Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]
4860 sayings · page 9 of 122
Verily, the Exalted God advises you thrice about your mothers and twice about your fathers, and He advises you first about your closer relatives.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2587. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God advises you to be kind to women, for they are your mothers, daughters and aunts.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2588. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God appoints an angel for a (pregnant) mother's womb, who reports the status of her embryo, saying, "O God! now it is a drop of seed, now it is a clot, now it is a lump of flesh' Then, at the time of completing its creation by God's will, the angel asks, "O Lord! Is it lucky or unlucky? Is it male or female? what is its sustenance and when is its death? The angel asks thus and God determines the child's lot in the mother's womb.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2589. · permalink
Verily, the Exalted God has appointed a group of His servants for goodness, making them lovers of it and lovers of acting upon it, guiding the seekers of it to them and making easy for them the task of doing good as He easily sends down rain to enliven barren lands and enliven people thereof; and He has made a group of His servants enemy of goodness, making them hate it and avoid acting upon it just as He avoids sending down rain to ruin lands and ruin people thereof.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2605. · permalink
Offer gifts to each other to enhance your friendship, migrate to leave glory for your heir and connive at the faults of your great ones.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1493; Page No. 213 · permalink
Offer gifts to each other to strengthen your friendship, for gifts enhance love and make spite and hatred perish.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1494; Page No. 213 · permalink
Offer gifts to each other, for it doubles your friendship and makes pique perish.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1495; Page No. 213 · permalink
Offer gifts to each other, for it makes pique perish. Should I be invited to a party where lamb trotters are served, I will haste to it, and should that be gifted to me, I will accept it.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1496; Page No. 213 · permalink
Offer gifts to each other, for it makes pique perish; and do not consider a gift insignificant, even if it is a goat's trotters in half.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1497; Page No. 213 · permalink
Old age spent for the cause of Islam, will bring man a (heavenly) light in the Day of Judgment.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1498; Page No. 213 · permalink
Someone asked the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) about the rights of the father. He (s.a.w.s.) replied,
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 142; Mustadrakul Wasael · permalink
It is reported that a young man approached the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and asked,
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 143 · permalink
Allah the Most High has sent me as the Mercy for the worlds, except to the 'Aaq' (of parents).
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 144 · permalink
Man's beauty lies in his eloquence of speech.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1240; Page No. 177 · permalink
Man's beauty lies in his tongue.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1241; Page No. 177 · permalink
It is narrated from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) that a man approached him and asked whether his parents have any rights upon him after their death? The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) replied,
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 146; Al Kafi · permalink
The parents are liable to be 'Aaq' in the same way as the children who do not fulfill the rights of the parents become involved in the sin of 'Uqooq' (plural of Aaq).
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 151 · permalink
Be affectionate to your children and have mercy upon them. When you promise them something, fulfill your promise because the children repose hope only in the parents. When a promise is not fulfilled, it causes dissatisfaction and strains relationships. Certainly Allah is most wrathful when the women and children are disheartened.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 152 · permalink
I and Ali (both) are the fathers of this Ummat.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 153 · permalink
Whoever resides in deserts gets crude.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3087. · permalink
Whoever rules over ten people should be as wise as forty, and whoever rules over forty people should be as wise as four hundred.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 3088. · permalink
A man approached the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and enquired, "What is the worst deed in the eyes of Allah?"
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 158; Al Kafi · permalink
Beware! Abstain from angering the parents. The fragrance of Paradise is perceived even at a distance of a thousand years, but those who are disobedient to parents and those who cut off ties with relatives will not be able to smell it.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 135; Wasaelush Shia · permalink
One who displeases the parents, (it is as if) he has displeased Allah. One who angers both his parents (it is as if) he has angered Allah."Elsewhere, it is mentioned,
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 135; Mustadrakul Wasael · permalink
Allah will not speak to three kinds of people on the Day of Qiyamat. Neither will He have mercy upon them, nor will He purify their sins. There is for them a horrible chastisement. The three types of people are the believers in destiny, the drunkards and those who disobeyed their parents.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 135; Al Kafi · permalink
Verily, Satan accompanies one and keeps distance with two.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2557. · permalink
Verily, Satan approaches one of you and asks, "Who has created you"? And you reply, "God", then, he asks, "Who has created God?" When this occurs to any one of you, say, "I believe in God and in His Messenger" and thus, such a thought fades away.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2558. · permalink
A Young man is interceeded by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.)
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 137; Behaarul Anwaar · permalink
Man should not sit between someone and his son in a meeting.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1235; Page No. 177 · permalink
Verily, prosperous is he who has been granted wisdom.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2550. · permalink
Verily, prosperous is the one who keeps aloof from sedition, and remains tolerant when afflicted with troubles.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2551. · permalink
The first things to be weighed in favor of (God's) servant are the expenses of his family.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 2014; Page No. 283 · permalink
Acquire your place in Heaven by serving your parents. If you are guilty of 'Aaq' then make Hell your abode.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 139 · permalink
Goodness towards the parents is the expiation of various sins. It is related in a report that a man came to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and said, "O, Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.) there is not a single misdeed, that I have not committed. Is there repentance for me?" The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) told him,
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 139 · permalink
In the happiness of parents lies the happiness of Allah and in their dissatisfaction is Allah's dissatisfaction.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 139; Behaarul Anwaar · permalink
A person who is good to his parents will be just a grade below the prophets in Heaven. And the Aaq-e-Waledain will be only a grade higher than the Firons in Hell
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 140; Mustadrakul Wasael · permalink
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) says that Allah has two Angels one of whom says, "O Allah! Protect those who do good to the parents." The other Angel prays, "O Allah! Destroy those people by retribution, with whom their parents are angry." Needless to say, the prayers of the Angels are always accepted by Allah.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 140 · permalink
There are three kinds of sins which are punished in this world, rather than being given respite till Qiyamat. The first is Aaq-e-Waledain. The second, injustice upon men and third, thanklessness for favour.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 140 · permalink
Those who cause hurt to their parents should derive lessons from the life of this man. See how his wealth and property has been taken away. His affluence and independence has changed to poverty and his health has turned into disease. Whatever position he was to get in Heaven, he has been deprived of due to his sins; in its place the fire of Hell has been prepared for him.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 141; Safinatul Bihar · permalink
Man follows the creed of his fellows, and thus you should see the friend of whom to be.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1229; Page No. 176 · permalink
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