Zaad al-Taalibeen

Question 1

2.

الدِّينُ النَصِيحَةُ

Answer 1

The religion (Islam) is sincerity

Question 2

3.

المَجَالِسُ بِالأمَانةِ

Answer 2

The gathering is in trust

Question 3

4.

الدُّعَاءُ مُخُّ العِبَادَةِ

Answer 3

Supplication is the essence of worship

Question 4

5.

الحَيَاءُ شُعبَةٌ مِنَ الإيمَانِ

Answer 4

Modesty is a branch of faith

Question 5

6.

المَرءُ مَعَ مَن أحَبُّ

Answer 5

A person will be with who he loves

Question 6

7.

الخَمرُ جُمَّاعُ الإثمِ

Answer 6

Alcohol constitutes many sins

Question 7

8.

الأنَاةُ مِنَ اللهِ وَ العَجَلَةُ مِنَ الشَّيطانِ

Answer 7

Calmness is from Allah (swt) and haste is from Shaytaan

Question 8

9.

المُؤمِنُ غِرٌّ كَرِيمٌ وَ الفَاجِرُ خَبٌّ لَءيمٌ

Answer 8

A believer is simple and noble and the transgressor is deceitful and ignoble

Question 9

10.

الظُّلمُ ظُلُمَاتٌ يَومَ القِيَامَةِ

Answer 9

Oppression will be darkness on the Day of Judgement

Question 10

11.

البَادِئُ بِالسَّلامِ بَرِيءٌ مِنَ الكِبرِ

Answer 10

The one who initiates salaam is free from pride

Question 11

12.

الدُّنيَا سِجنُ المُؤمِنِ وَ جَنَّةُ الكَافِرِ

Answer 11

The world is a prison for the believer and a heaven for the disbeliever

Question 12

13.

السِّوَاكُ مَطهَرَةٌ لِلفَمِ وَ مَرضَاةٌ لِلرَّبِّ

Answer 12

The toothstick purifies the mouth and pleases the Lord

Question 13

14.

اليَدُ العُليَا خَيرٌ مِنَ اليَدِ السُّفلَى

Answer 13

The upper hand is better than the lower hand

Question 14

15.

الغِيبَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الزِنَى

Answer 14

Backbiting is worse than Zina

Question 15

16.

الطُّهُورُ شَطرُ الإيمَانِ

Answer 15

Purity is half of faith

Question 16

17.

القُرآنُ حُجَّةٌ لَكَ أَو عَلَيكَ

Answer 16

The Quran will be evidence for you or against you

Question 17

18.

الجَرَسُ مَزَامِيرُ الشَّيطَانِ

Answer 17

Bells are the flutes of Shaytaan

Question 18

19.

النِّسَاءُ حَبَاءِلُ الشَّيطَانِ

Answer 18

Women are the snares of Shaytaan

Question 19

20.

الطَّاعِمُ الشَّاكرُ كَالصَّاءِمِ الصَّابِرِ

Answer 19

The one who eats and is grateful is like the one who fasts and is patient

Question 20

21.

الاِقتِصَادُ فِي النَّفَقَةِ نِصفُ المَعِيشَةِ

Answer 20

Spending is half of economy

Question 21

22.

وَالتَّوَدَّدُ إلى النَّاسِ نِصفُ العَقَلِ

Answer 21

Friendliness towards people is half of the intelligence

Question 22

23.

التَّاءِبُ مِنَ الذَّنبِ كَمَن لا ذَنبَ لَهُ

Answer 22

The one who repents from sins is like the one who has no sin for him

Question 23

24.

الكَيِّسُ مَن دَانَ نَفسَهُ وَ عَمِلَ لِمَا بَعدَ المَوتِ وَ العاجِزُ مَن أتبَعَ نَفسَهُ هَوَاهَا وَ تَمَنَّى عَلَى اللهِ

Answer 23

The intelligent one is he who subdues his nafs and acts for what is after death, and the foolish one is he who follows his nafs, pursuing its passions and has false hope about Allah

Question 24

25.

المُؤمِنُ مَألَفٌ وَ لَا خَيرِ فِيمَن لَا يَألَفُ وَ لَا يُؤلَفُ

Answer 24

A believer is friendly, and there is no goodness in whoever is not friendly, and is not met friendlily by others

Question 25

# 26. الغِنَاءُ يُنبِتُ النِّفَاقَ فِي القَلبِ كَمَا يُنبِتُ المَاءُ الزَّرعَ

Answer 25

Music grows hypocrisy in the heart like water grows plants

Question 26

# 27. التُّجَّارُ يُحشَرُونَ يَومُ القِيامَةِ فُجَّارًا إلّا اتَّقَى وَبَرَّ وَ صَدَقَ

Answer 26

Merchants will be gathered on the Judgement as transgressors except those who feared Allah and were righteous and truthful

Question 27

# 28. التَّاجِرُ الصُّدُوقُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّنَ وَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَ الشُّهَدَاءِ

Answer 27

A truthful merhcant will be with the Prophets and the Truthful and the Martyrs

Question 28

# 29. آيَةُ المُنَافِقِ ثَلَاثٌ: إذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ، وَ إذَا وَعَدَ أَخلَفَ، وَ إذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ

Answer 28

Signs of a Hypocrite are three; when he speaks he lies, when he promises he breaks it and when he is trusted, he breaks it

