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Foreword

The great, expansive personality of Amir al-mu'minin (Commander of the Believers), `Ali - may peace be upon him - is broader and more multi-faceted than anything that one person can enter into in all its aspects and parts, or bring his restless mind to reflect. For a single individual, the most that is possible is that he choose one or several specific, limited areas for study and research, and content himself with that.

One of the aspects and areas of the being of this great individual is the effect he had on people, either positive or negative, or, in other words, his powerful "attraction and repulsion", which still now exerts its active influence; and it is with this that we shall be concerned in this book.

The personalities of individuals are not all the same in the reaction they .produce in spirits and souls. The weaker the personality, the fewer minds it engages and the fewer hearts it excites and agitates. The greater and more powerful it is, the more it excites and provokes a reaction in the mind, although the reaction may be positive or negative.

Those personalities who excite minds and provoke a reaction are spoken of everywhere, they are the subjects of debates and disputes, they become the themes of poetry, painting and other arts, and the heroes of stories and other writings. These are all things which are true to the greatest extent in the case of 'Ali (as) [ (as): is the abbreviation of the Arabic phrase `alay-hi/ha/himu 's-salam (may peace be upon him/her/them).] and in this respect he has no rival, or at least very few rivals. It is said that Muhammad ibn Shahrashub al-Mazandarani, who was one of the greatest Shiite scholars of the 7th century A.H. (13th century A.D.), had a thousand books with the title "Manaqib" (Noble Virtues), in his library, all written about `Ali (as) , at the time he wrote his own famous "Manaqib".[1] This is one indication of how much the exalted personality of the master has engaged minds throughout history.

The basic mark of distinction of 'Ali (as) and other people who are bright with the rays of Truth is that as well as engaging people's minds and occupying their thoughts, they give light, warmth, love, joy, faith and strength to their hearts.

Philosophers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Ibn Sina or Descartes are also heroes of the mastering of ideas and the exercise of the mind. The leaders of social revolutions, especially in the last two centuries, have, to a greater extent, created a kind of adoration among their followers. The shaykhs of Sufism from time to time bring their followers so far into the stage of "submission" that if "the keeper of the tavern" gives the cue, they will stain their prayer-rugs with wine.' But in none of these cases do we see fervour and ardour combined with gentleness, kindness, sincerity and compassion as history has shown among the followers of `Ali. If the Safavids made dervishes into a war-like army of skilled fighters, they did so in the name of `Ali, not in their own.

Spiritual goodness and beauty, which love and sincerity bring about, is one thing; supremacy, benefit, and what is of advantage in life, which is what the social leader deals in, or intellect and philosophy, which is what the philosopher deals in, or the establishing of "sovereignty" and "power" which is what the gnostic deals in, is something else.

There is a well-known story that one of Ibn Sina's students said to his teacher that if, with his extraordinary understanding and intelligence, he were to make a claim to prophecy, people would gather round him; but Ibn Sina said nothing, till once, when they were on a journey together in wintertime, Ibn Sina awoke from his sleep one morning at dawn, woke up his student, and told him he was thirsty and to go and fetch some water. The student procrastinated and made excuses: however much Ibn Sina persisted, the student was not prepared to leave his warm bed in the cold winter. At that moment the cry of the muezzin called out from the minaret: "Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar ". Ibn Sina saw that this was a good opportunity to give the answer to his student, so he said: "You, who averred that if I made claim to be a prophet people would believe in me, look now and see how the command I just gave to you, who have been my student for years and have benefited from my lessons, has not even had enough effect to make you leave your warm bed to fetch me some water. But this muezzin has obeyed the four hundred year old command of the Prophet, got up from his warm bed, climbed up to this height and borne witness to the unity of God and to his Prophet. Look and see how great the difference is! "

Philosophers produce students, not followers; social leaders create followers but not complete men; qutbs and shaykhs of Sufism make "lords of submission", not active fighters for Islam.

In 'Ali we find the characteristics of the philosopher, the characteristics of a revolutionary leader, the characteristics of a Sufi shaykh and some of the characteristics of prophets. His school is the school of the intellect and thought, the school of revolution, the school of submission and discipline, and the school of goodness, beauty, ecstasy and movement.

Before he became the just leader (imam) of others, and behaved with justice towards them, `Ali (as) was himself a harmonised, equilibrated being; he had gathered together the perfections of humanity. He possessed both a deep and far reaching mind, and tender and overflowing affections; he had both perfection of body and perfection of spirit; in the night, in worship, he cut himself off from everything else, and during the day he was active among the people. In the daytime, people saw his kindness and altruism, and listened to his advice, counsel and wise words; at night, the stars looked down on the tears of his worship and the heavens heard his prayers of love. He was both a learned man and a wise man, both a gnostic and a leader of society, both a man who denied his self and a soldier, both a judge and a worker, both a speaker and a writer. In sum, in all senses of the word he was a perfect man with all his attractiveness.

The present book is a collection of four lectures which were delivered between the 18th and 21st of the blessed month of Ramadan 1388 A.H. (1969 A.D.) in the Husayniyah-a Irshad, in Tehran. The book consists of an introduction and two parts. In the introduction the generalities of attraction and repulsion in their broader sense, and the "attraction" and "repulsion" of men in particular, have been discussed. In the first part, the power of attraction of `Ali (as), which has, and always will, pull the hearts of people towards him, its philosophy, advantages and results, is the subject of discussion, and, in the second part, his powerful repelling effect, and how he strongly warded off and drove away certain elements, is examined and explained. It is shown that `Ali (as) was a man with these twin powers, and that everyone who wants to be taught in his way must possess these twin powers.

It is not enough just to point to the dual powers of this path in order to make it known. In this book we have tried to show, as far as possible, what kind of individuals were attracted by his force of attraction, and what type of person was warded off by his force of repulsion. How often have we, who claim to follow the way of `Ali, pushed away the very people that `Ali attracted, and attracted those who were repulsed by him. In the part on `Ali's force of repulsion, we have contented ourselves with a discussion of the Khawarij, but since there are other groups which are subject to this force of his, perhaps another time, or at least in a future printing of this book, this deficiency, as well as the other deficiencies of the book, will be amended.

The trouble of correcting and completing the lectures has been borne by the erudite Mr. Fathullah Umidi. Half the book owes its existence to his stylish pen, for, after extracting it from recorded tapes, he wrote it again, occasionally correcting and improving it. The other half of it is the writing of this scholar himself, or, sometimes, after his appropriate corrections, the additions of some points by myself. I trust that on the whole it will be useful and instructive. We beseech Allah, the Exalted to make us true followers of 'Ali (as).

Murtada Mutahhari

11th Isfand, 1349 Sh.

4th Muharram, 1391 A.H.

2nd March, 1971 A.D.

Tehran - IRAN

Notes:

[1]. 3 vols., Najaf, 1376/ 1956.

[2]. See Hafiz:

Let wine upon the prayer-mat flow,And if the taverner bids so;Whose wont is on this road to go Its ways and manners well doth know.

(transl. A.J. Arberry, in Fifty Poems of Hafiz, Cambridge, 1947, p.83)

Chapter 1: Powerful Attractions

In the introduction to the first volume of The Seal of the Prophets (Khatim-a Payambaran), it is written concerning the topic of calls to mankind:

"The `calls' that have occurred among humanity have not all been the same, and the rays of their effects have not been of (only) one kind.

"Some calls and systems of thought are one-dimensional, and proceed in one direction; when they appear, they embrace a broad spectrum of people, millions of people become adherents, but then after their time comes to an end they close shop and are entrusted to oblivion.

"Some are two-dimensional, their rays spread out in two directions. While they embrace a broad spectrum of people, and also progress for some time, their range is not confined to the spatial dimension and also extend into the temporal dimension.

"And some others progress in a multitude of dimensions. Not only do we see them attract a broad range of people from human societies and influence them and notice the effect of their influence on every continent, but we also see that they embrace the temporal dimension, that is to say, they are not confined to one time or era. They rule in all their might century after century. Also, they take root in the depths of the human spirit, and the very core of people's hearts is under their authoritative control; they rule in the profundity of the soul and take the reins of the emotions into their hands. This kind of three-dimensional call is the exclusivity of the chain of the prophets.

"What intellectual or philosophical schools of thought can be found which, like the world's great religions, exert their authority over hundreds of millions of people for thirty centuries, or twenty centuries, or, at the minimum, fourteen centuries, and sink deep into their innermost core."

Forces of attraction are also like this: sometimes one, sometimes two, and sometimes three-dimensional.

'Ali's power of attraction was of the last kind. Not only did it attract a broad range of human society, but it was also not limited to one or two centuries; rather, it has continued and extended throughout time. It is a fact that it lights up the pages of the centuries and ages, it has reached the depth and profundity of hearts and souls, in such a way that, after hundreds of years, when he is remembered and his moral virtues are heard of, tears of longing are shed, and the memory of his misfortunes is awakened to the extent that even his enemies are affected and their tears flow. This is the most powerful of attractive forces.

From here it can be understood that the link between man and religion is not a material one, but rather of another kind, the like of which link connects no other thing to the spirit of mankind.

If `Ali had had no divine colouring and had not been a man of God, he would have been forgotten. The history of man bears traces of many champions, champions of speech, champions of knowledge or philosophy, champions of power and authority and champions in the battle-field, but all are forgotten by people, or else completely unknown.

But not only did 'Ali not die with his being killed, he became more alive. He spoke well when he said:

Those who amass wealth are dead even when they are alive, but those with knowledge will remain as long as the world remains. Their bodies may have disappeared, but their images continue to exist in the hearts. (Nahju' l-balaghah: Saying no. 47 )

He said about his own character:

Tomorrow, you will see these days of mine and unknown characteristics of mine will be revealed to you, and after my place has been vacated and someone else has occupied it you will know me." (Nahju 'l-balaghah, Sermon no. 149 )

Iqbal wrote:

My own age does not understand my deep meanings,My Joseph is not for this market. I despair of my old champions,My Sinai burns for the sake of the Moses who is coming.

Their sea is silent, like dew,But my dew is storm-ridden, like the ocean.My song is of another world than theirs: This bell calls other travellers to take the road.Many a poet was born after his death,He opened our eyes when his own were closed,And journeyed forth again from nothingness Like roses blossoming over the earth of his grave.

No river will contain my Oman My ,flood requires whole seas to hold it.Lightenings slumber within my soul,I sweep over mountain and plain.The Fountain of Life hath been given Me to drink,I have been made an adapt of the mystery of Life.No one hath told the secret which I will tell Or threaded a pearl of thought like mine Heaven taught me this lore,I cannot hide it from my comrades.[1]

In fact, 'Ali is like the laws of nature which remain unchanged by time. He is a well-spring of munificence which is never dry, but which rather increases day by day. In the words of Kahlil Gibran (Jubran Khalil Jubran [1300/ 1883 - 1349/1931]), he was one of those personalities who was born before his time.

Note:

[1]. Muhammad Iqbal: The Secrets of the Self, translation of R. A. Nicholson, 2nd revised ed., Lahore 1940.

Chapter 2: Shi'ism, The Creed Of Love

One of the greatest marks of distinction of Shi`ism over other sects is that its-foundation and its bedrock is love. Right from the time of the Prophet who laid the basis of this sect there has been the whispering of love; when we hear from the words of the Prophet the sentence:

Aliyyun wa shi'atuhu humu 'l-fa'izun.

"'Ali and his party (Shi `ah) will be the triumphant ones."[2]

We see that there was a group around `Ali who were devoted to him, extremely fond of him and most affectionately drawn towards him. Thus Shi'ism is the religion of love and devotion: taking 'Ali as one's friend is the way of love. The element of love has completely penetrated Shi`ism, and the history of Shi'ism is joined in name with a chain of entirely unknown people, devoted, full of love and self-sacrificing.

Although `Ali administered the Divine punishments to some, dealt with them with lashes and occasionally cut the hand of someone off in accordance with what is laid down by the Divine Law, they did not turn away from him and their love for him did not diminish in the slightest. He himself said:

If I strike the nose of a believer with this sword of mine so that he will become my enemy, it will not create hostility and if I pour the (riches of the) whole world on the head of a hypocrite so that he may like me, he will never like me; because this has been decreed and laid down by the tongue of the Prophet when he said: "O `Ali, the believer will never be your enemy and the hypocrite will never love you!"[3]

`Ali is the standard and criterion for assaying human natures and temperaments: he who has a sound nature and a pure temperament will never take offence at 'Ali, even though his sword may come down on his head, while he who has a diseased nature will never show any attachment to him, even if he does him great favours, for 'Ali is nothing but the embodiment of truth.

There was a friend of Amir al-mu'minin, a good and believing man, who unfortunately fell into error, and who had to be punished. Amir al-mu'minin cut off the fingers of his right hand. The man took hold of his cut hand, with the blood dripping from it, with his left hand, and went away. Ibn al-Kawwa', a seditious Kharijite, wanted to take advantage of this course of events for his own party and against `Ali, so he came up to the man with an air of utter compassion and said: "Who cut your hand off?"

"The chief of the Prophet's successors", he said, "the leader of the untainted ones at the Resurrection, the most righteous among the believers, `Ali ibn Abi Talib, the Imam of right guidance, cut off the fingers of my right hand . the first to reach the Gardens of Felicity, the hero of the brave, the avenger against the promoters of ignorance, the giver of zakat . the leader on the right and perfect path, the speaker of what is true and appropriate, the champion of Mecca, the steadfast exceller. " "Poor you!" said Ibn al-Kawwa', "He cut off your hand, and you extol him thus! "

"Why should I not extol him", he said, "now that his friendship is mixed with flesh and blood? I swear by God that he did not cut off my hand except with a right that God has established."[4]

This love and affection which we see in such a way in the history of `Ali and his companions, makes us turn to the topic of love and its results.

Notes:

[2]. In ad-Durru 'l-manthur, under the seventh verse of surah al-Bayyinah (90), Jalalu'd-Din as-Suyuti narrates from Ibn `Asakir that Jabir ibn `Abdillah al-Ansari said that he was in the presence of the Prophet when 'Ali also came in to him. The Prophet said: "I swear by He in Whose hand is my life that this man and his followers (Shi'ah) will be saved on the Day of Resurrection." al-Manawi relates this in two traditions in Kunuzu 'l-haqa'iq, and al-Haythami in Majma'uz 'zawa'id and Ibn Hajar in as-Sawa`iqu 'l-muhriqah relates the same substantial meaning in different forms.

[3]. Nahju 'l-balaghah, Saying no.42

[4]. Biharu 'l-anwar, vo1.40, pp.281 - 2 (new ed.) ; and Fakhru'd Din ar-Razi, at-Tafsiru 'l-kabir, under verse 9, surah al-Kahf ("Or dost thou think. .") .

Chapter 3: The Elixir Of Love

The Persian poets called love the "elixir" (iksir). The alchemists believed that there existed a material in the world which they called the "elixir"[5] or "the philosopher's stone" (kimiya) which could change one matter into another matter, and they searched after this for centuries. The poets took over the use of this terminology and said that the real "elixir" which has the power of transformation is love, because it is love which can transmute a substance. Love, absolutely, is the "elixir" and has the properties of the philosopher's stone, which changes one nature into another, and people also are different natures.

People are mines, like gold-mines and silver-mines.

It is love which makes the heart a heart, and if there is no love, there is no heart, just clay and water.

Every heart that is not aflame is no heart;A frozen heart is nothing but a handful of clay. O God! Give me a breast that sets ablaze,And in that breast a heart, and that heart consumed with fire.[6] One of the effects of love is power; love is the power of glory, it makes the coward courageous.

A hen will keep its wings folded by its side as long as it is alone. It will strut about quite peaceably, looking about to find small worms to swallow. It will start at the slightest noise, and not stand its ground even in front of the weakest child. But when the same hen has chickens, love takes up its dwelling at the centre of its being and its character completely changes. The wings which were folded by its side are now lowered in a sign of preparation for defence, it assumes an aggressive posture, even the sound of its clucking becomes stronger and more courageous. Previously it fled at the possibility of danger, but now it attacks where there is that possibility, and it attacks bravely. This is love which displays the frightened hen in the form of a valiant animal.

Love makes the heavy and lazy nimble and cunning, and even makes the slow-witted astute. A boy and girl neither of whom, when they were single, found themselves thinking about anything except what was directly related to their own persons, see that they have become concerned about the fate of another being for the first time as soon as they fall in love and set up a family environment. The radius of their wants extends; and when they become parents, their spirit completely changes. That heavy and lazy adolescent boy has now become active and mobile, and that girl who used not to get out of her bedclothes even during the day moves like lightning when she hears the cry of her child in the cradle. What is this power which has so galvanised the languor and weariness in these two young people? It is nothing but love.

It is love which turns the miser into a benefactor, and an impatient and intolerant person into someone with endurance and tolerance. It is love which gave the selfish bird which collected grain only with itself in mind and looked only after itself, the form of a generous creature which calls for its chickens when it finds a grain of corn; or which, by some wonderful power, makes the mother, who was until yesterday a spoiled child who just ate and slept and was irritable and impatient, persevering and forbearing when faced with hunger, lack of sleep and dishevelment, which gives her the patience to endure the hardships of motherhood.

The bringing into existence of tenderness in, and the removal of heaviness and coarseness from, the spirit, or, put in another way, the purification of the feelings, and also the unification and singleness of purpose and concentration, and the disappearance of distraction and dispersion are the strengths and, in the end, power which is produced by the coming together of all the resulting effects of love.

In the language of poetry and literature, when love is spoken of, we encounter one effect more than any other, and that is the power of love to bring inspiration, and its prodigality.

The nightingale learnt its song by the favour of the rose,otherwise there would not have been Any of this song and music fashioned from its beak.[7] Although the favour of the rose is, if we attend only to the words, a matter outside the existence of the nightingale, it is in fact nothing but the force of love itself.

Do you imagine that Majnun became deranged (majnun)

by himself? It was the glance of Layla that transported him among the stars.[8]

Love awakens sleeping powers, and frees chained and fettered forces, just like the splitting of the atom and the freeing of atomic power. It fires with inspiration and builds heroes - how many poets, philosophers and artists there have been who were created by a strong and powerful love.

Love perfects the soul and brings out astounding latent abilities. From the point of view of the powers of perception, it inspires, and from the point of view of the emotions, it strengthens the will and determination, and when it rises to its highest aspect it brings miracles and supernatural events into existence. It purifies the spirit from the tempers and humours of the body; or, in other words, love is a cathartic, it purges the base qualities arising from egotism, or from coldness and lack of warmth, such as envy, avarice, cowardice, laziness, conceitedness and self-admiration. It removes grudges and malevolence, although it is possible that deprivation of, and frustration in, love may produce, in their own turn, complexes and aversions.

By love, bitternesses became sweet,By love, pieces of copper became gold.[9]

In the spirit, the effect of love is in terms of its development and thriving; in the body, in terms of melting and decomposition. The effect of love in the body is the complete opposite of what it is in the spirit. In the body love is the cause of ruination, and the reason for pallor and emaciation in the body, for indisposition and disorder in the digestive and the nervous systems. Perhaps all the effects which it has in the body are destructive; but in connection with the spirit it is not so - it depends on the object of love and how the person responds to that object. Leaving aside its social effects, it is predominantly perfecting in the spirit and the individual, because it produces strength, compassion, serenity, singleness of purpose, and determination; it abolishes weakness, meanness, annoyance, uncollectedness and dullness. It removes the confusions which are called dassa in the Qur'an (91:10), meaning adulterations of purity with impurity, destroys deceit and purifies the cheat.

The spiritual way ruins the body,And, after having ruined it, restores it to prosperity:

O happy the soul who, for love and ecstasy,Gave up hearth and home, wealth and riches,Ruined the house for the sake of the golden treasure,And with that same treasure rebuilt it better;Cut off the water and cleansed the river-bed,Then caused drinking-water to flow in the river-bed;Cleft the skin and drew out the iron point -Then fresh skin grew over it.

The perfect ones who are aware of the secret of reality Are in ecstasy, bewildered, intoxicated and deranged with love.

Not bewildered in such wise that his back is towards Him,But so bewildered that (they are) drowned and intoxicated with the Beloved.[10]

Notes:

[5]. In the Persian-Language dictionary "Burhan-a qati"' the following is written about "elixir" (iksir): "It is a substance which melts down, combines and perfects; that is to say it makes gold from copper and useful drugs beneficial. It seems that "perfection" is also called "the elixir" metaphorically." It so happens that in love the same three properties are present - it "melts down", it "combines" and it "perfects" - but the well-known and famous metaphorical aspect of it is third one, its perfecting transformative power. Thus poets have sometimes called love by the name of "the doctor", "the drug (dawa')", "Plato" or "Galen". In the prologue to the Mathnavi Rumi writes:

Hail, O Love that bringest us good again -Thou that art the physician of all our ills,The remedy of our pride and vainglory,Our Plato and our Galen! (transl. Nicholson, bk.1, 1.23)

[6] From Vahshi Kirmani, Iranian poet (991/1583)

[7] Hafiz

[8] `Al'amah Taba'taba'i

[9] Rumi, Mathnavi

[10] Adapted from Nicholson's translation of Rumi, Mathnavi, bk. 1

Chapter 4: Breaking Down The Barriers

Love brings man out from egoism and self-love, irrespective of what kind of love it is - animal and sexual, animal and parental, or human - and irrespective of what qualities and excellences the loved-one has, whether bold and valiant, artistic or wise, or whether her or she be in possession of a fine morality, social graces or other special attributes. Self-love is a limitation and a defensive barrier; love completely breaks down this defensive barrier to other than the self. Man is weak until he has gone outside his own self, he is timid, avaricious, covetous, misanthropic, quick tempered, selfish and arrogant; his spirit gives out no spark or brilliancy, it has no vivacity or animation, it is always cold and cut off. However, as soon as he takes a step outside his "self" and breaks down his defensive barriers, these ugly habits and qualities are also destroyed.

