Fear of God and love for the Household of Muhammad

Nahj al-Balāgha · Volume 1 · Section 190 · 8 narrations

Hadith 911

Importance of fear of Allāh, desolateless of the grave, and about the death of the lover of Ahlu’l-bayt being like that of a martyr

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Hadith 912

I praise Him out of gratefulness for His reward, and I seek His assistance in fulfilling His rights. He has a strong army. His dignity is grand.

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Hadith 913

I stand witness that Muḥammad - peace and blessing of Allāh be upon him and his progeny - is His slave and His Prophet. He called (people) to His obedience and overpowered His enemies by fighting for the sake of His…

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Hadith 914

[Counselling piety :] You should therefore exercise fear of Allāh because it has a rope whose twist. is strong and its pinnacle is lofty and invulnerable. Hasten toward death in its pangs (by doing good acts) and be…

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Hadith 915

Therefore, (fear) Allāh, (fear) Allāh, O creatures of Allāh, because the world is behaving with you in the usual way and you and the Day of Judgement are in the same rope (close to each other). As though it has come with…

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Hadith 916

“And shall be conveyed those who feared (the wrath of) their Lord in companies unto the garden. . .” (Qur’ān, 39:73) They are safe from chastisement, away from punishment, and kept aloof from fire. Their abode will be…

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Hadith 917

Therefore, O creatures of Allāh, pay regard to all that by being regardful of which one will succeed and by ignoring which one will incur loss, and hasten towards your death by means of your (good) acts, because you are…

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Hadith 918

Stick to the earth, keep patient in trials, do not move your hands and swords after the liking of your tongues, and do not make haste in matters in which Allāh has not asked for haste, because any one of you who dies in…

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