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Golden Sayings & Speeches of Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad S.a.w.
Asalamoalaka ya Hazrat Rasool Allah s.a.w.
More Than 1000 + sayings :
Remember the lord in retirement from the people and make prayer thy sleep, and hunger thy food.
Kill not your hearts with excess of eating and drinking.
Illumine your hearts with hunger, and strive to conquer yourself with hunger and thirst; continue to knock on the gates of paradise by hunger.
The world is sweet in the heart, and green to the eye; and verily God hath brought you, after those who went before you: then look to your action, and abstain from the world of wickedness.
The nearest to me are the abstinent, whoever they are, wherever they are.
A keeper of the fast, who doth not abandon lying and detraction, God careth not about his leaving off eating and drinking.
A man once said to Muhammad, "O Messenger of God, permit me to become a Eunuch." He said, "That person is not of me who maketh another a eunuch, or becometh so himself; because the manner in which my followers become eunuchs is by fasting and abstinence." The man said permit me to retire from society, and to abandon the delights of the world." He said, "The retirement that becometh my followers is to live in the world and yet to sit in the corner of a mosque in expectation of prayers."
A man while fasting must abstain from all bad expressions and must not even resent an injury.
Torment not yourselves, lest God punish you.
There is no monasticism in Islam.
S'ad b. Abi Wakkas said: The apostle forbade Uthman b. Mazun from avoiding marriage: and if he had permitted that to him, we would have become eunuchs."
The man I most emulate is a Muslim unencumbered; a man of small family, and little money, a performer of prayers and a perfect worshipper of God in private, one who is unknown, and hath enough to supply his wants, and when he dieth, he will leave few women to cry for him, and few legacies.
Keep fast and eat also, stay awake at night and sleep also, for verily there is a duty on you to your body, not to labor overmuch, so that ye may not get ill and destroy yourselves; and verily there is a duty on you to your eyes, ye must sometimes sleep and give them rest; and verily there is a duty on you to your wife, and to your visitors and guests that come to see you; ye must talk to them; and nobody hath kept fast who fasted always; the fast of three days in every month is equal to constant fasting: then keep three days' fast in every month.
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When a man committeth adultery, Iman (Faith) leaveth him; but when he leaveth such evil ways, Iman wil return to him.
The adultery of the eye is to look with desire on the wife of another; and the adultery of the tongue is to utter what is forbidden.
Ye followers of Muhammad, I swear of God, there is not anything which God so abhors, as adultery.
Every eye is an adulterer; and every woman perfumeth herself, and goeth to an assembly where men are, wishing to show herself to them, with a look of lasciviousness, is an adultress.
To every young person who honors the old, on account of their age, may god apoint those who shall honor him in his years.
Verily, to honor an old man is showing respect to God.
The best of alms is that which the right hand giveth, and the left hand knoweth not of.
The best of almsgiving is that which springeth from the heart, and is uttered by the lips to soften the wounds of the injured.
Almsgiving is duty unto you. Alms should be taken from the rich and returned to the poor.
There are seven people whom God will draw under His own shadow, on the day when there will be no other shadow; one of them a man who hath given alms and concealed it, so that his left hand knew not what his right hand did.
Muhammad said, "It is indispensable for every Muslim to give alms." The companions asked, "But if he hath not anything to give?" He said, "If he hath nothing, he must do a work with his hand, by which to obtain something and benefit himself; and give alms with the remainder." They said, "But if he is not able to do that work, to benefit himself and give alms to others?" The Rasul (Muhammad) said, "Then he should assist the needy and the oppressed." They asked, "What if he is not able to assist the oppressed?" He said, "Then he should exhort people to do good." They asked, "And if he cannot?" He said, "Then let him withold himself from doing harm to people; for verily that is as alms and charity for him."
The people of the Rasul's house killed a goat, and the Rasul enquired, "What remaineth of it?" Aishah said, "Nothing but its shoulder; for we have sent the rest to the poor and neighbors." The Rasul said, "The whole goat remaineth except its shoulder; that is, that remaineth which ye have given away, and what ye have kept in the house is frail."
The angels asked, "O God! Is there anything of Thy creation stronger than rocks?" God said, "Yes; iron is stronger than rocks, for it breaketh them." The angels said, "O Lord! Is there anything of Thy creation stornger than iron?" God said, "Yes; fire is stronger than iron, for it melteth it." And the angels said, O defender! Is there anything of Thy creation stronger than fire?" God said, "Yes; water overcometh fire; it killeth it and maketh it cold." Then the angels said, "O Lord! Is there anything of Thy creation stronger than water?" God said, "Yes; wind overcometh water: it agitateth it and putteth it in motion." They said, "O our cherisher! Is there anything in Thy creation stronger than wind?" God said, "Yes, the children of Adam, giving alms; that is, those who give with their right hands and conceal if from their left, they overcome all."
The most excellent of alms is that of a man of small property, which he has earned by labor, and from which he giveth as much as he is able.
Giving alms to the poor hath the reward of one alms; but that given to kindred hath two rewards; one, the reward of alms, the other the reward of helping relations.
A man's first duty should be to his own family, if poor.
Fear God, in treating dumb animals and ride them when they are fit to be ridden and get off them when they are tired.
An adultress passed by a dog at a well; and the dog was holding out his tongue from thirst, which was near killing him, and the woman drew off her boot, and tied it to the end of her garment, and drew water for the dog, and gave him to drink; and she was forgiven for that act.
A woman was punished for a cat which she tied till it died from hunger. She gave the cat nothing to eat, nor did she set it at liberty so that it might find some food.
"Are there rewards for doing good to quadrupeds, and givng them water to drink?" Muhammad said, "Verily there are heavenly rewards for any act of kindness to a live animal."
Verily God hath one hundred loving kindnesses; one of which he hath sent down amongst man, quadrupeds, and every moving thing upon the face of the earth: by it they are kind to each other, and forgive one another; and by it the animals of the wilds are kind to their young; and God hath reserved ninety-nine loving kindnesses by which he will be gracious to His creatures on the last day.
A young man came before the Rasul with a carpet and said, "O Rasul! I passed through a wood and heard the voices of young birds; and I took and put them into my carpet; and their mother came fluttering around my head, and I uncovered the young, and the mother fell down upon them, then I wrapped them up in my carpet; and there are the young which I have." Then the Rasul said, "Put them down." And when he did so, their mother joined them: and Muhammad said, "Do you wonder at the affection of the mother towards her young? I swear by Him who hath sent me, verily God is more loving to His creatures than the mother to these young birds. Return them to the place from which ye took them, and let their mother be with them."
Backbiting vitiates ablution and fasting.
Muhammad said, "That person will not enter Paradise who hath one atom of pride in his heart." And a man present said, "Verily, a man is fond of having good clothes, and good shoes." Muhammad said, "God is Beauty and delighteth in the beautiful; but pride is holding man in contempt."
Every man who shall beg, in order to increase his property, God will diminish it.
Verily God loveth a Muslim with a family, who is poor, and witholdeth himself from the unlawful and from begging.
Whoso openeth unto himself the door of begging, God will open unto him the door of poverty.
Verily it is better for any of you to take your rope and bring a bundle of wood upon your back and sell it, in which case God guardeth your honor than to beg of people, whether they give or not; if they do not give, your reputation suffereth, and you return disappointed; and if they give, it is worse than that, for it layeth you under obligation.
Whoever hath food for a day and a night, it is prohibited for him to beg.
Verily it is not right for the rich to ask, nor for a strong, robust person; but it is allowed for the indigent and the infirm.
"May I beg from people, O Messenger of God, when necessitous?" Muhammad said, "Do not beg unless absolutely compelled, then only from the virtuous."
There are two benefits, of which the generality of men are the losers, and of which they do not know the value.
Charity that is concealeth appeaseth the wrath of God.
Prayers lighten the heart, and charity is proof of Iman (Faith), and abstinence from sin is perfect splendor; the Kuran is a proof of gain to you, if you do good, and it is a detriment to you if you do wrong; and every man who riseth in the morning either doeth that which will be the means of his redemption or his ruin.
Charity is a duty unto every Muslim. He who hath not the means thereto, let him do a good act or abstain from an evil one. That is his charity.
When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust; commit not fornication; be chaste; have no impure desires; withold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad. The best of God's servants are those who when seen, remind of God; and the worst of God's servants are those who carry tales about, and do mischief and separate friends, and seek for the defects of the good.
Whoso hath left debt and children, let him come to me; I am their patron, I will discharge his debt and befriend his children.
Every good act is charity.
Doing justice between two people is charity; and asisting a man upon his beast, and lifting his baggage is charity; and pure, comforting words are charity; and answering a questioner with mildness, is charity; and removing that which is an inconvenience to wayfarers, such as thorns and stones, is a charity.
Every good act is charity; and verily it is a good act to meet your brother with and open countenance, and to por water from your own water-bag into his vessel.
Your smiling in your brother's face is charity; and your exhorting man to virtuous deeds is charity; and your prohibiting the forbidden is charity; and your showing men the road, in the land in which they lose it, is charity; and your assisting the blind is charity.
Modesty and chastity are part of the faith.
Muhammad once referred to strife, and said, "It will appear at the time of knowledge leaving the world." Ziad said, "O Messenger of God, how will knowledge go from the world, since we read the Kuran, and teach it to our children, and our children to theirs; and so on till the last day?" Then Muhammad said, "O Ziad, I supposed you the most learned man of Medinah. Do the Jews and Christians who read the Bible and the Evangel act on them?"
Do not exceed bounds in praising me, as the Christians do in praising Jesus, the son of Mary, by calling Him God, and the Son of God; I am only the Lord's servant; then call me the servant of God and His messenger.
When the bier of anyone passeth by thee, whether Jew, Christian or Muslim, rise to thy feet.
Were it not for fear of troubling my disciples, verily I would order them to clean their teeth before every prayer.
God is pure and loveth purity and cleanliness.
When the child (of Zainab) was brought to Muhammad, dying; its body trembling and moving; the eyes of the Apostle of God shed many tears. And Sad said, "O Messenger of God! What is the weeping and shedding of tears?" Muhammad replied, "This is an expression of the tenderness and compassion, which the Lord hath put into the hearts of His servants; the Lord doth not have compassion on and commiserate with His servants, except such as are tender and full of feeling."
The Apostle of God wept over Sad b. Ubadah. And he said, "Have not you heard that the Lord doth not punish on account of shedding tears, not from sobs of the heart from the afflicted?" He is not of the people of our way who slappeth his cheeks and teareth his collar, and mourneth like the mournings of Ignorance.
There is no reward but Paradise for a Muslim who suffereth with patience when the soul of his affectionate friend is taken
Once Muhammad went together with some of his companions to Abu Yusuf, a blacksmith who was the husband of the nurse of Muhammad's son Ibrahim. And the Apostle of God took Ibrahim and kissed him and embraced him. On another occasion they went to see Ibrahim, when he was in his dying moments. The eyes of Muhammad were fixed, and flowed with tears; and Abd-al-Rahman, son of Auf, said to the Messenger of God, "Do you weepand shed tears, O Apostle of God?" He said, "O son of Auf, these are tears of compassion, and feeling due to the dead." After that he shed tears again, and said, "Verily my eyes shed tears and my heart is afflicted, and I say nothing but what is pleasing to my Benefactor; for verily, O Ibrahim, I am melancholy at being separated from thee."
Muhammad said, "Do you think this woman will cast her own child into the fire?" Those present said, "No." Muhammad said, "Verily God is more compassionate on His creatures, than this woman on her own child."
When one of the family of Muhammad died, and the women assemnled, crying over the corpse, Omar stood up to prevent them from crying, and drive them away: but Muhammad said, "Let them alone, O Omar, because eyes are shedding tears; and the heart is stricken with calamity and sorrowful; and the time of misfortune near and fresh; and the crying of women is without wailing."
