Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 86 of 122

1. Beware of the supplication of the parent, for verily it is sharper than a sword

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 74, p. 84, no. 94; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 917 · permalink

2. The supplications of the children of my community are answered as long as they have not fallen into sins

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 357, no. 14; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 917 · permalink

3. I asked Allah not to answer the supplication of an enamoured one against his beloved

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 378, no. 21; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 917 · permalink

4. Love of the world is the origin of every act of disobedience and the beginning of every sin.

   Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 122; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1000 · permalink

5. Talk to people about what they can understand. Do you want them to deny God and His Prophet?

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1823; Page No. 257 · permalink

6. Talking about something to a people with deficient intellect causes evil for some of them.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1824; Page No. 257 · permalink

7. Teach (your knowledge to others).Be easy-going and do not be hard on people. Be open-faced and do not treat people harshly. When one of you gets angry, he/she should keep silent.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1825; Page No. 257 · permalink

8. Teach and do not be hard (on the learners), for an (easy-going) teacher is better than a crude one.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1826; Page No. 258 · permalink

9. Teach your children shooting, for it is the cause of disgrace for your enemies.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1827; Page No. 258 · permalink

10. Teach your children swimming and shooting, and your women, spinning.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1828; Page No. 258 · permalink

11. Teach your children swimming and shooting. What a good hobby is spinning wheel at home for a pious woman! When your mother and your father call you (simultaneously), respond to your mother (first).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1829; Page No. 258 · permalink

12. Teachers and learners equally share the good, and nothing is there for other people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1830; Page No. 258 · permalink

13. Teaching (your( knowledge every morning and night is better in the sight of God than Jihad (Holy war).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1831; Page No. 258 · permalink

14. The basis of one's intellect, besides believing in God, is friendship with people, and benevolence to the good and bad of them.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1840; Page No. 259 · permalink

15. The basis of one's intellect, besides believing in God, is friendship with people. Nobody is needless of consultation. The benevolent of the world will be the benevolent of the Hereafter, and the wrongdoers of this world will be the wrongdoers of the next.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1841; Page No. 259 · permalink

16. The best (form of) abstinence is being pleased with one's (destined) sustenance, and the best thing for which to beseech the Exalted God, is the safety of this world and the next (to reach).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1842; Page No. 259&260 · permalink

17. The best act of worship in respect to (heavenly) rewards is to cut short your visit to patients.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1843; Page No. 260 · permalink

18. The best action is (to have) pure intention.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1844; Page No. 260 · permalink

19. The best action is moderation.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1845; Page No. 260 · permalink

20. The best among my people are the hot-tempered who are quickly quieted down when they rouse to anger.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1846; Page No. 260 · permalink

21. The best among my people are the learned, and the best of them are the forbear ant.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1847; Page No. 260 · permalink

22. The best among my people are the learned, and the best of them are the merciful. Verily, the Exalted God will pardon a learned man for forty sins before pardoning an ignorant for a single one, and in the Day of Resurrection, the merciful learned will accompany their own light extending as stars from the east to the west.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1848; Page No. 260 · permalink

23. The best believers are the content, and the worst the covetous.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1849; Page No. 260 · permalink

24. In the tradition recounting the Prophet (SAWA)'s Ascension to the Heavens (al-mi`araj): 'O Ahmad be continuous in My remembrance.' The Prophet (SAWA) asked, 'O My Lord, how can I be continuous in Your remembrance?' He replied, 'Through seclusion from people, despising the sweet and the sour [of the world], and clearing your stomach and your house of the world.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 22, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 782 · permalink

25. Repentance erases whatever precedes it.

    Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 12, p. 129, no. 13706; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 784 · permalink

26. There is nothing more beloved to Allah than a penitent believer man or woman

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 7, p. 21, no. 15; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 784 · permalink

27. Every son of Adam is a sinner, but the best of the sinners are the penitent ones

    al-Durr al-Manthur, v. 1, p. 626; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 784 · permalink

28. There are four signs to the penitent person: honesty in his work for the sake of Allah, avoiding misdeeds, adhering to what is right, and eagerness for what is good

    Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 20; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 785 · permalink

29. A man who repents before he sees [the angel of death], Allah will accept his repentance

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 440, no. 2 al-Kafi; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 786 · permalink

30. Make a repentance for every sin; public [repentance] for public [sins] and private [repentance] for private [sins].

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 127, no. 33; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 788 · permalink

31. Contentment is an unfailing wealth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 417; Page No. 63 · permalink

32. Contorting one's tongue keeps man from wrong.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 418; Page No. 63 · permalink

33. Control your tongue as well as your private parts.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 419; Page No. 63 · permalink

34. Control your tongue.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 420; Page No. 63 · permalink

35. Cover your sexual organs in the presence of all but your wives and bonds women. It was asked: "What about relatives?" The Holy Prophet replied: "They should try not to see each other's sexual organs." "What if one of us be naked at his (her) own privacy?", He was asked. The Holy Prophet said: "One must be much more chaste to God than to people."

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 421; Page No. 63 · permalink

36. Cover your thighs, for they're part of man's privy parts.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 422; Page No. 63 · permalink

37. Creating Adam in Paradise, the Exalted God left him on his own for sometime. Then, Satan began to move around watching him, and finally finding him empty- minded, he came to understand that Adam was not a self-possessed creature.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 423; Page No. 63&64 · permalink

38. Creatures are God's and lands are His too, and whoever cultivates a piece of barren land, has a right to own it.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 424; Page No. 64 · permalink

39. Cunning and stingy people will not be allowed to Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 425; Page No. 64 · permalink

40. Cure yourselves by cow milk. Verily, I hope that you can find in it divine recovery, for cows graze on all kinds of plants.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 426; Page No. 64 · permalink

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