لَیْسَ الْخَبَرُ کَالْمُعَایَنَةِ
The report is not like witnessing
Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi – Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
40 hadith
1 2 الْحَرْبُ خُدَعَةٌ
War is deception
3 الْمُسْلِمُ مِرْآةُ الْمُسْلِمِ
A Muslim is a mirror of the Muslim
4 الْمُسْتَشَارُ مُؤتَمَنٌ
Someone whose advice is sought is in a position of trust
5 الدَّالُّ عَلَی الْخَیْرِ کَفَاعِلِهِ
The person guiding (someone) to do a good deed, is like the one performing the good deed
6 إِسْتَعِیْنُوْا عَلَی الْحَوَائِجِ بِالْکِتْمَانِ
Seek help for any needs discreetly
7 إِتَّقُوْا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ
Protect yourself from the fire even with a part of a date
8 الدُّنْیَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤمِنِ وَ جَنَّةُ الْکَافِرِ
The world is the believer’s prison and the disbeliever’s paradise
9 الْحَیَاءُ خَیْرٌ کُلُّهُ
Modesty is entirely good
10 عِدَةُ الْمُؤمِنِ کَاَخْذِ الْکَفِّ
The word of the believer is like seizing of the hand
11 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
12 لَیْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ غَشَّنَا
He is not one of us who cheats us
13 مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى
A little that suffices is better than an abundance that distracts
14 الرَّاجِعُ فِيْ هِبَتِهِ کَالرَّاجِعِ فِيْ قَیْئِهِ
Someone who takes back his gift is like someone who eats his vomit
15 الْبَلَاءُ مُوَکِّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ
Affliction comes from (loose) talk
16 النَّاسُ کَأسْنَانِ الْمُشْطِ
People are like the teeth of a comb
17 الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ
Richness lies in the richness of the soul
18 الْسَّعِیْدُ مَنْ وُّعِظَ بِغَیْرِهِ
The felicitous person takes lessons from (the actions of) others
19 وَ إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ لَحِکْمَةً وَاِنَّ مِنَ الْبَیَانِ لَسِحْرًا
Indeed, in poetry there is wisdom and in eloquence there is magic
20 عَفْوُ الْمُلُوْكِ إِبْقَاءٌ لِلْمُلْكِ
The king’s pardon preserves the kingdom
21 اَلْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ
A man will be with whom he loves
22 مَا هَلَكَ إمْرُؤٌ عَرَفَ قَدْرَهُ
A man who knows his worth will not be ruined
23 اَلْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَ لِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ
The child belongs to the bed and stoning is for the adulterer
24 الْیَدُ الْعُلْیَا خَیْرٌ مِّنَ الْیَدِ السُّفْلَی
The upper hand is superior to the lower hand
25 لَا شَکَرَ اللهَ مَنْ لَّا یَشْکُرُ النَّاسَ
He does not thank Allah who does not thank people
26 حُبُّكَ الشَّيْءَ یُعْمِيْ وَ یُصِمُّ
Your love of something can blind and deafen (you)
27 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
28 الْتَّائِبُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ کَمَنْ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ
One who repents from sin is like someone without sin
29 الشَّاهِدُ یَرَی مَا لَا یَرَاهُ الْغَائِبُ
The person who actually witnesses an (event) sees that which one who is absent does not
30 اِذا جَاءَکُمْ کَرِیْمُ قَوْمٍ فَاَکْرِمُوهُ
If the nobleman of a people comes to you, honour him
31 الْیَمِینُ الْفَاجِرَةُ تَدَعُ الدِّیَارَ الْبَلَاقِعَ
False oaths lay waste to home (lands)
32 مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِیْدٌ
Whoever is killed attempting to save his property is a martyr
33 الْاَعْمَالُ بِالنِّیَّةِ
Actions are through intentions
34 سَیِّدُ الْقَوْمِ خَادِمُهُمْ
The leader of a people is their servant
35 خَیْرُ الْأُمُوْرِ أَوْسَطُهَا
The best of affairs is that which is balanced
36 اَللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ فِیْ أُمَّتِیْ فِی بُکُوْرِهَا یَوْمَ الْخَمِیْسِ
O Allah, bless my nation in its early rising on Thursdays
37 کَادَ الْفَقْرُ أَنْ یَکُوْنَ کُفْرًا
Poverty can almost turn into disbelief
38 الْسَّفَرُ قِطْعَةٌ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ
Travelling is a portion of punishment
39 خَیْرُ زَّادِ الْتَّقْوَی
The best of provision is God-Consciousness (taqwa)
40 الْمَجَالِسُ بِالْاَمَانَةِ
Meetings are under trust