A man asked Muhammad what was the mark whereby he might know the reality of his faith. Muhammad said, "If thou derive pleasure from the good which thou hast performed and thou be grieved for the evil which thou hast committed, thou art a true believer." The man said. "In what doth a fault really consist?" Muhammad said, "when action pricketh thy conscience, forsake it."
Riches are not from an abundance of wordly goods, but from a contented mind.
When you see a person, who has been given more than you in money and beauty; then look to those who have been given less.
Look to those inferior to yourselves, so that you may not hold God's benefits in contempt.
God loveth those who are content.
The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self.
The exercise of religious duty will not atone for the fault of an abusive tongue.
A man cannot be a Muslim till his heart and tongue are so.
Whoever hath been given gentleness, hath been given a good portion in this world and the next.
Whoever suppresseth his anger, when he hath in his power to show it, God will give him great reward.
That person is wise and sensible who subdueth his carnal desires and hopeth for rewards from God; and he is an ignorant man who followeth his lustful appetites, and with all this asketh for God's forgiveness.
May God fill the heart of that person who suppresseth his anger with safety and faith.
"Give me advice," said someone. Muhammad said, Be not angry."
Muaz said, "At the time of my being dispatched to the judgeship of Yemen, the last advice Muhammad gave me was this, 'O Muaz! be of good temper towards people.'"
He is not strong and powerful who throweth people down; but he is strong who witholdeth himself from anger.
No person hath drunk a better draught than that of anger which he hath swallowed for God's sake.
Humility and courtesy are acts of piety.
Verily, a man teaching his child manners is better for him than giving one bushel of grain in alms.
It is not right for a guest to stay so long as to incommode his host.
No man hath given his child anything better than good manners.
"O Apostle of God! Inform, Inform me, if I stop with a man, and he doth not entertain me, and he afterwards stoppeth at my house, am I to entertain him or to act with him as he with did me?" Muhammad said, "Entertain him."
Respect people according to their eminence.
Being confined for room, the Apostle of god sat down upon his legs drawn up under his thighs. A desert Arab who was present said, "What is this way of sitting?" Muhammad said, "Verily God hath made me a humble servant, and not a proud king."
Abuse nobody, and if a man abuse thee, and lay upon a vice which he knoweth in thee; then do not disclose one which thou knowest in him.
When victuals are placed before you no man must stand up till it be taken away; nor must one man leave off eating before the rest; and if he doeth he must make an apology.
It is of my ways that a man shall come out with his guest to the door of his house.
Meekness and modesty are two branches of Iman (Faith); and vain talking and embellishing are two brances of hypocrisy.
When three persons are together, two of them must not whisper to each other without letting the third hear, until others are present, because it would hurt him.
The greatest crimes are to associate another with God, to vex your father and mother, to murder your own species, to commit suicide, and to swear to lie.
There is no Muslim who planteth a tree, or soweth a field, and man birds or beast eat from them, but it is charity for him.
Whoever bringeth the dead land to life; that is cultivateth waste land, for him is reward therein.
And behold! a bier passed by Muhammad, and he stood up; and it was said to him, "This is the bier of a Jew." He said, "Was it not the holder of a soul, from which we should take example and fear?"
Do not speak ill of the dead.
When the bier of anyone passeth by thee, whether Jew, Christian, or Muslim, rise to thy feet."
Wish not for death any of you; neither the doer of good works, for peradventure he may increase them by an increase of life; nor the offender, for perhaps he may obtain the forgiveness of God by repentance. Wish not, nor supplicate for death before its time cometh; for verily when ye die, hope is out and the ambition for reward: and verily, the increase of a Mumins' (Muslim's) life increaseth his good works.
Remember often the destroyer and cutter off of delights, which is death.
Not one of you must wish for death from any wordly affliction; but if there certainly is anyone wishing for death, he must say, "O Lord, keep me alive so long as life may be good for me, and wish me to die when it is better for me so to do."
The Faithful do not die; perhaps they become translated from this perishable world to the world of eternal existences.
Death is a blessing to a Muslim. Remember and speak well of your dead, and refrain from speaking ill of them.
There are two things disliked by the sons of Adam, one of them death; whereas it is better for Muslims than sinning; the second is scarcity of money; whereas its account will be small in futurity.
The grave is the first stage of the journey into eternity.
Death is a bridge that uniteth friend with friend.
Sleep is the brother of death.
Muhammad said, three days before his death, "Not one of you must die but with resignation to the will of God, and with hope for his beneficence and pardon."
Whoso desireth that God should redeem him from the sorrows and travail of the last day, must delay in calling on poor debtors, or forgive the debt in part or whole.
A martyr shall be pardoned every fault but debt.
Whoso hath a thing wherewith to discharge a debt, and refuseth to do it, it is right to dishonor and punish him.
Deliberation in undertakings is pleasing to God.
A good disposition, and deliberation in affairs, and a medium in all things, are one part of twenty-four parts of the qualities of the prophets.
He is of the most perfect Muslims, whose disposition is most liked by his own family.
Verily the most beloved of you by me, and nearest to me in the next world, are those of good dispositions; and verily the greates enemies to me and farthest from me, are the ill-tempered.
Verily the most beloved of you by me are those of the best dispositions.
I have been sent to explain fully good dispositions.
O Lord! as thou hast made my body good, so make good my disposition.
Two qualities are not combined in any Muslim, avarice and bad disposition.
Mankind will not go astray after having found the right road, unless from disputation.
Every woman who asketh to be divorced from her husband without cause, the fragrance of the Garden is forbidden her.
The thing which is lawful, but disliked by God, is divorce.
I have left two things among you, and you will not stray as long as you hold them fast; one is the Book of God, the other the Laws of His Messenger.
God hath made a straight road, with two walls, one on each side of it, in which are open doors, with curtains drawn across. At the top of the road is an Amonisher who saith, "Go straight on the road, and not crooked;" and above this Admonisher is another who saith to any who pass through these doorways, "Pass not through these doors, or verily ye will fall." Now, the road is Islam; and the open doors are those things which God hath forbidden; and the curtains before the doors the bounds set by God; the Admonisher is the Kuran, and the upper Admonisher God, in the heart of every Mumin (Muslim).
Verily ye are ordered the divine commandments, then forsake them not; ye are forbidden the unlawful, then do not fall therein; there are fixed boundaries, then pass not beyond them; and there is silence on some things without their being forgotten, then do not debate about them.
Happy is the Mumin (Muslim) for if good befalleth him, he praiseth and thanketh God; and if misfortune, praiseth God and beareth it patiently; therefore a Mumin is rewarded for every good he doth, even for his raising a morsel of food to the mouth of his wife.
Whoever hath eaten of pure food and practised my laws, and mankind hath lived in security from him, will enter into the Abode of Bliss.
Muhammad once said to Anas, "Son, if you are able, keep your heart from morning till night and from night till morning, free from malice towards anyone;" then he said, "Oh! my son, this is one of my laws, and he who loveth my laws verily loveth me."
I admonish you to fear God, and yield obedience to my successor, although he may be a black slave, for this reason, that those amongst you who live after me will see great schisms. Therefore hold fast to my ways and those of my successors, who may lead you in the straight path, having found it themselves; and ardently seize my laws and be firm thereto.
There was not any Messenger sent before me by God to mankind but found friends and companions, who embraced his maxims and became his disciples; after which were born those who gave out precepts which they did not practice, and did what they were ordered not to do; therefore those who oppose them with the hand, with the tongue, and with the heart are Mumins, and there is not anything in Iman besides this, even as much as a grain of mustard seed.
do not associate any one thing with God, although they kill or burn you; nor affront intentionally your parents, although they should order you to quit your wife, your children, and your property. Do not drink wine; for it is the root of all evil; abstain from vice; and when a pestilence shall pervade mankind, and you shall be amongst them, remain with them; and cherish your children.
There are three roots to Iman (Faith): not to trouble him who shall say 'there is no diety but God;' not to think him an unbeliever on account of one fault; and not to discard him for one crime.
He is not a good Mumin who committeth adultery or getteth drunk, who stealeth,or plundereth, or who embezzleth; beware, beware.
When asked to mention one of the most excellent parts of Iman (Faith) Muhammad said, "To love him who loveth God, and hate him who hateth God, and to keep your tongue employed in repeating the name of God." What else? He said, "To do unto all men as you would wish to have done unto you, and to reject for others what you would reject for yourself."
He who progresseth daily is yet far off from the Ideal.
When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust; commit not fornication; be chaste; have no impure desires; withold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful or evil. The best of God's servants are those who, when seen, remind of God; and the worst of God's servants are those who carry tales about to do mischief and separate friends, and seek for the defects of the good.
He who believeth in one God and the Hereafter, let him speak what is good or remain silent.
He who believeth in one God and the life beyond, let him not injure his neighbors.
Speak to men according to their mental capacities, for if you speak all things to all men, some cannot understand you, and so fall into errors.
It is not a sixth or a tenth of a man's devotion which is acceptable to God, but only such portions thereof as he offereth with understanding and true devotional spirit.
Verily your deeds will be brought back to you, as if you yourself were the creator of your own punishement.
Adore God as thou wouldst if thou sawest Him; for if thou seest Him not, He seeth thee.
Feed the hungry and visit the sick, and free the captive, if he be unjustly confined. Assist any person oppressed, whether Muslim or non-Muslim.
"The duties of Muslims to each other are six." It was asked, "What are they, O Messenger of God?" He said, "When you meet a Muslim, greet him, and when he inviteth you to dinner, accept; and when he asketh you for advice, give it to him; and when he sneezeth and saith, 'Praise be to God,' do you say, 'May God have mercy upon thee;' and when he is sick, visit him; and when he dieth, follow his bier."
This life is but a tillage for the next, do good that you may reap there; for striving is the ordinance of God and whatever God hath ordained can only be attained by striving.
Commandments are of three kinds; one commands an action, the reward of which is clear, then do it; another forbids an action which leads astray, abstain from it; and in another arise contradictions, resign that to God.
The world is forbidden to those of the life to come; the life to come is forbidden to those of this world.
Do a good deed for every bad deed that it may blot out the latter.
A true Mumin is thankful to God in prosperity, and resigned to His will in adversity.
That which is lawful is clear, and that which is unlawful likewise: bu there are certain doubtful things between the two from which it is well to abstain.
Be ye imbued with divine qualities.
He is true who protecteth his brethren both present and absent.
All Muslims are as one body. If a man complaineth of a pain in his head, his whole body complaineth; and if his eye complaineth, his whole body complaineth.
All Muslims are like the components parts of a foundation, each strengthening the others; in such a way they must support each other.
Assist your brother Muslim, whether he be an oppressor or oppressed. "Bu how shall we do it when he is an oppressor?" enquired a companion. Muhammad replied, "Assisting an oppressor consists in forbidding and witholding him from oppression."
Muslims are brothers in religion and they must not oppress one another, nor abandon assisting each other, nor hold one another in contempt. The seat of righteousness is the heart; therefore that heart which is righteous, does not hold a Muslim in contempt; and all the things of one Muslim are unlawful to another: his blood, property, and reputation.
The creation is as God's family; for its sustenance is from Him: therefore the most beloved unto God is the person who doeth good to God's family.
The proof of a Muslims sincerity is that he payeth no heed to that which is not his business.
The Faithful are those who perform their trust and fail not in their word, and keep their pledge.
No man is a true believer unless he desireth for his brother that which he desireth for himself.
