Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 83 of 122

1. Guided and saved will be the ones who keep patient in calamity, who are grateful when gifted a bounty, who forgive in suffering tyranny, and who seek (God's) forgiveness after treating people unjustly.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 850; Page No. 120 · permalink

2. Had God let the dwellers of Paradise do commerce, they would have been merchants of clothes and perfume.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 851; Page No. 121 · permalink

3. Had ten of the Jews believed me, all of them would have done so.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 852, Page No. 121 · permalink

4. Half of the graves dug for my people is due to evil eyes and gluttony.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 853; Page No. 121 · permalink

5. Hand something to the poor even if it is a piece of burnt hoof.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 854; Page No. 121 · permalink

6. Hardships lie on the way to Paradise, and passions pave the way to Hell.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 858; Page No. 122 · permalink

7. Haste in seeking knowledge, for uttering true words is better than the world and its gold and silver.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 859; Page No. 122 · permalink

8. Have mercy (on people) and forgive them to receive divine Mercy and Forgiveness.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 860; Page No. 122 · permalink

9. Have mercy on the degraded formerly held in honor, the rich afflicted with poverty and the learned left unknown among the ignorant.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 861; Page No. 122 · permalink

10. Have mercy on those who are on the earth to receive the Mercy of the One who is in the heavens.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 862; Page No. 122 · permalink

11. Have supper, though a handful of bad date might be there, for surely doing the reverse brings old age and weakness.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 863; Page No. 122 · permalink

12. Having entered paradise, most of its dwellers I found of the unwise!

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 864; Page No. 122&123 · permalink

13. Having hope in God, and having faith (in this world) are sufficient for me.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 865; Page No. 123 · permalink

14. He is not a believer whose neighbors do not feel safe against his evil.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 866; Page No. 123 · permalink

15. He is not a liar who makes peace between two persons through good words or attribution of something good to any one of them.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 867; Page No. 123 · permalink

16. He is not poor, who begs among people to get one or two morsels of food or one or two dates, but the one who does not have anything to make him needless, who is not attended with alms, and who does not make a request to people at the same time.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 868; Page No. 123 · permalink

17. He who berates you, saves you (from his evil).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 869; Page No. 123 · permalink

18. He who bids a good deed is like unto the doer of it, (indeed).

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 870, Page No. 123 · permalink

19. He who breaks the bonds of kinship will not be allowed to Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 871, Page No. 123 · permalink

20. He who hurts people the most here will be hurt the most by God in the Hereafter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 872; Page No. 123&124 · permalink

21. He who in the path of truth walks, effectively talks.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 873; Page No. 124 · permalink

22. Evil eye exists for sure. Satan and man's envy call it to action.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 572; Page No. 83&84 · permalink

23. Evil eye exists, for sure. It is the only thing, which might change fate.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 573; Page No. 84 · permalink

24. Man will die in the state that he has lived, and will be raised in the same state that he died

    Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 133; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 795 · permalink

25. Verily you will meet your Lord barefooted, naked and uncircumcised.

    al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 4, p. 384, no. 11; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 795 · permalink

26. The Day We shall gather the Godwary toward the All-beneficent, as incoming guests"[ Qur' an 1985], said, 'Verily these incoming guests will only enter mounted. They are the men who were wary of their duty to Allah, so Allah loved them, distinguished them and is well-pleased with their deeds, and has therefore named them the Godwary.

    al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 95, no. 69; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 796 · permalink

27. He who makes efforts in favor of orphans and widows is like unto a struggler in the way of God or the one who stands up to prayer at night and keeps fast during the day.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 877, Page No. 124 · permalink

28. He who provides our bazaars with something is like unto the one who struggles in the way of God, and he who hoards goods is like those called `infidels' in the Book of God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 878; Page No. 124 · permalink

29. He who remembers God among the negligent is like unto the one who among the deserters (of the battlefield) remains steadfast and patient.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 879, Page No. 124 · permalink

30. He who remembers God among the negligent is like unto the one who fights the deserters of the battlefield, is like unto a lamp in a dark house, and is like unto a green tree among cold-stricken leafless ones-one whose place of residence in Paradise is shown to him by God, and whose sins will He forgive even if they amount to the number of silent and speaking people.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 880, Page No. 124&125 · permalink

31. He who repents is like unto a sinless person, and he who asks God for forgiveness but insists in committing sins is like unto the one who ridicules Him, and he who annoys Muslims is sinful to the extent of palm groves.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 881; Page No. 125 · permalink

32. He who repents is like unto a sinless person, and when God loves someone, he will be safe from sins.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 882; Page No. 125 · permalink

33. He who takes back his gift is like unto a dog eating its vomit.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 883; Page No. 125 · permalink

34. He who teaches good to people but forgets about himself is like unto a candle giving light to people but burning itself.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 884; Page No. 125 · permalink

35. He who undertakes the affairs of a group of people, but carries it out without (enough) care and honesty, will be excluded from the Exalted God's Mercy, which extends to all things.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 885, Page No. 125 · permalink

36. He who utters indecent words about the dead is like unto the one who is at the verge of ruin.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 886; Page No. 126 · permalink

37. He who walks to pay a visit to a patient goes the direction of Paradise till he returns.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 887; Page No. 126 · permalink

38. He whose death is left off to live for sixty years, will be spared any excuses (for his sins) by God.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 888; Page No. 126 · permalink

39. Health and relief are two unthanked blessing.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 889; Page No. 126 · permalink

40. Hearsay is no evidence.When the Almighty Lord bespoke to Moses of his followers' tendency towards the Golden Calf, he did not break the tablets, but when he saw their corruption in person, he cast the tablets down and broke them.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 890, Page No. 126 · permalink

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