Whoever's garment is torn by love Is entirely cleansed of covetousness or blemish[11]

Self-love, in the sense of something which must be eliminated, is not something which really exists. What we mean is that it is not a real, existing fondness for himself which man must do away with so that he can become liberated from "self-love". It makes no sense for a human being to try not to like himself; esteem for oneself which we can call "amour-propre" has not been mistakenly overlooked so that we have to throw that out. The reform and perfecting of man does not mean that, let us suppose, a series of extraneous matters in his existence are thought up and then that these extraneous and detrimental things must be eliminated. In other words the reform of man does not lie in reducing him, it lies in perfecting and adding to him. The responsibility that creation has assigned to man's charge is in the direction of the course of creation, that is, in perfection and growth, not in decrease and reduction.

The struggle with self-love is the struggle with the limitations of the self. This self must be expanded; this defensive structure, which has been placed round the self and which sees every other thing, apart from what is connected to itself as a person or an individual, as foreign, "not me", and alien to itself, must be broken down. The personality must expand to take in every other human being, if not the whole of the universe of creation. Thus the struggle with self-love is the struggle with the limitations of the self; and therefore self-love is nothing else but a limitation of the conceptual and motivational process. Love turns man's affections and drives towards what is outside his self, it enlarges his existence and changes the focal point of his being. For the same reason, love is a great moral and educative factor, on condition that it is well guided and is correctly used.

Note:

[11]. Rumi, Mathnavi, bk. l

Chapter 5: Constructive Or Destructive?

When affection for an individual or a thing reaches the summit of intensity so that it conquers man's existence and becomes the absolute ruler over his being, it is called love. Love is the peak of affection and the sentiments.

But it should not be imagined that what is called by this name is of only one kind; it is of two completely opposite kinds. Those things which are called its good effects are connected with one of its kinds, but its other kind has completely destructive and opposite effects.

The sentiments of man are of various kinds and degrees; some of them are in the category of the passions, especially the sexual passions, and are of those aspects which are shared by man and the other animals, with the difference that in man, for a particular reason the explanation of which cannot be appropriately undertaken now, it reaches its peak and takes on an indescribable intensity; and for this reason it is called love. It never takes on this form among animals, but, in any case, in its reality and essence, it is nothing but a torrent, a bursting forth, a tempest of the passions. It originates from the source of sexuality, and reaches its end there too. Its rise and fall are, too a large degree, connected to the physiological activity of the genital organs and naturally to the years of youth; it diminishes and eventually ceases altogether with an increase in age, on the one hand, and, on the other, with satiation and separation.

A youth who feels himself a-quiver at the sight of a beautiful face or a tress of hair, or who feels a frisson when touched by a tender hand, should know that there is nothing more operating here than a material, animal process. This kind of love comes quickly and goes quickly. It cannot be depended on, nor recommended, it has dangers and it kills virtue. It is only by the help of modesty and piety and not becoming abandoned to it that it may profit a human being; that is, in itself, it is a power which leads man towards no virtue. But it gives a strength and a perfection to the spirit, if it penetrates into a man's being, is met with the power of modesty and piety, and if the spirit tolerates the pressure of it - provided it does not succumb to it.

Humans have another variety of sentiments which, in their reality and essence, differ from the passions; it is better to call these noble sentiments, or in the language of the Qur'an, "love and mercy" (muwaddah wa rahmah [see 30:21 ] ).

As long as man is under the control of his passions, he has not gone out from his self, he seeks a person or a thing whom he is attracted to for himself, and he wants it dearly. If he thinks about a love-object, it is with the idea of how he might profit from being united with it, or at the most how he can derive enjoyment from it. It is obvious that such a state cannot be the perfecter or the educator of man's spirit, or refine it.

However, man occasionally comes under the effect of his higher human sentiments; his loved-one receives respect and eminence in his eyes, he seeks that person's happiness. He is prepared to sacrifice himself for that person's desires. This kind of sentiment brings purity, sincerity, tenderness, compassion and altruism into existence, as opposed to the first kind which creates crudeness, savagery and criminality. The kindness and affection of a mother for her child is of this second kind. Devotion to, and love of, the pure ones and the men of God, as also patriotism and the love of principles, are also from the same category.

It is this kind of sentiment from which, if it reaches its summit and perfection, all the aforementioned good effects result; and it is this kind which gives dignity, distinction and greatness to the spirit, in contrast to the first kind which brings wretchedness. Similarly it is this kind of love which is durable, and which becomes stronger and warmer with union, as opposed to the first kind which is not permanent and whose graveyard union is reckoned to be.

In the Qur'an, the relationship between a man and wife is described as "love and compassion"[12] , and this is a very great point. It is an indication of the human and higher than-animal aspect of married life. It is an indication that the factors of the passions are not the only natural link in married life. The fundamental link is purity, sincerity and the union of two spirits; or, in other words, the thing which joins the married couple one to the other, and unites them, is compassion, mercy, purity and sincerity, not the passions, which also exist between animals.

In his own subtle way, Rumi distinguishes between the passions and true love; he calls the former animal and the latter human. He says:

Wrath and passion are the attributes of beasts,Love and compassion the attributes of man.Thus Love is the characteristic of Adam, missing in animals, a deficiency.Materialist philosophers too have not been able to deny this spiritual state which, from several standpoints, has a non-material aspect, and which would not be in conformity with man and what is beyond him being material.

In Marriage and Morals, Bertrand Russell writes:

Work of which the motive is solely pecuniary cannot have this value, but only work which embodies some kind of devotion, whether to persons, to things, or merely to a vision. And love itself is worthless when it is merely possessive; it is then on a level with work which is purely pecuniary. In order to have the kind of value which we are speaking, love must feel the ego of the beloved person as important as one's own ego, and must realise the other's feelings and wishes as though they were one's own.[13]

Another point which should be mentioned and carefully attended to is that we said that even loves of the passions may possibly become beneficial, and that occurs when they become linked to piety and modesty. That is to say, in connection with, on the one hand, separation and inaccessibility, and, on the other hand, purity and modesty, the pains and anguishes, pressures and difficulties to which the spirit is subjected bear good and beneficial results.

It is in this connection that the mystics say that allegorical love is turned in real love, i.e., love of the Essence of the One; and it is also in connection with this that the following tradition is narrated:

He who becomes a lover, who conceals (his love), who is chaste (in his love) and dies (in that state) has died as a martyr.

However the point must not be forgotten that this kind of love, with all the advantages that may, under particular conditions, possibly be brought about, is not to be recommended - it is a dangerous valley to enter. It is in this respect like an affliction, which, if it troubles someone and he opposes it with the force of his patience and will, becomes a perfecter and purifier of his soul; it cooks what is raw in it and clarifies what is turbid in it. But one cannot recommend an affliction. No-one can create an affliction for himself so as to profit from these factors which prepare and train the soul; neither should he bring about an affliction for someone else on this pretext.

Here, also, Russell has something valuable to say:

Suffering fills people with energy, like an invaluable counterweight. Someone who deems himself to be entirely contented will not exert himself any further for happiness. But I do not advocate that this be made a pretext for causing others suffering so that they may tread a profitable path, because it often gives the opposite result and destroys man. Rather, it is better in this case to submit our own selves to chance events that fall in our way.[14]

As far as we know, the effects and advantages of afflictions and misfortunes have been much emphasized in Islamic teachings, and they are well-known as signs of God, but this in no way permits anyone to create afflictions for himself or for others on this pretext.

Moreover, there is a difference between love an affliction; and that is that love, more than any other factor, is against reason. Wherever it sets foot, it ousts reason from its governing position. This is why love and reason are well-known in mystic literature as two rivals. The antagonism between the philosophers and the mystics originates from here, the former depending on, and confiding in, the power of reason, the latter in the power of love. In Sufi literature, reason is always condemned and defeated in this field of competition. Sa'di says:

My well-wishers advise me It is useless to make bricks on the sea.But the power of yearning prevails over patience:

The pretension of the intellect over love is futile.Another poet has said: I drew a comparison for the counsel of reason in the path of love: It is like a fall of dew trying to trace a pattern on the sea.

How can a force which is as powerful as this, which snatches the reins of the will out of our hands, and which, in the words of Rumi "blows a man here and there like a blade of straw in the hands of a fierce wind", and in the words of Russell "is something with propensity for anarchy", be recommendable?

At any rate, it is one thing to happen to have useful results, but it is another to be advisable or recommendable.

From this it will be seen that the objection and complaint which some Islamic jurists have levelled against some of the Islamic philosophers' who have set forth this matter in their metaphysics and have explained its results and advantages, is invalid. For the former imagined that the opinion of the latter group of philosophers was that this matter is both advisable and recommendable, whereas they only considered the useful effects of this kind of love which appear under conditions of piety and chastity, without recommending or advising it, just as they would have done with afflictions or misfortunes.

Notes:

[12].

And of His signs is that He created for you, of yourselves, spouses, that you might repose in them, and He has set between you love and compassion. (ar-Rum, 30:21 )

[13]. B. Russell: Marriage and Morals, London, 1976, p.86

[14]. ibid. Translated from the Persian, original untraced.

[15]. Ibn Sina in his Treatise on Love (Risal-a `ishq), and Sadru'd Din ash-Shirazi in the third journey of his Asfar al-arba`.

Chapter 6: Love And Devotion To Those Close To God

We have said that love is not restricted only to an animal love of a sexual or parental kind. Rather, there is another kind of love and attraction which is situated in a more rarefied atmosphere, and is completely beyond the confines of matter or materiality. It originates from an instinct far above that of the preservation of generations, and is in fact something which separates the universe of man from the universe of animals. This is spiritual, or human, love, falling in love with excellence and goodness, becoming enamoured of the virtues of man and the beauty of reality.

Those loves which are for the sake of a colour

Are not love: in the end they are a disgrace;Since love of the dead is not enduring,Because the dead one never comes back to us.

(But) love of the living is every moment Fresher than a bud in the spirit and the sight Choose the love of that Living One Who is everlasting,Who gives thee to drink of the wine that increases life.

Choose the love of Him from Whose love All the prophets gained power and glory.[16]

And it is love which is mentioned in many of the verses of the Qur'an, especially by the word "mahabbah", These verses can be placed in several groups:

1. Verses which describe the believers, and speak of the deep devotion and love they have for God or the other believers,But those that believe love Allah more ardently. (al Baqarah, 2:165 )And those who made their dwelling in the abode, and in belief, before them, love whosoever has emigrated to them not finding in their breasts any need for what they have been given, and preferring others above themselves, even though poverty be their portion. (al-Hashr, 59:9)2. Verses which speak of the love of God for believers:

Truly Allah loves those who repent, and He loves those who cleanse themselves. (al-Baqarah, 2:222)

And Allah loves the good doers. ( Al `Imran, 3:148 and al-Ma'idah, 5:13)

Surely Allah loves those who guard themselves. (at-Tawbah, 9: 4 and 7 )

And Allah loves those who cleanse themselves. (at-Tawbah, 9:108 )

Surely Allah loves the just. (al-Hujurat, 49:9 and al-Mumtahinah, 60:8 )

3. Verses which include two-way affections and reciprocal love: the love of God for the believers, the love of the believers for God; and the love of the believers for each other:

Say "if you love Allah, follow me, and-Allah will love you, and forgive you your sins." (Al `Imran, 3: 31)

Allah will assuredly bring a people He loves, and who love Him. (al-Ma' idah, 5: 54)

Surely those who believe and do deeds of righteouness - unto them the All-merciful shall assign love. ( Maryam,19:96)

And He has sent between you love and compassion. (ar-Rum, 30: 21)

And it is love which Ibrahim wanted for his offspring,[17] and which the last Prophet also sought by the order of God for his kinsmen.[18]

From what we have been told from hadith, the spirit and essence of religion is nothing but love. Burayd al-`Ijli said: "I was in the presence of Imam al-Baqir (as), and there was a traveller from Khurasan who had traversed that long journey on foot. He had the honour of meeting the Imam. His feet, which were showing through his shoes, were cut, and he had taken his shoes off. He said: "By God, the only thing that brought me from whence I have come is love of you, the Household (of the Prophet)." The Imam said: "By God, if a stone loved us, God would unite it with us, and join it to us. Is the religion other than love?"[19]

A man said to Imam as-Sadiq (as): "We have named our children after you and your fathers; will this action be of any benefit to us?" He said: "Yes, by God; is the religion other than love?" Then he gave the verse If you love Allah, follow me, and Allah will love you as evidence.[20]

Basically, it is love which brings obedience: the lover does not have the power to refuse the wishes of the one he loves. We have seen this with our own eyes when a youth who was in love left everything when faced with his loved one, his beloved, and sacrificed everything for her.

The obedience and worship of God is in proportion to the love which man has for God, as Imam as-Sadiq (as) said: "Disobey God and show that you love Him; by my life, that is something amazing. If your love were true, you would have obeyed Him, for the lover is submissive before the one whom he loves."

Notes:

[16]. Adapted from Nicholson's translation of Rumi, Mathnavi, bk. 1

[17]. Ibrahim, 14:37

[18]. ash-Shura, 42:23

[19] Safinatu 'l-bihar, vol.l, p.102 (under Hubb).

[20]. ibid, p.662 (under Sama)

Table of Contents

Dedication 1

Translators’ Foreword 2

Preface 3

Notes 4

A Short Bibilography of the Author 5

His Nobility as Expressed by Noble Religious Scholars 5

His Trips 6

The Birth of the Author May God have Mercy upon Him 7

The Death of the Author and his Shrine 7

A Demonstration of his Nobility 8

Notes 8

Introduction 9

المقدمة 9

Notes 10

Part 1: On One-Numbered Characteristics 11

God is One and Only 11

باب الواحد 11

إن الله واحد 11

Abandoning the Present to Attain the Promised 12

Oppressive Characteristics 12

Characteristics Rooted in Love for Religion 12

One Characteristic for Five Characteristics 12

ترك خصلة موجودة بخصلة موعودة 13

خصلة من الجور 13

خصلة من حب الدين 13

خصلة واحدة بخمس خصال 13

A Characteristic for a Characteristic 14

A Saving Characteristic 14

The Loftiest Characteristic of the Religion 14

No Two Things Combined which are Better than the Combination of Two Characteristics 14

خصلة بخصلة 14

خصلة منجية 15

خصلة هى أفضل الدين 15

ما جمع شيء إلى شيء أفضل من خصلة إلى خصلة 15

A Characteristic that is the Honor of This World and the Hereafter 16

The Most Knowledgeable Person Is One who Combines One Characteristic with Another One 16

خصلة فيها شرف الدنيا والاخرة 16

أعلم الناس من جمع خصلة إلى خصلة 17

There Is One True Prosperity And One True Misery 17

A Characteristic for Which the People Deserve to be Rewarded or Punished 17

A Characteristic that Is the Noblest Holy War 17

The Hardest Thing is One Characteristic that Cannot Be Avoided Unless We Abandon Another Characteristic 17

حقيقة السعادة واحدة وحقيقة الشقاء واحدة 18

يثاب الناس أو يعاقبون بخصلة 18

خصلة هى أفضل الجهاد 18

أشد الاشياء خصلة لا تتقى الا بترك خصلة 18

A Believer’s Honor Is in One Characteristic and His Glory Is In Another Characteristic 19

شرف المؤمن في خصلة وعزه في خصلة 19

One Characteristic Is the Key to All Evil 20

A Characteristic Due to Justice 20

A Characteristic Due to Which We Are Interested in How Others Judge About Us 21

Seek Nearness to God with One Characteristic 21

God Has Not Tested the Servants with Anything Harder Than One Characteristic 21

مفتاح كل شر خصلة 21

خصلة من العدل 21

خصلة من فعلها رضى بها حكما 21

ادنى حق المؤمن على أخيه خصلة 22

التقرب إلى الله عز وجل بخصلة 22

ما بلا الله العباد بشيء أشد عليهم من خصلة 22

A Characteristic that Is the Result of Being Kind 22

A Characteristic that Stabilizes One’s Faith and One that Makes Him Lose His Faith 22

A Characteristic that Destroys a Believer’s Dignity 23

A Good Characteristic Which No Other Characteristic Is Better Than, and a Bad Characteristic That No Other Characteristic Is Worse Than 23

ثمرة المعروف خصلة 23

خصلة تثبت الايمان في العبد، وخصلة تخرجه منه 23

خصلة تذهب ببهاء المؤمن 23

بر ليس فوقه بر، وعقوق ليس فوقه عقوق 24

A Characteristic That Guarantees Who Will Not Become Poor 24

The Form of Chivalry of the Members of the Holy Household 24

A Characteristic Due to One’s Chivalry 24

A Characteristic that Is Not Good for a Dignified Man 24

مضمون لمن عمل خصلة أن لا يفتقر 25

مروء‌ة أهل البيت عليهم السلام خصلة 25

خصلة من المروء‌ة 25

خصلة مكروهة للرجل السرى 25

God Loves One Characteristic and Despises One Characteristic 26

One Who has This Characteristic Would Not Be Thankful for Blessings 26

A Characteristic Due to Humbleness 26

A Characteristic that Is Close to Blasphemy and A Characteristic that Might Change Destiny 26

خصلة يحبها الله وخصلة يبغضها عز وجل 26

خصلة من احتملها لم يشكر النعمة 27

من لم تغضبه خصلة لم يشكر خصلة 27

خصلة من التواضع 27

خصلة كادت أن تكون كفرا وخصلة كادت أن تغلب القدر 27

A Characteristic that Destroyed Previous Nations 27

Martyrdom Is Expiation for Every Sin Except for One’s Debt 28

God the Almighty Has Sent Muhammad (MGB) and His Nation a Gift That He Has Not Given to Any Other Nation 28

A Characteristic that One Should Have If He Wants to Increase Goodness in His House 28

خصلة أهلكت القرون الاولى 28

كل ذنب يكفره القتل في سبيل الله عز وجل الا خصلة فانها لا يكفرها الا احدى ثلاث خصال 28

ان الله تبارك وتعالى أهدى إلى محمد صلى الله عليه وآله والى امته هدية لم يهدها إلى أحد من الامم 29

من أحب أن يكثر خير بيته فليفعل خصلة عند حضور طعامه 29

God Will Look at Whom He Likes. Once He Looks at Him, He Shall Grant Him One of Three Gifts 29

The Hereafter is the Wedding of the Pious Ones 29

A Characteristic That is Like its Opposite 30

The Most Wicked People Are Those Who Are Respected for Possessing One Characteristic 30

ان الله تبارك وتعالى اذا أحب عبدا نظر اليه فاذا نظر اليه أتحفه من ثلاثة بواحدة 30

القيامة عرس المتقين 30

خصلة من أجلها لا يحب الموت 30

خصلة تشبه ضدها 31

شرار الناس الذين يكرمون مخافة خصلة فيهم 31

A Characteristic in This World is Abstinence, and a Characteristic That is Gratitude for all Blessings 31

Nothing Deserves to Be Restrained More Than the Tongue 31

Whoever Raises his Aspirations Does Wrong 31

Good Deeds Are Recorded for a Muslim as Long as He Remains Quiet 32

خصلة هى الزهد في الدنيا وخصلة هى شكر كل نعمة 32

ما شيء أحق بطول السجن من اللسان 32

من أطال أمله ساء عمله 32

لا يزال الرجل المسلم يكتب محسنا مادام ساكتا 33

A Characteristic Having Which Will Result in God Saving You From the Fear of the Hereafter 33

The Most Intelligent Characteristic 33

The Most Pious, the Best Worshipping, the Most Ascetic and the Most Hard-Working People 33

Becoming Sorry Is the Same as Repenting 33

خصلة من فعلها آمنه الله عز وجل من فزع يوم القيامة 34

رأس العقل خصلة 34

أورع الناس، وأعبد الناس، وازهد الناس، وأشد الناس اجتهادا 34

كفى بالندم توبة 34

Whoever Earns More Than His Meals fom This World 34

A Characteristic That Deserves to Be Willed 34

A Characteristic That Causes One to Be Thrown Out and a Characteristic That Causes One to Be Joined 35

Lofty Characteristics and Bad Characteristics for the People of the World 35

من أصاب من الدنيا فوق قوته 35

الوصية بخصلة 35

خصلة نافية وخصلة مثبتة 36

خصلة ثقلت على أهل الدنيا وخصلة خفت عليهم 36

There Is No Honor Except Through One Characteristic. There Is No Nobility Except Through Another Characteristic 36

