SELECTED SAYINGS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD
There is absolutely no doubt that that Prophet Muhammad shed
a brilliant light on all the problems
humanity has to tackle and grapple with . His sayings very few of which are reproduced
below deserve to be studied by everybody
who wants to live a perfectly happy, heathy , safe, and blessed life.
(1). Keep fast and eat also, stay awake at night and sleep
also, for verily there is a duty on you to your body, not to labour overmuch,
so that ye me not get ill and destroy yourselves; and verily there is a duty on
you to your eyes, ye must sometimes sleep and give them rest; and verily there is
a duty on you to your wife, and to your
visitors and guests that come to see you; ye must talk to them.
(2). O Lord ! grant to me the love of Thee; grant that I love
those who love Thee; grant that I may do the deeds that win Thy love; make Thy
love dearer to me than self, family or
wealth.
(3). My cherisher hath ordered me nine things : (1) To
reverence Him, externally and internally, (2) to speak true, and with
propriety, in prosperity and adversity; (3) moderation in affluence and
poverty; (4) to benefit my relations and kindred, who do not benefit me; (5) to
give alms to him who refuseth me; (6) to
forgive him who injureth me; (7) that my silence should be in attaining a
knowledge of God ; (8) that when I speak, I should mention Him; (9) that when I look on God’s creatures, it should be
as an example for them: and God hath ordered me to direct in that which is
lawful.
(4). There is a polish for everything that taketh away rust;
and the polish for the heart is the
remembrance of God.’ The companions said , ‘Is not fighting with the infidels
also like this?’ Lord Muhammad said, ‘No, although he fight until his sword be
broken! ‘
(5). Verily for God
are one hundred loving kindnesses; one of which He hath sent down amongst men,
quadrupeds and every moving thing upon the face of earth, and forgive one
another; and then by it they are kind to each other; and by it the animals of the wilds are kind to their young;
and God hath reserved ninety-nine loving
kindnesses, by which He will be gracious
to His creatures on the last day.
(6) . One hour’s meditation on the work of the Creator is
better than seventy years of prayer.
(7). He who leaveth
home in search of knowledge, walketh in the path of God.
(8). When you speak,
speak the truth; perform when you promise, discharge your trust; commit no
fornication; be chaste; have no impure desires; withhold your hands from
striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad. The best of God’s servants
are those who, when seen, remind of God:
and the worst of God’s servants are
those who carry tales about, to do mischief and separate friends, and seek for
the defects of the good.
(9). Acquire knowledge. It
enableth its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lighteth the
way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our
companion when friendless; it guideth us to happiness; it sustaineth us in misery; it is an ornament amongst friends, and an armour against enemies.
(10). With knowledge man rises to the heights of goodness and to a noble
position, associateth with sovereigns in this world, and attaineth to the
perfection of happiness in the next.
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12h May 2021 G.
R. Kanwal
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