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40 Hadith Shah Waliullah — Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi

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أربعون شاه ولي الله الدهلوي Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi The report is not like witnessing. لَیْسَ الْخَبَرُ کَالْمُعَایَنَةِ

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الْحَرْبُ خُدَعَةٌ

War is deception.

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الْمُسْلِمُ مِرْآةُ الْمُسْلِمِ

A Muslim is a mirror of the Muslim.

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الْمُسْتَشَارُ مُؤتَمَنٌ

Someone whose advice is sought is in a position of trust.

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الدَّالُّ عَلَی الْخَیْرِ کَفَاعِلِهِ

The person guiding (someone) to do a good deed, is like the one performing the good deed.

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إِسْتَعِیْنُوْا عَلَی الْحَوَائِجِ بِالْکِتْمَانِ

Seek help for any needs discreetly.

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إِتَّقُوْا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ

Protect yourself from the fire even with a part of a date.

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الدُّنْیَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤمِنِ وَ جَنَّةُ الْکَافِرِ

The world is the believer’s prison and the disbeliever’s paradise.

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الْحَیَاءُ خَیْرٌ کُلُّهُ

Modesty is entirely good.

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عِدَةُ الْمُؤمِنِ کَاَخْذِ الْکَفِّ

The word of the believer is like seizing of the hand.

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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.

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لَیْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ غَشَّنَا

He is not one of us who cheats us.

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مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى

A little that suffices is better than an abundance that distracts.

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الرَّاجِعُ فِيْ هِبَتِهِ کَالرَّاجِعِ فِيْ قَیْئِهِ

Someone who takes back his gift is like someone who eats his vomit.

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الْبَلَاءُ مُوَکِّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ

Affliction comes from (loose) talk.

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النَّاسُ کَأسْنَانِ الْمُشْطِ

People are like the teeth of a comb.

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الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ

Richness lies in the richness of the soul.

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الْسَّعِیْدُ مَنْ وُّعِظَ بِغَیْرِهِ

The felicitous person takes lessons from (the actions of) others.

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وَ إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ لَحِکْمَةً وَاِنَّ مِنَ الْبَیَانِ لَسِحْرًا

Indeed, in poetry there is wisdom and in eloquence there is magic.

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عَفْوُ الْمُلُوْكِ إِبْقَاءٌ لِلْمُلْكِ

The king’s pardon preserves the kingdom.

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اَلْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ

A man will be with whom he loves.

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مَا هَلَكَ إمْرُؤٌ عَرَفَ قَدْرَهُ

A man who knows his worth will not be ruined.

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اَلْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَ لِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ

The child belongs to the bed and stoning is for the adulterer.

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الْیَدُ الْعُلْیَا خَیْرٌ مِّنَ الْیَدِ السُّفْلَی

The upper hand is superior to the lower hand.

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لَا شَکَرَ اللهَ مَنْ لَّا یَشْکُرُ النَّاسَ

He does not thank Allah who does not thank people.

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