When God Loves a Servant He Will Make Him Suffer from a Great Calamity 37

A Characteristic That Leads to Hemorrhoids 37

لا حسب الا بخصلة، ولا كرم الا بخصلة، ولا عمل الا بخصلة، ولا عبادة الا بخصلة 37

خصلة تنفع في أربعة أشياء 37

اذا أحب الله عز وجل عبدا ابتلاه بعظيم البلاء 37

خصلة تورث الباسور 38

A Hand on Which There Is an Iron Ring Is Not Clean 38

Do Not Respond to Whoever Talks Before He Greets You 38

A Characteristic That if Practiced Implies Despise for Muhammad’s Religion 38

Only One of the Proverbs of the Prophets Has Remained 38

ما طهرت كف فيها خاتم من حديد 39

من بدأ بالكلام قبل السلام فلا تجيبوه 39

خصلة من فعلها أو فعلت له برئ من دين محمد صلى الله عليه وآله 39

ما بقى من أمثال الانبياء الا كلمة 39

When God Wishes a Servant Well, He Will Expedite His Punishment in This World, and When He Wishes Someone Bad, He Will Procrastinate His Punishment 40

Be Patient with the Enemies of the Blessings 40

The Prophet (MGB) and Ali Ibn Abi Talib Were Created from the Same Root 40

A Characteristic That is Gratitude for All Blessings 40

Religion Is the Same as Love 40

اذا أراد الله تبارك وتعالى بعبد خيرا عجل عقوبه في الدنيا واذا أراد به سوء‌ا أخر عقوبته 40

الصبر على أعداء النعم 41

خلق النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وعلى بن أبى طالب عليه السلام من شجرة واحدة 41

شكر كل نعمة خصلة 41

الدين هو الحب 41

When Two Believers Shake Hands They Shall Depart from Each Other Void of Any Sins 41

A Characteristic That Revives the Hearts 42

A Characteristic That Revives the Affairs of the Almighty God’s Proofs 42

God the Almighty Has Not Created Anything More Delightful Than This Characteristic 42

المؤمن اذا صافح المؤمن تفرقا عن غير ذنب 42

خصلة تحيي القلوب 42

خصلة فيها حياة لامر حجج الله عز وجل 43

ما خلق الله عز وجل شيئا أقر للعين من خصلة 43

A Characteristic That Constitutes Nine-Tenths of Religion 43

Whoever is Pleased with His Destiny or is Displeased with it 43

A Characteristic for Which Even Red-Haired Camels Are Not Loved 43

A Characteristic That Increases the Daily Bread 43

تسعة أعشار الدين في خصلة 44

من رضي القضاء ومن سخطه 44

خصلة لا يتحبب بها حمر النعم 44

خصلة تزيد في الرزق 44

خصلة من الذنوب التي لا تغفر 44

A Characteristic That Leads to Hypocrisy and Poverty 45

The First Gift Given to a Believer Due to a Characteristic 45

A Characteristic for Which One Who Has No Good Deeds is Forgiven on the Resurrection Day 45

A Characteristic That is the Root of All Sins 45

خصلة تورث النفاق وتعقب الفقر 46

أول ما يتحف به المؤمن خصلة 46

يغفر لعبد يوم القيامة ليست له حسنة بخصلة 46

رأس كل خطيئة خصلة 46

How Awkward It Is If a Man Enters Heaven Having Lost His Honor 46

A Characteristic Doing Which Will Cause the Almighty God to Have Mercy Upon You 47

A Characteristic Doing Which Will Cause Increased Good for One’s House 47

On Him Whose Health Has Overcome His Illness but He Treats Himself and Dies 47

A Characteristic Which a Believer Avoids 47

ما أقبح بالرجل أن يدخل الجنة وهو مهتوك الستر 47

خصلة من فعلها استوجب رحمة الله عز وجل 48

خصلة من فعلها كثر خير بيته 48

في من ظهرت صحته على سقمه فيعالج بشيء فمات 48

المؤمن مشغول عن خصلة 48

Nothing Ruins Faith as Much as One Characteristic Does 48

One Who Lives to See his Successor Is Prosperous 48

A Believer’s Honor is More Than That of the Ka’ba 49

It Suffices for a Believer to See God’s Aid in the Form of His Enemies Engaged in the Almighty God’s Disobedience 49

ما محق الايمان محق خصلة شيء 49

سعد امرؤ لم يمت حتى يرى خلفه من بعده 49

المؤمن أعظم حرمة من الكعبة 50

حسب المؤمن من الله نصرة أن يرى عدوه يعمل بمعاصى الله عز وجل 50

A Gift Will Eliminate Animosities 50

Prosperous Be the One Who is Indifferent 50

A Characteristic That Will Make One Poor in the Hereafter 50

A Group of People Who Are the Masters of Heaven 50

God’s Prophet Made His Ablutions One Organ at a Time 51

الهدية تذهب بالضغائن 51

طوبى لعبد نومة 51

خصلة تدع الرجل فقيرا يوم القيامة 51

عرفاء أهل الجنة صنف 51

توضأ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله مرة مرة 52

The Characteristic That Is the Best Goodness 52

The Prophet Put off His Special Prayer for One Characteristic 52

A Characteristic That is the Best Form of Worshipping and a Characteristic That is the Noblest Form of Being Religious 52

What Is A Lot but Its Doers Are A Few 53

احسن الحسن خصلة 53

ترك النبي صلى الله عليه وآله دعوته لخصلة 53

أفضل العبادة خصلة وأفضل الدين خصلة 53

شيء هو كثير وفاعله قليل 53

A Characteristic That Constitutes Half of the Religion 54

A Characteristic That is the Best Thing Given to a Muslim 54

The Prophet and Ali Ibn Abi Talib Were Created from One Light 54

A Servant’s Well-Being Depends Upon the Well-Being of One of His Organs 54

خصلة هى نصف الدين 55

أفضل ما أعطى المسلم خصلة 55

خلق النبي وعلي بن أبي طالب عليهما السلام من نور واحد 55

صلاح العبد في صلاح شيء من جسده 55

A Man Enters Heaven for One Characteristic 56

One Who Likes Two Characteristics Shall do One Thing 56

God’s Prophet Finished His Prayers with One Greeting 56

Notes 56

Part 2: On Two-Numbered Characteristics 59

Recognition of God By Two Characteristics 59

دخل الرجل الجنة بخصلة 59

من سره خصلتان فليستعمل خصلة 59

كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يسلم تسليمة واحدة 59

باب الإثنين 59

معرفة التوحيد بخصلتين 60

On the Prophet’s Saying, “There Are Two Things Which I Do Not Wish to Share with Anyone” 60

Two Strange Things to Put up with 60

Nothing Voids Ablutions Except for What Leaves from the Two Sides 60

قال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله خلتان لا احب أن يشاركني فيهما أحد 61

غريبتان فاحتملوهما 61

لا ينقض الوضوء الا ما خرج من الطرفين 61

Two Blessings Being Denied 61

Two Things Which Cause Trouble for Most People 62

No Worship of God is Better than Being Quiet and Walking to God’s House 62

نعمتان مكفورتان 62

خصلتان كثيرمن الناس مفتون فيهما 62

ما عبد الله عز وجل بشيء أفضل من الصمت والمشي إلى بيته 63

يؤمر بالمعروف رجلان 63

The Blessed the Sublime God Has Divided the People on the Earth into Two Groups 63

Two Groups in This Nation Whose Improvement Would Improve the Nation and Whose Corruption Would Corrupt the Nation 64

Fear God Regarding Two Weak Ones 64

للكفر جناحان 64

قسم الله تبارك وتعالى اهل الارض قسمين 64

صنفان من هذه الامة اذا صلحا صلحت الامة واذا فسدا فسدت الامة 64

اتقو الله في الضعيفين 65

The reward of whoever takes care of two daughters, Two sisters, two paternal aunts or two maternal aunts 65

Two Men Will Not Sense the Scent of Paradise 65

What Has Been Said About Two-Faced People 65

ثواب من عال ابنتين أو اختين أو عمتين أو خالتين 66

لا يجد ريح الجنة رجلان 66

ما جاء في ذى وجهين 66

The People Are in Two Groups: Some Who Get Relieved by Others and Some from Whom Others Get Relieved 67

الناس اثنان واحد أراح، وآخر استراح 68

People Are of Two Types: The Learned and the Seeker of Knowledge 68

Two Characteristics One of Which Will Cause Forgetting Sins and the Other Will Cause Hardening of the Hearts 68

Two Characteristics That Provide Immunity to Leprosy 68

Attend to Two Major Issues 69

الناس اثنان عالم ومتعلم 69

خصلتان احداهما تنسى الذنوب والاخرى تقسى القلوب 69

خصلتان امان من الجذام 69

الشغل بالعظيمتين 70

The World is Just Two Words and Two Dirhams 70

There is no Good in This World Except for Two Men 71

الدنيا كلمتان ودرهمان 71

لا يكون الرجل فقيها حتى يكون فيه خصلتان 71

لا خير في العيش الا لرجلين 71

لا خير في الدنيا الا لاحد رجلين 71

There are Two Forms of Knowledge 72

Two Strange Characteristics: Eating the Sustenance Provided by God and Ascribing Divinity to Others Than God 72

Enjoining to Do Good and Admonishing Against Evil Are Two of the Creatures of the Exalted the Honorable God 72

العلم علمان 73

خصلتان عجيبتان اكل رزق الله وادعاء الربوبية دون الله عز وجل 73

الامر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنکر خلقان من خلق الله عز وجل 73

The Two Things Which Constituted Most of the Worshipping of Abuzar - May God Have Mercy Upon 73

If a Woman Has Had Two Husbands Which Husband Will She Belong to in Heaven 74

Enemies Who Dispute with Each Other About Their Lord 74

کان اکثر عبادة ابي ذر - رحمه الله - خصلتين 74

المرأة يکون لها زوجان من اهل الجنه لأيهما تکون فی الجنه 74

خصمان اختصموا فی ربهم 75

Jawad Has Two Meanings 75

Silver and Gold Money Are Destructive 75

Gold and Silver Are Two Perverting Metals 76

Seek Refuge from Two Characteristics 76

الجواد علی وجهين 76

الدينار والدرهم مهلکان 76

الذهب والفضة حجران ممسوخان 76

التعوذ من خصلتين 77

Two Characteristics of the Shiites 77

There are Two Pleasures for One Who Fasts 77

Fasting Is For God 77

What Has Been Said About the Honest vs. the Dishonest Businessmen 78

في الشيعة خصلتان 78

للصائم فرحتان 78

الصوم لله تعالى 78

ما جاء في التاجرين اذا صدقا وبرا، واذا كذبا وخانا 78

Two Things Which Provide us with Benefits Every Dawn and Dusk 79

Two Forms of Shopping Are Bad 79

There Are Two Prayers for High Quality Goods and Two Curses for Bad Goods 79

Two Characteristics Granted to Whoever Honors the Rights of God 79

شيئان يروحان بخير ويغدوان بخير 80

بيعان مكروهان 80

في الجيد دعوتان وفى الردى دعوتان 80

من ناصح الله عز وجل أعطي خصلتين 80

One Who Has Two Characteristics Is Good, Otherwise Stay Away from Him 81

Two Things Can Terminate the Waiting Period of a Divorced Woman Who Has Not Had Her Menstruation in Due Time 81

من كان فيه خصلتان فهو مؤمن حقا 81

خصلتان من كانتا فيه والا فاعزب ثم اعزب ثم اعزب 82

أمران أيهما سبق إلى المطلقة المسترابة بانت به 82

Seek Nearness to the Honorable the Exalted God with Two Characteristics 82

Two Characteristics Which Eliminate Poverty, Increase Life and Fend off Seventy Harsh Deaths 82

Traditions Are of Two Types 83

Doing Good is Only Valued by Those Who Have Two Characteristics 83

Friends Are of Two Types 83

التقرب إلى الله عز وجل بخصلتين 83

خصلتان ينفيان الفقر، ويزيدان في العمر، ويدفعان عن فاعلهما سبعين ميتة سوء 83

السنة سنتان 83

لا تصلح الصنيعة الا عند ذي خصلتين 84

الاخوان صنفان 84

People Are of Two Types 84

Two Leaders Who Are Not in Power 84

Two Things with Which Some Corrupt Their Prayers 85

الناس رجلان 85

أميران وليسا بأميرين 85

شيئان يفسد الناس بهما صلاتهم 85

No Two Things Are Loved by the Honorable the Exalted God More Than The Following Two 86

Two Characteristics Which Satan Taught Noah (MGB) 86

Two Characteristics of Which People Should be Most Fearful 86

ما من خطوة أحب إلى الله من خطوتين، وما من جرعة أحب إليه من جرعتين 87

خصلتان ذكرهما ابليس لنوح عليه السلام 87

اخوف ما يخاف على الناس خصلتان 87

Two Characteristics Which You Are Admonished Against 89

Two Types of Water Which Did Not Heed Noah’s Call 89

Faith Consists of Talking and Action 89

النهي عن الخصلتين 90

ماء‌ان لم يجيبا نوحا لما دعا المياه 90

الايمان قول وعمل 90

Two Hungry Ones Who Would Never Get Satiated 91

Two Characteristics Due to True Faith 91

There Are Two Types of Chivalry 91

منهومان لا يشبعان 92

خصلتان من حقيقة الايمان 92

المروء‌ة مروء‌تان 92

خصلتان من الجفاء 92

Two Characteristics Which Speed up the Arrival of Your Daily Bread 92

The Subsistence for One’s Spouse is between Two Abominable Limits 93

Two Characteristics in Return for Two Characteristics 93

There Are Two Types of Shyness 93

خصلتان مجلبتان للرزق 93

تجب النفقة على العيال بين المكروهين 93

خصلتان بخصلتين 94

الحياء على وجهين 94

What Might Cause Parent’s Being Damned by the Children 94

On the Prophet's Statement: "I am the Son of the Two offerings" 94

ما يلزم الوالدين من عقوق الولد 95

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله انا ابن الذبيحين 95

And There is Another Tradition Regarding the Great Offering 98

Two Standing, Two Moving, Two Different And Two Opposite Things 100

شيئان قائمان وشيئان جاريان وشيئان مختلفان وشيئان متباغضان 100

The Reward of Whoever Goes on the Hajj Pilgrimage Twice 101

Saying What is Right under Two Conditions 101

Two Characteristics Loved by the Honorable the Exalted God in the Heavens and by the People on Earth 101

ثواب من حج حجتين 102

قول الحق في حالين 102

القتل قتلان والقتال قتالان 102

خصلتان من فعلهما احبه الله عز وجل من السماء واحبه الناس من الارض 102

The Prophet of God Had Two Rings 103

There Are Two Gifts from One Who Fasts 103

There Are Two Signs for the Approach of The Hour 103

It is Not Permitted to Give Charity to the Hashemites Except in Two Conditions 103

كان لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله خاتمان 103

تحفة الصائم شيئان 104

تقوم الساعة عند ظهور علامتين 104

لا تحل الصدقة لبني هاشم الا في وجهين 104

Two Characteristics of the Lowly People 104

Two Sins One of Which is Worse Than the Other One 104

The Two Benefits of Brushing the Teeth 105

Eating Soap Has Two Effects 105

خصلتان من فعلهما فهو سفلة 105

ذنبان احدهما اشد من الاخر 105

اتخاذ السعد في الاسنان يورث خصلتين 106

اكل الاشنان يورث خصلتين 106

رجلان لا تنالهما شفاعة النبي صلى الله عليه وآله 106

Using Two Kinds of Toothpicks Would Lead to Leprosy 106

This World and The Hereafter Are on the Two Sides of a Scale 106

خلالان يهيجان عرق الجذام 107

الدنيا والاخرة ككفتي الميزان 107

He Has Let Free the Two Bodies of Flowing Water, Meeting Together: Between Them is a Barrier Which They Do Not Transgress 108

The Prophe Left Two Things amongst His Nation 108

Will be Questioned About the ‘Two Heavy Things’ on the Resurrection Day 109

مرج البحرين يلتقيان بينهما برزخ لا يبغيان 109

ترك النبي صلى الله عليه وآله في امته أمرين 109

السؤال عن الثقلين يوم القيامة 109

Al-Hassan (MGB) and Al-Hussein (MGB) Had Two Amulets 112

Day and Night are Two Carriages 112

Two Men to Whom God has Granted Two Wings with Which to Fly in Paradise along with the Angels 112

كان على الحسن والحسين عليهما السلام تعويذان 112

الليل والنهار مطيتان 113

رجلان جعل الله عز وجل لكل واحد منهما جناحين يطير بهما مع الملائكة في الجنة 113

Two Things Ruin the People 113

What the Commander of the Faithful (MGB) Said about Two People Who Broke His Back 113

A Greedy Man is Deprived of Two Characteristics and Has Two Characteristics 114

اثنان أهلك الناس 114

قول أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام قطع ظهرى رجلان 114

حرم الحريص خصلتين ولزمته خصلتان 114

Two Prayers Which God’s Prophet (MGB) Never Abandoned Saying 115

صلاتان لم يتركهما رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله 115

Two Groups of People Who Have Not Benefited from Islam 116

Animosity Would Bring about Two Sufferings 117

People Get Old, but Two Things Remain Young within Them 117

معاداة الرجال لا يخلو صاحبها من خصلتين 118

يهرم ابن آدم ويشب منه اثنان 118

Two Characteristics Which Cause Two Things 118

The Two Things Which the Children of Adam Dislike 118

The Prophet (MGB) Remained Silent in Two Instances 119

خصلتان تورث كل واحدة منهما خصلتين 119

خصلتان يكرههما ابن آدم 119

كان لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله سكتتان 119

Two Characteristics Which Cannot Co-exist in One’s Heart 120

Jealousy Is Not Proper Except in Two Conditions 120

The Reason For The Twofold Love of The Prophet For Aqil 121

خصلتان لا يجتمعان في مسلم 121

خصلتان لا يجتمعان في قلب عبد 121

لا حسد الا في اثنتين 121

علة محبة النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لعقيل بن أبى طالب حبين 121

The Prophet (MGB) Was Pleased by Two Things 122

The ProphetGranted Two Thigs to Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein 122

امران سر بهما النبي صلى الله عليه وآله 123

نحل النبي صلى الله عليه وآله الحسن والحسين خصلتين 123

It Is Not Proper For One to Stay Awake After the Night Prayer Except for Two People 124

The Two Main Causes of Going to Hell and the Two Main Causes of Going to Paradise 124

The Honorable the Exalted God Would Not Give His Servants Two Fears And Two Securities 124

Two Things Improve This Nation And Two Destroy It 124

لا سهر بعد العشاء الاخرة الا لاحد رجلين 125

اکثر ما يدخل به الامه النار شيئتان واکثر ما يدخل به الجنه شيئتان 125

لا يجمع الله عز وجل علی عبده خوفين ولا امنين 125

صلاح اول هذه الامة بخصلتين وهلاك آخرها بخصلتين 125

Notes 125

Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics 129

Three Whom God Will Let into Paradise without Any Reckoning, and Three Whom God Will Throw into Hell without Any Reckoning 129

Three Characteristics Each of Which Would Cause One to be Under the Shade of the Honorable the Exalted God’s Throne 129

باب الثلاثة 129

ثلاثة يدخلهم الله الجنة بغير حساب، وثلاثة يدخلهم الله النار بغير حساب 129

ثلاثة اشياء لا يحاسب الله عز وجل عليها المؤمن 130

ثلاث خصال من كن فيه أو واحدة منهن كان في ظل عرش الله عز وجل 130

Three Groups of People are Closest to the Honorable the Exalted God on the Resurrection Day 131

The Three Conditions Which Imply the Acceptance of One’s Prayers 131

One Is Not a True Believer unless He Has Three Characteristics 131

ثلاثة أقرب الخلق إلى الله عز وجل يوم القيامة 131

عند وجود ثلاثة أشياء اجابة الدعاء 132

لا يكون المؤمن مؤمنا حتى يكون فيه ثلاث خصال 132

Three Characteristics Which Do Not Exist in a Believer 132

The Prophet Asked His Lord for Three Things. God Granted Him Two, but Did Not Grant Him the Third 132

Three Things Raise the Ranks, The Three Expiations, The Three Which Destroy, The Three Which Save 133

ثلاث خصال لا تكون في المؤمن 133

سأل النبى ربه ثلاث خصال، فأعطاه اثنتين، ومنعه واحدة 133

ثلاث درجات وثلاث كفارات وثلاث موبقات وثلاث منجيات 134

Three Things for Which God Would Marry off one of the Houri-Eyed Ones to You 136

The Three People Who Would Wrong You If You Do Not Express Your Discontent 136

ثلاث من كن فيه زوجه الله من الحور العين 137

ثلاثة ان لم تظلمهم ظلموك 137

Three People Would Not Get What is Rightfully Theirs from Three People 137

Three People Who Deserve Mercy 137

Three People with Whom God Is Angry 138

ثلاثة لا ينتصفون من ثلاثة 138

ثلاث خصال العبد بينهن 138

ثلاثة حق لهم أن يرحموا 138

ثلاثة يبغضهم الله عز وجل 139

Three Occasions for Lying, Three Occasions Not to Tell the Truth, Three Occasions Not to Associate 139

