Category: Ahadith/ Sayings

Hadith from the Holy Prophet (saww) – 4

October 12, 2026 / editor / 0 Comments

The Holy Prophet (saww) is reported to have said,
"Verily the hearts get rusted just as iron gets rusted. So someone asked: O Messenger of Allah, then how can they be polished? He (s) said:
By reciting the Holy Qur’an and remembering death.”
Selections from Rabi’ al-Abrar
H. 71 Pg 25

Hadith from the Holy Prophet (saww) – 3

October 5, 2026 / editor / 0 Comments

The Holy Prophet (saww) is reported to have said,
"When the Day of Judgment arrives, a call will come from
within the [Divine] Throne: 'How excellent a father was your
father Ibrahim, and how excellent a brother was your brother Imam Ali (a)!'"
Rabi’al-Abrar H. 54 Pg 21

Hadith from the Holy Prophet (saww) – 2

October 5, 2026 / editor / 0 Comments

The Holy Prophet (saww) is reported to have said,

“When you see a believer who is often quiet, keep close to him for indeed he is a recipient of wisdom [from the Almighty].”

Rabi’ al-Abrar
Pg 20 H. 49

Hadith from the Holy Prophet (saww) – 1

October 5, 2026 / editor / 0 Comments

The Holy Prophet (saww)
is reported to have said,

“When my nation magnifies this world [considering it to be great], the prestige of Islam will be taken from it.”

Selections from Rabi’al-Abrar H. 3 Pg 8

Hadith from Imam Ali (a) – 1

October 5, 2026 / editor / 0 Comments

Imam Ali (a) is reported to have said,

“The human being changes in three instances: when he is close to kings, when he gains positions of authority, and when he becomes wealthy.
So whoever does not change in
these conditions, then he is one
who possesses a strong intellect
and an upright character.”

Ghurar al-Hikam H. 9198

Why do we Sprinkle/Pour water over the graves?

May 10, 2025 / editor

Imam Ali (a) reported: ‘Sprinkling water over graves was practiced at the time of the Holy Prophet (saww)’.

(Wasa’il al-Shia Vol. 3 Pg 196)

Enlightening Inspirations from Rabi’ al-Abrar – 4

December 11, 2024 / editor

The best speech is that in which the speaker is truthful and from which the listener derives benefit.
Not every human is a human being - only one who is a human in his knowledge and etiquette.
The tongue with which Allah is mentioned ought not to be used to speak obscenities.

Enlightening Inspirations from Rabi’ al-Abrar – 3

December 11, 2024 / editor

Food and drink are the provision for physical bodies, but the provisions for the intellect
are wisdom and knowledge.
Contentment suffices as honor, and good
nature [suffices] as bounty.
Gratitude has three stages: a feeling inside
the heart, an expression by the tongue and a
recompense by the hand.

Enlightening Inspirations from Rabi’ al-Abrar – 2

December 11, 2024 / editor

Good management with enough is more
sufficing than plenty of wealth with extravagance.
Do not attend [too many] weddings, for they will make you yearn for this world and forget the Hereafter. [Instead] attend funerals
because they will make you abstemious in
this world and desirous of the Hereafter.

Enlightening Inspirations from Rabi’ al-Abrar

December 11, 2024 / editor

A Wise man was asked, “What is the thing which
is not good to speak even if it is true?” He replied, “A man’s praise of himself.”
Whoever habituates himself to lying will not
believe the [words of the] truthful.

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