Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 71 of 122

1. Every good deed is a form of charity.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 543; Page No. 79 · permalink

2. Every good deed is charity, and whatever a Muslim dispenses for himself and his kinds will be considered charity, and so are the steps s(he) takes to keep his/her own fame intact.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 544; Page No. 80 · permalink

3. Every hardship is banned for man, and no hardship is there in religion.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 545, Page No. 80 · permalink

4. Every morning a caller summons the servants(of God), saying," O you people! Reproduce for the earth, pile up(wealth) for ruin, and build for destruction.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 549, Page No. 81 · permalink

5. Every Muslim judge is watched by two angels who support him as long as he seeks nothing save truth, but abandon and leave him on his own as soon as he intends other than truth and purposefully deviates from it.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 550; Page No. 81 · permalink

6. Every Muslim should pay alms. If he cannot do so, he must work with his own hands to avail himself of it, and pay alms too. If this is impossible either, he should help the needy. If he cannot do so, he should bid them to good or forbid them from evil, for this is in itself giving alms.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 551, Page No. 81 · permalink

7. God will definitely give a hand to the one who marries in order to avoid indulging in the heavenly-unlawful deeds.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 741; Page No. 106 · permalink

8. God will definitely not answer the call of an oppressed man who has already made someone else suffer the same oppression brought on him.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 742; Page No. 106 · permalink

9. God will definitely provide His believer servant(s) with sustenance from an unexpected source.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 743; Page No. 107 · permalink

10. God will forbid Paradise for whoever is not a well-wisher of the subjects put under his protection.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 744; Page No. 107 · permalink

11. God will forgive a sinful person who knows that He has witnessed him, though he avoids seeking His forgiveness.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 745; Page No. 107 · permalink

12. God will forgive whoever begins his day without intending to oppress any body.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 746; Page No. 107 · permalink

13. God will give a reward to the one who cultivates a barren land from which a thirsty heart might drink.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 747; Page No. 107 · permalink

14. God will grant the reward of a good accepted pilgrimage to Mecca to the one who casts a tender glance at his/her parants'face.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 748; Page No. 107 · permalink

15. God will help whoever helps the poor, here and in the Hereafter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 749; Page No. 107 · permalink

16. Excessive laughter makes heart wither.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 574; Page No. 84 · permalink

17. Allah has mercy on a servant who seeks a need from Him and insists in supplication, whether it is answered or unanswered for him

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 475, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 914 · permalink

18. O Allah provide moderation and sufficiency to Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and to those who love Muhammad and his family, and provide abundance of wealth and progeny to those who harbour hatred for Muhammad and his family.

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 140, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 929 · permalink

19. The best livelihood is that which suffices

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 168, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 929 · permalink

20. That which is little yet sufficient is better than that which is abundant and distracting [as a result].

    Amali al-Saduq, p. 395, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 929 · permalink

21. He who swindles a fellow Muslim brother, Allah snatches away the benediction in his sustenance, thwarts his efforts at earning a livelihood, and relegates him to his own base self

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 365, no. 30; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 930 · permalink

22. It is narrated in Kanz al-`Aummal: 'Verily the Prophet (SAWA) once passed by a pile of wheat, so he placed his hand in and his fingers hit upon some moisture, at which he asked the vendor, 'What is this O vendor of wheat?' to which he replied, 'The rain fell on it O Prophet of Allah.' The Prophet then asked him, 'Then why did you not place it at the top of the pile that people might see it?! He who swindles us is not of us

    al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 2, p. 571, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 930 · permalink

23. Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) said that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) has cursed those men who dress up as women and those women who dress up as men. These are same people who are involved in homosexual relations. Surely the women of the community of Prophet Lut (a.s.) was also involved in homosexual relations when chastisement befell the community

    Iqbal al-A`amal, page 337 · permalink

24. Zaid bin Ali (a.s.) narrates from Amirul Momineen (a.s.) who in turn narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "One who double-talks will arrive on the Day of Judgment having one of his tongue in front and another behind. Both will be engulfed in flames. Then his whole body will get engulfed in flames. People will say that this is the same one who used to double-talk."

    Iqbal al-A`amal, page 338 · permalink

25. Recompense rudeness with forbearance and deprivation with munificence to gain dignity before God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1617; Page No. 230 · permalink

26. Reconcile people even through telling (a harmless) lie.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1618; Page No. 230 · permalink

27. Rectify yourselves and seek proximity (to God).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1619; Page No. 230 · permalink

28. God is very displeased with people eating without hunger, sleeping without tiredness and laughing without reason.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 723; Page No. 104 · permalink

29. God likes two characteristic features (for man) and dislikes two others. The former are generosity and forgiveness; the later, parsimony and ill-temperedness, and when He wishes goodness for someone, He assigns him (her) the service of people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 724; Page No. 104 · permalink

30. God made Mercy one hundred portions. He granted one single portion to people by which to feel pity for each other, and kept ninety-nine portions with Himself.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 725; Page No. 104 · permalink

31. God marks a sign of one's good or bad characters on his/her face by which to be recognized.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 726; Page No. 104 · permalink

32. God may forgive all sins, save those of dying a polytheist and killing a believer intentionally.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 727; Page No. 104 · permalink

33. God overcomes those who try to overcome Him and plots against those plotting against Him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 728; Page No. 105 · permalink

34. God provides the moderate ones with abundance, afflicts the extravagant with poverty, grants to the humble sublimity, and makes the arrogant face ruin.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 729; Page No. 105 · permalink

35. God raises (the status of) the one who keeps humble for Him, lowers the one who shows vanity to Him, and belies the one who swears falsely by Him.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 730; Page No. 105 · permalink

36. God raises (the status of) the one who keeps humble for His sake and lowers the one who shows vanity (to Him).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 731; Page No. 105 · permalink

37. Commit less vice, an easier death to face.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 404; Page No. 61 · permalink

38. The best of your women are the chaste, passionate ones who observe chastity in respect to their privy parts, and love passionately their own husbands.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1931; Page No. 270 · permalink

39. The best of your youth are those who follow the path of the aged, and the worst of your aged ones are those who copy the patterns of the youth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1932; Page No. 270&271 · permalink

40. The best people are the most good-tempered.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1933; Page No. 271 · permalink

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