Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 87 of 122

1. Cure yourselves, for He who has let diseases befall you, has created their medicines too.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 427; Page No. 64 · permalink

2. Cure yourselves, O servants of the Exalted God! for he has created a (specific) medicine for any single kind of disease, save old age.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 428; Page No. 64 · permalink

3. Cursing the one who remains thankless to the blessing bestowed on him will be effective.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 429; Page No. 64 · permalink

4. David said: putting your arm up to the elbow in the mouth of a dragon to smash it to pieces is better than making a request to upstarts.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 435; Page No. 65 · permalink

5. Death compared to its aftermath is like unto a goat's butting.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 436; Page No. 65&66 · permalink

6. Death is a gift for believers.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 437; Page No. 66 · permalink

7. Death is the expiation (of sins) for all Muslim men and women.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 438; Page No. 66 · permalink

8. Death of a lonely person is martyrdom.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 439; Page No. 66 · permalink

9. Debt causes day's abasement and night's grief.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 440; Page No. 66 · permalink

10. Debt causes defect in one's faith and descent.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 441; Page No. 66 · permalink

11. Debt defiles one's faith.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 442; Page No. 66 · permalink

12. Debt is God's banner on earth, which He puts on the shoulder of the one he wishes to abase.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 443; Page No. 66 · permalink

13. Most of my community who will enter the Fire will be as a result of two cavities the stomach and the private parts

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 79, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 834 · permalink

14. Verily Moses (AS) engaged himself for eight or ten years in restraining his private parts and his stomach

    Sunan Ibn Maaja, no. 2444; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 834 · permalink

15. As for self-restraint, from it branches out satisfaction, resignation, good fortune, comfort, a sense of evaluation, humbleness, a sense of remembrance, contemplation, magnanimity and generosity. These are the many ramifications for the intelligent man who practices self-restraint and is satisfied with Allah and with his share

    Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 17; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 836 · permalink

16. An emigrant to God is the one who avoids what He has forbidden.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 201; Page No. 35 · permalink

17. An evildoer who has hope in the Exalted God's Mercy is closer to Him than a disappointed pious.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 202; Page No. 35 · permalink

18. An honest man should not be accustomed to cursing people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 203; Page No. 35 · permalink

19. An honest merchant will not suffer poverty.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 204; Page No. 35 · permalink

20. An hour of seeking knowledge is better than praying one whole night, and a day of seeking knowledge is better than fasting three months.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 205; Page No. 35 · permalink

21. An hour of standing in the line of holy war (jihad) for the cause of God is better than sixty years of worshiping.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 206; Page No. 35 · permalink

22. An hour of thinking is better than sixty years of praying.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 207; Page No. 35 · permalink

23. An ignorant man oppresses his companions, is cruel to his subjects, shows vanity against great men and speaks foolishly.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 208, Page No. 35 · permalink

24. An ignorant worshipper is like unto a millstone ass.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 209; Page No. 36 · permalink

25. An illegitimate child is worse than his/her parents, should (s)he commit adultery.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 210, Page No. 36 · permalink

26. An oath depends on the intention of the oath-taker.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 211; Page No. 36 · permalink

27. An old man can feel young for loving two things: long life and abundant wealth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 212; Page No. 36 · permalink

28. An old man to his family is like unto a prophet to his people.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 213; Page No. 36 · permalink

29. An old man's heart is young for two things: love of life and love of wealth.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 214; Page No. 36 · permalink

30. An ugly fertile woman is better than a beautiful barren one, for I take pride in your greater population in respect to other nations.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 215, Page No. 36 · permalink

31. And what disease is worse than miserliness?!

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 216; Page No. 36 · permalink

32. Angels only make their presence in your wrestling and horse riding games.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 217; Page No. 36 · permalink

33. Angels spread out their wings for the seekers of knowledge, for they are pleased with what they seek.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 218; Page No. 36 · permalink

34. Anger belongs to Satan, Satan was created from fire, and fire can be put out by water. Thus, when one of you gets angry, (s)he should immerse in water.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 219; Page No. 37 · permalink

35. Angles spread out their wings in satisfaction for whoever leaves his home in search of knowledge, until he returns.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 220; Page No. 37 · permalink

36. Another preferable way is there besides going to extremes, i.e. being moderate in one's deeds.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 221; Page No. 37 · permalink

37. Answering letters is as much a must as greeting someone back.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 222; Page No. 37 · permalink

38. Any compromise is permissible among Muslims, save one by which the lawful is made unlawful and vice versa.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 223, Page No. 37 · permalink

39. Any group of people among whom usury and bribery prevail will be respectively afflicted with famine and fear.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 224; Page No. 37 · permalink

40. Apart from sincerity(in faith), you are not endowed with anything like safety.So, ask God for it.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 225, Page No. 37 · permalink

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