The Forty Hadith of Hazrat Shah Waliullah Dehlavi

The Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi

#1
Narrational Knowledge and direct knowledge are not one in the same.


#2
War is a deception.


#3
Muslims are mirrors to one another.


#4
He who is sought for counsel out to be one who is faithful.


#5
Seek Allah to fulfill your needs, conceal them from others.


#6
Guard yourself from fire, even if it be as small as a date slice.


#7
The life of this world is a prison for the believer, but a paradise for the blasphemer.


#8
One guiding towards goodness, is like one practicing it.


#9
It is impermissible for a believer to ignore his brother for more than three days.


#10
Modesty is the greatest of virtues.


#11
Promises of a believer are similar to an agreement (i.e. they are certain)


#12
One who deceives us is not of us.


#13
It is better to be content with little, than to be disoriented by greed.


#14
One who takes back gifts is like one who consumes his own vomit.


#15
Calamities befall one who speaks without purpose.


#16
Mankind is like the teeth of a single comb.


#17
The most accomplished is the one who restrains one's self (nafs).


#18
The felicitous are those who accept guidance, even from strangers.


#19
Certainly, there is wisdom in poetry and a magic in language.


#20
The source of the subsistence in nations is its absolving monarchs.


#21
Men are with whom they love.


#22
Those mindful of their limitations shall not destroy themselves.


#23
The child is cared and provided for, but the adulterer stoned.


#24
The bestowing hand is better than the one bestowed.


#25
One is not grateful to Allah, when one is ungrateful to man.


#26
Love towards a thing can blind and deafen one.


#27
In their essence, heart are drawn towards one's presenting beauty (in the form of virtue and goodness), while
repulsed by one's presenting ugliness (in the form of wickedness and vice).


#28
One wholeheartedly repenting from sin, is as one who had never carried it.


#29
The present witness what the absent do not.


#30
When generous people arrive, show them generosity.


#31
False oaths destroy cities.


#32
One killed guarding one's wealth, is a martyr.


#33
Actions are in their intentions.


#34
The master of a nation is its servant.


#35
The best of paths is the middle.


#36
May Allah bless the mornings of Thursdays for my nation.


#37
Poverty can drive one to blasphemy.


#38
Traveling is a minor form of chastisement.


#39
Gather for honorable purposes.


#40
God weariness is the best provision.