Three Characteristics for Three Characteristics 139

One Characteristic Results in Three Characteristics 139

ثلاث يحسن فيهن الكذب وثلاث بقبح فيهن الصدق وثلاثة مجالستهم تميت القلب 140

ثلاث بثلاث 140

واحدة بثلاث 140

The Signs of Getting Old Are Three 140

Three Characteristics Unique to the Prophets, Their Offspring and Their Followers 141

Three Characteristics Which God Hates 141

Three Things the Prophets Are Not Immune to See from Their Followers 141

علامات الكبر ثلاث 141

ثلاث خصال خص بها الانبياء وأولادهم وأتباعهم 141

ثلاث خصال فيهن المقت من الله تبارك وتعالى 142

الهدية على ثلاثة وجوه 142

ثلاث خصال لم يعر منها نبي فمن دونه 142

The Three Roots of Infidelity 143

The Three Forms of Debts 143

اصول الكفر ثلاثة 143

الدين على ثلاثة وجوه 144

You Must Seek Permission to Enter Three Times 144

Three People Not to Greet 144

The Best Three People 144

وجوه الاستيذان ثلاثة 145

ثلاثة لا يسلمون 145

خير الناس ثلاثة 145

Three Characteristics Indicate Affluence, Beauty and Defeat of Your Enemies 145

Three Things Are Pleasing to the Eyes 146

Three Good Characteristics 146

Three Wasteful Acts 146

ثلاث خصال خصلة منها تظهر الغنى وخصلة تظهر الجمال وخصلة تكبت الاعداء 146

ثلاث من سنن المرسلين 146

ثلاثة يجلين البصر 146

الخصال الجميلة ثلاث 147

السرف في ثلاث 147

God’s Prophet (MGB) Cursed Three People 147

Ranks in Heaven Which Only Three People Can Attain 147

Three People Are Not Subject to the Rules 147

Three people swore to kill the Prophet, but Ali rose up against them 148

لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ثلاثة 148

في الجنة درجة لا ينالها الا ثلاثة 148

رفع القلم عن ثلاثة 148

حديث الثلاثة الذين حلفوا أن يقتلوا رسول الله فنهض اليهم علي 149

Three Characteristics in Doing Good to One’s Brethren 151

في البر بالاخوان والسعى في حوائجهن ثلاث خصال 152

Three Locations Where Defecation is Admonished Against 153

There Are Three Problems in Getting Exposed to the Sun 153

There are Three Signs for One Who is Wasteful 153

All Eyes Will Weep on the Resurrection Day Except Three 153

All Good Is In Three Traits 153

النهى عن التغوط في ثلاثة مواضع 153

في استقبال الشمس ثلاث خصال ردية 154

للمسرف ثلاث علامات 154

كل عين باكية يوم القيامة الا ثلاث أعين 154

جمع الخير كله في ثلاث خصال 154

Three People Riding on an Animal is Admonished Against 154

The Right of an Ill-Traveller upon his Travel Companions Is to Stay with him for Three Days 155

Three Bad Attributes for Black Shoes and Three Good for Yellow Ones 155

Learn Three Traits from the Crow 155

النهى عن ارتداف ثلاثة نفر على الدابة 155

حق المسافر أن يقيم عليه أصحابه اذا مرض ثلاثا 156

في النعل السوداء ثلاث خصال ردية، وفى الصفراء ثلاث خصال محمودة 156

تعلموا من الغراب ثلاث خصال 156

Three Things Are the Result of Another Three Things 156

There Is Bad a Omen in Three Things 156

Three Groups Disregard the Warnings Given to Them 157

ثلاثة تكون مع ثلاثة 157

الشؤم في ثلاثة 157

الذين نسوا ما ذكروا به ثلاثة اصناف 158

ثلاثة في حرز الله عز وجل إلى أن يفرغ الله من الحساب 158

Whoever Is Granted Three Things Not Deprived of Three 158

Admonished against Consulting with Three People 158

The Intellect Is Divided into Three Parts 159

من أعطى ثلاثة لم يحرم ثلاثة 159

النهي عن مشاورة ثلاثة 159

قسم العقل على ثلاثة أجزاء 159

Adam Chose One of Three Characteristics 160

One’s Intellect Can be Measured by Three Things 160

Our Followers Are in Three Groups 160

Our Followers Will be Tested Under Three Circumstances 160

خير آدم من ثلاثة خصال واحدة 161

يعتبر على الرجل في ثلاث 161

الشيعة ثلاث 161

امتحان الشيعة عند ثلاث 161

Whoever Possesses Three Characteristics Has Perfect Faith 161

ثلاث خصال من كن فيه فقد استكمل الايمان 162

Three Whom God Shall Not Talk to, Look at, or Purify 165

ثلاثا لا يكلمهم الله عز وجل يوم القيامة ولا ينظر اليهم ولا يزكيهم ولهم عذاب اليم 166

The Most Horrible Instances for People 166

The Three Partners in Oppression 167

One Who Divulges What Others Say Has Killed Three People 167

Three Places for a Believer and Three for an Infidel 167

أوحش ما يكون الخلق في ثلاثة مواطن 167

الشركاء في الظلم ثلاثة 168

الساعي قاتل ثلاثة 168

للمؤمن ثلاثة مساكن سجن وحصن ومأوى وللكافر ثلاثة مساكن 168

The Days of the Honorable the Exalted God’s Are Three 168

Three People Will be Punished on the Resurrection Day 168

Three Characteristics Make You Immune from Haughtiness 169

أيام الله عز وجل ثلاثة 169

ثلاثة يعذبون يوم القيامة 169

ثلاث خصال تبرئ من الكبر 170

Three Characteristics Enable Enjoining Good and bidding Evil 170

Three Are Not Pure 170

Having Three Characteristics Is Enough for One to Be Bad 170

Three Reasons for Not Loving the Family of the Prophet 171

يأمر بالمعروف وينهى عن المنكر من كانت فيه ثلاثة خصال 171

ثلاثة لا ينجبون 171

كفى بالمرء عيبا ان يكون فيه ثلاث خصال 171

من لم يحب عترة النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فهو لاحدى ثلاث 171

The Best Three Deeds in the Opinion of God 172

Fire Shall Speak to Three People on the Resurrection Day 172

Three Back-Breaking Things 172

احب الامور إلى الله ثلاثة 173

تكلم النار يوم القيامة ثلاثة 173

ثلاث قاصمات الظهر 173

God Has Honored His Servants with Three Things 173

You Should Only Stay Up Late at Night for Three Causes 174

Were It Not for Three Reasons, Man Would Never Bow Down 174

تطول الله عز وجل على عباده بثلاث 174

لا سهر الا في ثلاث 175

لولا ثلاث في ابن آدم ما طأطأ رأسه شيء 175

The Rules of the Religion Are Summarized in Three Things 175

Three Sources of Sedition 175

There Are Three Friends for a Muslim 175

جميع شرايع الدين ثلاثة أشياء 176

الفتن ثلاث 176

للمرء المسلم ثلاثة أخلاء 176

أوحى الله إلى النبي في علي ثلاث كلمات 178

Men Are of Three Kinds 179

No One Deserves to Be a Leader Unless He Has Three Characteristics 179

الرجال ثلاثة 180

الامامة لا تصلح الا لرجل فيه ثلاث خصال 180

On Three Hajj Pilgrimage 181

في من حج ثلاثة حجج 181

On Whoever Sends Three Believers to the Hajj Pilgrimage 182

There Are Three Signs in Joseph’s Shirt 182

There Are Three Forms of Oppression 182

في من حج بثلاثة نفر من المؤمنين 183

كان في قميص يوسف ثلاث آيات 183

الظلم ثلاثة 183

Three Ways Having Intercourse Becomes Legitimate 184

All the Nation but Three Can Hope to Be Saved 184

The Worst Three Times for Man 184

تحل الفروج بثلاثة وجوه 184

ترجى النجاة لجميع الامة الا لاحد ثلاثة 185

أشد ساعات ابن آدم ثلاث ساعات 185

The Worst Three Deeds of Man Near God 185

A Man Would Not Migrate except for Three Reasons 186

Three Beds 186

لن يعمل ابن آدم عملا أعظم عند الله عز وجل من ثلاثة 186

لا يظعن الرجل الا في ثلاث 186

الفرش ثلاثة 187

The Three Signs 187

العلامات الثلاث 188

Three Situations in Which God Takes Care of One’s Affairs 189

Three Types of People 189

خلق الله عز وجل العبد في ثلاثة أحوال من أمره 190

الناس ثلاثة 190

Three Inexcusable Characteristics 191

Three Characteristics One Would Suffer before Death 191

A Muslim is Perfected with Three Characteristics 191

ثلاث خصال لا عذر فيها لاحد 191

ثلاث خصال لا يموت صاحبهن حتى يرى وبالهن 192

ثلاث بهن يكمل المسلم 192

Three Advices the Prophet Gave to Ali 192

ماجاء على ثلاثة في وصية النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لامير المؤمنين 193

Three Occasions in Which One is Prayed for in the Plural 194

ثلاثة يرد عليهم الدعاء بلفظ الجماعة 195

What is said to Whoever Sneezes Three Times 195

Three Things God Never Grants A Hypocrite or a Corrupt 195

Three Are God’s Guests and under His Protection 195

The Buyer Has Three Days to Return the Animal He Buys 196

يسمت العاطس ثلاثا 196

ثلاث خصال لا يجمعها الله عز وجل لمنافق ولا فاسق 196

ثلاثة من أضياف الله عز وجل وزواره وفى كنفه 196

الشرط في الحيوان ثلاثة أيام للمشترى 197

Three things God Has Not Given Anyone any Excuse Not to Do 197

There Would Have Come a Severe Punishment from God Were It Not for the Following Three 197

Three Damned Ones 198

ثلاث لم يجعل الله عز وجل لأحد من الناس فيهن رخصة 198

ما ابتلي المؤمن بشيء أشد عليه من ثلاث خصال يحرمها 198

لولا ثلاث لصب الله العذاب على عباده صبا 198

ثلاثة ملعونون 199

Three Things regarding When Wise Men Write to Each Other 199

Three Characteristics Not of a Believer 199

God has a Paradise into Which Only Three Groups Shall Enter 200

كانت الحكماء والفقهاء اذا كاتب بعضهم بعضا كتبوا بثلاث ليس معهن رابعة 200

المؤمن لا تكون سجيته ثلاث 200

ثلاث خصال لمن يؤخذ منه شيء من دنياه قسرا 200

لله عز وجل جنة لا يدخلها الا ثلاثة 201

Three Characteristics That Shiites Do Not Have 201

The Hardest Three Things for the Servants to Do 201

ثلاث خصال لا تكون في الشيعة 202

ثلاث خصال من أشد ما عمل العباد 202

Satan’s Saying that the Children of Adam Cannot Defeat Me in at Least Three Situations 203

Three Things That are Really Hard for the People 203

Three Acts to Perfect Good Deeds 203

قول ابليس لعنه الله لنوح اذكرنى في ثلاثة مواطن 203

قول ابليس لعنه الله ما أعيانى في ابن ادم فلن يعيينى منه واحدة من ثلاث 204

ثلاث خصال لا يطيقهن الناس 204

المعروف لا يصلح الابثلاث خصال 204

The Three Hands 204

The Three Donors 205

الايدي ثلاث 205

ثلاث خصال مستحبة 205

المعطون ثلاثة 205

It Is Not Proper to Beg Unless under One of Three Conditions 206

لا تصلح المسألة الا في ثلاث 207

Three Things with Which God Has Honored the Children of Adam 207

One Would Not Be a Polytheist until He Does One of Three Things 208

This Nation Has Not Been Given Any Less Than Three 208

The Three Worst Afflictions 208

ثلاث خصال تطول الله بها عز وجل على ابن آدم 208

لا يكون العبد مشركا حتى يفعل احدى ثلاث خصال 209

لم تعط هذه الامة اقل من ثلاث 209

جهد البلاء في ثلاثة 209

Three Things Not in My Nation 209

The Angels Would Not Enter A House in Which There Are Three Things 209

Three People Are Partners in Enjoining to Do Good and Forbidding to Do Evil 210

Fear Three People Regarding Your Religion 210

ليس في هذه الامة ثلاثة أشياء 210

لا تدخل الملائكة بيتا فيه ثلاثة أشياء 210

ثلاثة يشتركون في الامر بالمعروف والنهى عن المنكر 211

اعطى الله عز وجل المؤمن ثلاث خصال 211

يحذر على الدين ثلاثة 211

Three Questions by a Christian from Ja’far as-Sadiq 211

سؤال الديراني جعفر بن محمد عن ثلاث خصال 212

The Worst Three Things of Which the Earth Complained 213

Three People Whom God Will Not Protect 213

Three Will be Under the Shade of the God’s Throne on the Resurrection Day 213

Three Will Complain to God 213

ما عجت الارض إلى ربها عز وجل كعجيجها من ثلاثة 214

ثلاثة لا يتقبل الله لهم بالحفظ 214

ثلاثة يستظلون بظل عرش الله عز وجل يوم القيامة 214

ثلاثة يشكون إلى الله عز وجل 214

There Are Three Groups of People Who Recite the Quran 214

There Are Three Groups of Recitors of the Holy Quran 215

قراء القرآن ثلاثة 215

القراء ثلاثة 216

You Should Not Travel to Any Except for Three Mosques 216

There Are Three Benefits in Radishes 216

There Is No Harm in Three Things 216

The Prophet Guarantees Three Places of Residence in Paradise for Whoever Abandons Three Characteristics 217

لا تشد الرحال الا إلى ثلاثة مساجد 217

في الفجل ثلاث خصال 217

ثلاثة لاتضر 217

النبي صلى الله عليه وآله زعيم بثلاثة بيوت في الجنة لمن ترك ثلاث الخصال 218

The Commander of the Faithful Was Ordered to Fight Three 218

Three Characteristics without Which You Are Not from God or the Prophet 218

Three Things to Respect for God 218

أمر أمير المؤمنين بقتال ثلاث فرق 219

ثلاث من لم تكن فيه فليس من الله عز وجل ولا من رسوله 219

لله عز وجل حرمات ثلاث 219

The Truth of Faith Are in Three Characteristics 220

حقيقة الايمان ثلاث خصال 220

الحاج على ثلاثة وجوه 221

You are Admonished against Having Three Characteristics 221

The Color Black Is Detestable Except for Three Things 222

Being a Guest is Limited to a Maximum of Three Days 222

النهي عن ثلاث خصال 222

يكره السواد الا في ثلاثة أشياء 222

ما يعبأ بمن يؤم البيت اذا لم يكن فيه ثلاث خصال 223

الضيافة ثلاثة ايام 223

Three Things No Muslims Would Ever Doubt 223

The Prophet (MGB) Swears That Three Things Are Just 224

ثلاث لا يغل عليهن قلب امرء مسلم 224

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله ثلاث اقسم انهن حق 224

One Would Continue to Be Rewarded for Only Three Things 225

The Three First Fathers 225

ليس يتبع الرجل بعد موته الا ثلاث خصال 225

لا يسكن الله عز وجل جنته ثلاثة أصناف 226

الاباء ثلاثة 226

The Best Three Things for the Best Three to Wish for 227

اعطي المؤمن ثلاث خصال 227

أحق الناس بتمني ثلاثة أشياء ثلاثة نفر 227

The Three Types of Affairs 228

The Three Thieves 228

There Are Three Groups of Angels 228

Three Groups of Jinn and Three Groups of Men 228

الامور ثلاثة 229

السراق ثلاثة 229

الملائكة على ثلاثة أصناف 229

الجن على ثلاثة أجزاء، والانس على ثلاثة أجزاء 229

You Should Not Stand to Pray behind Three People 229

Three Things Make You Obese and Three Things Make You Thin 230

Three Ways by which All Muslim Decrees Are Put into Effect 230

Three Things along with Three Other Things 230

ثلاثة لا يصلى خلفهم 230

ثلاثة لا يؤكلن فيسمن وثلاثة يؤكلن فيهزلن 230

جميع احكام المسلمين تجرى على ثلاثة أوجه 231

ثلاثة مقرون بها ثلاثة 231

Three Intercede with God and Their Intercession Accepted 231

The Three in Whose Name the First Lot Was Cast 231

ثلاثة يشفعون إلى الله عز وجل فيشفعون 232

أول من سوهم عليه ثلاثة 232

There Are Three Benefits in Quinces 233

There Are Three Characteristics in Onions 233

السفرجل فيه ثلاث خصال 234

في البصل ثلاث خصال 234

لا رقى الا في ثلاثة 234

On Three Traits That Are Signs of the Jurisprudent 234

Blowing at Three Places Is Detestable 235

Anyone Possessing Three Characteristics shall Go to Hell 235

God Will Make Three Things Rule Over Whoever Gains Illegitimate Property 235

Three Sources of Comfort for a Believer 235

ثلاث خصال من علامات الفقه 235

يكره النفخ في ثلاثة أشياء 236

ثلاث خصال من كن فيه فهو في جهنم 236

من كسب مالا من غير حله سلط الله عليه ثلاثة أشياء 236

ثلاثة للمؤمن فيهن راحة 236

A Man’s Prosperity Depends on Three Things 236

Three Whose Prayers Will Not be Answered 237

Fasting for Three Days in the Month Equals Fasting the Whole Year 237

من سعادة المرء أن يكون له ثلاثة أشياء 237

ثلاثة لا يستجاب لهم دعوة 237

صيام السنة ثلاثة أيام من كل شهر 238

A Believer’s Amusement Is in Three Things 238

Whoever Has Three Characteristics Has the Whole Good 238

The Prophet Hit the Rock with a Pickaxe Three Times and Said ‘God is Great’ Three Times 239

لهو المؤمن في ثلاثة أشياء 239

من اجتمعت له ثلاث خصال فكأنما حيزت له الدنيا 239

ضرب النبي صلى الله عليه وآله في الخندق بالمعول ثلاث مرات وكبر ثلاث مرات 240

The Three Deeds Most Loved by God 240

The Three Things I Fear the Most for My Nation 240

Whoever Believes in God and the Hereafter Will Not Do Three Things 240

أحب الاعمال إلى الله عز وجل ثلاثة 241

أشد ما يتخوف على امتي ثلاثة أشياء 241

من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الاخر فلا يفعل ثلاثة اشياء 241

I Am Afraid of Three Characteristics in My Nation 242

The Three Things the Prophet Liked the Most in This World 242

التخوف على الامة من ثلاث خصال 242

حبب إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله من الدنيا ثلاث 243

As-Sadiq (MGB) Was Always Busy Doing One of Three Things 243

Al-Reza’s (MGB) Pilgrims Will Benefit on Three Occasions 244

كان الصادق لا يخلو من احدى ثلاث خصال 244

ينتفع زائر الرضا في ثلاث مواطن 245

Deeds Can be Classified into Three Distinct Groups 245

Al-Baqir Enjoined His Son As-Sadiq to Do Three Things and Admonished Him Against Doing Three Things 246

الاعمال على ثلاثة أحوال 246

أمر الباقر عليه السلام ابنه الصادق عليه السلام بثلاث ونهاه عن ثلاث 246

Once the Riser Uprises, He Will Issue Three Decrees Never Issued Before 247

The Prophet Told Salman Farsi That He Has Three Characteristics When He Gets Ill 247

اذا قام القائم عليه السلام حكم بثلاث لم يحكم بها أحد قبله 248

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لسلمان الفارسي ان لك في علتك ثلاث خصال 248

Umar Said He Repents to God for Three Things 248

قول عمر أتوب إلى الله من ثلاث 249

What Abu Bakr is Sorry About 250

On Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood Saying, “There Are Three Groups of Scholars on the Earth" 252

The Three Who Did Not Deny Revelations Even for the Twinkling of an Eye 252

The Reward of Whoever is Patient with Three Daughters 252

The Three That Will Complain to the Honorable the Exalted God on the Resurrection Day 252

قول عبد الله بن مسعود علماء الارض ثلاثة 253

ثلاثة لم يكفروا بالوحى طرفة عين 253

ثواب من كن له ثلاث بنات فصبر عليهن 253

ثلاثة يشكون إلى الله عز وجل يوم القيامة 253

The Pen Has Been Lifted up for Three 254

Stinginess Coupled with Greed Causes Three Bad Characteristics 254

رفع القلم عن ثلاثة 255

الشح يولد ثلاث خصال مذمومة 255

Three Things Makes One a Partner with the Muslims 256

Three of the Forty-Five Parts of Prophethood 256

Faith Consists of Three Things 256

بدء أمر النبي صلى الله عليه وآله من ثلاثة 256

ثلاث خصال من فعلهن فله ما للمسلمين وعليه ما عليهم 257

ثلاثة أشياء كل واحد منها جزء من خمسة وأربعين جزء‌ا من النبوة 257

الايمان ثلاثة أشياء 257

Three Who Will Not Enter Paradise 259

Whoever Three of His Progeny Are Crucified 259

The Reward for Three Things: Making Ablutions, Expressing Greetings Aloud, and Giving Charity in Private 259

