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