3. Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
Forty Hadith (collections) 1No grade recorded
لَیْسَ الْخَبَرُ کَالْمُعَایَنَةِ
The report is not like witnessing.
Forty Hadith (collections) 2In al-Bukhari or Muslim
الْحَرْبُ خُدَعَةٌ
War is deception.
Forty Hadith (collections) 3No grade recorded
الْمُسْلِمُ مِرْآةُ الْمُسْلِمِ
A Muslim is a mirror of the Muslim.
Forty Hadith (collections) 4Graders disagree
الْمُسْتَشَارُ مُؤتَمَنٌ
Someone whose advice is sought is in a position of trust.
Forty Hadith (collections) 5Hasan or sahih
الدَّالُّ عَلَی الْخَیْرِ کَفَاعِلِهِ
The person guiding (someone) to do a good deed, is like the one performing the good deed.
Forty Hadith (collections) 6No grade recorded
إِسْتَعِیْنُوْا عَلَی الْحَوَائِجِ بِالْکِتْمَانِ
Seek help for any needs discreetly.
Forty Hadith (collections) 7In al-Bukhari or Muslim
إِتَّقُوْا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ
Protect yourself from the fire even with a part of a date.
Forty Hadith (collections) 8No grade recorded
الدُّنْیَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤمِنِ وَ جَنَّةُ الْکَافِرِ
The world is the believer’s prison and the disbeliever’s paradise.
Forty Hadith (collections) 9No grade recorded
الْحَیَاءُ خَیْرٌ کُلُّهُ
Modesty is entirely good.
Forty Hadith (collections) 10No grade recorded
عِدَةُ الْمُؤمِنِ کَاَخْذِ الْکَفِّ
The word of the believer is like seizing of the hand.
Forty Hadith (collections) 11In al-Bukhari or Muslim
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.
Forty Hadith (collections) 12No grade recorded
لَیْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ غَشَّنَا
He is not one of us who cheats us.
Forty Hadith (collections) 13No grade recorded
مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى
A little that suffices is better than an abundance that distracts.
Forty Hadith (collections) 14No grade recorded
الرَّاجِعُ فِيْ هِبَتِهِ کَالرَّاجِعِ فِيْ قَیْئِهِ
Someone who takes back his gift is like someone who eats his vomit.
Forty Hadith (collections) 15No grade recorded
الْبَلَاءُ مُوَکِّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ
Affliction comes from (loose) talk.
Forty Hadith (collections) 16No grade recorded
النَّاسُ کَأسْنَانِ الْمُشْطِ
People are like the teeth of a comb.
Forty Hadith (collections) 17No grade recorded
الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ
Richness lies in the richness of the soul.
Forty Hadith (collections) 18No grade recorded
الْسَّعِیْدُ مَنْ وُّعِظَ بِغَیْرِهِ
The felicitous person takes lessons from (the actions of) others.
Forty Hadith (collections) 19No grade recorded
وَ إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ لَحِکْمَةً وَاِنَّ مِنَ الْبَیَانِ لَسِحْرًا
Indeed, in poetry there is wisdom and in eloquence there is magic.
Forty Hadith (collections) 20No grade recorded
عَفْوُ الْمُلُوْكِ إِبْقَاءٌ لِلْمُلْكِ
The king’s pardon preserves the kingdom.
Forty Hadith (collections) 21In al-Bukhari or Muslim
اَلْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ
A man will be with whom he loves.
Forty Hadith (collections) 22No grade recorded
مَا هَلَكَ إمْرُؤٌ عَرَفَ قَدْرَهُ
A man who knows his worth will not be ruined.
Forty Hadith (collections) 23No grade recorded
اَلْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَ لِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ
The child belongs to the bed and stoning is for the adulterer.
Forty Hadith (collections) 24In al-Bukhari or Muslim
الْیَدُ الْعُلْیَا خَیْرٌ مِّنَ الْیَدِ السُّفْلَی
The upper hand is superior to the lower hand.
Forty Hadith (collections) 25Sahih
لَا شَکَرَ اللهَ مَنْ لَّا یَشْکُرُ النَّاسَ
He does not thank Allah who does not thank people.
Forty Hadith (collections) 26No grade recorded
حُبُّكَ الشَّيْءَ یُعْمِيْ وَ یُصِمُّ
Your love of something can blind and deafen (you).
Forty Hadith (collections) 27No grade recorded
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.
Forty Hadith (collections) 28Graders disagree
الْتَّائِبُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ کَمَنْ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ
One who repents from sin is like someone without sin.
Forty Hadith (collections) 29No grade recorded
الشَّاهِدُ یَرَی مَا لَا یَرَاهُ الْغَائِبُ
The person who actually witnesses an (event) sees that which one who is absent does not.
Forty Hadith (collections) 30No grade recorded
اِذا جَاءَکُمْ کَرِیْمُ قَوْمٍ فَاَکْرِمُوهُ
If the nobleman of a people comes to you, honour him.
Forty Hadith (collections) 31No grade recorded
الْیَمِینُ الْفَاجِرَةُ تَدَعُ الدِّیَارَ الْبَلَاقِعَ
False oaths lay waste to home (lands).
Forty Hadith (collections) 32In al-Bukhari or Muslim
مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِیْدٌ
Whoever is killed attempting to save his property is a martyr.
Forty Hadith (collections) 33No grade recorded
الْاَعْمَالُ بِالنِّیَّةِ
Actions are through intentions.
Forty Hadith (collections) 34No grade recorded
سَیِّدُ الْقَوْمِ خَادِمُهُمْ
The leader of a people is their servant.
Forty Hadith (collections) 35No grade recorded
خَیْرُ الْأُمُوْرِ أَوْسَطُهَا
The best of affairs is that which is balanced.
Forty Hadith (collections) 36Graders disagree
اَللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ فِیْ أُمَّتِیْ فِی بُکُوْرِهَا یَوْمَ الْخَمِیْسِ
O Allah, bless my nation in its early rising on Thursdays!
Forty Hadith (collections) 37No grade recorded
کَادَ الْفَقْرُ أَنْ یَکُوْنَ کُفْرًا
Poverty can almost turn into disbelief.
Forty Hadith (collections) 38In al-Bukhari or Muslim
الْسَّفَرُ قِطْعَةٌ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ
Travelling is a portion of punishment.
Forty Hadith (collections) 39No grade recorded
خَیْرُ زَّادِ الْتَّقْوَی
The best of provision is God-Consciousness ( taqwa ).
Forty Hadith (collections) 40No grade recorded
الْمَجَالِسُ بِالْاَمَانَةِ
Meetings are under trust.