Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]
4860 sayings · page 79 of 122
Poverty is convenience, and wealth is punishment.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44144; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 704 · permalink
Whoever surreptitiously slanders a believing man or a woman, or says about him what is not in him, Allah, the Exalted, will place him on a hill of fire on the Day of Judgment, until he renounces what he said about him.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 194, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 880 · permalink
The worst of all people is the one who barters his eternal life for his worldly one, and worse than him is the one who barters his eternal life for others' worldly lives.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2228. · permalink
The worst of man's attributes are excessive envy and intense fear.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2229. · permalink
The worst of my people are the boastful, garrulous ones, and the best of them are the most good- mannered.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2230. · permalink
The worst of people is he who eats alone, without sharing his food with his servants, who beats his servants, and worse than him is the one who neither forgives a fault nor accepts any excuse, and even worse is he whose good no one is hopeful about, and from whose evil and malice no one can find a way out.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2231. · permalink
The worst place (situation) in the Day of Judgment will belong to the one who frightens people through his/ her tongue or evil (in this world).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2232. · permalink
The worst places to sit in are roads and bazaars (markets).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2233. · permalink
The worth of a Muslim's properties is as much as his blood's.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2234. · permalink
There are no sins like unto breaking the bonds of kinship, treachery and telling lie, for which the Exalted God will punish the sinners both here and in the Hereafter.The reward of keeping the bonds of kinship will be so quickly given to the one who acts upon it (in comparison to that of any other good deeds) that a corrupt family who observe it will (quickly) increase in wealth and number.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2239. · permalink
There are six good traits as follows: fighting God's foes with sword, keeping fast on summer's days, being well-patient when calamities befall, abandoning disputes, giving hidden charity; and making friends for God's sake.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2240. · permalink
There is no calamity (trial) harder than polytheism for God's servants; other than that, there is no calamity harder than blindness, and whoever is afflicted with it but keeps patient, would be blessed by God.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2248. · permalink
There is no charity better than (uttering) good words.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2249. · permalink
There is no charity more favorable to God than a word of truth.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2250. · permalink
There is no distance, save abandoning prayer, between a servant of God and polytheism, i.e.as soon as one abandons prayer, (s)he turns out to be a polytheist.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2251. · permalink
There is no intellect as wisdom, no abstinence as self-control, and no dignity as good-temper.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2252. · permalink
There is no malady worse than being stingy.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2253. · permalink
There is no organ(of the body) complaining not about the harms of the tongue.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2254. · permalink
There is no poverty harder than ignorance, no wealth more profitable than wisdom, no loneliness more frightening than vanity, no dignity as good-temper, and no worship as meditation.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2255. · permalink
The least comfortable one among people is the miser
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 300, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 611 · permalink
"A time will come on my Ummah when only the name of the Holy Quran will remain. They will have only the title of Islam while they will be far away from it. Their mosques will be filled apparently but will be completely deprived of guidance. Their jurists will be worst under this sky and mischief will start from them and return to them.
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 318/319 · permalink
Three things represent righteousness: liberality from one's self, kind words, and endurance of harm
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 807 · permalink
There are ten signs of a righteous person: he loves for the sake of Allah, hates for the sake of Allah, befriends for the sake of Allah, abandons for the sake of Allah. He becomes angry for the sake of Allah, becomes pleased for the sake of Allah, works for the sake of Allah, beseeches Allah, submits to Allah fearing Him, awed [by others], pure, sincere, bashful, and watchful and acts kindly for the sake of Allah
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 21; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 808 · permalink
Remembering God weighs over giving charity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1672; Page No. 236 · permalink
Truly the rights of Allah, exalted be His praise, are too great to be fulfilled by His servants, and verily the bounties of Allah are too great to be estimated by the servants; but [the least they can do is to] repent to Him morning and night.
Makarim al- Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 365, no. 2661; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 809 · permalink
Beware of associating with the [unjust] ruler for verily it causes faith to depart. And beware of assisting him for indeed you do not approve of his rule
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 10, p. 368, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 810 · permalink
Whoever adheres to the ruler will be tempted away from the right course, and the closer one gets to the ruler the further away one is from Allah.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 371, no. 13; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 810 · permalink
Beware of [going near] the ruler's gates and the retinue guarding them, for verily the nearest of you to the gates and retinue of the ruler is the farthest away from Allah, Mighty and Exalted. And whoever chooses the ruler over Allah, Mighty and Exalted, Allah will strip away his piety and will render him bewildered.
Bihar al-Anwar, p. 372, no. 19; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 810 · permalink
Whoever yields to a tyrannical ruler in any matter will be his companion in the Fire
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 360, no. 30; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 811 · permalink
Whoever praises a tyrannical ruler, succumbs to him or humbles himself in front of him in a bid to secure his pleasure, will accompany him to the Fire.
Amali al-Saduq, p. 347, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 811 · permalink
The most miserly of all people is he who withholds his greeting.
Amali al-Tusi, p. 89, no. 136; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 812 · permalink
Spread peace around and the good within your own house will increase
al-Khisal, p. 181, no. 246; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 812 · permalink
Verily the nearest people to Allah and His Messenger are those who initiate the greeting of peace
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 12, no. 50; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 813 · permalink
When anyone of you enters his own house, he should greet with peace, for verily it brings down benediction, and angels come to keep him company
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 7, no. 25; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 813 · permalink
There are five things that I will never leave until death: and greeting the young, in order that it may remain a practice after me.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 10, no. 38; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 814 · permalink
On the Day of Resurrection, pulpits will be set up around the Throne for my Shi`aa and the Shi`aa of my household, who are sincere in their adherence to our guardianship. Then Allah, Mighty and Exalted, will say, 'Hurry to Me My servants that I may spread My Magnanimity over you, for you have been hurt in the world
Uyoun Akhbar al-Reza (AS), v. 2, p. 60, no. 232; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 847 · permalink
And the Foremost Ones are the foremost ones: they are the ones brought near to Allah" [Qur'an 56:10,11], to which he replied, 'This refers to Ali and his Shi`aa they will be the foremost to enter Paradise, the ones brought near to Allah through His Magnanimity over them.'
Amali al-Tusi, p. 72, no. 104; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 847 · permalink
Woe betide those who trade their religion for the life of this world in front of people they are soft-spoken and their words are sweeter than honey, but they are wolves in sheep's clothing [lit. their hearts are wolves' hearts (ed.)], and Allah says regarding them, 'Are they trying to pull the wool over My eyes?
A`alam al-Din, no. 295; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 848 · permalink
Verily the angel [charged with man's deeds] rises up with man's good deeds, delighted on account of them, but as he is lifting up his good deeds, Allah tells him, 'Go and place them in the Sijjin [Sijjin: proper name given in the Qur'an to a written record of the evildoers' deeds (ed.)], as he did not perform these deeds for Me
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 295, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 848 · permalink
The show-off will be called on the Day of Resurrection: O shameless liar! O treacherous one! O show-off! Your deeds are lost, and the reward for your deeds is lost. Go and get your reward from those you intended to please by your actions
Munyat al-Murid, p. 318; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 848 · permalink
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