Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi أربعون شاه ولي الله الدهلوي [1] لَیْسَ الْخَبَرُ کَالْمُعَایَنَةِ The report is not like witnessing. [2] الْحَرْبُ خُدَعَةٌ War is deception. [3] الْمُسْلِمُ مِرْآةُ الْمُسْلِمِ A Muslim is a mirror of the Muslim. [4] الْمُسْتَشَارُ مُؤتَمَنٌ Someone whose advice is sought is in a position of trust. [5] الدَّالُّ عَلَی الْخَیْرِ کَفَاعِلِهِ The person guiding (someone) to do a good deed, is like the one performing the good deed. [6] إِسْتَعِیْنُوْا عَلَی الْحَوَائِجِ بِالْکِتْمَانِ Seek help for any needs discreetly. [7] إِتَّقُوْا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ Protect yourself from the fire even with a part of a date. [8] الدُّنْیَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤمِنِ وَ جَنَّةُ الْکَافِرِ The world is the believer’s prison and the disbeliever’s paradise. [9] الْحَیَاءُ خَیْرٌ کُلُّهُ Modesty is entirely good. [10] عِدَةُ الْمُؤمِنِ کَاَخْذِ الْکَفِّ The word of the believer is like seizing of the hand.