WIST Quotations

Muhammad -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Patience is the key to contentment.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
(Attributed)

Muhammad -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:43:55 +0000

Men are either learned or learning: the rest are blockheads.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
(Attributed)

Quoted in Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journal (1845), at the opening of the Concord Free Library (CPL 11.504 13)

Muhammad -- (Attributed)

Dave — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:41:45 +0000

Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
(Attributed)
(Source)

Attributed in Rev. James Wood (ed.) Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources (1893). Also sometimes attributed to Moliere.

Muhammad -- Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1011

Dave — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:36:34 +0000

It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1011

Muhammad -- Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Vol. 3, #100

Dave — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:14:02 +0000

A man has sinned enough if he neglects to feed those in need.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Vol. 3, #100

Muhammad -- Hadith, Riyadh us-Saleheen, vol. 1:195

Dave — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:32:10 +0000

“What is the best type of Jihad [struggle]?” He answered: “Speaking truth before a tyrannical ruler.”

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
Hadith, Riyadh us-Saleheen, vol. 1:195

Muhammad -- Qur’an, 35.45 (AD 670?) [tr. Pickthall (1953)]

Dave — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:06:00 +0000

If Allah took mankind to task by that which they deserve, He would not leave a living creature on the surface of the earth.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
Qur’an, 35.45 (AD 670?) [tr. Pickthall (1953)]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Mohammed, #254 [tr. Abdullah Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Kindness is the mark of faith; and whoever has not kindness has not faith.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Mohammed, #254 [tr. Abdullah Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Muhammad [tr. Abdullah Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Dave — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:59:40 +0000

Actions will be judged according to intentions.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Muhammad [tr. Abdullah Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Muhammad, #176 [tr. al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Dave — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:42:59 +0000

You shall not enter Paradise until you have faith, and you will not complete your faith until you love one another.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Muhammad, #176 [tr. al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Muhammad, #224 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Dave — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:46:38 +0000

Paradise is nearer you than the thongs of your sandals, and the Fire likewise.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Muhammad, #224 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Muhammad, #251 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Dave — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:15:14 +0000

All God’s creatures are His family; and he is the most beloved of God who does most good to God’s creatures.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Muhammad, #251 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Muhammad, #290 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Dave — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:32:59 +0000

Acquire knowledge. It enables its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless; it guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is an ornament among friends and an armor against enemies.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Muhammad, #290 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Muhammed, #238 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy]

Dave — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:22:49 +0000

Say what is true, although it may be bitter and displeasing to people.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Muhammed, #238 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Muhammed, #277 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Dave — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:08:17 +0000

To spend more time in learning is better than spending more time in praying.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Muhammed, #277 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Muhammed, #372 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Dave — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:09:15 +0000

God has not created anything better than Reason. […] Understanding is by it, and God’s wrath is caused by disregard of it.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Muhammed, #372 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Muhammed, #391 [tr. A. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Dave — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:21:48 +0000

A sincere repenter of faults is like him who has committed none.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Muhammed, #391 [tr. A. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Muhammed, #67 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Dave — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 14:48:18 +0000

If you derive pleasure from the good which you have performed and you grieve for the evil which you have committed, you are a true believer.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Muhammed, #67 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Muhammad -- The Sayings of Muhammed, 138 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

Dave — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:21:41 +0000

To do unto all men as you would wish to have done unto you, and to reject for others what you would reject for yourself.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
The Sayings of Muhammed, 138 [tr. Al-Suhrawardy (1941)]

See also the Bible, Matthew 7:12.

Muhammad -- Hadith

Dave — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 15:41:29 +0000

The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
Hadith
(Source)

In Syed Ameer Ali, A Critical Examination of the Life and Teachings of Mohammed (1873), cited to The Kitâb-ul-Mustarif, ch. 2, and The Mishkât, Bk 22, ch. 18, pt. 3 (from Abu Hurairah)

Muhammad -- Hadith

Dave — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:10:01 +0000

God created Reason, and it was the most beautiful being in his creation: and God said to it, “I have not created anything better or more perfect or more beautiful than thou: blessings will come down on mankind on thy account, and they will be judged according to the use they make of thee.”

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
Hadith
(Source)

In Syed Ameer Ali, A Critical Examination of the Life and Teachings of Mohammed (1873), cited to The Kitâb-ul-Mustarif, ch. 2, and The Mishkât, Bk 22, ch. 18, pt. 3 (from Abu Hurairah)

Muhammad -- Hadith, Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. 9, #473

Dave — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:54:53 +0000

Allah will not be merciful to those who are not merciful to people.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
Hadith, Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. 9, #473

Muhammad -- Narrated in Ibn Majah, #1978, and Al-Tirmizi, #3895

Dave — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:30:56 +0000

The best among you are those who are best to their wives.

Muhammad (AD c. 570-632) Arab religious, military, and political leader; founder of Islam [Mohammed, مُحَمَّد]
Narrated in Ibn Majah, #1978, and Al-Tirmizi, #3895