Hadith 1
The report is not like witnessing.
لَیْسَ الْخَبَرُ کَالْمُعَایَنَةِ
Collections of Forty
Book 3: Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
أربعون شاه ولي الله الدهلوي
Hadith 2
War is deception.
الْحَرْبُ خُدَعَةٌ
Hadith 3
A Muslim is a mirror of the Muslim.
الْمُسْلِمُ مِرْآةُ الْمُسْلِمِ
Hadith 4
Someone whose advice is sought is in a position of trust.
الْمُسْتَشَارُ مُؤتَمَنٌ
Hadith 5
The person guiding (someone) to do a good deed, is like the one performing the good deed.
الدَّالُّ عَلَی الْخَیْرِ کَفَاعِلِهِ
Hadith 6
Seek help for any needs discreetly.
إِسْتَعِیْنُوْا عَلَی الْحَوَائِجِ بِالْکِتْمَانِ
Hadith 7
Protect yourself from the fire even with a part of a date.
إِتَّقُوْا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ
Hadith 8
The world is the believer’s prison and the disbeliever’s paradise.
الدُّنْیَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤمِنِ وَ جَنَّةُ الْکَافِرِ
Hadith 9
Modesty is entirely good.
الْحَیَاءُ خَیْرٌ کُلُّهُ
Hadith 10
The word of the believer is like seizing of the hand.
عِدَةُ الْمُؤمِنِ کَاَخْذِ الْکَفِّ
Hadith 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
Hadith 12
He is not one of us who cheats us.
لَیْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ غَشَّنَا
Hadith 13
A little that suffices is better than an abundance that distracts.
مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى
Hadith 14
Someone who takes back his gift is like someone who eats his vomit.
الرَّاجِعُ فِيْ هِبَتِهِ کَالرَّاجِعِ فِيْ قَیْئِهِ
Hadith 15
Affliction comes from (loose) talk.
الْبَلَاءُ مُوَکِّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ
Hadith 16
People are like the teeth of a comb.
النَّاسُ کَأسْنَانِ الْمُشْطِ
Hadith 17
Richness lies in the richness of the soul.
الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ
Hadith 18
The felicitous person takes lessons from (the actions of) others.
الْسَّعِیْدُ مَنْ وُّعِظَ بِغَیْرِهِ
Hadith 19
Indeed, in poetry there is wisdom and in eloquence there is magic.
وَ إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ لَحِکْمَةً وَاِنَّ مِنَ الْبَیَانِ لَسِحْرًا
Hadith 20
The king’s pardon preserves the kingdom.
عَفْوُ الْمُلُوْكِ إِبْقَاءٌ لِلْمُلْكِ