Prophet Muhammad Quotes (269 Quotes)

It is better for one of you to take a rope, bring a load of firewood on his back, and sell it, God thereby preserving his self respect, than that he should beg from people whether they give him anything or refuse him.

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

There is a devil in every berry of the grape.

Some eloquence is like magic.

Whoever is kind to His creatures, God is kind to him therefore be kind to man on earth, whether good or bad and being kind to the bad, is to withold him from badness, thus in heaven you will be treated kindly.

One hour's meditation on the work of the Creator is better than seventy years of prayer.

Refrain from seeing and speaking of the vices of mankind, which you know are in yourself.

Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul.

He who progresseth daily is yet far off from the Ideal.

To spend more time in learning is better than spending more time praying the support of religion is abstinence. It is better to teach knowledge one hour in the night than to pray all night.

Whatever mishap may befall you, it is on account of something which you have done.

A Muslim must not hate his wife and if he be displeased with one bad quality in her, then let him be pleased with another that is good.

A believer's soul is attached to his debt till it is paid.

There are three signs of a hypocrite when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust.

Seek for my satisfaction in that of the poor and needy.

Whoever loveth to meet God, God loveth to meet him.

May God fill the heart of that person who suppresseth his anger with safety and faith.

Do a good deed for every bad deed that it may blot out the latter.

He who leaveth home in search of knowledge, walketh in the path of God.

Riches are not from an abundance of wordly goods, but from a contented mind.

We were with Muhammad on a journey, and some men stood up repeating aloud, 'God is most great,' and the Rasul said, 'O men Be easy on yourselves, and do not distress yourselves by raising your voices, verily you do not call to one deaf or absent, but verily to one who heareth and seeth and He is with you and He to whom you pray is nearer to you than the neck of your camel.'

In prayers, all thoughts must be laid aside but those of God in conversation no word is to be uttered which afterwards be repented of do not covet from others, or have any hopes for them.

O Lord grant to me the love of Thee grant that I love those that love Thee grant that I may do the deed than win Thy love make thy love dearer to me than self, family and wealth.

The Messenger of God was asked, 'What is the greatest vice of man' He said, 'You must not ask me about vice, but ask about virtue' and he repeated this three times, after which he said, 'Know ye The worst of men is a bad learned man, and a good learned man is the best.'

He dieth not who giveth life to learning.

The best of persons in God's sight is the best amongst his friends and the best of neighbors near God is the best person in his own neighborhood.

He who is deprived of gentleness is deprived of good.

If anyone removes (one of the) anxieties of this world from a believer, God will remove (one of the) anxieties from him on the Day of Resurrection if one smoothes the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the way for him in this world and the next and if anyone conceals the faults of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults in this world and the next. God helps a man as long as he helps his brother. If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge God will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise.

Abuse nobody, and if a man abuse thee, and lay upon a vice which he knoweth in thee then do not disclose one which thou knowest in him.

Abusing a Muslim is disobedience to God and it is infidelity to fight with one.

When the ambassadors of Bani Amir went to Muhammad, they said, 'You are our master.' He said, 'God is your master.' Then they said, 'You are most excellent of the highest degree.' And when He heard this He said, 'Say so, or less, and do not exceed reasonable bounds in praise.'

'Who is the best man' Muhammad replied, 'He is the best man whose life is long and whose actions are good.' 'Then who is the worst man' 'He whose life is long and whose actions are bad.

Who is the most favored of God He from whom the greatest good cometh to His creatures.

Wealth, properly employed, is a blessing and a man may lawfully endeavor to increase it by honest means.

The duty of a junior to a senior brother is as that of a child to its father.

Those who are merciful have mercy shown them by the Compassionate One, if you show mercy to those who are in the earth, He Who is in heaven will show mercy to you.

Adore God as thou wouldst if thou sawest Him for if thou seest Him not, He seeth thee.

No judge must give judgment between two people when he is angry.

What is Paradise Muhammad replied, 'It is what the eye hath not seen, nor the ear heard, nor ever flashed across the mind of man.'

He is of the most perfect Muslims, whose disposition is most liked by his own family.

You have two characters which God likes gentleness and deliberation.

Those who are nearest to God are they who are first to give a salutation.

O Lord Keep me alive a poor man, and let me die poor and raise me amongst the poor.

Philosophy is the stray camel of the Faithful, take hold of it wherever ye come across it.

Give the laborer his wage before his perspiration be dry.

There is no child, a doer of good to his parents, who looketh on them with kindness and affection, but God will grant with every look the rewards for an approved pilgrimage.

A man cannot be a Muslim till his heart and tongue are so.

Every human being hath two inclinations - one prompting him to good and impelling him thereto, and the other prompting him to evil and thereto impelling him but Divine assistance is nigh, and he who asketh the help of God in contending with the evil promptings of his own heart obtaineth it.

Men differ like mines of gold and silver the good in ignorance are the good in Islam, once they have obtained the knowledge of religion.

The angels asked, 'O God Is there anything of Thy creation stronger than rocks' God said, 'Yes iron is stronger than rocks, for it breaketh them.' The angels said, 'O Lord Is there anything of Thy creation stornger than iron' God said, 'Yes fire is stronger than iron, for it melteth it.' And the angels said, O defender Is there anything of Thy creation stronger than fire' God said, 'Yes water overcometh fire it killeth it and maketh it cold.' Then the angels said, 'O Lord Is there anything of Thy creation stronger than water' God said, 'Yes wind overcometh water it agitateth it and putteth it in motion.' They said, 'O our cherisher Is there anything in Thy creation stronger than wind' God said, 'Yes, the children of Adam, giving alms that is, those who give with their right hands and conceal if from their left, they overcome all.'