Question 29

# 30. الكَبَاءِرُ : الإِشرَاكُ بِاللهِ، وَ عَقُوقُ الوَالِدَينِ، وَ قَتُلُ النَّفسِ، وَ اليَمِينُ الغَمُوسُ

Answer 29

The major sins are: Assoosciating partners with Allah, disobeying the parents, killing a soul, and immersing oath

Question 30

# 31. البِرُّ حُسنُ الخُلُقِ، وَ الإثمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدرِكَ وَ كَرِحتَ اَن يَّطَّلِعُ عَلَيهِ النَّاسُ

Answer 30

Righteousness is good character, and sin is what causes unease in your heart, and that you dislike for the people to become aware of

Question 31

# 32. الخَلقُ عِيَالُ اللهِ، فَأَحَبُّ الخَلقِ إلى اللهِ مَن أَحسَنَ إلى عِيَالِهِ

Answer 31

All creation are dependants upon Allah, so the most beloved creation to allah is who is the best to his dependants

Question 32

# 33. المُسلِمُ مَن سَلِمَالمُسلِمُونَ مِن لِسَانِهِ وَ يَدَيهِ المُؤمِنُ مَن أَمِنَهُ النَّاسُ عَلَى دِمَاءِهِم وَ أَموَالِهِم المُجَاهِدُ مَن جَاهَدَ نَفسَهُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللهِ المُهَاجِرُ مَن هَجَرَ الخَطَايَا وَ الذُّنُوبَ

Question 33

# 34. البَيِّنَةُ عَلى المُدَّعِي وَ اليَمِينُ عَلى المُدَّعِى عَلَيهِ

Answer 33

The evidence is upon the claimant and the oath is upn the defendant

Question 34

# 35. المُؤمِنُ مِرآةُ المُؤمِنِ، وَ المُؤوِنُ أَخُو المُؤمِنِ، يَكُفُّ عَنهِ ضَيعَتَهُ وَ يِحُوطُهُ مِن وَرَاءِهِ

Answer 34

Yhe believer is a mirror of the believer, the beliver is a brother of the believer, he protects him fro his loss, and defends him from his back

Question 35

# 36. المُؤمِنُونَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، إنِ اشْتَكَى عَينُهُ اشْتَكَى كُلُّهُ، وَ إنِ اشْتَكَى رَأسُهُ اشْتَكَى كُلُّهُ

Answer 35

A believer is like one man, if his eye pains his whole body pains and if his head pains his whole body pains

Question 36

# 37. اسَّفَرُ قِطعَةٌ مِنَ العَذَابِ، يَمنَعُ أحَدَكُم نَومَهُ وَ طَعَامَهُ وَ شَرَابَهُ. فَإذَا قَضَى زَحَدُكُم نَهمَتَهُ مَجهِهِ، فَليُعَجِّل اِلى أَهلِهِ

Answer 36

Traveling is a pieve of punishment, it deprives someone of his sleep and his food and his drink. So when one of you has completed your purpose from his side, he will hurry to his family

Question 37

# 38. قَفلَةٌ كَغَزوَةٍ

Answer 37

The return from battle is like the reward itself

Question 38

# 39. مَطلُ الغَنِيِّ ظُلمٌ

Answer 38

Delay (of debt) of the rich is unjust (opression)

Question 39

# 40. سَيِّدُ القَومِ فِي السَّفرِ خَادَمُهُم

Answer 39

The master of the people in travel is their servant

Question 40

# 41. حُبُّكَ الشَّيء يُعمِي وَ يُصِمُّ

Answer 40

Your love for something it blinds and it deafens

Question 41

# 42. طَلَبُ العِلمِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسلِمٍ

Answer 41

To seek knowledge is a obligation upon every muslim

Question 42

# 43. مَا قَلَّ وَ كَفَى، خَيرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَ أَلهَي

Answer 42

What is less and sufficient is better than what is in abundance and causes heedlessness

Question 43

# 44. أصدَقُ الرُّؤيَا بِالأسحَارِ

Answer 43

The most truthful of dreams are with dawn

Question 44

# 45. طَلَبُ كَسبِ الحَلَالِ فَرِيضَةٌ بَعدَ الفَرِيضَةِ

Answer 44

To seek lawful earnings is an obligation after the obligatory acts

Question 45

# 46. خَيرُكُم مَن تَعَلَّمَ القُرآنَ وَ عَلَّمَهُ

Answer 45

The best of you are those who learn the quran and teach it

Question 46

# 47. حُبُّ الدُّنيَا رَأسُ كُلِّ خَطِيءَةٍ

Answer 46

Love of the dunya is the origin (head) of all sins

Question 47

# 48. أحَبُّ الأعمَالِ إلى اللهِ أدوَمُهَا وَ إِن قَلَّ

Answer 47

The most beloved deeds to Allah are the regular ones even if they are less

Question 48

# 49. أفضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ أَن تُشبِعَ كَبِدًا جَاءِعًا

Answer 48

The best charity is that he feeds a hungry stomach

Question 49

# 50. مَنهُومَانِ لَا يَشبَعَانِ : مَنهُومٌ فِي العَلَمِ لَا يَشبَعُ مِنهُ وَ مَنهُوممٌ فِي الدُّنيَا لَا يَشبَعُ مِنهَا

Answer 49

Two greedy people are never satiated; a greedy person in knowledge wil never be satisfied from it and a greedy person in the world is not satisfied from it.