ثلاثة لا يدخلون الجنة 260

في من مات له ثلاثة أولاد 260

ثواب ثلاث خصال: اسباغ الوضوء وافشاء السلام وصدقة السر 260

The Four Brothers with a Ten Year Age Difference 261

People Were Debased on Three Occasions 261

There Are Three Characteristics in Begging and the Worst of the People Are Three 261

ثلاثة اخوة بين كل واحد منهم وبين الذى يليه عشر سنين 261

ذل الناس بعد ثلاثة أشياء 262

في السؤال ثلاث خصال، وشر الناس ثلاثة 262

It is Not Allowed for One to Be on No Talking Terms with his Muslim Brother for More Than Three Days 262

Three Forms of Prosperity for a Muslim 263

The Three Truly Sincere Believers 263

لا هجرة فوق ثلاث 263

ثلاثة من سعادة المسلم 264

ثلاثة لا يكلمهم الله عز وجل 264

الصديقون ثلاثة 264

The Three Companions of the Mountain 264

The Best Deeds in the Opinion of the Honorable the Exalted God Are Three 265

اصحاب الرقيم ثلاثة 265

أحب الاعمال إلى الله عز وجل ثلاثة 266

The People Are in Three Groups 266

الناس ثلاثة 267

The Light that is Divided into Three Parts 268

The Three Reasons Why People Worship God 268

ذكر النور الذى جعل ثلاثة أثلاث 268

الناس يعبدون الله عز وجل على ثلاثة اوجه 269

Three Conditions Set by the Commander of the Faithful Ali 269

Three Characteristics of Imam Ali 269

Three Traditions Established Ascribed to Barira - the Freed Maid of Ayesha 270

ضمن أمير المؤمنين من أضافه ثلاث خصال 270

ثلاث كن في أمير المؤمنين 270

جرت في بريرة مولاة عائشة ثلاث من السنن 271

Three People Ascribed Lies to God’s Prophet (MGB) 271

Three People Are Cursed: the Rider, the Leader and the Driver 271

Three Great Offenses 272

ثلاثة كانوا يكذبون على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله 272

ثلاثة ملعونون: قائد وسائق وراكب 272

ثلاثة لا أدري أيهم أعظم جرما 272

Three Prophetic Traditions Ascribed to Al-Bara’ al-Ansari 273

Three Prophetic Traditions Ascribed to Safvan al-Jahmi 273

جرت في البراء بن معرور الانصارى ثلاث من السنن 274

جرت في صفوان بن امية الجمحي ثلاث من السنن 274

Three Groups Seek Knowledge 275

حملة العلم على ثلاثة أصناف 275

ثلاثة من عازهم ذل 276

Whoever is Antagonistic with Three Will be Debased 276

People Are Divided into Three Groups When Considering Fate 276

Notes 277

Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics 284

“I Will Intercede on Their Behalf on the Resurrection Day” 284

الناس في القدر على ثلاثة اوجه 284

باب الاربعة 284

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله أربعة أنا الشفيع لهم يوم القيامة 284

The Punishment of Those Who Obey Their Wives in Four Issues 284

Four Whose Prayers Shall Not Be Unanswered 285

عقوبة من أطاع امرأته في أربعة أشياء 285

أربعة لاترد لهم دعوة 286

Four Issues Strengthen the Religion 286

God Forgives One who Takes It Easy Regarding Four Issues 287

The Four Desirable Things for People in This Ephemeral World 287

قوام الدين بأربعة 287

غفر الله عز وجل لرجل كان سهلا في أربعة أحوال 287

مطلوبات الناس في الدنيا الفانية أربعة 288

Four Chapters of the Holy Quran Made the Prophet’s Hair Grey 288

The Prophet performed the Umra Hajj four times 289

لا يؤمن عبد حتى يؤمن بأربعة 289

كان لامير المؤمنين أربعة خواتيم 289

أربع سور شيبت النبي صلى الله عليه وآله 289

اعتمر النبي صلى الله عليه وآله أربع عمر 289

A Divine Leader Can Be Recognized By Four Characteristics 290

يعرف الامام باربع خصال 291

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فضلت بأربع 291

خير الصحابة أربعة، وخير السرايا أربعمائة، وخير الجيوش أربعة آلاف 291

Whoever Is Granted Four Things Would Not Get Disappointed with Four Other Things 291

God Would Not Look at Four People on the Resurrection Day 292

The Four who Will Be Riding on the Resurrection Day 292

من اعطي أربعا لم يحرم أربعا 292

أربعة أشياء اعطيت سمع الخلائق 292

أربعة لا ينظر الله اليهم يوم القيامة 293

الركبان يوم القيامة أربعة 293

Four things which the old Israelite lady asked Moses for 295

The Four Best Female Residents of Paradise 296

أربع خصال سالت عجوز بنى اسرائيل موسى عليه السلام 296

أفضل نساء أهل الجنة أربع 296

The Four Back-Breaking Things 297

God took four looks at the world 297

أربعة اشياء من قواصم الظهر 298

الاطلاعات الاربع من الله عز وجل إلى الدنيا 298

The Prophet (MGB) Told Ali That He Had Seen Ali’s Name Along with His in Four Places 298

Only Four Can Understand the Sayings of the Members of the Holy Household 299

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لعلى عليه السلام انى رأيت اسمك مقرونا إلى اسمى في أربعة مواطن 299

لا يحتمل حديث اهل البيت الا أربعة 300

Four things Are Incumbent for Him who Has Three Characteristics 300

The Poems of Satan in Reply to Adam’s Poems 301

من عامل الناس مجتنبا لثلاث خصال وجبت له عليهم أربع خصال 301

أربع أبيات شعر لإبليس أجاب بها آدم عن بيتين 301

God Has Embedded Four Things in Four Other Things 302

Do Not Consider Four Things Bad Since They Have Four Benefits 302

ان الله تبارك وتعالى أخفى أربعة في أربعة 303

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لا تكرهوا أربعة فانها لاربعة 303

Four characteristics of Imam Ali which no other Arab had 304

Muawiyah’s talk with Ibn Abbas regarding four characteristics he liked and four he disliked 304

لامير المؤمنين أربع مناقب لم يسبقه اليها عربى 305

قول معاوية لابن عباس أنى لاحبك لخصال أربع مع مغفرتى لك خصالا أربعا 305

There are four types of sin 310

وجوه الذنوب أربعة 311

The Reward of Whoever Goes On Hajj Pilgrimage Four Times 312

Four which Are Not Allowed In Four 312

If food has four characteristics it is complete 312

The four signs of bastards 313

ثواب من حج اربع حجج 313

أربع لا يجزن في أربعة 313

الطعام اذا جمع أربع خصال فقد تم 313

لولد الزنا أربع علامات 313

God advised Moses on four issues 314

Imam Ali Had Four Characteristics Whenever He Went to a Battle 314

أوصى الله عز وجل موسى بأربعة أشياء 315

كان لامير المؤمنين اذا توجه في سرية أربع خصال 315

I Wonder Why Those who Fear Four Things Do Not Take Refuge in Four Things 315

God Accepted Ali’s Curse on Those who Did Not Testify to His Mastery 316

العجب لمن يفزع من أربعة كيف لا يفزع إلى أربعة 316

أربعة كتموا الشهادة لامير المؤمنين بالولاية فاستجاب الله عز وجل دعاء‌ه عليهم 317

Four Sayings for Security In This World, and Four Saying for Security In the Hereafter 317

ما فيه الامان من أربع خصال في الدنيا والكلمات الاربع للاخرة 318

Four Characteristics Are Due to Obsession 319

Four Things Will Never Be Satiated with Four Others 319

أربعة من الوسواس 320

أربعة لا يشبعن من أربعة 320

Four Characteristics with which One Would Be in God's Light 321

Possessing Four Characteristics Would Perfect One’s Islam 321

أربع خصال من كن فيه كان في نور الله الاعظم 321

أربع خصال من كن فيه كمل اسلامه 322

Four Words of Wisdom 322

Four Characteristics in Return for Four Houses in Paradise 322

Four Characteristics For whose Possessor the Honorable the Exalted God Would Establish A Home in Paradise 322

Abandoning Four Characteristics Would Lead You to Paradise 323

أربع كلمات حكم 323

أربع خصال بأربعة ابيات في الجنة 323

أربع خصال من كن فيه بنى الله عز وجل له بيتا في الجنة 323

من سلم من أربع خصال فله الجنة 323

God shall look upon four on the Resurrection Day 324

The Shiites Will Never Suffer from Four Characteristics 324

God Would Protect Whomever Has Four Characteristics 324

The Honorable the Exalted God Chose Four of Everything 324

أربعة ينظر الله عز وجل اليهم يوم القيامة 325

أربع خصال لا تبتلى الشيعة بها 325

أربع خصال من كن فيه كان في كنف الله عز وجل 325

ان الله عز وجل اختار من كل شيء أربعة 325

Four Characteristics which Cause Grief 326

Four characteristics will never vanish in Muhammad’s nation 326

The body is sustained on four things 326

أربع خصال يتولد منها الغم 327

أربع خصال لا تزال في امة محمد صلى الله عليه وآله 327

بني الجسد على أربعة اشياء 327

Man’s Strength and Survival Depends On Four Things 327

four acts corrupt the heart and develop hypocrisy 328

The Prophet liked four tribes and disliked four tribes 328

قوام الانسان وبقاؤه بأربعة، والنيران أربعة 328

أربع خصال يفسدن القلب وينبتن النفاق 329

كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يحب أربع قبائل ويبغض أربع قبائل 329

Four acts will make the heart perish 329

The Earth Shall Never Be Void of Four Groups of Believers 329

Four Things with Which You Will Not Need Any Medication 330

Four Characteristics Not Attributed to a Believer 330

أربع خصال يمتن القلب 330

لا تخلو الارض من أربعة من المؤمنين 330

أربع خصال يستغنى بها عن الطب 330

أربع خصال لا تكون في مؤمن 331

God Has Taken a Pledge from a Believer On Four Issues 331

The Four Problems that a Believer Always Faces 331

Four Instances with A Quick Chastisement 331

أخذ الله عز وجل ميثاق المؤمن على أربعة 332

لا ينفك المؤمن من أربع خصال 332

أربعة اسرع شيء عقوبة 332

Four Things Either of Which Can Ruin a Home 333

Things Each of Which Are Based on Four Pillars 333

أربعة لا تدخل واحدة منهن بيتا الاخرب 334

الاشياء التي كل واحدة منها على أربعة 334

Najdat al-Haruri wrote to Ibn Abbas about four issues 337

كتب نجدة الحروري إلى ابن عباس يسأله عن أربعة أشياء 337

White Hair Grows In Four Places 338

There Are Four Types of People 338

a Distance as short as Four Fingers Between Right and Wrong 338

العلامات في الشيب في أربعة مواضع 339

الناس أربعة 339

بين الحق والباطل أربع أصابع 339

The treasures of two orphans were four pieces of advice 339

Four People Whom You Should Not Greet 340

Four Things Cheer You Up 340

The Four Companions Most Loved By God 340

كنز اليتيمين أربع كلمات 340

أربعة لا يسلم عليهم 341

أربعة يضئن الوجه 341

أحب الصحابة إلى الله عز وجل أربعة 341

The Fire Will Be Forbidden For Four On the Resurrection Day 341

Four Things A Little of which Is A Lot 342

Use four things before four things happen 342

All the Knowledge of the People is in Four Areas 342

تحرم النار على أربعة يوم القيامة 342

أربعة القليل منها كثير 343

المبادرة بأربع قبل أربع 343

علم الناس كلهم موجود في أربع 343

A servant has four eyes 344

يلزم الحق للامة في أربع 344

الجهاد على أربعة أوجه 345

للعبد أربع أعين 345

The Four Noblest Characteristics 345

Four of the Traditions of the Prophets 346

أربع خصال أفضل من كل شيء 346

النساء أربع 346

أربع خصال من سنن المرسلين 347

The Prayers of Four Are Not Accepted 347

Four Things Will Happen When Four Things Spread 347

The four signs of misery 347

أربعة لا تقبل لهم صلاة 348

اذا فشت أربعة ظهرت أربعة 348

أربع من علامات الشقاء 348

God summarized everything in four sayings for Adam 349

Admonishment against friendship with four people 349

جمع الله عز وجل الكلام لادم عليه السلام في أربع كلمات 350

النهى عن مصادقة أربعة ومؤاخاتهم 350

Four will benefit from knowledge 351

Do Not Tax Four Things 351

Four causes to grant one the permission to return a slave within one year 351

The best four forms of wealth 351

يؤجر في العلم أربعة 351

لا يماكس في أربعة اشياء 352

أربع خصال تحدث في الرقيق خيار سنة 352

خير المال أربعة أشياء 352

أربع صلوات يصليها الرجل في كل ساعة 354

There Are Four Types of Judges 354

A man has to pay for the expenses of four 354

The four Prophets who were kings on the Earth 355

القضاة أربعة 355

يجبر الرجل على نفقة أربعة 355

ملوك الانبياء في الارض أربعة 355

Four kinds of medical treatment 356

Four things will moderate digestion 356

The Four Characteristics of Leeks 357

في الشمس أربع خصال 357

الدواء أربعة 357

أربعة يعدلن الطبايع 357

في الكراث أربع خصال 357

Four Signs of Blood Pressure 358

The Four Heavenly Rivers 358

Four Nicknames Admonished Against 358

The best and the worst four names 358

The forbiddance of using four things and four dishes 358

علامات الدم أربع 358

أربعة أنهار من الجنة 359

النهى عن أربع كنى 359

خير الاسماء أربعة، وشر الاسماء أربعة 359

النهى عن أربعة أشياء، وعن أربعة ظروف 359

Four of the Characteristics of the Prophets 360

Four who Cannot Shorten Their Prayers 360

الامر بدفن أربعة أشياء 360

أربع خصال من أخلاق الانبياء 361

أربعة يجب عليهم التمام في سفر كانوا أو في حضر 361

Do Not Shorten Prayers On Four Occasions Due to God’s Treasure 361

The four verses to prostrate after 361

One cannot move on the Resurrection Day until asked about four things 362

من مخزون علم الله عز وجل الاتمام في أربعة مواطن 362

العزائم التى يسجد فيها أربع سور 362

لا تزول قدما عبد يوم القيامة حتى يسأل عن أربع 362

The Prophet was ordered to love four people 363

The first four to enter Paradise 363

The four characteristics of a hypocrite 363

أمر النبي صلى الله عليه وآله بحب أربعة 364

أول أربعة يدخلون الجنة 364

أربع من كن فيه فهو منافق 364

The four kings of the Earth: two believers and two atheists 365

The Four Ways the Prophet’s Traditions Reach the People 365

ملك الارض كلها أربعة: مؤمنان وكافران 365

أتى الناس الحديث من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله من أربعة ليس لهم خامس 366

أربع خصال لا غنى بالناس عنها في شهر رمضان 371

Animals Can Recognize Four Things 371

God Created Horses from Four Things 372

The four winds 372

لم تبهم البهائم عن أربعة 372

خلق الله عز وجل الخيل من أربعة اشياء 373

الرياح الاربع 373

People Are in Four Groups 373

The Four Type of Sleeping 374

الناس على أربعة اصناف 374

النوم على أربعة وجوه 374

Satan Cried Out Four Times 375

Four things are vain to do 375

رن ابليس لعنه الله اربع رنات 376

أربعة يذهبن ضياعا 376

As-Sadiq Said that the Muslims Have Four Festive Days 377

Regarding God’s words to Abraham (MGB), ‘Take four birds. Tame them to turn to thee…’ 377

قول الصادق عليه السلام للمسلمين أربعة أعياد 377

The four characteristics despised by God 380

Notes 380

Part 5: On Five-Numbered Characteristics 389

The Heaviest Five Things On the Balance of Deeds 389

The Five Things God Ordered One of His Prophets to Do 389

أربع خصال يبغض الله عز وجل من كن فيه 389

باب الخمسة 389

خمس ما أثقلهن في الميزان 389

خمسة اشياء امر الله عز وجل فيها نبيا من انبيائه بخمسة اشياء مختلفة 390

The five characteristics of combing 391

في المشط خمس خصال 391

The Five Signs of a Believer 392

Five things are impossible from five 392

Five As Fifty 392

علامات المؤمن خمس 393

خمس من خمسة محال 393

خمس بخمسين 393

The five words by which Adam repented 393

Five Things which Could Result in Vitiligocdlxiv 394

As-Sadiq (MGB): five things are as I say they are 394

Five traditions related to the head and five to the body 394

الكلمات التى تلقاها آدم من ربه فتاب عليه خمس 394

خمس خصال تورث البرص 395

قول الصادق عليه السلام خمس هن كما أقول 395

خمس من السنن في الرأس وخمس في الجسد 395

The Prophet: I Shall Not Abandon Five Things Until My Death 395

Five Things Are Bad Omens For A Traveler 396

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله خمس لا أدعهن حتى الممات 396

الشؤم للمسافر في خمسة 397

The five who cried 397

The five major sins 398

البكاؤون خمسة 398

الكبائر خمس 399

God Appointed Muhammad (MGB) with Five Swords 399

بعث الله النبي صلى الله عليه وآله بخمسة أسياف 400

The Five Conditions of Friendship 402

A believer rolls in five types of light 402

The five pillars upon which Islam is founded 403

حدود الصداقة خمسة 403

المؤمن يتقلب في خمسة من النور 403

الدعائم التى بني عليها الاسلام خمس 404

The Five Names of Mecca 404

God made it incumbent upon His servants to pray five times 404

The five who made fun of God’s Prophet 404

أسماء مكة خمسة 405

فرض الله عز وجل على العباد في اليوم والليلة خمس صلوات 405

المستهزؤون بالنبي صلى الله عليه وآله خمسة 405

There Are Five Takbirs In the Prayer Over the Dead 408

الصلاة على الميت خمس تكبيرات 408

The Five Forms of Fear 409

Five characteristics which God and His Prophet love 409

أنواع الخوف خمسة 410

خمس خصال يحبها الله عز وجل ورسوله صلى الله عليه وآله 410

Wealth Cannot Be Accumulated without Five Characteristics 410

The Reward of Performing the Hajj Pilgrimage Five Times 411

God will try five groups of people on the Resurrection Day 411

لا يجتمع المال الا بخصال خمس 411

ثواب من حج خمس حجج 412

يحتج الله عز وجل يوم القيامة على خمسة 412

Eating five parts of sheep is disliked 412

One who Lacks Five Characteristics Shall Not Be Beneficial 412

The five instances for renewing one’s prayer 413

يكره أكل خمسة أشياء من الشاة 413

خمس خصال من لم تكن فيه واحدة منهن فليس فيه كثير مستمتع 413

لا تعاد الصلاة الا من خمسة 414

لم يقسم بين العباد أقل من خمس خصال 414

Satan Cannot Control Five 414

A business man must avoid five things 414

Five things will break one’s fast 415

Ali (MGB) said five things are especially for them 415

خمسة أشياء ليس لابليس لعنه الله فيهن حيلة 415

من اتجر فليجتنب خمس خصال 415

خمسة أشياء تفطر الصائم 416

قول علي عليه السلام خصصنا بخمسة 416

Five groups have a naughty nature 416

Five groups of people to avoid under all conditions 416

The Five Ranks of Knowledge 416

Five Jobs Are Undesirable 417

خمسة خلقوا ناريين 417

خمسة يجتنبون على كل حال 417

درجات العلم خمسة 417

خمس صناعات مكروهة 417

Five People Should Not Be Given Alms 418

A Congregation Is Not Formed with Less Than Five 418

There Are Five Heavenly Fruits in This World 418

The Prophet Has Admonished Against Five Things 418

خمسة لا يعطون من الزكاة 419

لا يكون جماعة بأقل من خمسة 419

خمس من فاكهة الجنة في الدنيا 419

نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عن خمسة أشياء 419

No One Is Aware of Five Things 420

The Perfection of a Muslim’s Faith Can Be Recognized By Five Things 420

On what requires the one-fifth levy (Khums) 420

خمسة لم يطلع الله عليها أحدا من خلقه 421

يعرف كمال دين المسلم بخمس خصال 421

ما يجب فيه الخمس 421

The Five Rivers which Gabriel Made Flow with His Feet 422

The Offering of a Cow Suffices For Five As Those of the Israelites whom God Ordered to Offer A Cow Were Five 422

خمسة أنهار في الارض كراها جبرئيل عليه السلام برجله 422

البقرة في الاضحية تجزى عن خمسة لأن الذين أمرهم الله بذبح البقرة في بنى اسرائيل كانوا خمسة 423

The Prophet has been granted five things never granted to anyone before 423

God Granted Five Things to the Prophetand Five Things to Ali 424

أعطى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله خمسا لم يعطها أحد قبله 424

