Forty Ḥadīth of Shāh Walīullāh

Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi

Forty Ḥadīth of Shāh Walīullāh · 40 narrations

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لَیْسَ الْخَبَرُ کَالْمُعَایَنَةِ

The report is not like witnessing

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الْحَرْبُ خُدَعَةٌ

War is deception

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الْمُسْلِمُ مِرْآةُ الْمُسْلِمِ

A Muslim is a mirror of the Muslim

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الْمُسْتَشَارُ مُؤتَمَنٌ

Someone whose advice is sought is in a position of trust

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الدَّالُّ عَلَی الْخَیْرِ کَفَاعِلِهِ

The person guiding (someone) to do a good deed, is like the one performing the good deed

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إِسْتَعِیْنُوْا عَلَی الْحَوَائِجِ بِالْکِتْمَانِ

Seek help for any needs discreetly

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إِتَّقُوْا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ

Protect yourself from the fire even with a part of a date

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الدُّنْیَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤمِنِ وَ جَنَّةُ الْکَافِرِ

The world is the believer’s prison and the disbeliever’s paradise

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الْحَیَاءُ خَیْرٌ کُلُّهُ

Modesty is entirely good

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عِدَةُ الْمُؤمِنِ کَاَخْذِ الْکَفِّ

The word of the believer is like seizing of the hand

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لَا یَحِلُّ لِمُؤمِنٍ اَنْ یَّجُهْرَ أخَاهُ فَوقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أیَّامٍ

It is unlawful for a believer to sever relations with his brother for more than three days

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لَیْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ غَشَّنَا

He is not one of us who cheats us

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مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى

A little that suffices is better than an abundance that distracts

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الرَّاجِعُ فِيْ هِبَتِهِ کَالرَّاجِعِ فِيْ قَیْئِهِ

Someone who takes back his gift is like someone who eats his vomit

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الْبَلَاءُ مُوَکِّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ

Affliction comes from (loose) talk

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النَّاسُ کَأسْنَانِ الْمُشْطِ

People are like the teeth of a comb

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الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ

Richness lies in the richness of the soul

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الْسَّعِیْدُ مَنْ وُّعِظَ بِغَیْرِهِ

The felicitous person takes lessons from (the actions of) others

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وَ إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ لَحِکْمَةً وَاِنَّ مِنَ الْبَیَانِ لَسِحْرًا

Indeed, in poetry there is wisdom and in eloquence there is magic

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عَفْوُ الْمُلُوْكِ إِبْقَاءٌ لِلْمُلْكِ

The king’s pardon preserves the kingdom

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اَلْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ

A man will be with whom he loves

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مَا هَلَكَ إمْرُؤٌ عَرَفَ قَدْرَهُ

A man who knows his worth will not be ruined

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اَلْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَ لِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ

The child belongs to the bed and stoning is for the adulterer

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الْیَدُ الْعُلْیَا خَیْرٌ مِّنَ الْیَدِ السُّفْلَی

The upper hand is superior to the lower hand

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لَا شَکَرَ اللهَ مَنْ لَّا یَشْکُرُ النَّاسَ

He does not thank Allah who does not thank people

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حُبُّكَ الشَّيْءَ یُعْمِيْ وَ یُصِمُّ

Your love of something can blind and deafen (you)

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جُبِلَتِ الْقُلُوبُ عَلی حُبَّ مَنْ اَحْسَنَ اِلَیْهَا وَ بُغْضِ مَنْ اَسَاءَ اِلَیْهَا

Hearts are predisposed to love someone who does them good and detest someone who does them harm

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الْتَّائِبُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ کَمَنْ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ

One who repents from sin is like someone without sin

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الشَّاهِدُ یَرَی مَا لَا یَرَاهُ الْغَائِبُ

The person who actually witnesses an (event) sees that which one who is absent does not

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اِذا جَاءَکُمْ کَرِیْمُ قَوْمٍ فَاَکْرِمُوهُ

If the nobleman of a people comes to you, honour him

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الْیَمِینُ الْفَاجِرَةُ تَدَعُ الدِّیَارَ الْبَلَاقِعَ

False oaths lay waste to home (lands)

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مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِیْدٌ

Whoever is killed attempting to save his property is a martyr

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الْاَعْمَالُ بِالنِّیَّةِ

Actions are through intentions

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سَیِّدُ الْقَوْمِ خَادِمُهُمْ

The leader of a people is their servant

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خَیْرُ الْأُمُوْرِ أَوْسَطُهَا

The best of affairs is that which is balanced

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اَللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ فِیْ أُمَّتِیْ فِی بُکُوْرِهَا یَوْمَ الْخَمِیْسِ

O Allah, bless my nation in its early rising on Thursdays

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کَادَ الْفَقْرُ أَنْ یَکُوْنَ کُفْرًا

Poverty can almost turn into disbelief

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الْسَّفَرُ قِطْعَةٌ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ

Travelling is a portion of punishment

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خَیْرُ زَّادِ الْتَّقْوَی

The best of provision is God-Consciousness (taqwa)

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الْمَجَالِسُ بِالْاَمَانَةِ

Meetings are under trust

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