Verily when a Muslim is taken ill, after which God restoreth him to health, his illness hath covered his former faults, and it is an admonition to him of what cometh in future times; and verily, when a hypocrite is taken ill, and afterwards restored to health, he is like a camel which has been tied up, and afterwards set free; for the camel did not know for want of discrimination, why they tied him up and why they turned him loose; such is the hypocrite: on the contrary, a Mumin knoweth, that his indiposition was to atone for his faults.
Misfortune is always with the Muslim and his wife, either in their persons or their property or their children; either death or sickness; until they die, when there is no fault upon them.
Abusing a Muslim is disobedience to God; and it is infidelity to fight with one.
Every Muslim who calls a Muslim infidel will have the epithet returned to him.
It is unworthy of a Mumin to injure people's reputation; it is unworth to curse anyone; and it is unworth to abuse anyone; and it is unworth of a Mumin to talk vainly.
It is better to sit alone than in company with thw bad; and it is better to sit with the good than alone. And it is better to speak words to a speaker of knowledge than to remain silent; and silence is better than bad words.
Fear not the obloquy of the detractor in showing God's religion.
Refrain from seeing and speaking of the vices of mankind, which you know are in yourself.
Guard yourselves from six things, and I am your security for paradise. When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust; be chaste in thought and action; and withold your hand from striking, from taking that which is unlawful, and bad.
That person is not of us who inviteth others to aid him in oppression; and he is not of us who fighteth for his tribe in injustice; and he is not of us who dieth in assisting his tribe in tyranny.
He is not of us who is not affectinate to his liitle ones, and doth not respect the feelings of the aged; and he is not of us who doth not order that which is good and prohibit that which is evil.
Ye will not enter Paradise until ye have faith, and ye will not complete your faith until ye love one another.
No man hath believed perfectly, until he wish for his brother that which he wisheth for himself.
Verily, each of you is a mirror to his brother: then if he seeth a vice in his brother he must tell him to get rid of it.
That person is not a perfect Muslim who eatheth his fill, and leaveth his neighbors hungry.
O ye who have embraced Islam by the tongue, and to whose hearts it hath not reached, distress not Muslims, nor speak ill of them, nor seek for their defects.
Do not say that if people do good to us, we will do good to them; and if people oppress us, we will oppress them; but determin that if people do you good, you will do good to them; and if they oppress you, you will not oppress them.
"Teach me a work, such that when I perform it God and men will love me." Muhammad said, "Desire not the world, and God will love you; and desire not what men have, and they will love you.
In prayers, all thoughts must be laid aside but those of God; in conversation no word is to be uttered which afterwards be repented of; do not covet from others, or have any hopes for them.
"There is a polish for everything that taketh away rust; and the polish for the heart is th remembrance of God." The companions said, "Is not repelling the infidels also like this?" Muhammad said, "No, although one fights until one's sword be broken!"
My Lord hath commanded me nine things: To reverence Him, externally, and internally; to speak the truth, and with propriety, in prosperity and adversity; moderation in affluence and poverty; to benefit my relations and kindred, who do not benefit me; to give alms to him who refuseth me; to forgive him who injureth me; that my silence should be in attaining a knowledge of God; that when I speak, I should mention Him; that when I look on God's creatures, it should be as an example for the: and God hath ordered me to direct in that which is lawful.
A Muslim who mixeth with people and beareth inconveniences, is better than one who doth not mix with them and beareth no inconveniences
Some eloquence is like magic.
If envy were proper, two persons would be the most proper objects of it; one, a man to whom god hath given riches, and apointed to bestow in charity; the other, to whom God hath granted the knowledge of religion, and acteth thereon himself, instructing others.
Keep yourselves far from envy; it eateth up and taketh away good actions, like as fire eateth up and burneth wood.
He is not a perfect man of fortitude, who hath not fallen into misfortunes; and there is no physician but the experienced.
Thus saith the Lord, "Verily those who are patient in adversity and forgive wrongs, are the doers of excellence."
Once Muhammad was asked, "O Apostle of God!" How many times are we to forgive our servant's faults?" He was silent. Again the questioner asked, and Muhammad gave no answer. But when the man asked a third time, he said, "Forgive your servants seventy times day."
There is no man who woundeth and pardoneth the giver of the wound but God will exalt his dignity and dimish his faults.
That man is nearest to God, who pardoneth, when he had in his power him who would have injured him.
Do not say, that if the people do good to us, we will do good to them; and if the people oppress us, we will oppress them; but determine that if people do you good, you will do good to them; and if they oppress you, you will not oppress them.
Verily, god is mild, and is fond of mildness, and he giveth to the mild what he doth not to the harsh.
Whoever hath been given gentleness hath been given a good portion, in this world and the next.
God is gentle and loveth gentleness.
Verily you have two qualities which God and His Messenger love - fortitude and gentleness.
Whoever loveth to meet God, God loveth to meet him.
God saith, "I fulfil the faith of whoso putteth his faith in Me; and I am with him, and near him, when remembereth Me."
God saith, "Whoso doth one good act, for him are ten rewards; and I also give more to whomever I will; and whoso doth an ill, its punishment is equal to it, or I forgive him; and whoso seeketh to approach Me one span, I seek to approach one cubit; and whoso seeketh to approach Me one cubit, I seek to approach him two fathoms; and whoso walketh towards Me, I run towards him; and whoso cometh before Me with the earth full of sins, and believeth solely in Me, him I come before with a front of forgiveness as big as the earth."
God saith, "The person I hold as a beloved, I am his hearing by which he heareth, and I am his sight by which he seeth, and I am his hands by which he holdeth, and I am his feet by which he walketh."
God saith, "O Man! Only follow thou My laws, and thou shall become like unto Me, and then say, 'Be' and behold, It is."
God is One, and liketh unity.
We were with Muhammad on a journey, and some men stood up repeating aloud, "God is most great," and the Rasul said, "O men! Be easy on yourselves, and do not distress yourselves by raising your voices, verily you do not call to one deaf or absent, but verily to one who heareth and seeth; and He is with you; and He to whom you pray is nearer to you than the neck of your camel."
God sait, "I was a hidden treasure. I would fain be known. So I created Man."
Do you love your creator? Love your fellow-beings first.
Muhammad said, "I would not have the whole wealth of the world in the place of this revelation. . . O My servants who have oppressed your own souls by sinning, despair not of the mercy of God." A man said, "What of him who hath associated others with God?" Muhammad remained silent for a while and then said, "Know that him also God forgiveth; but on repentance."
God saith, "Verily my compassion overcometh my wrath."
If the unbeliever knew of the extent of the Lord's mercy, even he would not despair of Paradis.
God's kindness towards his creaturee is more than a mother's towards her babe.
If you put your whole trust in God, as you ought, He most certainly will give you sustenance, as He doth the birds; they come out hungry in the morning, but return full to their nests.
Trust in God, but tie it (your camel).
God is not merciful to him who is not kind to mankind.
"Do none enter the Garden of Bliss save by God's mercy?" Muhammad said, "No. None enter save through God's favor." "You also, O Messenger of God! Will you not enter Paradise save by God's compassion?" Muhammad put his hand on his head and said thrice, "I shall not enter unless God cover me with His mercy."
That person who relieveth a Mumin (Muslim) from distress in this world, God will in like manner relieve him in the next; and he who shall do good to the indigent, God will do good to him in this world and the next.
Be persistent in good actions.
Beware! verily there is a piece of flesh in the body of man, which when good, the whole body is good; and when bad, the whold body is bad, and that is the heart.
Muhammad said, "O Wabisah! are you come to ask what is goodness and what is badness?" Wabisah said, "Yes, I am come for that." Then He joined his fingers and struck them upon Wabisah's breast, that is made a sign towards his heart, and said, "Ask the question from thine own heart." This he repeated three times aloud and said, "Goodness is a thing from which thy heart findeth firmness and rest; and badness is a thing which throweth thee into doubt, although men may acquit thee."
Hell is veiled in delights, and Heaven in hardships and miseries.
Heaven lieth at the feet of mothers.
He will not enter hell who hath faith equal to a mustard seed in his heart; and he will not enter Paradise who hath a single grain of pride, equal to a mustard seed, in his heart.
Paradise is nearer to you than the thongs of your sandals; and the Fire likewise.
Deal gently with the people, and be not harsh; cheer them and condemn them not. Ye will meet with many 'people of the Book' who will question thee, what is the key to Heaven? Reply to them (the key to Heaven) to testify to the truth of God, and to do good work.
People asked Muhammad if to say "There is no diety but God" was not the key to Paradise. He said, "Yes, but it is a key which hath wards; and if ye come with a key of that description, Paradise will be opened to you, otherwise it will not."
Paradise is not for him who reproacheth others with any favor he doth to them.
The people entitled to the Abode of Bliss are three; the first, a just king, a doer of good to his people endowed with virtue; the second, an affectionate man, of a tender heart to relations and others; the third, a virtuous man.
Verily a man used to come before the Rasul (Muhammad) bringing his son with him; and the Rasul said to him, "Dost thou love this boy?" And the man said, "O Rasul of God! May God love thee as I love this son!" Then the Rasul did not see the boy with his father for some time; and He said, "What has become of that man's son?" The said, "O Rasul! He is dead." And the Rasul said to the man, "Dost thou not like this, that thou wilt find no door of Paradise but thy son will be there awaiting thee, in order to conduct thee into Paradise?" And another man said, "O Rasul! Is this joyful news particularly for this man, or for the whole of us?" Lord Muhammad said, "For all of you."
What is Paradise? Muhammad replied, "It is what the eye hath not seen, nor the ear heard, nor ever flashed across the mind of man."
He who believeth in one God, and a future life, let him honor his guest.
Whoever believeth in God and the Hereafter must respect his guest; and whoever believeth in God and the Hereafter must not incommode his neighbors, and a Mumin must speak only good words, otherwise remain silent.
It is not right for a guest to stay so long as to incommode his host.
Humility and courtesy are acts of piety.
Verily God instructs me to be humble and lowly and not proud; and that no one should oppress another.
A tribe must desist from boasting of their forefathers; if they will not leave off boasting, verily they will be more abominable near God, than a black beetle which rolleth forward filth by its nose; and verily God has removed from you pride and arrogance. There is no man but either a righteous Mumin or a sinner; mankind are all sons of Adam, and he was from earth.
Whoever is humble to men for God's sake, may God exalt his eminence.
"Inform me in the nature of Islam," said Sufyan, "so that I may have no occasion to ask others about it." Muhammad said, "Say, O Sufyan, 'I believe in God;' after which obey the commandments, and abandon the things forbidden."
Islam commenced in a forlorn state, and will quickly return to what it was in the beginning; then be joyful, ye who are firm.
My religion is like clouds dropping much rain; some of them falling on pure, favorable soil, cause grass to grow; some of them fall in hollows from which mankind are benefited, some fall on high lands from which benefit is not derived; then the two first are like the persons acquainted with the religion of God and instructing others; and the last like the person not regarding it nor accepting the right path.
The greatest enemies of God are those who are entered into Islam, and do acts of infidelity, and who without cause, shed the blood of man.
When asked, "What is Islam?" Muhammad said, "Abstinence and Obedience to God." Asked "What is one of the most excellent virtues of Iman (Faith)?" He said, "An amiable disposition." "Which is the most excellent Hijrah (Renunciation)?" He said, "Abandoning that of which God disapproveth."
"What is Islam?" someone asked. Muhammad said, "Purity of speech and charity."
Every child is born with a disposition towards the natural religion (Islam - submission to the Divine Will). It is the parents who maketh it a Jew, Christian or a Magian.
Do you know what sappeth the foundations of Islam and ruineth it? The errors of the learned destroy it, and the disputations of the hypocrite, and the orders of kings who have lost the road.
Men differ like mines of gold and silver: the good in ignorance are the good in Islam, once they have obtained the knowledge of religion.
The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self.
The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr.