أعطى الله نبيه محمدا خمسا وأعطى عليا خمسا 424

Five things constitute being shy in front of God 425

God would accept the Prophet’s intercession for five persons 425

حق الحياء من الله عز وجل في خمس خصال 426

شفع الله عز وجل نبيه صلى الله عليه وآله في خمسة 426

Paradise is Guaranteed for Five Things 426

The Prophet Would Be Assisted By Ali In Five Circumstances 426

Blessed Bedvii Those who Have Five Characteristics 427

The followers of Ja’far have all the following five characteristics 427

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله من يضمن لى خمسا اضمن له الجنة 427

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله أعطيت في على خمسا 427

طوبى لمن كان فيه خمس خصال 428

شيعة جعفر بن محمد من اجتمع فيه خمس خصال 428

Five people cannot sleep 428

The Mill in Hell which Grinds Five Groups of People 428

Admonishing against killing five and ordering to kill five 429

خمسة لا ينامون 429

في جهنم رحى تطحن خمسة 429

النهي عن قتل خمسة والامر بقتل خمسة 430

The five cursed ones 430

Nothing is Better Than the Following Five On the Eid ul-Azha 430

No One Can Benefit from Those who Lack Five Characteristics 430

The Five Characteristics of a White Rooster 431

خمسة ملعونون 431

ما من عمل يوم النحر أفضل من خمس خصال 431

خمس خصال من عدمت فيه لم يكن فيه كثير مستمتع 431

في الديك الابيض خمس خصال 432

The Five whose Supplications Are Not Answered 432

The Five Prophets who Are the Owners of Shari’a 432

خمسة لا يستجاب لهم 433

الامر بتمجيد الله عز وجل في خمس كلمات 433

أولو العزم من الرسل خمسة 433

Five People’s Corpses Should Not Be Buried Until the Condition of Their Body Changes 434

The Five Blessed And The Five Cursed Mosques In Kufa 434

Praying In Five of the Mosques In Kufa is Admonished Against 434

خمسة ينتظر بهم إلى أن يتغيروا 435

خمسة مساجد بالكوفة ملعونة وخمسة مباركة 435

النهي عن الصلاة في خمسة مساجد بالكوفة 435

Five Should Say the Complete Prayers while On A Journey 435

It Is Fine to See Five Parts of the Body of An Unfamiliar Woman 436

The Gates of the Heavens Open At Five Appointed Times 436

Paradise Is Eager For Five 436

خمسة يجب عليهم التمام في السفر 436

للرجل ان يرى من المرأة التي ليست له بمحرم خمسة اشياء 436

تفتح ابواب السماء في خمسة مواقيت 437

الجنة تشتاق إلى خمسة 437

One Can Divorce Women If They Are in the Following Conditions 437

The Five Signs of the Coming of the Riser (MGB) 437

There can be no oath of condemnationdxxiv between five types of women and their spouses 438

خمس يطلقن على كل حال 438

علامات خروج القائم عليه السلام خمس 438

ليس بين خمس من النساء وبين أزواجهن ملاعنة 438

The sayings by which God tested Abraham (MGB) 439

الكلمات التي ابتلى ابراهيم ربه بهن فاتمهن خمس 440

Imam Ali (MGB) ordered his staff to do five things 447

كتب أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام إلى عماله بخمس خصال 448

Five things are due to our nature 448

The Five Great Nobilities of Imam Ali 448

خمس من الفطرة 449

خمس مناقب لامير المؤمنين عليه السلام 449

A Judge Must Rule Based on what is Apparent in Five Circumstances 450

The five pioneers 450

The Five Traditions Practiced By Abdul Mutalib During the Age of Ignorance which God Established In Islam 450

خمسة أشياء يجب الاخذ فيها على القاضي بظاهر الحكم 451

السباق الخسمة 451

سن عبدالمطلب في الجاهلية خمس سنن اجراها الله عز وجل في الاسلام 451

Banquets Should Be Served Only In Five Situations 452

لا وليمة الا في خمس 453

The Prophet asked his Lord for five things regarding Ali 453

سأل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ربه عز وجل في علي خمس خصال 454

خمسة لو رحل الناس فيهن ما قدروا على مثلهن 456

The Five Characteristics of Fridays 456

Those Whom Should Not Be Married 457

The Best of the People are those who do Five Deeds 457

في يوم الجمعة خمس خصال 457

كراهة التزويج بخمس 458

خيار العباد الذين يفعلون خمس خصال 458

There Are Five Characteristics in Fair Speech 458

Five Things Granted to Muhammad’s Nation Exclusively 458

Five Who Flee from Five on the Resurrection Day 459

في القول الحسن خمس خصال 459

اعطيت امة محمد في شهر رمضان خمسا لم يعطهن امة نبي قبله 459

يفر يوم القيامة خمسة من خمسة 460

Five of the Prophets Who Spoke in Arabic 460

Five of the Most Wicked Creatures 461

خمسة من الانبياء عليهم السلام تكلموا بالعربية 461

خمسة من شر خلق الله عز وجل 461

Notes 462

Part 6: On Six-Numbered Characteristics 467

There Are Six Characteristics In This Nation 467

There Are Six Characteristics In Adultery 467

باب الستة 467

في هذه الامة ست خصال 467

في الزنا ست خصال 468

If You Do Six Things, You Would Be Admitted to Paradise 469

The six things doing which would end up into Paradise 469

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله تقبلوا لي بست خصال أتقبل لكم بالجنة 469

ست خصال من فعلهن دخل الجنة 470

The Six Prophets with Two Names 470

Six Things which Were Not In the Wombs of Their Mothers 470

Six characteristics beneficial for a believer after he dies 471

ستة من الانبياء عليهم السلام لكل واحد منهم اسمان 471

ستة لم يركضوا في رحم 471

ست خصال ينتفع بها المؤمن بعد موته 472

Six Things Are Written on the Gates of Paradise 472

Six forms of generosity 472

The Alms Is Divided Up Into Six Parts 472

ست كلمات مكتوبة على باب الجنة 473

ست خصال من المروء‌ة 473

يقسم الخمس ستة أسهم 473

Six things out of our control 474

God would punish six groups of people for six reasons 474

Six characteristics which a believer doesn’t have 474

You Should Not Greet Six People 474

ستة اشياء ليس للعباد فيها صنع 475

ان الله عز وجل يعذب ستة بست خصال 475

ست خصال لا تكون في المؤمن 475

ستة لا يسلم عليهم 475

I Wonder About Six Things 476

Admonished against killing six animals 476

ست عجيبات 476

النهي عن قتل ستة 477

Six characteristics considered to be undesirable for the Prophet (MGB), his Trustees, and his followers 477

The Easy Religion of Muhammad Has Six Characteristics 478

ست خصال كرهها الله لنبيه وللاوصياء من ولده وأتباعهم 478

المحمدية السمحة ست خصال 478

Six Tribes Are Not Modest 479

Hoarding Applies to Six Items 479

It Is Fine to Withdraw in Six Cases 479

Seek Refuge from Six Characteristics 479

ستة لا ينجبون 480

الحكرة في ستة اشياء 480

لا بأس بالعزل في ستة وجوه 480

التعوذ من ست خصال 480

Six Ill-Gotten Properties 481

Liking Six Things Cause Committing Sins in God’s Presence 481

The six rights of a quadruped incumbent upon its owner 481

ستة اشياء من السحت 481

اول ما عصي الله تبارك وتعالى به ست خصال 482

للدابة على صاحبها ست خصال 482

You should not greet six; six who do not deserve to lead the prayer; and six deeds of the people of Lot 482

The Interpretation of the Letters Which Make Up the Alphabet 483

ستة لا ينبغي أن يسلم عليهم وستة لا ينبغي لهم أن يأموا وستة أشياء في هذه الامة من اخلاق قوم لوط 483

تفسير كلمات هن أصل الهجاء 484

The Six Characteristics of An Insane One 485

المجنون من فيه ست خصال 485

Attentiveness Is Recommended at the Beginning of Six Prayers 486

Six Things of a Martyr Should Be Not Buried with Him 486

The People Are in Six Groups 486

من السنة التوجه في ست صلوات 487

ينزع عن الشهيد ستة أشياء ويترك عليه ما سوى ذلك 487

الناس على ست فرق 487

Anyone Who Likes Someone Will Not Do Six Things to Him 487

God Sent Abraham a Ring On which Six Items Were Inscribed 487

من أحب رجلا فليجتنب معه خصال ست 488

اهبط الله عز وجل إلى ابراهيم عليه السلام خاتما فيه ستة احرف 488

God protects our followers from six characteristics 489

Imam Ali (MGB) superceded others in six 489

أعفى الله عز وجل الشيعة من ست خصال 490

خاصم أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام الناس بست خصال فخصمهم 490

There are six whose prayers will not be answered 491

ستة دعوتهم مردودة 492

There are six who are damned 492

A Man’s Perfection Lies in Six Characteristics 492

The People Are In Six Groups 493

ستة ملعونون 493

كمال الرجل بست خصال 493

الناس على ست طبقات 494

Notes 494

Part 7: On Seven-Numbered Characteristics 496

The Prophet Ordered Seven Things of Man to Be Buried 496

The Prophet Admonished Against Seven Things and Advised to Do Seven 496

Seven things from the sheep that are forbidden 496

باب السبعة 496

ورد الامر بدفن سبعة أشياء 496

نهي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عن سبع وامر بسع 497

حرم من الشاة سبعة أشياء 497

The Seven Characteristics Granted to Ali (MGB) 498

اعطي النبي صلى الله عليه وآله في علي عليه السلام سبع خصال 498

The Prophet Said: ‘Blessed Be Those who Believe In Me without Having Seen Me’ 499

Seven People Will Be in the Shade of God’s Throne on the Resurrection Day 499

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله طوبى ثم طوبی سبع مرات لمن لم يرني وآمن بي 500

سبعة في ظل عرش الله يوم القيامة 500

There are seven characteristics in raisins 500

Seven Mountains were Moved from One Place to Another Place During the Time of Moses (MGB) 501

في الزبيب سبع خصال 501

سبعة جبال تطايرت يوم موسى 502

أسماء السماوات السبع وألوانها 502

God’s Prophet (MGB) gave Abuzar seven pieces of advice 502

The belief of one who has seven characteristics is complete 503

أوصى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أبا ذر بسبع 503

سبعة من كن فيه فقد استكمل حقيقة الايمان 504

God gives seven things to one who fasts in Ramazan 504

Seven People Shall Receive the Hardest Punishment On the Resurrection Day 504

The Opening Allahu Akbars (God is Great) Are Seven 505

من صام شهر رمضان وجبت له سبع خصال 505

سبعة من أشد الناس عذابا يوم القيامة 505

تكبيرات الافتتاح سبع 506

Seven instances to recite Al-Ikhlas and Kafirun 506

A Wise Man Pursued Another Wise Man for Seven-Hundred Farsakhs For Seven Pieces of Advice 507

يقرأ قل هو الله احد وقل يا ايها الكافرون في سبع مواطن 507

تبع حكيم حكيما سبع مائة فرسخ في سبع كلمات 507

Seven Spoil Their Deeds 508

The Prostration on Seven Bones 508

سبعة يفسدون أعمالهم 509

السجود على سبعة أعظم 509

The Prophet (MGB) Has Cursed Seven Groups 509

The Seven Rights of Believers Incumbent Upon Other Believers 510

لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله سبعة 510

للمؤمن على المؤمن سبعة حقوق 511

An Atheist Eats with Seven Intestines 511

الكافر يأكل في سبعة أمعاء 512

A believer is one who has seven characteristics 513

There are seven ranks for a believer 513

Seven Hearts would Not Taste the Sweetness of Belief 513

Seven groups of learned men shall go to Hell 513

المؤمن الذى يجتمع فيه سبع خصال 513

المؤمنون على سبع درجات 514

لا يدخل حلاوة الايمان قلوب سبعة 514

سبعة من العلماء في النار 514

Seven Creatures which God Created but Not Born of Their Mother’s Womb 515

God the Sublime has partitioned Islam into seven parts 515

سبعة أشياء خلقها الله عز وجل لم تخرج من رحم 515

وضع الله تعالى الاسلام على سبعة أسهم 516

God Has Granted His ProphetSeven Characteristics 517

سبع خصال أعطاها الله عز وجل نبيه صلى الله عليه وآله 518

فلما أسلم وحسن إسلامه أخرج رقا أبيض فيه جميع ما قال النبي صـلى الله عليـه 519

The Offering of a Cow or a Camel is Accepted from Seven People 520

The Sun And the Moon Have Seven Layers 520

البقرة والبدنة تجزيان عن سبعة نفر 520

الشمس سبعة أطباق والقمر سبعة أطباق 521

There are seven territories in the world 521

The Quran Was Revealed in Seven Letters 522

الدنيا سبعة أقاليم 522

سبعة مواطن ليس فيها دعاء موقت 522

سبعة لايقرؤون القرآن 522

نزل القرآن على سبعة أحرف 523

Since God Created the Earth, He Has Created Seven Groups of Learned Men 523

خلق الله عز وجل في الارض منذ خلقها سبعة عالمين 524

Nothing In the Heavens And the Earth Except Due To Seven Things 525

The Prophet Said Allahu Akbar Seven Times When Al-Najashi Died 525

God Would Send Seven Calamities upon the People if He Gets Angry at them and Doesn’t Destroy them 525

Love for the Prophet and his Household Is beneficial on seven occasions 525

لايكون في السموات والارض شيء الا بسبعة 526

كبر النبي صلى الله عليه وآله على النجاشى لما مات سبعا 526

اذا غضب الله عز وجل على امة ولم ينزل بها العذاب أصابها بسبعة أشياء 526

حب النبي وأهل بيتة عليهم السلام ينفع في سبعة مواطن 526

what Has Been Passed On By the General Public Saying that the Earth Has Been Created for Seven 527

There Are Seven Gates for Hell 527

ماروى من طريق العامة ان الارض خلقت لسبعة 527

للنار سبعة أبواب 528

On the Resurrection Day Ali (MGB) Shall Evaluate the People Using Seven Characteristics 528

يحاج علي الناس يوم القيامة بسبع خصال 529

The seven sisters in Paradise 530

The seven major sins 531

الاخوات من أهل الجنة سبع 531

الكبائر سبع 531

God Will Test the Trustees of the Prophets On Seven Occasions in the Prophet’s Lifetime and Seven Times After his Death 532

امتحان الله عز وجل أوصياء الانبياء في حياة الانبياء في سبعة مواطن وبعد وفاتهم في سبعة مواطن 533

On What Has Been Said About the Days of the Week 561

ما جاء في الايام السبعة وأسمائها 561

What Has Been Said About Sundays And Other Days After It 562

ماجاء في الاحد وما بعده 562

ما جاء في يوم الاثنين 564

On What Has Been Said About Tuesdays 565

ما جاء في يوم الثلثاء 566

On what has been said about Wednesdays 567

ماجاء في يوم الاربعاء 568

On what has been said about Thursdays 571

ما جاء في يوم الخميس 572

On What Has Been Said About Fridays 573

ما جاء ‌فى يوم الجمعة 574

On What Has Been Said About Saturdays 578

ما جاء في يوم السبت 579

Do Not Be Hostile With the Days So That They Are Not Hostile With You 580

معنى الحديث: لا تعادوا الايام فتعاديكم 581

Adam and Eve Were in Paradise for Seven Hours 583

There Are Seven Characteristics In a Shiite 583

The Prophet Cursed Abu Sufyan On Seven Occasions 584

كان لبث آدم وحواء عليهما السلام في الجنة حتى أخرجهما منها سبع ساعات 584

في الشيعة سبع خصال 584

لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أباسفيان في سبعة مواطن 584

On the seven cases which are in Hell 586

Job suffered for seven years without having committed any sins 587

الصناديق السبعة في النار 587

ابتلى أيوب عليه السلام سبع سنين بلا ذنب 588

The seven groups of angels and the seven types of veils 589

الملائكة على سبعة اصناف والحجب سبعة 589

Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib Prayed Seven Years Before Others 591

The Evil Ones Descend Upon Seven of the Boasters 592

Seven Characteristics God Granted to the Followers of Ali 592

صلى أمير المؤمنين على بن أبي طالب قبل الناس بسبع سنين 592

تنزلت الشياطين على سبعة من الغلاة 593

أخبر جبرئيل عن الله أنه قد أعطى شيعة على بن أبي طالب ومحبيه سبع خصال 593

One Said There Were Seven People Present when the Verse of Purification was Revealed 593

Seven Groups of People Should Not Shorten Their Prayers 594

من روى أن أهل البيت الذين نزلت فيهم آية التطهير سبعة 594

سبعة لا يقصرون الصلاة 594

Remembrance of God is entrusted to seven parts in the body 595

There are seven children for the Prophet of God (MGB) 595

الذكر مقسوم على سبعة أعضاء 596

كان لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله سبعة أولاد 596

Notes 597

Part 8: On Eight-Numbered Characteristics 603

A Believer Should Have Eight Characteristics 603

باب الثمانية 603

ينبغي أن يكون في المؤمن ثمان خصال 603

Eight Groups of People Whose Prayers Are Not Accepted 604

Eight Will Carry the Throne 604

ثمانية لا تقبل لهم صلاة 605

حملة العرش ثمانية 605

Eight Pairs 605

The Eight Gate to Paradise 606

للجنة ثمانية أبواب 607

The Height of a Residential Unit Should Not Exceed Eight Zar’as 607

Eight who are not considered to be of the people 608

لايجوز أن يكون سمك البيت فوق ثمانية أذرع 608

ثمانية ليسوا من الناس 608

Those who go to the mosque often shall acquire one of eight characteristics 609

The eight classes of people who should blame no one but themselves if they are insulted 609

من اختلف إلى المسجد أصاب احدى ثمان خصال 610

ثمانية ان اهينوا فلا يلوموا الا أنفسهم 610

Guard the Mosques from the Following Eight Things 610

Faith consists of eight characteristics 611

The Eight Major Sins 611

تجنب المساجد ثمانية أشياء 611

الايمان ثماني خصال 611

الكبائر ثمان 612

The eight characteristics of Ali (MGB) 612

لعلي عليه السلام ثماني خصال 613

Notes 614

Part 9: On Nine-Numbered Characteristics 615

Nine characteristics which God granted His Prophet 615

God Granted the Followers of Ali Nine Characteristics 615

باب التسعة 615

تسع خصال أعطاها الله عز وجل نبيه محمد صلى الله عليه وآله 615

أعطي شيعة علي عليه السلام ومحبوه تسع خصال 616

The Daughter of Muhammad (MGB) - Fatimah (MGB) - Has Nine Names Near God 616

God Has Given Nine Things to Imam Ali Which He Has Not Given to Anyone Other Than Muhammad 616

لفاطمة عليها السلام عند الله تسعة أسماء 617

اعطى الله أمير المؤمنين تسعة أشياء لم يعطها أحدا قبله سوى محمد 617

Ali (MGB) Has Been Granted Nine Characteristics 618

أعطى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله في علي تسع خصال 618

Nine Things Corrupt Nine 619

The Decrees for Nine Things Have Been Said for This Nation 620

تسعة أشياء لها تسع آفات 620

رفع عن هذه الامة تسعة أشياء 621

Admonishment Against Doing Nine Things 621

A Sinner Is Given Nine Hours 621

Nine Divine Leaders from the Progeny of Al-Hussein 622

النهي عن تسعة أشياء 622

يؤجل المذنب تسع ساعات 622

الائمة من ولد الحسين بن على تسعة عليهم السلام 622

The Prophet had nine wives when he died 623

The Nine Things Said By the Commander of the Faithful 623

قبض النبي صلى الله عليه وآله عن تسع نسوة 623

تسع كلمات تكلم بهن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام 624

A Woman Reaches Puberty at Nine 624

One Who Divorced for Nine Times Can Never Be Re-married 625

حد بلوغ المرأة تسع سنين 625

المطلقة للعدة لا تحلل لزوجها بعد تسع تطليقات أبدا 626

Alms-tax On Nine Things 626

الزكاة على تسعة أشياء 627

Nine Do Not Have to Say the Friday Prayers 627

Nine Things Cause Forgetfulness 628

وضعت الجمعة عن تسعة 628

تسعة أشياء تورث النسيان 629

The nine miracles God granted to Moses 629

When the Riser (MGB) Imam appears, nine tribes will join him 630

Notes 630

Part 10: On Ten-Numbered Characteristics 634

The Ten Names of the Prophet (MGB) 634

ذكر التسع الايات التي أعطى الله عز وجل موسى عليه السلام 634

الذين يقبلون مع القائم إلى أن يجتمع له العدد يكونون من تسعة أحياء 634

باب العشرة 634

أسماء النبي صلى الله عليه وآله عشرة 634

Ten Cases of Going to House Doors 636

ينبغى ان يكون الاختلاف إلى الابواب لعشرة أوجه 637

God has reinforced the intellect with ten things 638

ان الله تبارك وتعالى قوي العقل بعشرة أشياء 638

Ten of the Especial Characteristics of A Divine Leader (Imam) 639

Ten Characteristics of Ali from God’s Prophet (MGB) 640

عشر خصال من صفات الامام عليه السلام 640

كانت لعلي عليه السلام من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عشر خصال 640

