Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]
4860 sayings · page 85 of 122
Strengthen your control of women through (providing them with) insufficient clothing, for when a woman comes to have excessive dresses and ornaments, she tends to roam outside home.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1793; Page No. 253&254 · permalink
Strong is the one who has self-control.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1794; Page No. 254 · permalink
Struggle (in the path of Deity), healthy and needless to be.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1795; Page No. 254 · permalink
A neighbor has (specific) rights.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 114; Page No. 24 · permalink
The best servants of God to Him are the most good-tempered.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1940; Page No. 271 · permalink
Allah does not open the door of thanks for His servant and keep the door of increase shut
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 94, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 932 · permalink
Honesty leads to (increased) sustenance and treachery, to poverty.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 912; Page No. 129 · permalink
Honor the one who pays a visit to you.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 913; Page No. 129 · permalink
No good deed is of any benefit if coupled with the following sins: taking a partner with God, displeasing one's parents and escaping from battlefield.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1364; Page No. 194 · permalink
No good is there in the company of the one who does not observe the rights you do for him.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1365; Page No. 194 · permalink
No good is there in the one who does not invite guests.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1366; Page No. 194 · permalink
No good is there in the wealth without loss and in the flesh without pain.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1367; Page No. 194 · permalink
No grief is like unto that of debt, and no pain is like unto that of eyes.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1368; Page No. 194 · permalink
No humility and no piety.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1369; Page No. 195 · permalink
No joy can escape being followed by grief.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1370; Page No. 195 · permalink
No man will sit with a woman in privacy, unless Satan is the third party to them.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1371; Page No. 195 · permalink
No matter if the pious is wealthy, but piety is better for them than riches, and peace of mind is among (God's) blessings.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1372; Page No. 195 · permalink
No migration will be there after the conquest (of Mecca).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1373; Page No. 195 · permalink
No Muslim is allowed to encroach upon another Muslim's possessions including his blood, fame and wealth.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1374; Page No. 195 · permalink
No Muslim is allowed to encroach upon other Muslim's blood, fame and wealth. Belittling a Muslim brother suffices to show one's evil.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1375; Page No. 195 · permalink
No obedience to God fruits in quicker reward than observing bonds of kinship, and no disobedience to Him results in quicker punishment than oppression.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1376; Page No. 195 · permalink
No one achieves the state of virtue unless (s)he connives at the permissible, out of fear for the impermissible.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1377; Page No. 196 · permalink
No one achieves true faith unless (s)he comes to know that both what (s)he gains and what (s)he doesn't are predestined for him.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1378; Page No. 196 · permalink
No one achieves true faith unless (s)he controls his/her tongue.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1379; Page No. 196 · permalink
No one but the wicked are deprived of (God's) mercy.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1380; Page No. 196 · permalink
Wish for others what you wish for yourself
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3158. · permalink
Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustaf? (s.a.w.w.) with regard to Allah's verse in the Qur'an "for them are glad tidings" [Qur'an 10:64], said, 'This is in reference to the good dream which a believer has and which gives him good news in this world.
al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 90, no. 60; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 255 · permalink
No remnants of prophecy remain today [in people's lives] except glad tidings.' When asked what glad tidings were, he replied, 'True dreams.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 61, p. 177, no. 39; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 256 · permalink
Abu Hurayra narrated, 'A man came to the Prophet (SAWA) and complained to him of hunger, so the Prophet (SAWA) sent a messenger to the homes of his wives, but they said that they had nothing but water. The Prophet (SAWA) asked, 'Who can host this man tonight?' So Ali b. Abi Talib (AS) said, 'I will host him, O Messenger of Allah.' He came to Fatima (AS) and asked her, 'What do you have, O daughter of the Prophet?' She said, 'We only have food for tonight, but we will give it to our guest.' He (AS) said, 'O Daughter of Muhammad. Take the children to bed and put off the lamp.' The next morning, Ali (AS) came to the Prophet (SAWA) and told him the story. No sooner had he left than Allah, the Exalted, revealed the verse: " but prefer [others] to themselves
Nur al-Thaqalayn, v. 5, p. 285, no. 53; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 838 · permalink
The Prophet (SAWA) had never spent three consecutive days having eaten to his fill until he left this world, although he could have, had he wanted to; but he used to place others before himself. (Tradition by Aisha)
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, no. 172; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 839 · permalink
Imam Ali (AS) bought a gown, which he liked, so he gave it away in charity. He said, 'I heard the Prophet (SAWA) saying, 'When a man places others before himself, Allah, the Exalted, will place him [before others] in Paradise
Nur al-Thaqalayn, v. 5, p. 285, no. 52; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 839 · permalink
No sooner does a Muslim serve a group of Muslims than Allah will give him servants equal in number [to the group] in Paradise
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 307, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 840 · permalink
Hidden charity cools down God's wrath.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 905; Page No. 128 · permalink
Abi Burda relates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) offered Salaat with them. Then he got up immediately, touched the wall of the mosque and loudly said, "O those who have accepted faith apparently but the faith has not reached their hearts! Do not expose the defects of the believers. One who tries to find the faults of a believer, Allah brings out faults in him. If Allah brings out faults in a person, he will be disgraced even if he is inside the Holy Kaaba."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 304 · permalink
Ask Allah and ask Him in abundance, for verily there is nothing too great for Him
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 302, no. 39; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 911 · permalink
When someone supplicates, he should pray for everyone, for it renders his supplication more conducive to being answered, and whoever precedes forty from among his brothers in supplication before supplicating for himself, his supplication for them as well as himself will duly be answered.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 313, no. 17; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 912 · permalink
A supplication asked in secret equals seventy supplications asked openly
al-Da`awat, p. 18, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 913 · permalink
Supplicate to Allah being convinced that he will answer you.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 305, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 913 · permalink
The best time to supplicate to Allah, Mighty and Exalted, is the time before dawn', then he recited the verse which is the saying of Prophet Jacob241 (AS), "I shall plead with my Lord to forgive you", then he said, 'He postponed [supplicating for them] till the time before dawn
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 477, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 914 · permalink
Allah, Blessed and most High, has said, 'O son of Adam, obey Me in what I have commanded, and do not instruct Me about what is good for you
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 178, no. 24; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 915 · permalink
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