To gladden the heart of the weary, to remove the suffering of the afflicted, hath its own reward. In the day of trouble, the memory of the action cometh like a rush of the torrent, and taketh our burden away.
He who helpeth his fellow-creature in the hour of need, and he who helpeth the oppressed, him will God help in the Day of Travail.
What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of a human being, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the wrongs of the injured.
Who is the most favored of God? He from whom the greatest good cometh to His creatures.
All God's creatures are His family; and he is the most beloved of God who doeth most good to God's creatures.
Whoever is kind to His creatures, God is kind to him; therefore be kind to man on earth, whether good or bad; and being kind to the bad, is to withold him from badness, thus in heaven you will be treated kindly.
He who is not kind to God's creatures, and to his own children, God will not be kind to him.
Kindness is a mark of faith: and whoever hath not kindness hath not faith.
The Quran consisteth of five heads, things lawful, things unlawful, clear and positive precepts, mysteries, and examples. Then consider that lawful which is there declared to be so, and that which is forbidden as unlawful; obey the precepts, believe in the mysteries, and take warning from the examples.
Doth any of you suppose that God hath not forbidden anything except in the Quran? Beware, for verily I swear by God that I have ordered, and prohibited things in manner like the Quran: and God hath not made it lawful for you to enter the houses of the People of the Book (that is Jews, Christians, etc.) without their permission, or you beat their women, or eat their fruits.
The Quran was sent down in seven dialects; and in every one of its sentences, there is an external and internal meaning.
The other messengers of God had their miracles, mine is the Quran and will remain forever.
"By what rule," said Muhammad, "would you be guided, O Muaz, in your administration of Yeman?" "By the law of the Quran." "But if you find no direction in the Quran?" "Then I will act according to the example of the Messenger of God." "But if that faileth?" "Then I will exercise my own reason and judgement."
Pray to God morning and evening, and employ the day in your avocations.
He who neither worketh for himself, nor for others, will not receive the reward of God.
Whoso is able and fit and doth not work for himself, or for others, God is not gracious to him.
Those who earn an honest living are the beloved of God.
God is gracious to him that earneth his living by his own labor, and not by begging.
Whoever desireth the world and its riches, in a lawful manner, in order to withold himself from begging, and for a livelihood for his family, and for being kind to his neighbor, will come to God with his face as bright as the full moon on the fourteenth night of the lunar month.
Give the laborer his wage before his perspiration be dry.
He dieth not who giveth life to learning.
Whoso honoreth the learned, honoreth me.
The Messenger of God was asked, "What is the greatest vice of man?" He said, "You must not ask me about vice, but ask about virtue;" and he repeated this three times, after which he said, "Know ye! The worst of men is a bad learned man, and a good learned man is the best."
Verily god doth not taketh away knowledge from the hands of His servants; but taketh it by taking away the learned; so that when no learned men remain, the ignorant will be placed at the head of affairs. Causes will be submitted to their decision, they will pass sentence without knowledge, will err themselves, and lead others into error.
An hour's contemplation is better than a year's adoration.
Philosophy is the stray camel of the Faithful, take hold of it wherever ye come across it.
Go in quest of knowledge even unto China.
Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.
The knowledge from which no benefit is derived is like a treasure from which no charity is bestowed in the way of the Lord.
Do you know what sappeth the foundation of Islam, and ruineth it? The errors of the learned destroy it, the disputations of the hypocrite, and the orders of kings who have lost the road.
To spend more time in learning is better than spending more time praying; the support of religion is abstinence. It is better to teach knowledge one hour in the night than to pray all night.
Whoever seeketh knowledge and findeth it, will get two rewards; one of them the reward for desiring it, and the other for attaining it; therefore, even if he do not attain it, for him is one reward.
That person who shall die while he is studying, in order to revive the knowledge of religion, will be only one degree inferior to the prophets.
One learned man is harder on the devil than a thousand ignorant worshippers.
The pursuit of knowledge is a divine commandment for every Muslim; and to waste knowledge on those who are unworthy of it is like putting pearls, jewels, and gold on the necks of swine.
That person who shall pursue the path of knowledge, God will direct him to the path of Paradise; and verily the superiority of a learned man over an ignorant worshipper is like that of the full moon over all the stars.
He who knoweth his own self, knoweth God.
Verily the best of God's servants are just and learned kings; and verily the worst are bad and ignorant kings.
To listen to the words of the learned, and to instil into others the lessons of science, is better than religious exercises.
The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr.
He who leaveth home in search of knowledge, walketh in the path of God.
One hour's meditation on the work of the Creator is better than seventy years of prayer.
God hath treasuries beneath the Throne, the keys whereof are the tongues of poets.
The acquisition of knowledge is a duty incumbent one every Muslim, male and female.
Acquire knowledge. It enableth its posessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lighteth the way to Heave; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless; it guideth us to happiness; it sustaineth us in misery; it is an ornament among friends, and an armour against enemies.
With knowledge man riseth to the heights of goodness and to a noble position, associateth with sovereigns in this world, and attaineth to the perfection of happiness in the next.
Learn to know thyself.
The calamity of knowledge is forgetfulness; and to waste knowledge is to speak of it to the unworthy.
Who are the learned? They who practise what they know.
The son of Man groweth and with him grow two things - the love of wealth and love of long life.
"Who is the best man?" Muhammad replied, "He is the best man whose life is long and whose actions are good." "Then who is the worst man?" "He whose life is long and whose actions are bad.
Marriage is incumbent on all who possess the ability.
A woman may be married by four qualifications: one on account of her money; another, on account of the nobility of her pedigree; another on account of her beauty; the fourth, on account of her virtue. Therefore, look out for a woman that hath virtue: but if you do it from any other consideration, your hands be rubbed in dirt.
Shall I tell you the very worst among you? Those who eat alone, and whip the slaves, and give to nobody.
Whatever mishap may befall you, it is on account of something which you have done.
No misfortune or vexation befalleth a servant of God, small or great, but on account of his faults committed: and most of these God forgiveth.
True modesty is the source of all virtues.
Modesty and chastity are parts of the Faith.
Meekness and modesty are two branches of Iman; and vain talking and embellishing are two branches of hypocrisy.
All kinds of modesty are best.
Monopoly is unlawful in Islam.
The holder of a monopoly is a sinner and an offender.
The bringers of grain to the city to sell at a cheap rate gain immense advantage by it, and those who keepeth back grain in order to sell at a high rate is cursed.
Heaven lieth at the feet of mothers.
"O Messenger of God! Verily I have done a great crime; is there any act by which I may repent?" He said, "Have you a mother?" "No," said the questioner. "Have you an aunt?" asked Muhammad. He sa
The proud will not enter Paradise, nor a violent speaker.
He will not enter hell, who hath faith equal to a single grain of mustard seed in his heart; and he will not enter Paradise, who hath pride equal to a single grain of mustard seed, in his heart.
Muhammad said, "That person will not enter Paradise who hath one atom of pride in his heart." And a man present said, "Verily, a man is fond of having good clothes and good shoes." Lord Muhammad said, "God is Beauty and delighteth in the beautiful; but pride is holding man incontempt."
Everyone is divinely furthered in accordance with his character.
It is your own conduct which will lead you to reward or punishment, as if you had been destined therefor.
Every human being hath two inclinations - one prompting him to good and impelling him thereto, and the other prompting him to evil and thereto impelling him; but Divine assistance is nigh, and he who asketh the help of God in contending with the evil promptings of his own heart obtaineth it.
The best of good acts in God's sight is that which is constantly attended to although in a small degree.
Verily ye are in an age in which if ye neglect one-tenth of what is ordered, ye will be doomed. After this a time will come, when he who shall observe one-tenth of what is now ordered will be redeemed.
Men will be liars towards the end of the world; and will relate such stories as neither you nor your fathers ever heard. Then avoid them, that they may not lead you astray and throw you into contention and strife.
The time is near in which nothing will remain of Islam but its name, and of the Kuran but its mere appearance, and the mosques of Muslims will be destitute of of knowledge and worship; and the learned will be the worst people under the heavens; and contention and strife will issue from them, and it will return upon themselves.
Ye follower of Muhammad, I swear by the Lord, if ye did but know what I know of the future state, verily ye would laugh little and cry much.
Verily, of things which I fear for you, after my departure from the world, is this: that the ornaments and goods of the world may be pleasing to you. Then a man said, "O Messenger of God! Doth good bring harm?" Lord Muhammad said, "Verily good doth not bring harm: I mean if there be much wealth it is a blessing; and there is no harm in it, unless from stinginess and extravagance; like the spring, which causeth nothing to grow but what is good: and harm and destruction are from abuse thereof."
God doth not remove anyone out of the world, but that he wisheth to pardon him; and by the diseases of his body and distress for food, He exacteth the punishment of every fault that lieth on his shoulder.
Verily the reward is as great as the misfortune; that is, the more unfortunate and calamitous one is, the greater and more perfect his reward. And verrily, when God loveth a people, He entangleth it in misfortune; therefore, he who is resigned to the plesure of God, in misfortune, for him is God's favor.
They will enter the Garden of Bliss who have a true, pure, and merciful heart.
Religion is admonition, and it means being pure.
God hath not created anything better than Reason, or anything more perfect, or more beautiful than Reason; the benefits which God giveth are on its account; and understanding is by it, and God's wrath is caused by disregard of it.
The best of you, before God and His creation, are those who are best in their own families, and I am the best to my family.
He is the most perfect of Muslims, whose disposition is most liked by his own family.
The favor of God doth not descend upon that family in which is one who deserts his relations.
He is not a perfect performer of the duties of relationship who doeth good to his relatives as they do good to him. He is perfect who doeth good to his relatives when they do not do good to him.
O Messenger of God! Verily I have done a great crime; is there any act by which I may repent? He said, "Have you a mother?" "No," said the questioner. "Have you an aunt?" asked Muhammad. He said, "Yes, I have." Lord Muhammad said, "Go, do good to her, and your crime will be pardoned."
The duty of a junior to a senior brother is as that of a child to its father.
Giving alms to the poor hath the reward of one alms; but that given to kindred hath two rewards; one, the reward of alms, the other, the reward of helping relations.
A man's first charity should be to his own family, if poor.
A sincere repenter of faults is like him who hath committed none.
Muhammad said one day to His companions, "Reverence God as becommeth you." They said, "Verily, O Apostle of God, we do reverence Him, and praise be to God who hath imbued us with it." Then Muhammad said, "It is not so; but whoever reverenceth God as it is suitable for him to do must guard his head from humbling itself to others, and from pride and arrogance towards God and God's creatures; he must guard his senses from whatever is wrong, and must guard his mouth from eating forbidden things, and his heart from receiving what is prohibited; and he must keep his death in mind, and the rotting of his bones. And whoever wisheth for future rewards must abandon the ornaments of the world. Therefore, anyone attending to the aforementioned points has verily reverenced God as it his duty to do.
Riches are not from and abundance of wordly goods but from a contented mind.
It is difficult for a man laden with riches to climb the steep path which leads to bliss.
Whoever desireth the world and its riches, in a lawful manner, in order to withold himself from begging, and for a livelihood for his family, and for being kind to his neighbor, will come to God with his face bright as the full moon on the fourteenth night of the lunar month.
Wealth, properly employed, is a blessing; and a man may lawfully endeavor to increase it by honest means.
A Bedouin was standing in the mosque of the Prophet, and defiled it; when he was immediately taken hold of; and Muhammad said, "Let him alone, and throw a skin of water upon the spot; because ye were not created but of comforters and not sent to create hardships." And they let him alone till he had done, and then Muhammad called the Bedouin to him, and said, "This mosque is not a proper place for that, or any kind of filth; mosques are only for the mention of God, saying prayers, and reading the Quran."
