in this world is a virtuous wife

   Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44451; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 601 · permalink

7. When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do accept

   Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44617; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 603 · permalink

8. Announce this marriage and let it take place in the mosque.

   Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44536; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 603 · permalink

9. Publicize the marriage, but conceal the engagement.

   Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44532; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 603 · permalink

10. The martyred one is forgiven every sin except his debt [to others].

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 11110; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 604 · permalink

11. He who faces his enemy and resists until either he is killed or he vanquishes him will not be tormented in the grave

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 10662; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 604 · permalink

12. Whoever is unjustly killed is a martyr

    Kanz al-`Ummal, 11205; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 605 · permalink

13. Whoever loves someone passionately, then suppresses his love in order to remain chaste and dies in the process, is a martyr.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 11203; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 605 · permalink

14. Whoever is wounded in the way of Allah will rise up on the Day of Resurrection, his fragrance as sweet as musk and his colour as vibrant as saffron, and he will have the stamp of a martyr on him. And whoever sincerely asks Allah to grant him martyrdom, Allah grants him the reward of a martyr, even if he dies in his own bed.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 11144 ; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 606 · permalink

15. Verily every religion has a natural disposition and the natural disposition of Islam is modesty.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5757; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 615 · permalink

16. Every one of you should be modest in front of his two angels that are with him, just as you would be modest with two righteous neighbours that are with you day and night

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5751; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 617 · permalink

17. Two sounds are cursed in this world as well as in the Hereafter: the sound of the flute played [in celebration] for a bounty, and the twang [of string instruments played] during a calamity.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 40661; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 623 · permalink

18. Mine is a blessed community - whether its first is the better or its last is unknown.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 34451; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 625 · permalink

19. This community of mine is had mercy upon by Allah

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 34452; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 625 · permalink

20. If bad-temperedness were a man walking(living) among people, it would be a bad one, and the Exalted God has surely not created me an abusive man.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 986; Page No. 139 · permalink

21. If believers knew about the punishment of God, no one of them would covet for Paradise, and if infidels knew about God's mercy, they would not be hopeless of (being allowed to) Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 987; Page No. 139 · permalink

22. If evil and abuse were creatures of Allah, they would be the worst of all.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 988; Page No. 140 · permalink

23. If faith were in the firmament, (some) men of Persia would find a way to it.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 989; Page No. 140 · permalink

24. If God grants you wealth, the sign of His blessing and generosity should appear in you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 990; Page No. 140 · permalink

25. If God's servants didn't commit sins, He would create a people who would commit sins to be forgiven by Him, for He is the most Merciful and Forgiving.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 991; Page No. 140 · permalink

26. If hardship enters a hole, relief will do too to make the former vanish.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 992; Page No. 140 · permalink

27. If I had gold as much as Mount Uhud, I would like to have nothing of it with me within three days, save for a piece by which to repay my debts.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 993; Page No. 140 · permalink

28. If I were to command anyone to prostrate anyone else, I would command women to prostrate their husbands, for God has invested the latter with rights in respect to the former.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 995, Page No. 140 · permalink

29. If it is said to the dwellers of Hell that they will stay there to the number of sands on the earth, they will rejoice, and if the same is said to the dwellers of Paradise, they will feel sad, but God has granted eternal life to the latter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 996; Page No. 141 · permalink

30. If it were not for beggars' telling lie, those who repelled them would not be praised.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 997; Page No. 141 · permalink

31. If it would not cause trouble for my people, I would order them to brush their teeth at prayer times.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 998; Page No. 141 · permalink

32. If it would not cause trouble for my people, I would order them to brush their teeth at dawns.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 999; Page No. 141 · permalink

33. If knowledge were hanging from the firmament, a group of Persians would (manage to) acquire it.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1000; Page No. 141 · permalink

34. If modesty were a man, it would be a decent one.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1001; Page No. 141 · permalink

35. If nothing remains save one single day from the life in this world, God will prolong it so much that a man from my household will rise to fill the earth with equity just as it was filled with injustice and enormity- a man whose name and whose father's are respectively mine and my father's.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1002; Page No. 141 · permalink

36. If the Resurrection fell upon one among you while having a sapling in his (her) hand, (s)he should plant it, if possible.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1011; Page No. 143 · permalink

37. The best struggle to God, the Exalted, is to utter a word of truth in the presence of a tyrant ruler.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1943; Page No. 272 · permalink

38. The best testimony is that which is borne before its bearer is required to.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1944; Page No. 272 · permalink

39. The best thing infused in (man's) heart is certainty.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1945; Page No. 272 · permalink

40. The best wife is the one who gladdens you when you look at her, obeys your orders, and preserves her body and your property in your absence.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1946; Page No. 272 · permalink

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