Hadith text · Matn
حُبُّكَ الشَّيْءَ يُعْمِي وَيُصِمُّ
English translation
Your love of something can blind and deafen (you).
Book 3
Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
أربعون شاه ولي الله الدهلوي
40 hadiths · no chapter divisions
Hadith text · Matn
جُبِلَتِ الْقُلُوبُ عَلَى حُبِّ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهَا، وَبُغْضِ مَنْ أَسَاءَ إِلَيْهَا
English translation
Hearts are predisposed to love someone who does them good and detest someone who does them harm.
Hadith text · Matn
التَّائِبُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ كَمَنْ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ
English translation
One who repents from sin is like someone without sin.
Hadith text · Matn
الشَّاهِدُ يَرَى مَا لَا يَرَاهُ الْغَائِبُ
English translation
The person who actually witnesses an (event) sees that which one who is absent does not.
Hadith text · Matn
إِذَا جَاءَكُمْ كَرِيمُ قَوْمٍ فَأَكْرِمُوهُ
English translation
If the nobleman of a people comes to you, honour him.
Hadith text · Matn
الْيَمِينُ الْفَاجِرَةُ تَدَعُ الدِّيَارَبَلَاقِعَ
English translation
False oaths lay waste to home (lands).
Hadith text · Matn
مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ
English translation
Whoever is killed attempting to save his property is a martyr.
Hadith text · Matn
إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ
English translation
Actions are through intentions.
Hadith text · Matn
سَيِّدُ الْقَوْمِ خَادِمُهُمْ
English translation
The leader of a people is their servant.
Hadith text · Matn
خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ أَوْسَطُهَا
English translation
The best of affairs is that which is balanced.
Hadith text · Matn
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا
English translation
O Allah, bless my nation in its early rising on Thursdays!
Hadith text · Matn
كَادَ الْفَقْرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كُفْرًا
English translation
Poverty can almost turn into disbelief.
Hadith text · Matn
السَّفَرُ قِطْعَةٌ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ
English translation
Travelling is a portion of punishment.
Hadith text · Matn
خَيْرُ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى
English translation
The best of provision is God-Consciousness (<i>taqwa</i>).
Hadith text · Matn
الْمَجَالِسُ بِالْأَمَانَةِ
English translation
Meetings are under trust.