Glad Tidings of Ten Characteristics For Ali’s Followers 642

Ten Characteristics Due to Nobility 643

بشارة شيعة علي عليه السلام وأنصاره بعشر خصال 643

عشر خصال من المكارم 644

The Hour shall not come until ten signs appear 644

God has put ten characteristics together in the Prophet and the members of the Holy Household 645

لاتقوم الساعة حتى تكون عشر آيات 645

عشر خصال جمعها الله عز وجل لنبيه وأهل بيته صلوات الله عليهم 645

Anyone Who Meets God While Having Ten Characteristics Shall Go to Paradise 646

A Believer without Ten Characteristics Is Not Intelligent 646

عشر خصال من لقى الله عز وجل بهن دخل الجنة 647

لا يكون المؤمن عاقلا حتى يكون فيه عشر خصال 647

Ten parts of sheep not to eat 648

Ten Clean Parts of a Dead Corpse 648

Ten People Should Not Expect Much 648

لايؤكل من الشاة عشرة أشياء 649

عشرة أشياء من الميتة ذكية 649

لا يطمعن عشرة في عشر خصال 649

Ten Places Not to Pray 649

Ten who Shall Not Enter Paradise 650

عشرة مواضع لا يصلى فيها 650

عشرة لا يدخلون الجنة 651

One’s safety lies in ten things 651

Ten Who Put Themselves Through Hardships 652

العافية عشرة أجزاء 652

عشرة يفتنون أنفسهم وغيرهم 652

There Are Ten Ranks of Abstinence 653

Ten of your female slaves are forbidden to sleep with 653

الزهد عشرة أجزاء 654

تحرم من الاماء عشرة 654

There Are Ten Parts in Lust 654

There Are Ten Parts In Shame 654

Separate the Beds of Boys from Girls When They are Ten 655

Women Have the Patience of Ten Men 655

الشهوة عشر أجزاء 655

الحياء عشرة أجزاء 655

يفرق بين الصبيان والنساء في المضاجع لعشر سنين 656

للمرأة صبر عشر رجال 656

Ten Things Each of Which Is Harder Than the Other 656

عشرة أشياء بعضها أشد من بعض 657

Eat Melons Since They Have Ten Characteristics 661

There Is Pleasure In Ten Things 662

في البطيخ عشر خصال مجتمعة 662

النشوة في عشرة أشياء 663

The Ten Types of Prayers 663

The Ten Characteristics of Shiites 663

The Prophet Cursed Ten People In Relation with Wine 664

الصلاة على عشرة أوجه 664

في الشيعة عشر خصال 664

لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله في الخمر عشرة 665

The Reward of One Who Fasts For Ten Consecutive Years During the Month of Ramazan 665

The Reward of One Who Goes On Pilgrimage Ten Times 665

The ten parts of blessedness 665

ثواب من صام عشرة أشهر من رمضان 666

ثواب من حج عشر حجج 666

البركة عشرة أجزاء 666

The ten signs before the Hour 667

Islam is founded upon ten pillars 667

The Ten Ranks of Belief 667

عشرآيات بين يدي الساعة 667

بني الاسلام على عشرة أسهم 668

الايمان عشر درجات 668

The Reward of One Who Says the Azan for Ten Years for God’s Sake 669

ثواب من أذن عشر سنين محتسبا 670

The Ten Signs of the Hour 670

The Prophet Circumambulated Around the Ka’ba Seventy Times Each Day 670

في السواك عشر خصال 671

آيات الساعة عشرة 671

كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يطوف بالليل والنهار عشرة أسباع 671

A Man Who Makes Love to a Woman Ten Times On One of the Days of the Month of Fasting 672

Ten Pieces of Advice 672

في من واقع امرأة في يوم من شهر رمضان عشر مرات 672

عشر كلمات عظات 673

Ten Groups of This Nation Disbelieve In the Almighty God 673

The Divinatory Arrows which the People In the Age of Ignorance Had Divided Into Ten Parts 673

كفر بالله العظيم من هذه الامة عشرة 674

الازلام التي كان أهل الجاهلية يستقسمون بها عشرة 674

What Each Muslim Should Say Before the Rising of the Sun and Before Its Setting 675

مافرض على كل مسلم أن يقوله كل يوم قبل طلوع الشمس عشر مرات وقبل غروبها عشر مرات 676

The ten sons of Abdul Mutalib and Abbas 677

Notes 677

Part 11: On Eleven-Numbered Characteristics 680

Names of the Eleven Stars Which Joseph Saw Prostrating to Him 680

بنو عبدالمطلب عشرة والعباس 680

أبواب الاحد عشر 680

أسماء الكواكب الاحد عشر التى رآها يوسف عليه السلام في المنام له ساجدين مع الشمس والقمر 680

The Eleven Names of Zamzam 681

أسماء زمزم احدى عشر 682

Part 12: On Twelve-Numbered Characteristics 683

On from one to twelve characteristics 683

أبواب الاثني عشر 683

باب الواحد إلى اثني عشر 683

شر الاولين والاخرين اثنا عشر 686

The Way to Recognize the Noon In Each of the Twelve Months By Means of Man’s Shadow 690

معرفة زوال الشمس في كل شهر من الشهور الاثنى عشر الرومية 690

The Twelve Persons Who Opposed the Rule of Abu Bakr Before Ali Ibn Abi Talib (MGB) 691

الذين أنكروا على أبى بكر جلوسه في الخلافة وتقدمه على على ابن أبى طالب عليه السلام اثنا عشر 692

God Brought About Twelve Clans from the Children of Israel and Twelve Clans from Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein 699

The Twelve Caliphs and Divine Leaders after the Prophet 700

اخرج الله عز وجل من بنى اسرائيل اثنى عشر سبطا ونشر من الحسن والحسين عليهما السلام اثنى عشر سبطا 700

الخلفاء والائمة بعد النبي صلى الله عليه وآله اثنا عشر عليهم السلام 701

There Are Twelve Attributes In Brushing the Teeth 723

في السواك اثنتى عشرة خصلة 724

The Twelve Veils 725

حديث الحجب الإثني عشر 726

The Twelve Signs of the Pious 728

لاهل التقوى اثنتا عشرة علامة 729

لا يسلم على اثني عشر 729

The Prophet (MGB) took twelve steps to welcome Ja’far ibn Abi Talib upon his return from Ethiopia 730

Twelve People In the Coffin In the Lowermost Level of Hell 730

The Twelve Characteristics for Dining at a Table 730

استقبل النبي صلى الله عليه واله جعفر بن أبي طالب عليه السلام لما انصرف من الحبشة اثنتى عشرة خطوة 731

في التابوت الاسفل من النار اثنا عشر 731

في المائدة اثنتا عشرة خصلة 731

There Are Twelve Months 732

الشهور اثنا عشر شهرا 733

Twelve Hours In Each Day And Twelve Hours In Each Night 735

ساعات الليل اثنتا عشرة ساعة وساعات النهار كذلك 736

The twelve stars, the twelve deserts, the twelve seas, and the twelve worlds 736

البروج اثنا عشر والبر اثنا عشر، والبحور اثنا عشر، والعوالم اثنا عشر 737

The twelve Dirhams donated to the Prophet (MGB) 738

حديث الدراهم الاثنى عشر التى اهتديت إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله 739

The twelve chiefs 741

النقباء اثنا عشر 742

Notes 743

Part 13: On Thirteen-Numbered Characteristics 747

The Thirteen Transmuted Groups 747

أبواب الثلاثة عشر 747

المسوخ ثلاثة عشر صنفا 747

Boys Attain Puberty at Thirteen 750

حد بلوغ الغلام ثلاث عشرة سنة إلى اربع عشرة سنة 751

Thirteen Nobilities of the Commander of the Faithful Ali 751

Notes 752

Part 14: On Fourteen-Numbered Characteristics 754

The fourteen characteristics of dye 754

ثلاث عشرة خصلة من فضائل أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام 754

أبواب الاربعة عشر 754

في الخضاب أربع عشرة خصلة 754

Perform Major Ablutions in Fourteen Circumstances 756

الغسل في أربعة عشر موطنا 757

اصحاب العقبة أربعة عشر رجلا 757

Notes 758

Part 15: On Fifteen-Numbered Characteristics 760

Calamities will come if the people do fifteen things 760

أبواب الخمسة عشر 760

اذا عملت الامة خمس عشرة خصلة حل بها البلاء 760

A Child Should Be Instructed to Fast When He Is Fifteen or Sixteen 761

Saying Takbirs in Mina After Fifteen Units of Prayers on the Days of Al- 761

يؤدب الصبي على الصوم ما بين خمس عشرة سنة إلى ست عشرة سنة 762

التكبير في أيام التشريق بمنى في دبر خمس عشرة صلاة 762

The Rewards of Fasting in the Month of Rajab 763

Applying depilatory once every fifteen days 763

Notes 763

Part 16: On Sixteen-Numbered Characteristics 765

The Sixteen Rights of a Scholar 765

ثواب من صام خمسة عشر يوما من رجب 765

السنة في النورة في كل خمسة عشر يوما 765

أبواب الستة عشر 765

من حق العالم ست عشرة خصلة 765

Sixteen Characteristics Cause Poverty and Sixteen Characteristics Cause an Increased Share of Daily Bread 766

ست عشرة خصلة تورث الفقر وسبع عشرة خصلة تزيد في الرزق 767

Sixteen Characteristics Due to Wisdom 768

Sixteen Groups from the Nation of Muhammad (MGB) Who Do Not Love the Members of the Holy Household but Despise Them and Have Animosity towards Them 768

ست عشرة خصلة من الحكم 768

ستة عشر صنفا من أمة محمد صلى الله عليه وآله لا يحبون أهل بيته ويبغضونهم ويعادونهم 769

Notes 771

Part 17: On Seventeen-Numbered Characteristics 772

One Should Make Ghusl for Seventeen Occasions 772

باب السبعة عشر 772

الغسل في سبعة عشر موطنا 772

Notes 773

Part 18: On Eighteen-Numbered Characteristics 774

The Eighteen Characteristics of the Commander of the Faithful Ali (MGB) 774

باب الثمانية عشر 774

لامير المؤمنين عليه السلام ثمانى عشرة منقبة 774

God Considers Eighteen-Year Olds Blameworthy 774

Notes 775

Part 19: On Nineteen-Numbered Characteristics 776

Nineteen Words with Which Any Prayers Would Be Accepted 776

ما وبخ الله عز وجل به ابن ثمان وعشرة سنة 776

ابواب التسعة عشر 776

تسعة عشر حرفا فيها فرج للداعى بهن من الافات 776

Nineteen Orders Issued for Women 777

Nineteen Questions that As-Sadiq (MGB) Asked the Indian Doctor in Mansoor’s Presence 778

وضع عن النساء تسعة عشر شيئا 778

ذكر تسع عشرة مسألة سأل عنها الصادق عليه السلام الطبيب الهندى في مجلس المنصور فلم يعلمها وأخبره الصادق عليه السلام بجوابها 778

Notes 782

Part 20: On Twenty and Above-Numbered Characteristics 784

Twenty Characteristics in Love for the Holy Household 784

ابواب العشرين وما فوقه 784

في حب أهل البيت عليهم السلام عشرون خصل 784

Twenty Characteristics of One who Believes in God 785

للمؤمن على الله عز وجل عشرون خصلة 786

The Reward for Performing Hajj Pilgrimage Twenty Times 786

Twenty-Three Praiseworthy Characteristics of As-Sajjad 787

ثواب من حج عشرين حجة 787

ذكر ثلاث وعشرين خصلة من الخصال المحمودة التى وصف بها على بن الحسين زين العابدين عليهما السلام 787

What Has Come About the 21st and 23rd Nights of Ramazan 790

ما جاء في ليلة احدى وعشرين وثلاث وعشرين من شهر رمضان 791

Congregational Prayers Are Twenty-Five Ranks Higher than Individual Prayers 792

النهي عن أربع وعشرين خصلة 792

صلاة الجماعة أفضل من صلاة الفرد بخمس وعشرين درجة 793

There Are Twenty-Nine Characteristics In Prayers 793

Knowledge Has Twenty-Nine Characteristics 794

في الصلاة تسع وعشرون خصلة 794

في العلم تسع وعشرون خصلة 795

What Abuzar Asked the Prophet of God 795

الخصال التى سأل عنها ابوذر - رحمه الله - رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله 796

Notes 800

Part 21: On Thirty and Above-Numbered Characteristics 802

The Thirty Signs of a Divine Leader 802

أبواب الثلاثين وما فوقه 802

للامام ثلاثون علامة 802

شهر رمضان ثلاثون يوما لا ينقص أبدا 805

The thirty four women marrying whom is forbidden 808

الفروج المحرمة في الكتاب والسنة على أربعة وثلاثين وجها 808

God Has Made Thirty-Five Prayers Incumbent Upon the People from One Friday to the Next 809

Notes 810

Part 22: On Forty And above-Numbered Characteristics 813

The Prayer of the Drunken Is Not Accepted for Forty Days 813

فرض الله تبارك وتعالى على الناس من الجمعة إلى الجمعة خمسا وثلاثين صلاة 813

أبواب الاربعين وما فوقه 813

شارب الخمر لا تقبل صلاته أربعين يوما 813

The Forty Types of Fasting 813

الصوم على أربعين وجها 814

praying for forty brethren before praying for oneself 818

One to Whose Goodness Forty Believing Men Testify 819

في من قدم أربعين رجلا من اخوانه في دعائه ثم دعا لنفسه 819

في من شهد له بعد موته أربعون رجلا من المؤمنين بالخير 819

Admonishment Against Not Shaving the Pubic Hair for More than Forty Days 820

The Earth Would Become Filthy for Forty Days Due to the Urination of One Who Is Not Circumcised 820

On One who Takes A Female Slave and Doesn’t Have Sexual Intercourse with Her Once Every Forty Days as a Result of which She Commits A Forbidden Act 820

في النهى عن ترك حلق العانة فوق اربعين يوما 820

الارض تنجس من بول الاغلف أربعين صباحا 821

في من اتخذ جارية فلم يأتها في كل أربعين يوما ثم أتت محرما 821

Blood-Money for A Hunting Dog 821

God granted a forty year respite to Pharaoh between two words (blasphemous sentences) 821

دية كلب الصيد أربعون درهما 822

أملى الله تبارك وتعالى لفرعون بين كلمتيه أربعين سنة 822

A Form of Repentance By which Forty Major Sins Are Forgiven 823

When the Riser (MGB) Comes Each Shiite Would Be Granted the Strength of Forty Men By God 823

Regarding Anyone who Remembers Forty Traditions 823

استغفار يغفر به أربعون كبيرة 824

الرحم تلتقي في أربعين أبا 824

اذا قام القائم جعل الله عز وجل قوة الرجل من الشيعة قوة أربعين رجلا 824

في من حفظ أربعين حديثا 824

The Neighborhood of a Mosque and its Precincts Are Forty Ells and Forty Houses In Each Direction 828

On Those who Live for Forty Years or More 828

حريم المسجد أربعون ذراعا والجوار أربعون دارا من أربعة جوانبها 829

في من عمر أربعين سنة فما فوقها 829

The Reasoning of Imam Ali with Abu Bakr Citing Forty-Three Issues 833

ثواب من حج أربعين حجة 834

احتجاج أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام على أبى بكر بثلاث وأربعين خصلة 834

Imam Ali’s Arguments against the People on the Consultation Day 845

احتجاج أمير المؤمنين بمثل هذه الخصال على الناس يوم الشورى 846

Notes 862

Part 23: On Fifty And above-Numbered Characteristics 866

The Fifty Rights which the Master of the Worshippers Ali Ibn Al-Hussein (MGB) Wrote to Some of His Companions 866

أبواب الخمسين وما فوقه 866

الحقوق الخمسون التى كتب بها على بن الحسين إلى بعض اصحابه 866

Fifty Characteristics of True Believers 878

خمسون من صفات المؤمن 879

The Reward of Whoever Goes On Hajj Pilgrimage Fifty Times 879

Notes 880

Part 24: On Seventy and Above-Numbered Characteristics 881

Imam Ali Has Seventy Characteristics which None Have 881

ثواب من حج خمسين حجة 881

أبواب السبعين وما فوقه 881

لامير المؤمنين عليه السلام سبعون منقبة لم يشركه فيها أحد من الامة 881

The Reward of One who Implores Forgiveness Seventy Times in the Qunut of Al-Witr Prayer 899

The Reward of Whoever Asks for God’s Forgiveness Seventy Times After the Dawn Prayer 899

ثواب من استغفر الله عز وجل في الوتر سبعين مرة 900

ثواب من استغفر الله عز وجل بعد صلاة الفجر سبعين مرة 900

The Reward of Whoever Asks Forgiveness from the Exalted God Seventy Times On Each Day of the Month of Sha’ban 900

The Seventy Long Narrow Piece of the Flag of Praise (Liwa ul-Hamd) 901

ثواب من استغفر الله عز وجل كل يوم من شعبان سبعين مرة 901

لواء الحمد سبعون شقة 902

The Seventy Parts of Usury 903

الربا سبعون جزء‌ا 903

The servant who stays in the Fire for seventy lifetimes 904

The Nation Will Divide Up Into Seventy-Two Sects 904

حديث العبد الذى مكث في النار سبعين خريفا 904

الامة تفترق على اثنتين وسبعين فرقة 905

The Nation Will Divide Up Into Seventy-Three Sects 905

Seventy-Three Decrees Regarding Women Differing from Those for Men 906

من روى أن الامة ستفرق على ثلاث وسبعين فرقة 906

ثلاث وسبعون خصلة في آداب النساء والفرق بين أحكامهن وأحكام الرجال 906

God granted the intellect seventy-five troops and granted ignorance seventy-five troops 910

اعطى الله العقل خمسة وسبعين جندا وأعطى الجهل خمسة وسبعين جندا 911

Notes 914

Part 25: On Eighty and Above-Numbered Characteristics 918

Eighty Verses of the Quran Were Revealed Regarding Imam Ali And No One Else 918

There Are Ninety-Five Takbirs In the Five Daily Prayers 918

The Ninety-Nine Names for the Blessed the Sublime God 918

ابواب الثمانين وما فوقه 918

نزلت في امير المؤمنين ثمانون آية ما شركه فيها أحد 918

ضرب النبي صلى الله عليه وآله في الخمر ثمانين 919

تكبيرات الصلاة خمس وتسعون تكبيرة 919

لله تبارك وتعالى تسعة وتسعون اسم 919

The Reward for Saying There is no God but Allah and Asking His Forgiveness One-Hundred Times 920

ثواب مائة تهليلة وثواب الاستغفار مائة مرة 921

Notes 921

Part 26: On from One to One-Hundred Numbered Characteristics 923

The Questions of the Jew from Imam Ali 923

باب الواحد إلى المائة 923

The Prophet (MGB) Ascended to the Heavens One-Hundred and Twenty Times 932

عرج النبي صلى الله عليه وآله إلى السماء مائة وعشرين مرة 933

One-Hundred and Twenty Kinds of Fruits 933

The People of Heaven Are One-hundred and Twenty Groups 934

Anyone who Memorizes The Quran Entirely Receives Two-hundred Dinars from the Treasury 934

There Are Three-Hundred and Sixty Days in a Year 934

الفاكهة مائة وعشرون لونا 934

اهل الجنة عشرون ومائة صنف 934

من حفظ القرآن فله في كل سنة مائتا دينار في بيت المال 935

السنة ثلاثمائة وستون يوما 935

Circumambulating Three-hundred and Sixty Times 935

Some of the characteristics of Religious Decrees 935

الطواف عدد أيام السنة 936

خصال من شرايع الدين 936

Menstruation is Ten Days Maximum and Three Minimum 940

Notes 949

Part 27: On Four-Hundred-Numbered Characteristics 955

In One Meeting, Imam Ali Taught Four-hundred Things Each of Which is Very Useful for a Muslim’s Life and Religion 955

أبواب الاربعمائة 955

علم أمير المؤمنين أصحابه في مجلس واحد أربع مائة باب مما يصلح للمسلم في دينه ودنياه 955

Notes 1001

Part 28: On More than One-Thousand Numbered Characteristics 1005

Four-Thousand Gates to Prayer 1005

What Was Written at the Base of God’s Throne Seven-Thousand Years before the Creation of Adam (MGB) 1005

أبواب الألف وما فوقه 1005

ما كتب على باب الجنة قبل خلق السموات والارض بالفى عام 1005

الصلاة لها أربعة آلاف باب 1006

ما وجد على ساق العرش مكتوبا قبل خلق آدم بسبعة آلاف سنة 1006

God Has Twelve Thousand Worlds 1007

There Were Twelve Thousand Companions of The Prophet 1007

A Light Near God Four Thousand Years before the Creation of Adam 1007

من روى أن لله عز وجل اثنى عشر ألف عالم 1007

كان أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله اثنى عشر ألف رجل 1008

النور الذى كان بين يدى الله عز وجل قبل خلق آدم 1008

A Writing in between the Angel Mahmood's Two Shoulders Twenty-Two Thousand Years before the Creation of Adam 1008

