Hadith on Anxiety
6 sayings
Each saying is shown with the book and page it is taken from. The English rendering came with the collection, and the Centre cannot name who made it. The collection carries no grading. Where a saying matters for practice, check it with the alim.
Allah detests two sounds: [the sound of] wailing at a catastrophe, and [the sound of] a flute in the time of prosperity.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 40; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 116 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Beware of anxiety, for it cuts off hope, weakens action, and brings sorrow. And know that the way out [of trouble] lies in two things: resourcefulness where a stratagem exists, and perseverance wherever stratagems fail.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 82, p. 144, no. 29; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 117 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Overcome anxiety with patience, for anxiety erases [Allah's] reward and augments the catastrophe.'
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2527; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 117 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
upon hearing the weeping of women for the dead killed in the battle of Siffin, said, 'Do your women prevail over you from what I can hear?! Can you not prohibit them from making this din?!
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 322; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 117 · permalink
The worst expression of grief is screaming and wailing with loud cries, beating one's face and chest, tearing out one's hair; and a man who takes up wailing is a man who has abandoned patience.
Musakkin al-Fu'ad, p. 99; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 117 · permalink
The catastrophe is but a single one for the patient man, and two for the anxious one.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 414; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 117 · permalink