Hadith on Negligence
19 sayings
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O my son, everything has a distinguishing characteristic by which it is recognised and witnessed the negligent person has three distinguishing characteristics: absent-mindedness, amusement, and forgetfulness
al-Khisal, p. 121, no. 113; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 633 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Negligence is deviation [from the straight path].
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 196; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 631 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Pitiable indeed is every negligent person that his whole life can be used as evidence against him and that his days lead him to wretchedness!
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 64; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 631 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
So come to your senses, O listener, from your intoxication, wake up from your neglect, and reduce your hasty activity.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 153; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 631 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
O people who are not neglected [by Allah] and yet who neglect that which will be taken to account from them - how is it that I see you moving away from Allah and longing for others?!
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 175; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 632 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
How many a negligent person weaves himself a garment in order that he might wear it whilst in reality it is his burial shroud, and who builds himself a house in which he may live but which is in fact his grave
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 401, no. 26; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 632 · permalink
If Satan is indeed an enemy, then why the negligence?!
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 190, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 632 · permalink
O Abu Dharr, intend to perform good actions even if you do not actually manage to perform them, so that you are not included amongst the negligent
Makarim al- Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 378, no. 2661; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 632 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Through constant remembrance of Allah is negligence dispelled
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4269; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 632 · permalink
Negligence is [manifest] in your abandonment of the mosque and in your obedience of the corrupt.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 115, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 633 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He who prolongs his negligence hastens his own destruction
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8318; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 633 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Verily the one who knows the vicissitudes of time will not neglect preparation.
al-Tawhid, p. 74, no. 27; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 632 · permalink
Verily any believer who is mindful of the obligatory prayers and prays them on time is not of the negligent ones
al-Kafi, v. 3, p. 270, no. 14; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 633 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
One of the noblest deeds of a kind person is feigning ignorance of that which he knows already
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 222; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 634 · permalink
The proper way to maintain a state of coexistence and mutual intimacy with people is according to a set measure, two thirds of which are to know each other very well and a third of which is to feign ignorance of each other's faults
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 359; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 634 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The one who is overcome by negligence, his heart is dead.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8430; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 633 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Continued negligence blinds insight
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5146; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 633 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Beware of negligence and delusion about the respite [that you have been given], for indeed negligence ruins deeds.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2717; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 634 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Verily the man of intellect tolerates [others' ignorance] half of the time and feigns ignorance himself the other half.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2378; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 634 · permalink