#1Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
لَیْسَ الْخَبَرُ کَالْمُعَایَنَةِ
English
The report is not like witnessing
Ref: dehlawi #1
শাহ ওয়ালীউল্লাহর ৪০ হাদিস
Compiled by Shah Waliullah ad-Dehlawi (1176 AH). Short and concise collection of 40 profound aphorisms of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ).
لَیْسَ الْخَبَرُ کَالْمُعَایَنَةِ
The report is not like witnessing
الْحَرْبُ خُدَعَةٌ
War is deception
الْمُسْلِمُ مِرْآةُ الْمُسْلِمِ
A Muslim is a mirror of the Muslim
الْمُسْتَشَارُ مُؤتَمَنٌ
Someone whose advice is sought is in a position of trust
الدَّالُّ عَلَی الْخَیْرِ کَفَاعِلِهِ
The person guiding (someone) to do a good deed, is like the one performing the good deed
إِسْتَعِیْنُوْا عَلَی الْحَوَائِجِ بِالْکِتْمَانِ
Seek help for any needs discreetly
إِتَّقُوْا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ
Protect yourself from the fire even with a part of a date
الدُّنْیَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤمِنِ وَ جَنَّةُ الْکَافِرِ
The world is the believer’s prison and the disbeliever’s paradise
الْحَیَاءُ خَیْرٌ کُلُّهُ
Modesty is entirely good
عِدَةُ الْمُؤمِنِ کَاَخْذِ الْکَفِّ
The word of the believer is like seizing of the hand
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
لَیْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ غَشَّنَا
He is not one of us who cheats us
مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى
A little that suffices is better than an abundance that distracts
الرَّاجِعُ فِيْ هِبَتِهِ کَالرَّاجِعِ فِيْ قَیْئِهِ
Someone who takes back his gift is like someone who eats his vomit
الْبَلَاءُ مُوَکِّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ
Affliction comes from (loose) talk
النَّاسُ کَأسْنَانِ الْمُشْطِ
People are like the teeth of a comb
الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ
Richness lies in the richness of the soul
الْسَّعِیْدُ مَنْ وُّعِظَ بِغَیْرِهِ
The felicitous person takes lessons from (the actions of) others
وَ إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ لَحِکْمَةً وَاِنَّ مِنَ الْبَیَانِ لَسِحْرًا
Indeed, in poetry there is wisdom and in eloquence there is magic
عَفْوُ الْمُلُوْكِ إِبْقَاءٌ لِلْمُلْكِ
The king’s pardon preserves the kingdom
اَلْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ
A man will be with whom he loves
مَا هَلَكَ إمْرُؤٌ عَرَفَ قَدْرَهُ
A man who knows his worth will not be ruined
اَلْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَ لِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ
The child belongs to the bed and stoning is for the adulterer
الْیَدُ الْعُلْیَا خَیْرٌ مِّنَ الْیَدِ السُّفْلَی
The upper hand is superior to the lower hand
لَا شَکَرَ اللهَ مَنْ لَّا یَشْکُرُ النَّاسَ
He does not thank Allah who does not thank people
حُبُّكَ الشَّيْءَ یُعْمِيْ وَ یُصِمُّ
Your love of something can blind and deafen (you)
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
الْتَّائِبُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ کَمَنْ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ
One who repents from sin is like someone without sin
الشَّاهِدُ یَرَی مَا لَا یَرَاهُ الْغَائِبُ
The person who actually witnesses an (event) sees that which one who is absent does not
اِذا جَاءَکُمْ کَرِیْمُ قَوْمٍ فَاَکْرِمُوهُ
If the nobleman of a people comes to you, honour him
الْیَمِینُ الْفَاجِرَةُ تَدَعُ الدِّیَارَ الْبَلَاقِعَ
False oaths lay waste to home (lands)
مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِیْدٌ
Whoever is killed attempting to save his property is a martyr
الْاَعْمَالُ بِالنِّیَّةِ
Actions are through intentions
سَیِّدُ الْقَوْمِ خَادِمُهُمْ
The leader of a people is their servant
خَیْرُ الْأُمُوْرِ أَوْسَطُهَا
The best of affairs is that which is balanced
اَللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ فِیْ أُمَّتِیْ فِی بُکُوْرِهَا یَوْمَ الْخَمِیْسِ
O Allah, bless my nation in its early rising on Thursdays
کَادَ الْفَقْرُ أَنْ یَکُوْنَ کُفْرًا
Poverty can almost turn into disbelief
الْسَّفَرُ قِطْعَةٌ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ
Travelling is a portion of punishment
خَیْرُ زَّادِ الْتَّقْوَی
The best of provision is God-Consciousness (taqwa)
الْمَجَالِسُ بِالْاَمَانَةِ
Meetings are under trust