Muhammad asked His companions, "What are your opinions of the merits of that person, who drinketh liquor, committeth adultery, and stealeth? What should his punishment be?" They said, "God and His Messenge know best." He said, "These are great sins, and the punishment for them very dire."
To those of your servants who please you give to eat what you eat yourself; and clothe them as yourself; but those who do not please you, part with them; and punish not God's creatures.
He will not enter Paradise who behaveth ill to his slaves. The companions said, "O Apostle of God! have you not told us, that there will be a great many slaves and orphans amongst your disciples?" He said, "Yes; then be kind to them as to your own children, and give them to eat what you eat yourselves. The slaves that say their prayers are your brothers.
Zaid, Muhammad's servant, said, "I served Lord Muhammad ten years, and he never said 'Uff,' to me; and never said, 'Why did you do so?' and never said, 'Why did you not do so?'"
There is not any Muslim who visiteth another in sickness, in the forenoon, but that seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him till the evening; and there is no one who visiteth the sick, in the afternoon, but that seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him till daybreak, and there will be a pardon for him in Paradise.
Feed the hungry and visit a sick person, and free the captive, if he be unjustly confined. Assist any person oppressed, whether Muslim or non-Muslim.
Whoever visiteth a sick person, an angel calleth from heaven, "Be happy in the world, and happy be your walking, and take you a habitation in Paradise." Whoever visiteth a sick person always entereth into and swims in a sea of mercy until he sitteth doen; and when he sitteth, he is drowned therein.
When you go to visit the sick, comfort his grief and say, "You will get well and live long," because although this saying will not prevent what is predestined, it will solace his soul.
Verily God will say on the Day of Judgement, O children of Adam! I was sick and ye did not visit Me." And the sons of Adam will say, "O our defender, how could we visit Thee? For thou art the Lord of the Universe, and art free from sickness." And God will say, "O men! Such a one was sick and you did not visit him." And God will say, "O children of Adam, I asked you for food, and ye gave it me not?" And the children of Adam will say, "O our patron, how could we give Thee food, seeing Thou art the cherisher of the Universe, and art free from hunger and eating?" And God will say, "Such a one asked you for bread and you did not give it him.
Much silence and a good disposition, there are no two works better than those.
Can anyone walk through water without wetting his feet? The companions replied, "No;" Muhammad said, "Such is the condition of those of the world; they are not safe from sins."
He is not of me who, when he speaketh, speaketh falsely; who, when he promiseth, breaketh his promises; and who, when trust is reposed in him, faileth in his trust.
No man is true in the truest sense of the word but he who is true in work, in deed, and in thought.
Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.
It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.
Appropriate to yourselves the truth. Avoid lying.
Say what is true, although it may be bitter and displeasing to people.
It is not a sixth or a tenth of a man's devotion which is acceptable to God, but only such portions thereof as he offereth with understanding and true devotional spirit.
Verily, a man hath performed prayers, fasts, charity, pilgrimage and all other good works; but he will not be rewarded except by the proportion of his understanding.
The taker of usury and the giver of it, and the writer of its papers and the witness to it, are equal in crime.
A giver of maintenance to widows and the poor, is lke a bestower in the way of God, an utterer of prayers all the night, and a keeper of constant fast.
I and a woman whose color and cheeks shall have become black from toiling in the sun shall be near to one another in the next world as my two fingers; and that is a handsome widow, whose color and cheeks shall have become black in bringing up her family.
Admonish your wives with kindness.
A Muslim must not hate his wife; and if he be displeased with one bad quality in her, then let him be pleased with another that is good.
Do you beat your own wife as you would a slave? That must you not do.
I (Muaviyah b. Haidah) said, "O Apostle of God! What is my duty to my wife?" He said, "That you give her to eat as you eat yourself, and clothe her as you clothe yourself; and do not slap her in the face nor abuse her, nor separate yourself from her in displeasure.
Give your wife good counsel; and if she has goodness in her, she will soon take it, and leave off idle talking; and do not beat your noble wife like a slave.
Muhammad said, "Beat not your wives." Then Omar came to the Rasul (Muhammad) and said, "Wives have got the upper hand from hearing this."
He is the most perfect Muslim whose disposition is best; and the best of you are they who behave best to their wives.
A virtuous wife is a man's best treasure.
Women are the twin halves of men.
The world and all things in it are valuable; but the most valuable thing in the world is a virtuous woman.
The best women are the virtuous; they are the most affectionate to infants, and the most careful of their husband's property.
When a woman performeth the five times of prayer, and fasteth the month of Ramadan, and is chaste, and is not disobedient to her husband, then tell her to enter Paradise by whichever door she liketh.
Verily a great number of women are assembled near my family, complaining of their hubands; and those men who ill-treat their wives do not behave well. He is not of my way who teacheth a woman to stray.
Asma, daughter of Yazid, said, "Victuals were brought to Muhammad, and he put them before some of us women who were present, and said, 'Eat ye.' But notwithstanding we were hungry we said, 'We have no inclination.' Muhammad said, 'O woman! Do not mix hunger with lies.'"
Whoever doeth good to girls, it will be a curtain to him from hell-fire.
Whoever befriendeth two girls till they come of age, will be in the next world along with me, like my two fingers joining each other.
Whoever befriendeth three daughters, or three sisters, and teacheth them manners, and is affectionate to them, till they come of age, may God apportion Paradise for him.
Whoever hath a daughter, and doth not bury her alive or scold her, or prefer his male children to her, may God bring him into Paradise.
Shall I not point out to you the best of virtues? It is your doing good to your daughter when she is returned to you having been divorced by her husband.
God enjoins you to treat women well, for they are your mothers, daughters, aunts.
The rights of women are sacred. See that women are maintained in the rights assigned to them.
Do not prevent your women from coming to the mosque.
The love of the world is the root of all evil.
This world is a prison for the Faithful, but a Paradise for unbelievers.
The world is a magician greater than Harut and Marut, and you should avoid it.
The world is sweet in the heart, and green to the eye; and verily God hath brought you, after those that went before you: then look to your actions, and abstain from the world and its wickedness.
The world is as a prison and as a famine to Muslims; and when they leave it you may say they leave famine and a prison.
Be in the world like a traveller, or like a passer on, and reckon yourself as of the dead.
Cursed is this world and cursed is all that is in this world, except the rememberance of God and that which aideth thereto.
Wise Sayings of The Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
§ People from the time of Adam onwards are as equal as the teeth of a comb. Arabs are not superior to non Arabs, nor are Redskinned people better than
§ Blacks. No superiority or virture exists except in terms of Piety.
§ Hail to those who are so concerned with improving their own faults, that they abstain from preoccupation with the flaws of other believers.
§ He, who is a parasite to others, shall be condemned in the eyes of God, the Almighty.
§ The Quest for knowledge I cherish, superior to God's worship.
§ The most virtuous from among you are those privileged with scrupulous manners. Likewise, theu associate with others; while they also get along with them.
§ He who indulges in a task without proper knowledge will deteriorate rather than improve the case.
§ He, who betrays the vicious deed of another in public, it is as though he has initiated the evil act himself.
§ Do not argue with your brother, nor depress him with sarcastic humor, and do not make a promise so as to fail in fulfilling your covenant.
§ Whensoever you are presented with a gift, make efforts to return the deed; if it is beyond your ability express your gratitude in words.
§ Do not set up to accomplish a virtuous deed pretentiously, However, do not abandon righteousness due to shyness.
§ Whomsoever intiates a graceful tradition; shall be rewarded as long as that tradition is sustained.
§ There is no good in extravagence, however, there can never be extravagence in good deeds.
§ Opportunities slide away like clouds.
§ Victory is gained by resolution and determination.
§ During the days of your life, divine breezes will blow, so watch out for them.
§ Establish contact with those who have severed relations with you, and be good to those who have treated you badly.
§ He who covets another's property, his sorrow shall be prolonged.
§ Whenever a wise and sincere man advises you, take heed and welcome it gladly.
§ There are two characteristics which cannot be found together in a believer; Avarice and a Vicious temper.
§ Blessed be those who spend their excess wealth and abstain from excessive talk.
§ He who calls upon his fellow Believer without their being any need, is destined to be among God's visitors.
§ Whomsoever satisfies the need of a fellow Believer God shall meet his many needs.
§ The most vicious among all men is he who is respected out of fear.
§ I restrain you from three traits of character: Envy, Avarice and Arrogance.
§ The true Muslim is the one from whose hand and tongue other Muslims are safe.
§ Excessive requests from people lead to humiliation.
§ Beware of obstinacy; since it begins with foolishness and ends in regret.
§ Whatever you hate for yourself hate for others, and whatever you like for yourself , like for your brother.
§ Adopt a cordial attitude towards your relatives and neighbours and with whomever you keep company and associate.
§ There is no worship like Meditation, and there is no support more sure.
§ Beware of too much laughter, since it mortifies the heart.
§ Appreciate five things before five others: Your Youth before your Old age, Your Health before your illness, Your Wealth before your Poverty, Your Spare Time before your hard work and Your Life before Death.
§ T'is better to associate with a good friend than to remain in solitude, while being alone is better than dealing with a vicious companion.
§ Be neither a fault finder, an eulogist, a defamer nor a wrangler.
§ Social gatherings should be marked by good faith, divulging the secret of a friend is breach of faith.
§ I restrain you from abandoning your fellow Believers: Though in case you are obliged to do so, it should not last for more than three days.
§ He who is in a position to administer punishment should all the more be encouraged to forgive.
§ The best of men is he who refrains from that which does not concern him.
§ The best attire of man is severity associated with faith.
§ Take care not to abuse a Muslim, or accuse an honest man of lying.
§ There is no quicker way to receive punishment than by committing an outrage.
Charity
A man giving in alms one piece of silver in his lifetime is
better for him than giving one hundred when about to die.
To meet friends cheerfully and invite them to a feast are
charitable acts.
To extend consideration towards neighbors and send them presents
are charitable acts.
Education
To acquire knowledge is binding upon all Muslims, whether male
or female.
The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the
martyr.
He who travels in the search of knowledge, to him God shows the
way of Paradise.
Acquire knowledge, because he who acquires it, in the way of the
Lord, performs an act of piety; who speaks of it praises the
Lord; who seeks it, adores God, who dispenses instruction in it,
bestows alms; and who imparts it to its fitting objects,
performs an act of devotion to God. Knowledge enables its
possessor to distinguish what is forbidden from what is not;
lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our
companion in solitude, our companion, when bereft of riends; it
guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is our
ornament in the company of friends; it serves as an armor
against our enemies. With knowledge the creatures of Allah rises
to the heights of goodness and to noble position, associates
with the sovereigns in this world and attains the perfection of
happiness in the next.
Envy
Keep yourselves far from envy, because it eats up and takes away
good actions, like the fire that eats up and burns wood.
Supression of Anger
Whoever suppresses his anger, when he has in his power to show
it, God will give him a great reward.
He is not strong and powerful, who throws people down, but he is
strong who withholds himself from anger.
Behavior
Deal gently with a people, and be not harsh; cheer them and
condemn not.
Much silence and a good disposition; there are no two works
better than these.
The best of friends is he who is best in behavior and character.
One who does not practice modestiy and does not refrain from
shameless deeds is not a Muslim.
Parents and Family
Paradise lies at the feet of thy mother.
He who wishes to enter Paradise must please his father and
mother.
Pride
No one who keeps his mind focussed entirely upon himself, can
grow large, strong and beautiful in character.
Remembrance of God
Whoever loves to meet God, God loves to meet him.
The five stated prayers erase the sins which have been committed
during the intervals between them if they have not been mortal
sins.
Sympathy
God is not merciful to him who is not so to humankind. He who is
not kind to God's creation and to his own children, God will not
be kind to him.
