Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 92 of 122

1. Being hurt in earning an honest penny is superior to God than striking with a sword for a whole year.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 314; Page No. 50 · permalink

2. Being in hardship and waiting for comfort is better to me than being in comfort followed by hardship.

   Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 315, Page No. 50 · permalink

3. Being like one's father is indicative of man's fortune.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 316; Page No. 50 · permalink

4. Being notorious suffices to show one's evil.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 317; Page No. 50 · permalink

5. Being serious or funning about three affairs do not reduce their serious nature: marriage, divorce, and returning to marriage (after) divorce.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 318; Page No. 50 · permalink

6. Belief and deed are interrelated-none is good and perfect without the other.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 319; Page No. 50 · permalink

7. Believers are from the point of feelings, friendship and compassion like unto the organs of one single body, which at rest cannot remain when one of them suffers pain.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 320; Page No. 50 · permalink

8. Believers are lenient and gentle, just like camels, which move if pulled ahead and lie down on a piece of stone if made to do so.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 321; Page No. 50 · permalink

9. Believers are like unto body organs in their friendship and kindness.When one suffers pain, others uneasy remain.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 322; Page No. 51 · permalink

10. Believers are mirrors for and brothers of one another, covertly guarding each other.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 323; Page No. 51 · permalink

11. Believers will not be satiated with hearing the good till they join Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 324; Page No. 51 · permalink

12. Believing in predestination makes griefs and sorrows fade away.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 325; Page No. 51 · permalink

13. Beneficence will vanish from the sight of people, but not from the sight of God and the beneficent.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 326; Page No. 51 · permalink

14. Benevolence is not allowed, save to believers and the nobles.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 327; Page No. 51 · permalink

15. Bereft of misery is the one who pays the poor due, invites guests to his house and is generous at times of hardship.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 328; Page No. 51 · permalink

16. Bereft of wisdom is the one who has to be a company to others, but does not treat them kindly to find relief from God.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 329, Page No. 51 · permalink

17. Beware of being inquisitive about matters religious, for the Exalted God has set up an easy-going religion (for you).So, derive from it what you can carry out, for God loves good deeds which are the most durable, though in quantity little.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 330, Page No. 51&52 · permalink

18. Beware of jealousy, for it devours good deeds as fire puts out firewood.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 331; Page No. 52 · permalink

19. Beware of slackness and ambitious desires, for they result in the ruin of nations.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 332, Page No. 52 · permalink

20. Bid people to good and forbid them from evil; otherwise, God will make the worst among you dominate you. Then, your best men will pray (for you) but their prayers will not be answered.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 333, Page No. 52 · permalink

21. Bid to good even though you do not abide with it yourself, and forbid evil even though you do not avoid it in its entirety.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 334, Page No. 52 · permalink

22. Bidding to good is good per se.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 335, Page No. 52 · permalink

23. The best supplication is seeking forgiveness

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 504, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 828 · permalink

24. The best act of worship is seeking forgiveness.

    Nur al-Thaqalayn, v. 5, p. 38, no. 44; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 829 · permalink

25. Increase your seeking of forgiveness, for verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, has only taught you to seek forgiveness because He wants to forgive you

    Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 829 · permalink

26. Whoever seeks forgiveness in abundance, Allah will give him relief from every distress and an outlet from every source of anxiety

    Nur al-Thaqalayn, v. 5, p. 357, no. 45; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 829 · permalink

27. Verily if my heart feels an excitable emotion, I seek forgiveness from Allah for it seventy times a day

    Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 5, p. 320, no. 5987; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 830 · permalink

28. Four things make up a man's prosperity: virtuous friends, a dutiful child, a compatible wife, and having the source of his livelihood in his own town.

    Nawadir al-R`awandi, no. 11; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 747 · permalink

29. He who acts poor will become poor.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 316, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 709 · permalink

30. Trustworthiness attracts wealth, and treachery attracts poverty.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 114, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 709 · permalink

31. Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) says that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) gave a sermon to people on the last Friday of Shaban. After praising and glorifying the Almighty, he said, "O people! Soon you will encounter a month whose one night is better than a thousand months. It is the month of Ramadan and Allah has made fasts obligatory for you in this month. A night of this month, in which one worships Allah offering recommended prayers, has a better reward than doing so for seventy nights in other months. Doing recommended acts in this month is equivalent to the reward of obligatory deeds of other months. Performing an obligatory deed in this month has reward equal to performing seventy such acts in other months. It is the month of patience and reward of patience is Paradise. This is the month of helping others. One who helps a believer in his Iftar, the Almighty Allah would grant him the reward of freeing a slave and his past sins would be forgiven." People said, "O Messenger of Allah! We all are not capable of offering Iftar to others." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Allah is Merciful and He grant this reward to that person also who gives a little milk or a glass of drink or a few dates to others for Iftar. A person who is kind to slaves in this month, the Almighty Allah would be kind to him in accounting of his deeds. This is a month whose beginning is with mercy, middle is forgiveness and the end is with acceptance of supplications and freedom from Hell. There are four characteristics, which you cannot avoid. With two of them, you can please Allah and you cannot neglect the other two also. They are bearing witness that there is no lord except Allah and that I am His Messenger. And the two things, which you cannot avoid, are that you seek Paradise and protection against the fire of Hell from Allah."

    Sawab al-A`amal, Page 100/101 · permalink

32. Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) narrates that the month of Ramadan was nearing and three days of Shaban were left when the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) told Bilal (r.a.) to call people to him. When people came, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) mounted the pulpit and praised and glorified the Lord. Then he said, "The month, which you are going to have now is supreme among all other months. There is a night in this month, which is better than a thousand months. The doors of Hell are closed in this month and the doors of Paradise are opened. One who is not forgiven in this month also then Allah distances him. Similarly if a person has parents and is not able to get himself forgiven then Allah distances him. One who does not recite Salawat when I am mentioned in front of him, his salvation is not possible and Allah distances him."

    Sawab al-A`amal, Page 101 · permalink

33. An untrustworthy man is a man without faith.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 198, no. 26; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 956 · permalink

34. He who belittles [the importance of returning] the trust such that he would spoil it when entrusted to him is not one of us

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 172, no. 13; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 957 · permalink

35. Trustworthiness begets prosperity and betrayal begets poverty.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 114, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 957 · permalink

36. A man who trusts an untrustworthy person forfeits Allah's warranty, because He had prohibited him from trusting such a man [in the first place].

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 179, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 957 · permalink

37. The most God wary of people is he who speaks the truth, be it for or against him

    Amali al-Saduq, p. 27, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 959 · permalink

38. He who loves us, the holy household, let him praise Allah for the first blessing.' He was asked, 'What is the first blessing?' to which he replied, 'Legitimate birth, for only he loves us whose birth [i.e. conception] is legitimate.

    Mishkat al-Anwar, no. 81; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 581 · permalink

39. Youth is a branch of madness.

    al-Ikhtisas, p. 343; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 583 · permalink

40. Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustaf? (s.a.w.w.) passed by an insane person and asked, 'What is wrong with him?' He was told that he had gone mad. The Prophet (SAWA) then remarked, 'Rather, he is afflicted. The one who has gone mad is the one who prefers this world to the next.'

    Mishkat al-Anwar, no. 270; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 584 · permalink

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