Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 81 of 122

1. Everybody is responsible for what he has taken from others as long as he has not given it back to them.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 560; Page No. 82 · permalink

2. Everybody should accept his (Muslim) brother's apology when s(he) apologizes to him, being it sincere or insincere; otherwise, he will not meet me at the Pool (of Kawsar).

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 561; Page No. 82 · permalink

3. Everybody should be optimistic to God on the verge of death.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 562; Page No. 82 · permalink

4. Everybody should save his face from the fire of Hell even though half a date.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 563, Page No. 82&83 · permalink

5. Everybody will be a company to his own desires (in the Last Day) and thus, he who craves for disbelievers' (support) will be a company to them and his deeds will not avail him.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 564, Page No. 83 · permalink

6. Everything has a pillar, and the pillar of this religion is deep meditation.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 565; Page No. 83 · permalink

7. Everything has its own path, and the path to Paradise is (acquiring) knowledge.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 566; Page No. 83 · permalink

8. Everything will finally decrease, but evil will constantly increase.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 567, Page No. 83 · permalink

9. Exchange date with date, wheat with wheat, barely with barely, salt with salt, goods with goods and a handful (of anything) with a handful (of the same thing).Divining and receiving beyond that is usury unless what is given is different in kind from what is received.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 576; Page No. 84 · permalink

10. Expect good for whoever dies while doing good, and be worried about and fear for whoever dies while doing evil.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 577; Page No. 84 · permalink

11. Expecting betterment (in life) from God is servitude to Him, and God will be pleased with the little servitude of the one who is pleased with his little sustenance.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 578; Page No. 84 · permalink

12. Good-naturedness is growth and bad-naturedness, evil. Goodness brings man longevity, and bad deaths are prevented through charity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 822; Page No. 117 · permalink

13. Good-naturedness is one half of religion.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 823; Page No. 117 · permalink

14. Good-naturedness makes one's faults vanish as the Sun causes ice to perish.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 824; Page No. 117 · permalink

15. Good-naturedness strengthens friendship.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 825; Page No. 117 · permalink

16. Goodness accompanies your noblemen.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 826; Page No. 118 · permalink

17. Goodness does not lie in finery and brilliant bearing, but in peace and solemnity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 827; Page No. 118 · permalink

18. Goodness goes round in the hands of a hundred men, with the last one being rewarded as the first.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 828; Page No. 118 · permalink

19. Goodness has many forms to do, but good doers are few.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 829; Page No. 118 · permalink

20. Goodness is a door of heaven, blocking bad deaths.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 830; Page No. 118 · permalink

21. Goodness is good-temperedness, and badness is what is carved in your heart and you do not like people to know about.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 831, Page No. 118 · permalink

22. Goodness is that in which your heart and soul find rest, and badness is that which is carved in your soul and which passes through your chest, even if all scholars give you an opposite opinion?

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 832; Page No. 118 · permalink

23. Goodness is worshipping God in such a way as if you saw Him, for if you see Him not, He surely sees you.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 833; Page No. 118 · permalink

24. Good-temperedness is indicative of man's fortune and bad-temperedness of his/her misfortune.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 834, Page No. 118 · permalink

25. Good-temperedness wipes out one's sins just as water makes ice melt, and bad-temperedness ruins one's deeds just as vinegar makes honey spoil.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 835, Page No. 119 · permalink

26. Grave is the first dwelling of the eternal ones.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 836; Page No. 119 · permalink

27. Greatness lies in piety, dignity in humility, and needlessness in certainty.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 837; Page No. 119 · permalink

28. Greed is like unto a slippery piece of stone on which the scholars' feet will not stand firm.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 838; Page No. 119 · permalink

29. When Allah wants good for a servant, He educates him in religion and inspires him to its complete path.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28690; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 495 · permalink

30. There is a support for everything, and the support for this religion is education.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28768; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 495 · permalink

31. There is nothing more difficult [lit. backbreaking] for Satan than a scholar emerging from a tribe.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28755; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 497 · permalink

32. When committing a sin, the knowledgeable man is guilty of the one sin whereas the ignorant man is guilty of two [i.e. the sin itself and the sin of ignorance].

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28784; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 501 · permalink

33. By the One Who holds Muhammad' s soul in His Grasp! Verily one knowledgeable man is more difficult for Satan to bear than seventy worshippers, for the worshipper serves himself whilst the knowledgeable man serves others.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28908; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 505 · permalink

34. The death of a scholar is an affliction that cannot be compensated and a void that cannot be filled, for he is a star that has been obliterated. The death of a whole tribe is easier to bear than the death of a scholar.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28858; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 506 · permalink

35. Seek knowledge even in China, for verily to seek knowledge is an obligation on every Muslim.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28697; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 507 · permalink

36. There are two insatiable types of people who are never satisfied by their quest the seeker of knowledge and the seeker after this world.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28726; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 507 · permalink

37. The seeker of knowledge among ignorant people is as the living one among the dead.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28726; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 508 · permalink

38. He who goes out to seek knowledge is indeed on the path of Allah until he returns.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28702; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 508 · permalink

39. He who goes out to seek knowledge, Allah guarantees his sustenance for him.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28701; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 508 · permalink

40. The seeker of knowledge is the seeker of mercy; the seeker of knowledge is the pillar of Islam and is given his recompense with the prophets.

    Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28729; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 508 · permalink

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