Whosoever visits a sick person, an angel calls from Heaven: "Be
happy in the world and happy be your walking; and take your
habitation in Paradise."
Wordly Love and Materialism
The love of the world, is the root of all evils.
Wealth properly employed is a blessing; and a man may lawfully
endeavour to increase it by honest means.
The Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, said: "The hour (of the end of the world) will not arise until the Mahdi from my descendants comes forth. The Mahdi will not come forth until sixty liars come forward, all of them declaring: 'I am a prophet.' "
The Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, said: "Before the one who will arise (al-qa'im), there will be red death and white death; there will be locusts at their usual time and at their unusual time like the colours of blood. As for red death that is (from) the sword,while white death is (from) plague."
[al-Hasan b.
Mahbub (reported) on the authority of 'Amr b. Abi Miqdam, on the authority of
Jabir al-Jufi on the authority of Abu-Jafar (al-Baqir), peace be on him:]
(Al-Baqir) said: "Stay close to the ground. Don't move an arm or a leg until
you see the signs which I will mention to youùI don't think that you will live
until that time. The Abbasids will dispute; a voice will call from the sky;
one of the villages of Syria called al-Jabiyya will be swallowed up; the Turks
will occupy the region of al-Jazira; the Byzantines will attack al-Ramla; at
that time there will be much conflict throughout the land until Syria is
destroyed. The cause of its destruction will be the meeting of three standards
there: the standard of the Red, the standard of the Spotted and the standard
of the Sufyam."
In another tradition, the Prophet promises his intercession to those who honour his descendants, provide them with whatever needs they may have, and those who love them with their heart and profess this love with their tongues.
The Qur'an tells us that Adam received certain words of God which earned him God's forgiveness and mercy: Adam received words from his Lord, and He turned towards him; for He is relenting, compassionate (2:37). Suyuti reports that Ibn 'Abbas, the famous traditionist and authority on the Qur'an, asked the Prophet about the words which Adam received. The Prophet answered: 'He prayed saying, "O God, for the sake of Muhammad, 'Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Husayn, do turn toward me", and He turned toward him.
In another
highly dramatic version of this tradition, Adam is taught the words as the
only means by which God would accept his repentance and forgive him. 'Ali, we
are told, enquired of the Prophet concerning the verse under discussion. The
Prophet told him that when Adam and his wife were expelled from Paradise, Adam
wept bitterly over his sin for a hundred years. Finally, Gabriel came to him
and spoke thus on God's behalf:
O Adam, did I not create you with my own hand? Did I not breathe into you of
my spirit? Did I not command my angels to bow down before you? Did I not
provide you with Eve my servant?' 'Yes', Adam answered. Gabriel asked: 'What
then is the cause of this weeping?' Adam replied, 'Why should I not weep when
I have been expelled from the proximity of the All-Merciful?' The angel then
said: 'You must pray fervently with these words, and God will accept your
repentance and forgive your sin. Say: "O God, I beseech you for the sake of
Muhammad and the people of the household of Muhammad; nor is there any god but
you. I have done evil, and have wronged my soul. Turn towards me for you are
relenting, compassionate."
"Abu Abdullah Mohammed bin Ali al-Jawhari, in Baghdad, told us: Abul Ahwas Mohammed bin al-Haitham al-Qadhi, from Mohammed bin Musaab, from al-Awzaei, from abi Ammar Shaddad bin Abdullah, from Ummul Fadhl the daughter of al-Harith. That she entered on the Messenger of Allah (s) and she said: Oh! Messenger of Allah, I saw a strange dream last night. He said: And what is it? She said: It is difficult. He said: And what is it? She said: I saw, as if, a piece of your body was severed and was put in my lap! The Messenger of Allah (s) said: You saw good - Fatima will give birth, God willing, a boy so he will be in your lap. Then Fatima gave birth to al-Hussain and he was in my lap - just as the Messenger of Allah (s) said. So I entered one day on the Messenger of Allah (s) and put his in his lap, but I noticed that the eyes of the Messenger of Allah (s) pouring tears! She said: So I said: Oh! Prophet of Allah, my parents are your ransom, what is with you? He said: Gabriel (pbuh) came to me and informed me that my nation (ummah) will kill this son of mine. I said: This one? He said: Yes, and he brought me dirt from his red dirt." Sunni Ref: al-Mustadrak al-Saheeh, al-Hafidh al-Hakim al-Nisapouri, v3, p176. Dalael al-Nubouwa, al-Hafidh al-Baihaqi.
al-Hakim said: This is a correct hadeeth (Saheeh) on the conditions of (Bukhari and Muslim) but they did not print it. He produced it in page 179, he said: Narrated abu al-Abbas Muhammad bin Ya'qoob, Muhammad bin Is-haq al-Sana'ni, Muhammad bin Isma'eel bin abi Summaiya, Muhammad bin Mus'ab, al-Awza'ei, abi Ammar that Ummul Fadhl said: The messenger of Allah (s) said - while Hussain in his lap - that "Gabriel (as) informed me that my nation (ummati) kills al-Hussain." Sunni Ref: al-Mustadrak al-Saheeh, al-Hafidh al-Hakim al-Nisapouri, v3, p176. Dalael al-Nubouwa, al-Hafidh al-Baihaqi.
'Aisha is reported to have said: "I have seen nobody who resembles Allah's Messenger (P. B. U. H.) in his her talk more than Fatima, when she came to see him, he used to welcome her, kiss her hands and ask her to sit beside him. And when he came to visit her, she used to stand up and rush to him. She would then welcome him and kiss his hands". 'Aisha said also: "No man was loved by Allah's Mesenger more than Ali and no woman more than Fatima".
“Allah will send one of my family to overcome injustice and cruelty through justice, even if only one day of this world is left” (Ahmad Hanbal , vol -1 p.99).
Another narration from the Prophet (SAW) says: “Resurrection will not happen until a man from our household will govern the world whose name is as mine.” (A. Hanbal Vol 1 pp. 376, 430)
The Prophet of Islam (SAW) calls that day, the day of light and human dignity. He said: “Hazrat Al-Mahdi (as) will come in a situation that diversity and degradation among the people is so high that the world will be ruined. He will come and preserve humanity from damage and corruption. Then God will enrich peoples hearts with faith and love”.
The Prophet Muhammad (peace of Allah be upon him & his pure progeny) delivered a sermon on the last Friday of Sha'ban on the reception of the holy month of Ramadan, the month that enjoys the status of being the “Month of Allah”. Excerpts from the sermon are: “O People! Indeed ahead of you is the blessed month of Allah, a month of blessing, mercy and forgiveness, a month that with Allah is the best of months. Its days are the best of days, its nights the best of nights, and its hours the best of hours. It is the month that invites you to be the guests of Allah and invites you to be one of those near to Him. Each breath you take glorifies him; your sleep is worship, your deeds are accepted and your supplications are answered. So, ask Allah, your Lord; to give you a sound body and an enlightened heart so you may be able to fast and recite his book, for only he is unhappy who is devoid of Allah’s forgiveness during this great month. Remember the hunger and thirst of the day of Qiyamah (Resurrection) with your hunger and thirst; give alms to the needy and poor, honor your old, show kindness to the young ones, maintain relations with your blood relations; guard your tongues, close your eyes to that which is not permissible for your sight, close your ears to that which is forbidden to hear, show compassion to the orphans of people so compassion may be shown to your orphans. Repent to Allah for your sins and raise your hands in prayer during these times, for they are the best of times and Allah looks towards His creatures with kindness, replying to them during the hours and granting their needs if He is asked...”
“O People! Indeed your souls are dependant on your deeds, free it with Istighfar (repentance); lighten its loads by long prostrations; and know that Allah swears by his might: That there is no punishment for the one who prays and prostrates and he shall have no fear of the fire on the day when man stands before the Lord of the worlds...”
“O People! One who gives Iftar to a fasting person during this month will be like one who has freed someone and his past sins will be forgiven.”
Some of the people who were there then asked the Prophet (s): “Not all of us are able to invite those who are fasting?” The Prophet (s) replied: “Allah gives this reward even if the Iftar (meal) is a drink of water.”
“One who has good morals (Akhlaq) during this month will be able to pass the ‘Siraat’...on the day when feet will slip...One who covers the faults of others will benefit in that Allah will curb His anger on the Day of Judgment... As for one who honors an orphan Allah will honor him on the Day of Judgment; And for the one who spreads his kindness, Allah will spread His mercy over him on the Day of Judgment; As for the one who cuts the ties of relation, Allah will cut His mercy from him... Whosoever performs a recommended prayer in this month Allah will keep the fire of Hell away from him...Whoever performs an obligator prayer Allah will reward him with seventy prayers [worth] in this month; And whosoever prays a lot during this month will have his load lightened on the day of measure; He who recites one verse of the holy Quran will be given the rewards of reciting the whole Qur’an during other months.”
“O People! Indeed during this month the doors of heaven are open, therefore ask Allah not to close them for you; the doors of hell are closed, so ask Allah to keep them closed for you. During this month Satan is imprisoned so ask your Lord not to let him have power over you.”
Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: It is troublesome enough for a man to be pointed at with fingers from fame due to religious or worldly fame.
Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: Whenever a servant’s inward and outward appearances are the same, Allah the Almighty will consider him to be a true servant.
Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: If one hides his inward self, Allah will
make his inward self appear as a garment on him. If his inward self his
good, the garment will look nice, but if his inward self is evil, his
garment will look bad.
The Prophet
said, "Al-Hassan and Al-Hussain are Imams whether they sit or rise.” While
Imam Hassan resisted for a period, his destiny was to sit. However after the
death of Muawiyah and the appointment of his son Yazid, it was necessary to
rise. He could not let the Prophet’s nightmare of bani Ummaya jumping like
monkeys on his pulpit go uncontested.
Yazid, a drunkard immersed in lust and shameless debauchery, wanted to repeat
that period of history, just after the Prophet's death, where the Divinely
appointed caliph was chained and dragged to pay allegiance. At that stage the
Imam was commanded to be patient, but now the Muslims had increased in number
and become a force to be reckoned with, therefore his calls for Imam Hussain
to pay allegiance to him and his immoral government where met with forceful
rejection. The Imam said to Yazid's governor, "We are the Household of the
Prophet, the substance of the Message, the ones visited by the angels; it is
through us that Allah initiates and concludes. Yazid is a man of sin, a
drunkard, a murderer of the soul the killing of which Allah has prohibited, a
man who is openly promiscuous. A man like me shall never swear the oath of
allegiance to a man like him.
[Zadhan reported
on the authority of Salman, may God pleased with him :]
"I heard the Apostle of God, God bless him and his family, say concerning of
al-Hasan and al-Hussein, peace be upon them: "O God, I love both of them.
Therefore love them and love whoever loves them "Then he said: Whoever loves
al-Hasan and al-Hussain, is one whom I love. Whomever I love, God loves, and
whomever God loves, He will cause to enter Heaven. Whoever hates them, I hate
and God hates. Whomever God hates, He will cause to enter the Fire. Then he
said : These two sons of mine are my two plants of sweet basi (to sweeten) the
world'. Kitab-ul-Irshad; Sheik Mufeed, p. 296.
Al-Hussain (A.S.) was raised under the care of the Apostle of Allah (S.A.W.), his daughter Fatimah (A.S.) and the Commander of the Faithful Ali (A.S.). Hussein (A.S.) imbibed prophetic morals and drank deeply of the Islamic principles of justice and righteousness, who used to carry him and his elder brother Imam Hasan (A.S.) in his arms and declare expansively in front of companions. "O Allah, love them and love those who love them"
He expressed his deeply felt love for Hasan and Hussein (A.S.) in these words "These two sons of mine are my two plants of sweet basil in this world".
