Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 75 of 122

1. Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) says that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) went to the mosque one day. Some of his companions were present there. He said, "Do you know what your Lord has conveyed to you? Your Lord has said, 'One who offers obligatory prayers five times and that too on prime time, he will come to Me with an assurance on the Day of Judgment and I would make him enter Paradise. And for a person who did not offer prayers on time, I have choice whether to punish him or forgive him'."

   Sawab al-A`amal, Page 56 · permalink

2. One who lights a lamp in the mosque of Allah the people of heaven and Allah's angels seek repentance for that person till the time that lamp is on in the mosque.

   Sawab al-A`amal, Page 57 · permalink

3. Imam Reza (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "The reward of a Salaat offered in Masjidul Haraam is more than the reward of a hundred thousand prayers offered in some other mosque."

   Sawab al-A`amal, Page 57 · permalink

4. Be humble to the one who is kind to you, though being an Ethiopian slave, and avenge the one who does evil to you, though being a freeman of the Quraish.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 282; Page No. 46 · permalink

5. Be humble to your teachers as well as to your students, and be not despotic scholars.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 283; Page No. 46 · permalink

6. Be humble, for humility lies in one's heart, and a Muslim should not annoy other Muslims.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 284; Page No. 46 · permalink

7. Be just in issuing judgment and speak well when uttering words, for God is good and loves good-doers.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 285; Page No. 46 · permalink

8. Be kind to your parents and thus, your children will be kind to you, and practice chastity so that your wives keep chaste.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 289; Page No. 46 · permalink

9. Be lenient to people, and they will be lenient to you.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 290; Page No. 46 · permalink

10. Be moderate and avoid harshness and abuse.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 291; Page No. 46&47 · permalink

11. Be moderate in friendship, lest your friend should turn out to a foe in future, and do the same in enmity, lest your foe should turn out to a friend in like manner.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 292; Page No. 47 · permalink

12. Be moderate in seeking the (material) world, for everybody gains his (destined) share.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 293; Page No. 47 · permalink

13. Be modest (bashful) against God as you are against two of your righteous relatives.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 294; Page No. 47 · permalink

14. Be needless of people even for is a toothbrush.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 295; Page No. 47 · permalink

15. Be patient in doing what you want to, and God will show you how to do it.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 296; Page No. 47 · permalink

16. Be pious in hardship and ease.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 297; Page No. 47 · permalink

17. Be pious to be the greatest of all worshippers, be contented to be the most thankful of all, wish for people what you wish for yourself to be a (true) believer, be a good company to your neighbors to be safe and laugh less, for laughing in excess will make your heart perish.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 298; Page No. 47 · permalink

18. Be properly modest to the Exalted God, for He has distributed among you your morals in the same way as your sustenance.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 299; Page No. 47&48 · permalink

19. Be steadfast and improve your behavior towards people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 300; Page No. 48 · permalink

20. A man of ancient times wore a fine garment and walked out proudly. God commanded the earth to take him, and he will thus be suspended in it till the Day of judgment.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 97; Page No. 21 · permalink

21. Cleanliness has root in faith.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 399; Page No. 61 · permalink

22. The most audacious from among you at giving verdicts will be the most hasty from among you to enter the Hellfire

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 2, p. 123, no. 48; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 973 · permalink

23. Seek your sustenance in the hideouts of the earth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1715; Page No. 242 · permalink

24. Seekers of knowledge are seekers of God's mercy and pillars of Islam, who will be rewarded by prophets.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1716; Page No. 242 · permalink

25. Seeking knowledge is a must for all Muslims and whoever issues forth his knowledge to incompetent people is like unto the one who beautifies pigs with jewels, pearls, and gold.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1717; Page No. 242 · permalink

26. Seeking knowledge is a must for all Muslims; and everything, even fish in seas, ask forgiveness for the seekers of knowledge.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1718; Page No. 242 · permalink

27. Seeking knowledge is obligatory for all Muslims-men and women alike.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1719; Page No. 242 · permalink

28. Seeking knowledge is the atonement of one's past sins.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1720; Page No. 242 · permalink

29. Set prayer humbly, as if you see God. If you do not see Him, He (surely) sees you. Expect nothing from people to live free from want, and avoid whatever requires your later pardoning.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1724; Page No. 243 · permalink

30. Seven events are there between a servant of God and Paradise, the easiest one being death and the hardest, arriving at the presence of the Exalted God, when the oppressed call the oppressors to account.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1725; Page No. 243 · permalink

31. Seven people will be allowed (to rest) under the shade of God's Throne, the day when there will be as shade but His: one who is whole-heartedly fond of mosques, one who rejects the sensual request of a high-rank woman for (his) fear of God, one who makes friends (with people) for God's sake, one who controls his (her)eyes against the unlawful, one who acts as a watch out in the way of God, and one who weeps out of fearing God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1726; Page No. 243 · permalink

32. Seven persons will be allowed (to rest) under God's Throne, the day when there will be no shade but His: a just leader, a youth grown at in serving God, a man who whole-heartedly wishes to return to the mosque whenever leaving it, a man who makes friends and breaks friendship for God's sake, a man who remembers God in privacy and sheds tears, a man who rejects the sensual request of a beautiful, high-rank woman out of fearing God- the Lord of the worlds-and a man whose left hand knows not what his right hand has hidden given in charity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1727; Page No. 243&244 · permalink

33. Seventy ranks separate a learned man from a (simple) worshipper.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1728; Page No. 244 · permalink

34. Seventy times a day, the Earth calls out, "O human beings, eat whatever you like and wish for, by God, I will eat your skin and flesh!

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1729; Page No. 244 · permalink

35. Shake hands (with each other) to make grudges leave your hearts.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1730; Page No. 244 · permalink

36. Shaking hands is the perfect form of salutation.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1731; Page No. 244 · permalink

37. Shall I inform you of one of the kings of Paradise? It is a weak, oppressed and poorly-dressed person to whom nobody pays attention, but whose swears come true when he swears by God for something to happen.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1732; Page No. 244 · permalink

38. Shall I inform you of the dwellers of Hell? They are the proud, selfish, arrogant, greedy and avaricious people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1733; Page No. 244 · permalink

39. Shall I inform you of the easiest acts of worship? -silence and good-naturedness.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1734; Page No. 245 · permalink

40. Shall I inform you of the female dwellers of Paradise?. The faithful women who give birth to a lot of children, who make peace before long, and who tell their husbands immediately after a wrongdoing, "My very hand is in yours, I will not sleep until you get pleased with me."

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1735; Page No. 245 · permalink

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