Hadith text · Matn
لَيْسَ الْخَبَرُ كَالْمُعَايَنَةِ
English translation
The report is not like witnessing.
Book 3
Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
أربعون شاه ولي الله الدهلوي
40 hadiths · no chapter divisions
Hadith text · Matn
الْحَرْبُ خُدْعَةٌ
English translation
War is deception.
Hadith text · Matn
الْمُسْلِمُ مِرْآةُ الْمُسْلِمِ
English translation
A Muslim is a mirror of the Muslim.
Hadith text · Matn
الْمُسْتَشَارُ مُؤْتَمَنٌ
English translation
Someone whose advice is sought is in a position of trust.
Hadith text · Matn
الدَّالُّ عَلَى الْخَيْرِ كَفَاعِلِهِ
English translation
The person guiding (someone) to do a good deed, is like the one performing the good deed.
Hadith text · Matn
اسْتَعِينُوا عَلَى قَضَاءِ الْحَوَائِجِ بِالْكِتْمَانِ
English translation
Seek help for any needs discreetly.
Hadith text · Matn
اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ
English translation
Protect yourself from the fire even with a part of a date.
Hadith text · Matn
الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ
English translation
The world is the believer’s prison and the disbeliever’s paradise.
Hadith text · Matn
الْحَيَاءُ خَيْرٌ كُلُّهُ
English translation
Modesty is entirely good.
Hadith text · Matn
عِدَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَأَخْذِ الْكَفِّ
English translation
The word of the believer is like seizing of the hand.
Hadith text · Matn
لَا يَحِلُّ لِمُؤْمِنٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ
English translation
It is unlawful for a believer to sever relations with his brother for more than three days.
Hadith text · Matn
لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ غَشَّنَا
English translation
He is not one of us who cheats us.
Hadith text · Matn
مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى
English translation
A little that suffices is better than an abundance that distracts.
Hadith text · Matn
الرَّاجِعُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالرَّاجِعِ فِي قَيْئِهِ
English translation
Someone who takes back his gift is like someone who eats his vomit.
Hadith text · Matn
الْبَلَاءُ مُوَكَّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ
English translation
Affliction comes from (loose) talk.
Hadith text · Matn
النَّاسُ كَأَسْنَانِ الْمُشْطِ
English translation
People are like the teeth of a comb.
Hadith text · Matn
الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ
English translation
Richness lies in the richness of the soul.
Hadith text · Matn
السَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ
English translation
The felicitous person takes lessons from (the actions of) others.
Hadith text · Matn
إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ لَحِكْمَةً، وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ لَسِحْرًا
English translation
Indeed, in poetry there is wisdom and in eloquence there is magic.
Hadith text · Matn
عَفْوُ الْمُلُوكِ إِبْقَاءٌ لِلْمُلْكِ
English translation
The king’s pardon preserves the kingdom.
Hadith text · Matn
الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ
English translation
A man will be with whom he loves.
Hadith text · Matn
رَحِمَ اللهُ امْرَأً عَرَفَ قَدْرَهُ
English translation
A man who knows his worth will not be ruined.
Hadith text · Matn
الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ
English translation
The child belongs to the bed and stoning is for the adulterer.
Hadith text · Matn
الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى
English translation
The upper hand is superior to the lower hand.
Hadith text · Matn
لَا يَشْكُرُ اللهَ مَنْ لَا يَشْكُرُ النَّاسَ
English translation
He does not thank Allah who does not thank people.