"Husayn is from me and I am from Husayn, Allah befriend those who befriend Husayn and he is the enemy of those who bear enmity to him.
Whoever wishes to se such a person who lives on earth but whose dignity is honored by the heaven-dwellers, should see my grandson Husayn.
The punishment inflicted on the murderer of Husayn in Hell be equal to half of the total punishment to be imposed on the entire sinners of the world.
O my son! thy flesh is my flesh and thy blood is my blood; thou art a leader, the son of a leader and the brother of a leader; thou art a spiritual guide, the son of a spiritual guide and the brother of a spiritual guide; thou art an Apolitical Imam, the son of an Apolitical Imam and the brother of an Appolistical Imam; thou art the father of nine Imams, the ninth of whom would be the Qa;im (the last infallible spiritual guide).
When the Holy Prophet informed Hazrat Fatima of the martyrdom in store for his grandson, she burst into tears and asked "O my father! when would my son be martyred?" "In such a critical moment," replied the Holy Prophet, "When neither I nor you, nor Ali would be alive". This accentuated her grief and she inquired again, "Who then, O my father, would commemorate Husayn's martyrdom?". The Holy Prophet said. "The men and women of a particular sect of my followers, who will befriend my Ahlu-l-bayt, will mourn for Husayn and commemorate his martyrdom each year in every century. "A brief History of Fourteen Infallibles. Ansarian Publication, Qum, Iran p. 100-101
Anas ibn Harith narrates: One day the Holy Prophet ascended the pulpit to deliver a sermon to his associates while Imam Husayn and Imam Hasan were sitting before him. When address was over, he put his left hand on Imam Husayn and raising his head towards Heaven, said:"O my lord! I am Muhammad Thy slave and Thy prophet, and these two are the distinguished and pious members of my family who would fortify my cause after me. O my Lord! Gabriel has informed me that son Husayn would be killed. O my Lord! bless my cause in recompense for Husayn's martrydom, make him the leader of the martyrs, be Thou his helper and guardian and do not bless his murderers".
Imam Sadiq (a.s)
said: Once, Um Ayman's neighbors came to the Prophet and said: "Messenger of
Allah, Um Ayman did not sleep last night because of crying; she surely cried
until morning."
The Prophet summoned her and said:
"Um Ayman, your neighbors say that you spent the night crying may Allah not
cause your eyes to cry!! What made you cry?"
She answered: "Messenger of Allah, I had a fearful dream which caused me to
cry all night long."
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said: "Tell me your dream, for surely Allah and His
Messenger are most knowledgeable."
She said: "Last night I saw a dream as if one of your limbs was thrown in my
house!!"
The Messenger of Allah (a.s) said: "Your eyes have slept, but you visioned a
good thing. Um Ayman, Fatima will give birth to Al-Hussain, and you will bring
him to me. So one of my limbs will be in your house"
When AI-Hussain was born, Um Ayman brought him to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) who
said: "Both the carrier and he who is being carried are welcome. Urn Ayman,
this is the interpretation of your dream."
Safia Bint Abdul Muttalib, Asma Bint Umais, and Um Salama were present when Imam Hussain was born. When the Prophet asked Safia (his aunt) to bring him the newborn child, she said: "We have not cleaned him yet." When the Prophet heard this, he said: "You clean him ?! Surely Allah the Exalted has cleaned and purified him."
[Zirr b. Hubaysh
reported on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud: ]
While the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, was praying, al-Hasan and
al-Husayn came and stood behind him. When he raised his head, he took them
tenderly (into his arms). When he resumed (his prayers), they resumed
(theirs). Then when he had finished, he sat one on his right knee and the
other on his left knee and said: Whoever loves me, should love these two.
They, peace be on them, are the two proofs (hujjatay Allah) of God of His
Prophet in the contest of prayer (mubahala). After their father, the Commander
of the faithful, they were the two proofs of God (hujjatay Allah) to the
community concerning religion (din) and belief (milla).
[Ibn Lahia
reported on the authority of Abu 'Awana (with an interrupted chain of
authorities) (rafa'ahu) back to the Prophet, may God bless him and his
family:]
The Apostle of God said: Al-Hasan and al-Husayn, peace be on them, are the
ornaments of the throne (of Heaven). Indeed Heaven, itself, said, 'O my Lord,
You have filled me with weak and poor inhabitants.' God, the Exalted, replied
to it: 'Are you not content that I have adorned your corners with al-Hasan and
al-Husayn, peace be on him?' Then it swaggered as a bride swaggers with
happiness.
[Ibrahim b. al-Rafi'i reported on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather, who said:] I saw al-Hasan and al-Husayn, peace be on them, walking to the pilgrimage. They did not pass a rider who did not dismount and walk too. It became arduous for some of them. They said to Sad b. Abi Waqqas Walking is arduous for us. We would prefer to ride but these two young lords (sayyid) are walking. Abu Muhammad, said Sad to al-Hasan, peace be on him, Walking is hard on a group of those with you, yet the people cannot make themselves feel better by riding when they see you two walking. If you rode, (it would be easier for them). We will not ride, replied al- ,Hasan, peace be on him. We have pledged ourselves to walk to the Sacred House of God on our feet. However, we will turn aside from the road. They both went aside from the people.
[Al-Awza'i has reported on the authority of 'Abd Allah b. Shaddad, on the authority of Umm al-Fadl, daughter of al-Harith: ] She visited the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family and said: Apostle of God, I have had a strange dream during the night. What was it?, he asked. It was terrible, she said. What was it?, he repeated. I saw (something) like a piece of your body cut up and put in my lap, she answered. You have seen well said the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family. Fatima will give birth to a boy when she is sitting on your lap (to give birth). [She reported:] Fatima did give birth to al-Husayn, peace be on him, and he was in my lap just as the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, had said. One day I took him to the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, and I put him in his lap. His gaze turned away from me. Behold, both the eyes of the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, were flowing with tears. I said: (May I ransom you) with my father and mother Apostle of God, what is the matter with you? "Gabriel, peace be on him, came to me," he said. "He told me that my community will seek to kill this son of mine and he brought me dust made red by his (blood)."
[Simak reported on the authority of Ibn al-Mukhariq on the authority of Umm Salama, may God be pleased with her, who said:] One day while the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, was sitting down, and al- Husayn was sitting on his knee, his eyes suddenly filled with tears. I said to him: Apostle of God, why do I see you weeping, may I be your ransom? Gabriel, peace be on him, came to me, he said. She consoled me for the death of my son, al-Husayn, and he told me that a group of my community will kill him. May God never let them have intercession from me.
[It is reported with another chain of authorities on the authority of Umm Salama, may God be pleased with hey that she said:] One evening the Apostle of God left us and was away for a long time. He came back, he was dishevelled and dusty and his hand was holding (something). I said to him: Apostle of God, why do I see you dishevelled and dusty? He said: I have just been on a night journey to a place in Iraq, called Karbala. There I saw the death of my son, al-Husayn, and a group of my children and the members of my family (ahl al-bayt). I could not stop (myself) from gathering (some of) their blood and here it is in my hand. He opened his hand and said: Take it and look after it. I took it. It was like red soil. I put it in a phial, fastened its top and kept it. When al-Husayn, peace be on him, left Mecca on his way to Iraq, I took out that phial every day and night. I used to smell it and look at it. Then I would weep for his fate. On the 10th of (the month of) al-Muharram, the day on which al-Husayn, peace be on him was killed, I took it out. At the beginning of the day it was in its usual condition, but at the end of the day, behold, it was fresh blood. I shrieked (with grief) and wept. Then I restrained my anger out of fear that the enemies of the family of the Prophet) in Medina would heae and would hurry to rejoice at their misfortune. I have kept it secret up to the present time, even to the day when the messenger bringing the news of his death came to announce it. Then what I had seen was proved.
It is reported that one day the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, was sitting down. Around him were Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan and al-Husayn, peace be on them. He asked them: How would you feel if when you were killed, your tombs were scattered around (the country)? Will we die an (ordinary) death or will we be killed? al-Husayn, peace be on him, asked, Rather you will be killed unjustly, my little son, and your brother will be killed unjustly," he answered. "Your offspring will be scattered over the land. Apostle of God, who will kill us? asked al-Husayn, peace be on him. The evil men among the people, he said. Will anyone visit (our graves) after we are killed?, he asked. Yes, my little son, he told him, a group (taifa) of my community will gain my benificence and favour through visiting (your graves). On the Day of Resurrection, I will bring them to the place so that I may take them by the arms and save them from its terrors and sorrows.
The only thing which the cowardly Quraysh desired was money should be transferred from the hands of the nomadic Arabs to their own pockets. The only value which they attached to life was that in order to earn profit they should travel through the desert on the back of the camels undergoing extreme hardships and then return to their hometown Mecca-the same Mecca which was the city of idol-worship, and where money was the only thing which counted. Suddenly they heard a voice which shook their nerves. Their hopes were shattered. The world turned away its face from them saying "The value of man is not the same which you have assessed and the object of the creation of the nomadic Arabs is not the same which you think it to be". ........This was the voice of Muhammad.........
Banu Asad-and Banu Tamim were so foolish and ignorant that they buried their daughters alive without any cause. There was no justification for their doing so except that it was a custom which had survived amongst them. They were opposed to the divine will. They hated the beauty of nature. And then they heard a voice, which was expressive of deep love and sympathy for the people saying: "Don't bury your daughters alive. Daughters are as good a creation of God as the sons. No human being has a right to deprive others of life. It is only God who creates the people and makes them die". .......This was the voice of Muhammad.........
The Arabs were always fighting. They fought and shed blood for years on account of very trivial things. They killed their own brothers and then rejoiced and glorified themselves on it. To sacrifice their lives for the sake of their own ignorance was something very ordinary for them. The children cried and screamed and grew up in conditions which were not conducive to the creation of love or sympathy for anyone in their minds. In these circumstances they heard another voice which said "What are you doing ? You kill one another although you are all brothers because all of you have been created by God. Strife is something satanic. Peace and friendship are more beneficial for you. The blessing for which you fight can't be achieved except through peace". ......This, too, was the voice of Muhammad.........
The Arabs were the most proud and egoistic people. They considered the non-Arabs inferior to themselves. Not only this but they did not consider the non-Arabs even human beings. Muhammad disliked this attitude of the Arabs very much. Addressing these proud people he said: "No Arab is superior to a non-Arab unless he is more pious. Whether you like it or not all human beings are brothers of one another". ...
One who gets up in the morning in a condition that he does not make efforts about the affairs of the muslims is not one of the Muslims. And a person who hears the voice of a man who calls the Muslims to his help but he does not respond to him, is not a Muslim." ..
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said: Patience is of three kinds: Forbearance in time of trouble, steadfastness for obedience and restraining oneself from sinning. So one who remains patient during difficulty until god gives him ease, God gives him 300 marks measure of distinction and the vastness between such two marks is equal to the distance between the earth and the sky. One who keeps firmness in obedience to Divine commandments gets such 600 marks or degrees and the distance two such degrees is equal to the distance between the innermost part of the globe of earth and the Throne of the lord. One who restrains himself from sin earns 900 measures, the distance between the said measures being from the centre of the earth to the end of the Throne.
In a famous Hadith of Ibne Abbas we read: No verse more hard and more difficult was ever revealed to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) than this ayat and hence when the companions asked him: why old age has come upon you so soon, he replied: Surah Waaqiah and Surah Hud made me old.
In another narrations we read:When the above ayat was revealed the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said: Girdle your loins, girdle your loins as it is time for action and struggle. Thereafter the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) was never observed smiling.
