Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah

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