Forty Hadith Shah Waliullah
Forty Hadith Shah Waliullah
أربعون شاه ولي الله الدهلوي
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A report is not like seeing for oneself.
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War is deception.
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A Muslim is a mirror to another Muslim.
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The one consulted is entrusted.
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One who guides someone to do good is like the one who does it.
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Seek help in meeting your needs discreetly.
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Ward off the Fire, even with half a date.
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The world is the believer’s prison and the disbeliever’s paradise.
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Modesty is entirely good.
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A believer’s promise is like a handclasp.
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عِدَةُ الْمُؤمِنِ کَاَخْذِ الْکَفِّ
The wording is compressed, and the image کَاَخْذِ الْکَفِّ is not fully clear from this isolated text. The English witness’s “like seizing of the hand” is also awkward and does not resolve the image.
Does the final phrase refer to a handshake or handclasp, or to another act of taking hold of the hand?
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It is not permissible for a believer to cut off relations with his brother for more than three days.
Documented Arabic reading — unreviewed
This translation follows a documented editorial reading. The original capture is preserved below. Work by ChatGPT, without independent human review.
Explicit corrections
- یَّجُهْرَ → يَهْجُرَ
Arabic witnesses
- Sunan Abi Dawud 4911 — archived parallel Arabic witness
" لاَ يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ يَلْتَق
Original Arabic capture
لَا یَحِلُّ لِمُؤمِنٍ اَنْ یَّجُهْرَ أخَاهُ فَوقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أیَّامٍ
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He is not one of us who deceives us.
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A little that suffices is better than much that distracts.
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One who takes back his gift is like one who returns to his vomit.
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Affliction is bound to speech.
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الْبَلَاءُ مُوَکِّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ
The Arabic literally describes affliction as muwakkal with speech (assigned or attached to it). The English witness interprets this as affliction coming from loose talk, adding a causal reading and “loose” that are not explicit in the Arabic wording.
Should the maxim be understood as saying that affliction follows or is attached to speech, or specifically that loose talk causes affliction?
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People are like the teeth of a comb.
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True richness is richness of the soul.
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Fortunate is the one who takes a lesson from someone else.
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Indeed, some poetry contains wisdom, and some eloquence is magic.
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The pardon of kings preserves the kingdom.