In another
highly interesting version of the kisa' tradition, related on the authority of
'Abd Allah b. Jafar b. Abi Talib, we read:
As the Apostle of God saw mercy descending, he demanded: 'Call them for me,
call them for me!' Safiyya asked: 'Who should we call, O Messenger of God?' He
answered: 'Call the people of my household: 'Ali, Fatima, Hasan, and Husayn.'
When they were brought, he spread a mantle over them; then lifting his hands
to heaven said: 'O God, these are the people of my House; bless, O God,
Muhammad and the people of the House of Muhammad!' God then sent down the
verse: Surely God wishes to remove all abomination from you, O People of the
House, and purify you with a thorough purification.
O God, as you have bestowed your blessings, mercy, forgiveness, and pleasure upon Abraham and the family of Abraham, so they ['Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Husayn] are of me and I am of them! Bestow, therefore, your blessings, mercy, forgiveness and pleasure upon me and them.'
O God, bless
Muhammad and the people of the House of Muhammad, as you have blessed Abraham
and the people of the House of Abraham among all beings.
The House of Muhammad is, therefore, for all Muslims, 'the household of
prophet hood and the frequenting place of angels'.
This verse was sent down in my house ... There were in the house then, seven: Gabriel and Michael, and 'Ali, Fatima, Hasan, and Husayn, and I stood at the door of the house. I asked: 'O Messenger of God, am I not of the People of the House?' He said: 'You shall indeed come to a good end! You are, however, one of the wives of the Prophet.'
Abu Bakr,
the Prophet's famous Companion and the first caliph. He said:
I saw the Messenger of God pitch a tent in which he placed 'Ali, Fatima, Hasan,
and Husayn. He then declared: 'O Muslims, I am at war against anyone who wars
against the people of this tent, and am at peace with those who show peace
toward them. I am a friend to those who befriend them. He who shows love
toward them shall be one of a happy ancestry and good birth. Nor would anyone
hate them except that he be of miserable ancestry and evil birth.
The People of the House of the Prophet Muhammad have been for the pious an example of generosity, steadfastness in the face of hardship, and a source of solace in time of trials and afflictions. After days of fasting and prayers for the health of the two sick children Hasan and Husayn, the family fed the few morsels of dry bread and dates for which 'Ali had laboured so hard to the needy. On the first evening, we are told, a beggar came. On the second, it was an orphan, and on the third, a captive. To each in turn, they gave the loaf of barley bread and few dates which Fatima had prepared for the family to break their fast. Thus God sent down the verse: They give food to eat, even though they cherish it, to the needy, the orphan and the captive.
He who desires the pleasure to live my life, die my death and dwell in a garden of Eden which my Lord has planted, let him be a friend to 'Ali after me. Let him also be a friend to his friends. Let him finally be guided by the Imams after me, for they are my progeny. They were created of my clay, and have been vouchsafed knowledge and understanding. Woe to those of my community who deny their superiority, and those who violate the demands of kindness to my next of kin. May God not grant them my intercession.' [14]
And when we look at the history books, we see that Sayyedat Nesaa’ al-cAAlameen[11] was the closest person to Rasoolollaah among women, just as Ameer al-Mo’meneen was the closest person to him among men, as cAa’eshah(LAa)[12], their hateful enemy, testifies: [11] Chief of the Women of the World; a title given exclusively to Faatimah, the Daughter of Rasoolollaah, by Allaah. [12] Lacnatollaah cAlayha, may Allaah distance her from His Blessings and Mercy.
((Jomay’ ibn Omayr al-Taymi narrates: I went to cAa’eshah, along with my paternal aunt, and she asked her: Which person was more beloved to Rasoolollaah? cAa’eshah said: Faatimah. Someone else asked her: And among men? cAa’eshah said: Her husband. He was surely, in as much as I knew him, a person who fasted very often, and worshipped very often[13].)). [13] al-Esteecaab / Ibn cAbdelbarr = vol. 4, page 1897. al-Mostadrak / al-Naysaaboori = vol. 3, page 171. Sonan / al-Termedhi = vol. 5, page 701. Taareekh Baghdaad / al-Baghdaadi = vol. 11, page 429. Bakri scholars also narrate from Jomay’ ibn Omayr al-Taymi, who said:((I went to cAa’eshah with my mother, and heard her behind the partition asking cAa’eshah about cAli. So cAa’eshah said: You ask me about a man! By Allaah, I do not know a man more beloved to Rasoolollaah than cAli; and I do not know a woman on the earth more beloved to him than Faatimah.)). (al-Sonan al-Kobraa / al-Nasaa’i = vol. 5, page 140. A shorter version of this hadeeth has also been recorded in other Bakri references, such as: al-cEqd al-Fareed / Ibn cAbderabbeh = vol. 2, page 194. al-Khasaa’es / al-Nasaa’i = page 109. al-Mostadrak / al-Naysaaboori = vol. 3, page 154. al-Reyaad al-Nadirah / al-Tabari = vol. 2, page 162. al-Sonan al-Kobraa / al-Nasaa’i = vol. 5, page 140. Taareekh Demashq / Ibn cAsaakir = vol. 2, page 164. Yanaabeec al-Mawaddah / al-Qandoozi = page 204)
Bakri scholars also narrate from cAa’eshah, who said: ((I have never seen anyone more similar to Rasoolollaah in speaking than Faatimah. Whenever she went to him, he welcomed her and kissed both her hands and sat her in his place; and whenever he went to her, she welcomed him and kissed both his hands[14].)). [14] al-cEqd al-Fareed / Ibn cAbderabbeh.
The following are some more examples of what Bakri scholars narrate from Rasoolollaah about Sayyedat Nesaa’ al-cAAlameen, spoken on different occasions and in different places: ((Your father be your sacrifice[15].)). [15] Fath al-Baari / al-cAsqalaani = vol. 10, page 569. al-Mostadrak / al-Naysaaboori = vol. 3, page 156.
((Faatimah is the mother of her father[16].)). [16] Manaaqib cAli ibn Abi Taalib / Ibn al-Maghaazili = page 340. Maqaatil al-Taalibeyyeen / al-Esbahaani = page 29. al-Mocjam al-Kabeer / al-Tabaraani = vol. 22, page 397.
"It seems the time approached when I shall be called away (by Allah) and I shall answer that call. I am leaving for you two precious things and if you adhere to them both, you will never go astray after me. They are the Book of Allah and my Progeny, that is my Ahlul Bayt. The two shall never separate from each other until they come to me by the Pool (of Paradise)."
Hazrat Muhammad (saww) who had said “ A person who sees a tyrant leader permitting what Allah has forbade, blocking Allah’s promise, opposing the teachings of Allah’s messenger (saww), managing people in sin and rivalry and does not bring about change by action or word, then it is Allah’s right to include this person in the fate of the tyrant leader”.
((I won’t agree until she agrees[17].)). [17] Manaaqib cAli ibn Abi Taalib / Ibn al-Maghaazili = page 342.
((Faatimah is a part of me, makes me happy what makes her happy[18].)). [18] al-Mostadrak / al-Naysaaboori = vol. 1, page 73. al-Sawaaceq al-Mohreqah / al-Haythami = pages 180, 230 and 232. Yanaabeec al-Mawaddah / al-Qandoozi = vol. 2, page 468.
((Faatimah is a part of me, hurts her what hurts me, and makes me happy what makes her happy[19].)). [19] al-Manaaqib / al-Khaarazmi = page 353.
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: "Hussein is from me and I am from Hussein.
Allah loves him who loves Hussein.
Hussein is the son of the Prophet and father of the Imams".
Anas bin Harth Kahili, and his father who were the companions of the Holy Prophet, says that he heard the Holy Prophet saying: "This very son of mine will be killed at a place in the region of Iraq. Whoever is present at that time and is in a position to assist him should assist him".
((Faatimah is a part of me, relieves me what relieves her[20].)). [20] Taaj al-cAroos / al-Zabeedi = vol. 6, page 139.
((Faatimah is a part of me, tires me what tires her[21].)). [21] Taaj al-cAroos / al-Zabeedi = vol. 1, page 485.
The great Sunni scholar of 8th century A H., Hafiz Nuruddin Haithami Shafei has related from Tabrani, who has narrated from Hazrat Aisha that: "Once Imam Hussain Bin Ali (A) visited Holy Prophet (S), while he was in the middle of a revelation. He climbed on the shoulders of Holy Prophet (S), Jibrael asked from the Holy Prophet (S) that did he love him? The Holy Prophet (S) replied 'How could I not love my son'. Jibrael said: 'Surely your Ummat will kill him after you'. Then he stretched his hand and handed over a white sand to Holy Prophet (S) and said: 'Your son will be killed on this soil. The place is known as Taff.' After the departure of Jibrael, the Holy Prophet (S) came out, he had the same sand in his hand, he was weeping and he said: 'O Ayesha, Jibrael has informed me that my son Hussain will be killed on the land of Taff. My Ummat will pass through test after me.' Then the Holy Prophet (S) went, weeping profusely. Hazrat Ali (A), Hazrat Abu Bakr, Hazrat Umar and Hazrat Abu Zar were present there. When they all inquired about the cause of grief. He replied: "Jibrael has informed me that, after me, my son Hussain will be killed on the land of Taff. He also gave me the sand and said that it is from his grave." (Majmauz Zawaed, vol 9, pg 187)
Hakim Neshapuri has related a tradition from Umme Fazl that once in her dream she saw the Holy Prophet (S), whose limb got cut and fell in her lap. She related the dream to Holy Prophet (S), He replied "You have seen a good dream. InshaAllah, Fatema will give birth to a child and you will upbring him." Umme Fazl said soon after Fatema gave birth to Husain and I brought him up. Once I took him to Holy Prophet (S). When the Holy Prophet (S) looked at me, his eyes were brimming with tears. When I inquired about the cause of tears. He replied: "Jibrael had come to me and told me that after me, my Ummat will kill my son." I asked "Will it be this son?" He replied in the affirmative. Jibrael also brought reddish sand for me." (Mustadrak Hakim, vol 3, pg 176)
Allauddin Muttaqi Hindi, a great Sunni scholar has recorded a tradition in his book 'Kanzul Ummal' from a great Sunni traditionalist and historian Ibne Asakir that Hazrat Ali (A) related from Holy Prophet (S) who said: "O Ali! Islam is bare naked, it is covered by piety, its dress is guidance, its adornment is shame, its pillar is abstinence and its base is good deeds. The foundation of Islam is my love and love for my Ahlul-Bayt." (Kanzul Ummal, vol 13, pg 90 and vol 6, pg 218)
Imamul Mohaddesin Ahmed Bin Hambal has related a tradition from Holy Prophet (S) in which he addressed his cousin Mutallib Bin Rabiah: "By Allah faith will not enter any Muslim's heart unless for the sake of maintaining contact with me and he loves my Ahlul-Bayt (A)." (Musnad Ahmed, vol 3, pg 201)
God says in
the Qur'an about Pharaoh and his army: "neither the Sky nor the Earth wept for
them and they were not given chance." (ad-Dukhaa, Verse 29)
Imam Muslim records in explanation of this ayat, "When Husayn was martyred,
the Sky as well as the Earth wept on him and weeping of the sky is its being
red." (Sahih of Muslim).
He used to say, "Husain is from me and I am from Husain."
Once he said, "Hasan and Husain are the leaders of the youth of Paradise."
((Faatimah is a part of me, saddens me what saddens her[22].)). [22] al-Tabaqaat al-Kobraa / Ibn Sacd = vol. 8, page 262.
"Hasan and Hussein are my two fragrant flowers in the world".
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) is quoted to have said: "He who learns for the sake of haughtiness, dies ignorant. He who learns only to talk, rather than to act, dies a hypocrite. He who learns for the mere sake of debating, dies irreligious. He who learns only to accumulate wealth, dies an atheist. And he who learns for the sake of action, dies a mystic."
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