Pearls of Wisdom (soul, translation, prophet, sin, blessing)

[yousaf]

the prophet (saw) said: value 5 things before 5:
your youth before your old age
your health before your illness
your prosperity before your poverty
your leisure before your occupation
your life before your death
(tirmidhi)

[Peace]

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"Help your brother, whether he be an oppressor or one of the oppressed."
Some said, "O Messenger of God, we help him if he is oppressed; but how can we help him if he is an oppressor?"The Prophet (pbuh) said, "By stopping him."
Taken from the book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary

[Peace]

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"A young man never honors an old man due to age but that God sends someone to honor him when he reaches that age"
The above Hadith was narrated by At-Tirmithi. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of Character"

[Peace]

On an expedition, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was heard to say repeatedly,"O God, I take refuge with You from worry and grief, weakness and laziness, being bent by debt, and being overcome by men."

Taken from the book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary

[Peace]

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said: "God rendered Mercy into a hundred parts, keeping ninety-nine parts and sending one part down to earth. By virtue of that one portion, creatures are merciful to one another, such that even the mare lifts her hooves away from her foal, fearing she may step on it."
The Prophet also said "Whoever is not merciful will not be shown mercy"

Taken from the book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary

[Peace]

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said: "The intelligent one is the one who holds himself responsible and works for what is after death. And the incompetent one is the one who indulges himself in pursuit of personal desire and importunes God"
Taken from the book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary

[Peace]

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said: "Undertake good works before seven things happen: distracting poverty, corrupting wealth, debilitating illness, befuddling senility, final death, the Antichrist - and evil is the invisible one who waits and watches - or the final hour, which is more calamitous and more painful"

Taken from the book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary

[Peace]

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said: "If you really trusted in God as God should be trusted, God would sustain you as God sustains the birds - they go out in the morning hungry, and come back to rest in the evening full"

Taken from the book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary

[Peace]

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"Whoever has the following four characteristics is a pure munafiq (hypocrite). And whoever has one of the following four characteristics will have one of the characteristics of hypocrisy:

Whenever he is entrusted, he betrays.
Whenever he speaks, he lies.
Whenever he makes a promise, he breaks it.
And whenever he argues he behaves very badly."

The above Hadith was narrated by 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr in Sahih Bukhari and Muslim