God Has Created One-Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Prophets and One-Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Trustees 1009

ذكر المكتوب بين كتفي محمود الملك قبل خلق آدم باثنين وعشرين ألف عام 1009

خلق الله مائة وأربعة وعشرين ألف نبي و مائة وأربعة وعشرين ألف وصي 1010

God Addressed Moses with One-Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Words 1010

ناجى الله تعالى موسى بمائة وأربعة وعشرين ألف كلمة 1011

علم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عليا ألف باب يفتح كل باب ألف باب 1011

God Has Created One Million Worlds and One Million Breed of Humans 1028

خلق الله عز وجل ألف ألف عالم وألف ألف آدم 1028

Notes 1029

Table of Contents

Dedication 1

Translators’ Foreword 2

Preface 3

Notes 4

A Short Bibilography of the Author 5

His Nobility as Expressed by Noble Religious Scholars 5

His Trips 6

The Birth of the Author May God have Mercy upon Him 7

The Death of the Author and his Shrine 7

A Demonstration of his Nobility 8

Notes 8

Introduction 9

المقدمة 9

Notes 10

Part 1: On One-Numbered Characteristics 11

God is One and Only 11

باب الواحد 11

إن الله واحد 11

Abandoning the Present to Attain the Promised 12

Oppressive Characteristics 12

Characteristics Rooted in Love for Religion 12

One Characteristic for Five Characteristics 12

ترك خصلة موجودة بخصلة موعودة 13

خصلة من الجور 13

خصلة من حب الدين 13

خصلة واحدة بخمس خصال 13

A Characteristic for a Characteristic 14

A Saving Characteristic 14

The Loftiest Characteristic of the Religion 14

No Two Things Combined which are Better than the Combination of Two Characteristics 14

خصلة بخصلة 14

خصلة منجية 15

خصلة هى أفضل الدين 15

ما جمع شيء إلى شيء أفضل من خصلة إلى خصلة 15

A Characteristic that is the Honor of This World and the Hereafter 16

The Most Knowledgeable Person Is One who Combines One Characteristic with Another One 16

خصلة فيها شرف الدنيا والاخرة 16

أعلم الناس من جمع خصلة إلى خصلة 17

There Is One True Prosperity And One True Misery 17

A Characteristic for Which the People Deserve to be Rewarded or Punished 17

A Characteristic that Is the Noblest Holy War 17

The Hardest Thing is One Characteristic that Cannot Be Avoided Unless We Abandon Another Characteristic 17

حقيقة السعادة واحدة وحقيقة الشقاء واحدة 18

يثاب الناس أو يعاقبون بخصلة 18

خصلة هى أفضل الجهاد 18

أشد الاشياء خصلة لا تتقى الا بترك خصلة 18

A Believer’s Honor Is in One Characteristic and His Glory Is In Another Characteristic 19

شرف المؤمن في خصلة وعزه في خصلة 19

One Characteristic Is the Key to All Evil 20

A Characteristic Due to Justice 20

A Characteristic Due to Which We Are Interested in How Others Judge About Us 21

Seek Nearness to God with One Characteristic 21

God Has Not Tested the Servants with Anything Harder Than One Characteristic 21

مفتاح كل شر خصلة 21

خصلة من العدل 21

خصلة من فعلها رضى بها حكما 21

ادنى حق المؤمن على أخيه خصلة 22

التقرب إلى الله عز وجل بخصلة 22

ما بلا الله العباد بشيء أشد عليهم من خصلة 22

A Characteristic that Is the Result of Being Kind 22

A Characteristic that Stabilizes One’s Faith and One that Makes Him Lose His Faith 22

A Characteristic that Destroys a Believer’s Dignity 23

A Good Characteristic Which No Other Characteristic Is Better Than, and a Bad Characteristic That No Other Characteristic Is Worse Than 23

ثمرة المعروف خصلة 23

خصلة تثبت الايمان في العبد، وخصلة تخرجه منه 23

خصلة تذهب ببهاء المؤمن 23

بر ليس فوقه بر، وعقوق ليس فوقه عقوق 24

A Characteristic That Guarantees Who Will Not Become Poor 24

The Form of Chivalry of the Members of the Holy Household 24

A Characteristic Due to One’s Chivalry 24

A Characteristic that Is Not Good for a Dignified Man 24

مضمون لمن عمل خصلة أن لا يفتقر 25

مروء‌ة أهل البيت عليهم السلام خصلة 25

خصلة من المروء‌ة 25

خصلة مكروهة للرجل السرى 25

God Loves One Characteristic and Despises One Characteristic 26

One Who has This Characteristic Would Not Be Thankful for Blessings 26

A Characteristic Due to Humbleness 26

A Characteristic that Is Close to Blasphemy and A Characteristic that Might Change Destiny 26

خصلة يحبها الله وخصلة يبغضها عز وجل 26

خصلة من احتملها لم يشكر النعمة 27

من لم تغضبه خصلة لم يشكر خصلة 27

خصلة من التواضع 27

خصلة كادت أن تكون كفرا وخصلة كادت أن تغلب القدر 27

A Characteristic that Destroyed Previous Nations 27

Martyrdom Is Expiation for Every Sin Except for One’s Debt 28

God the Almighty Has Sent Muhammad (MGB) and His Nation a Gift That He Has Not Given to Any Other Nation 28

A Characteristic that One Should Have If He Wants to Increase Goodness in His House 28

خصلة أهلكت القرون الاولى 28

كل ذنب يكفره القتل في سبيل الله عز وجل الا خصلة فانها لا يكفرها الا احدى ثلاث خصال 28

ان الله تبارك وتعالى أهدى إلى محمد صلى الله عليه وآله والى امته هدية لم يهدها إلى أحد من الامم 29

من أحب أن يكثر خير بيته فليفعل خصلة عند حضور طعامه 29

God Will Look at Whom He Likes. Once He Looks at Him, He Shall Grant Him One of Three Gifts 29

The Hereafter is the Wedding of the Pious Ones 29

A Characteristic That is Like its Opposite 30

The Most Wicked People Are Those Who Are Respected for Possessing One Characteristic 30

ان الله تبارك وتعالى اذا أحب عبدا نظر اليه فاذا نظر اليه أتحفه من ثلاثة بواحدة 30

القيامة عرس المتقين 30

خصلة من أجلها لا يحب الموت 30

خصلة تشبه ضدها 31

شرار الناس الذين يكرمون مخافة خصلة فيهم 31

A Characteristic in This World is Abstinence, and a Characteristic That is Gratitude for all Blessings 31

Nothing Deserves to Be Restrained More Than the Tongue 31

Whoever Raises his Aspirations Does Wrong 31

Good Deeds Are Recorded for a Muslim as Long as He Remains Quiet 32

خصلة هى الزهد في الدنيا وخصلة هى شكر كل نعمة 32

ما شيء أحق بطول السجن من اللسان 32

من أطال أمله ساء عمله 32

لا يزال الرجل المسلم يكتب محسنا مادام ساكتا 33

A Characteristic Having Which Will Result in God Saving You From the Fear of the Hereafter 33

The Most Intelligent Characteristic 33

The Most Pious, the Best Worshipping, the Most Ascetic and the Most Hard-Working People 33

Becoming Sorry Is the Same as Repenting 33

خصلة من فعلها آمنه الله عز وجل من فزع يوم القيامة 34

رأس العقل خصلة 34

أورع الناس، وأعبد الناس، وازهد الناس، وأشد الناس اجتهادا 34

كفى بالندم توبة 34

Whoever Earns More Than His Meals fom This World 34

A Characteristic That Deserves to Be Willed 34

A Characteristic That Causes One to Be Thrown Out and a Characteristic That Causes One to Be Joined 35

Lofty Characteristics and Bad Characteristics for the People of the World 35

من أصاب من الدنيا فوق قوته 35

الوصية بخصلة 35

خصلة نافية وخصلة مثبتة 36

خصلة ثقلت على أهل الدنيا وخصلة خفت عليهم 36

There Is No Honor Except Through One Characteristic. There Is No Nobility Except Through Another Characteristic 36

When God Loves a Servant He Will Make Him Suffer from a Great Calamity 37

A Characteristic That Leads to Hemorrhoids 37

لا حسب الا بخصلة، ولا كرم الا بخصلة، ولا عمل الا بخصلة، ولا عبادة الا بخصلة 37

خصلة تنفع في أربعة أشياء 37

اذا أحب الله عز وجل عبدا ابتلاه بعظيم البلاء 37

خصلة تورث الباسور 38

A Hand on Which There Is an Iron Ring Is Not Clean 38

Do Not Respond to Whoever Talks Before He Greets You 38

A Characteristic That if Practiced Implies Despise for Muhammad’s Religion 38

Only One of the Proverbs of the Prophets Has Remained 38

ما طهرت كف فيها خاتم من حديد 39

من بدأ بالكلام قبل السلام فلا تجيبوه 39

خصلة من فعلها أو فعلت له برئ من دين محمد صلى الله عليه وآله 39

ما بقى من أمثال الانبياء الا كلمة 39

When God Wishes a Servant Well, He Will Expedite His Punishment in This World, and When He Wishes Someone Bad, He Will Procrastinate His Punishment 40

Be Patient with the Enemies of the Blessings 40

The Prophet (MGB) and Ali Ibn Abi Talib Were Created from the Same Root 40

A Characteristic That is Gratitude for All Blessings 40

Religion Is the Same as Love 40

اذا أراد الله تبارك وتعالى بعبد خيرا عجل عقوبه في الدنيا واذا أراد به سوء‌ا أخر عقوبته 40

الصبر على أعداء النعم 41

خلق النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وعلى بن أبى طالب عليه السلام من شجرة واحدة 41

شكر كل نعمة خصلة 41

الدين هو الحب 41

When Two Believers Shake Hands They Shall Depart from Each Other Void of Any Sins 41

A Characteristic That Revives the Hearts 42

A Characteristic That Revives the Affairs of the Almighty God’s Proofs 42

God the Almighty Has Not Created Anything More Delightful Than This Characteristic 42

المؤمن اذا صافح المؤمن تفرقا عن غير ذنب 42

خصلة تحيي القلوب 42

خصلة فيها حياة لامر حجج الله عز وجل 43

ما خلق الله عز وجل شيئا أقر للعين من خصلة 43

A Characteristic That Constitutes Nine-Tenths of Religion 43

Whoever is Pleased with His Destiny or is Displeased with it 43

A Characteristic for Which Even Red-Haired Camels Are Not Loved 43

A Characteristic That Increases the Daily Bread 43

تسعة أعشار الدين في خصلة 44

من رضي القضاء ومن سخطه 44

خصلة لا يتحبب بها حمر النعم 44

خصلة تزيد في الرزق 44

خصلة من الذنوب التي لا تغفر 44

A Characteristic That Leads to Hypocrisy and Poverty 45

The First Gift Given to a Believer Due to a Characteristic 45

A Characteristic for Which One Who Has No Good Deeds is Forgiven on the Resurrection Day 45

A Characteristic That is the Root of All Sins 45

خصلة تورث النفاق وتعقب الفقر 46

أول ما يتحف به المؤمن خصلة 46

يغفر لعبد يوم القيامة ليست له حسنة بخصلة 46

رأس كل خطيئة خصلة 46

How Awkward It Is If a Man Enters Heaven Having Lost His Honor 46

A Characteristic Doing Which Will Cause the Almighty God to Have Mercy Upon You 47

A Characteristic Doing Which Will Cause Increased Good for One’s House 47

On Him Whose Health Has Overcome His Illness but He Treats Himself and Dies 47

A Characteristic Which a Believer Avoids 47

ما أقبح بالرجل أن يدخل الجنة وهو مهتوك الستر 47

خصلة من فعلها استوجب رحمة الله عز وجل 48

خصلة من فعلها كثر خير بيته 48

في من ظهرت صحته على سقمه فيعالج بشيء فمات 48

المؤمن مشغول عن خصلة 48

Nothing Ruins Faith as Much as One Characteristic Does 48

One Who Lives to See his Successor Is Prosperous 48

A Believer’s Honor is More Than That of the Ka’ba 49

It Suffices for a Believer to See God’s Aid in the Form of His Enemies Engaged in the Almighty God’s Disobedience 49

ما محق الايمان محق خصلة شيء 49

سعد امرؤ لم يمت حتى يرى خلفه من بعده 49

المؤمن أعظم حرمة من الكعبة 50

حسب المؤمن من الله نصرة أن يرى عدوه يعمل بمعاصى الله عز وجل 50

A Gift Will Eliminate Animosities 50

Prosperous Be the One Who is Indifferent 50

A Characteristic That Will Make One Poor in the Hereafter 50

A Group of People Who Are the Masters of Heaven 50

God’s Prophet Made His Ablutions One Organ at a Time 51

الهدية تذهب بالضغائن 51

طوبى لعبد نومة 51

خصلة تدع الرجل فقيرا يوم القيامة 51

عرفاء أهل الجنة صنف 51

توضأ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله مرة مرة 52

The Characteristic That Is the Best Goodness 52

The Prophet Put off His Special Prayer for One Characteristic 52

A Characteristic That is the Best Form of Worshipping and a Characteristic That is the Noblest Form of Being Religious 52

What Is A Lot but Its Doers Are A Few 53

احسن الحسن خصلة 53

ترك النبي صلى الله عليه وآله دعوته لخصلة 53

أفضل العبادة خصلة وأفضل الدين خصلة 53

شيء هو كثير وفاعله قليل 53

A Characteristic That Constitutes Half of the Religion 54

A Characteristic That is the Best Thing Given to a Muslim 54

The Prophet and Ali Ibn Abi Talib Were Created from One Light 54

A Servant’s Well-Being Depends Upon the Well-Being of One of His Organs 54

خصلة هى نصف الدين 55

أفضل ما أعطى المسلم خصلة 55

خلق النبي وعلي بن أبي طالب عليهما السلام من نور واحد 55

صلاح العبد في صلاح شيء من جسده 55

A Man Enters Heaven for One Characteristic 56

One Who Likes Two Characteristics Shall do One Thing 56

God’s Prophet Finished His Prayers with One Greeting 56

Notes 56

Part 2: On Two-Numbered Characteristics 59

Recognition of God By Two Characteristics 59

دخل الرجل الجنة بخصلة 59

من سره خصلتان فليستعمل خصلة 59

كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يسلم تسليمة واحدة 59

باب الإثنين 59

معرفة التوحيد بخصلتين 60

On the Prophet’s Saying, “There Are Two Things Which I Do Not Wish to Share with Anyone” 60

Two Strange Things to Put up with 60

Nothing Voids Ablutions Except for What Leaves from the Two Sides 60

قال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله خلتان لا احب أن يشاركني فيهما أحد 61

غريبتان فاحتملوهما 61

لا ينقض الوضوء الا ما خرج من الطرفين 61

Two Blessings Being Denied 61

Two Things Which Cause Trouble for Most People 62

No Worship of God is Better than Being Quiet and Walking to God’s House 62

نعمتان مكفورتان 62

خصلتان كثيرمن الناس مفتون فيهما 62

ما عبد الله عز وجل بشيء أفضل من الصمت والمشي إلى بيته 63

يؤمر بالمعروف رجلان 63

The Blessed the Sublime God Has Divided the People on the Earth into Two Groups 63

Two Groups in This Nation Whose Improvement Would Improve the Nation and Whose Corruption Would Corrupt the Nation 64

Fear God Regarding Two Weak Ones 64

للكفر جناحان 64

قسم الله تبارك وتعالى اهل الارض قسمين 64

صنفان من هذه الامة اذا صلحا صلحت الامة واذا فسدا فسدت الامة 64

اتقو الله في الضعيفين 65

The reward of whoever takes care of two daughters, Two sisters, two paternal aunts or two maternal aunts 65

Two Men Will Not Sense the Scent of Paradise 65

What Has Been Said About Two-Faced People 65

ثواب من عال ابنتين أو اختين أو عمتين أو خالتين 66

لا يجد ريح الجنة رجلان 66

ما جاء في ذى وجهين 66

The People Are in Two Groups: Some Who Get Relieved by Others and Some from Whom Others Get Relieved 67

الناس اثنان واحد أراح، وآخر استراح 68

People Are of Two Types: The Learned and the Seeker of Knowledge 68

Two Characteristics One of Which Will Cause Forgetting Sins and the Other Will Cause Hardening of the Hearts 68

Two Characteristics That Provide Immunity to Leprosy 68

Attend to Two Major Issues 69

الناس اثنان عالم ومتعلم 69

خصلتان احداهما تنسى الذنوب والاخرى تقسى القلوب 69

خصلتان امان من الجذام 69

الشغل بالعظيمتين 70

The World is Just Two Words and Two Dirhams 70

There is no Good in This World Except for Two Men 71

الدنيا كلمتان ودرهمان 71

لا يكون الرجل فقيها حتى يكون فيه خصلتان 71

لا خير في العيش الا لرجلين 71

لا خير في الدنيا الا لاحد رجلين 71

There are Two Forms of Knowledge 72

Two Strange Characteristics: Eating the Sustenance Provided by God and Ascribing Divinity to Others Than God 72

Enjoining to Do Good and Admonishing Against Evil Are Two of the Creatures of the Exalted the Honorable God 72

العلم علمان 73

خصلتان عجيبتان اكل رزق الله وادعاء الربوبية دون الله عز وجل 73

الامر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنکر خلقان من خلق الله عز وجل 73

The Two Things Which Constituted Most of the Worshipping of Abuzar - May God Have Mercy Upon 73

If a Woman Has Had Two Husbands Which Husband Will She Belong to in Heaven 74

Enemies Who Dispute with Each Other About Their Lord 74

کان اکثر عبادة ابي ذر - رحمه الله - خصلتين 74

المرأة يکون لها زوجان من اهل الجنه لأيهما تکون فی الجنه 74

خصمان اختصموا فی ربهم 75

Jawad Has Two Meanings 75

Silver and Gold Money Are Destructive 75

Gold and Silver Are Two Perverting Metals 76

Seek Refuge from Two Characteristics 76

الجواد علی وجهين 76

الدينار والدرهم مهلکان 76

الذهب والفضة حجران ممسوخان 76

التعوذ من خصلتين 77

Two Characteristics of the Shiites 77

There are Two Pleasures for One Who Fasts 77

Fasting Is For God 77

What Has Been Said About the Honest vs. the Dishonest Businessmen 78

في الشيعة خصلتان 78

للصائم فرحتان 78

الصوم لله تعالى 78

ما جاء في التاجرين اذا صدقا وبرا، واذا كذبا وخانا 78

Two Things Which Provide us with Benefits Every Dawn and Dusk 79

Two Forms of Shopping Are Bad 79

There Are Two Prayers for High Quality Goods and Two Curses for Bad Goods 79

Two Characteristics Granted to Whoever Honors the Rights of God 79

شيئان يروحان بخير ويغدوان بخير 80

بيعان مكروهان 80

في الجيد دعوتان وفى الردى دعوتان 80

من ناصح الله عز وجل أعطي خصلتين 80

One Who Has Two Characteristics Is Good, Otherwise Stay Away from Him 81

Two Things Can Terminate the Waiting Period of a Divorced Woman Who Has Not Had Her Menstruation in Due Time 81

من كان فيه خصلتان فهو مؤمن حقا 81

خصلتان من كانتا فيه والا فاعزب ثم اعزب ثم اعزب 82

أمران أيهما سبق إلى المطلقة المسترابة بانت به 82

Seek Nearness to the Honorable the Exalted God with Two Characteristics 82

Two Characteristics Which Eliminate Poverty, Increase Life and Fend off Seventy Harsh Deaths 82

Traditions Are of Two Types 83

Doing Good is Only Valued by Those Who Have Two Characteristics 83

Friends Are of Two Types 83

التقرب إلى الله عز وجل بخصلتين 83

خصلتان ينفيان الفقر، ويزيدان في العمر، ويدفعان عن فاعلهما سبعين ميتة سوء 83

السنة سنتان 83

لا تصلح الصنيعة الا عند ذي خصلتين 84

الاخوان صنفان 84

People Are of Two Types 84

Two Leaders Who Are Not in Power 84

Two Things with Which Some Corrupt Their Prayers 85

الناس رجلان 85

أميران وليسا بأميرين 85

شيئان يفسد الناس بهما صلاتهم 85

No Two Things Are Loved by the Honorable the Exalted God More Than The Following Two 86

Two Characteristics Which Satan Taught Noah (MGB) 86

Two Characteristics of Which People Should be Most Fearful 86

ما من خطوة أحب إلى الله من خطوتين، وما من جرعة أحب إليه من جرعتين 87

خصلتان ذكرهما ابليس لنوح عليه السلام 87

اخوف ما يخاف على الناس خصلتان 87

Two Characteristics Which You Are Admonished Against 89

Two Types of Water Which Did Not Heed Noah’s Call 89

Faith Consists of Talking and Action 89

النهي عن الخصلتين 90

ماء‌ان لم يجيبا نوحا لما دعا المياه 90

الايمان قول وعمل 90

Two Hungry Ones Who Would Never Get Satiated 91

Two Characteristics Due to True Faith 91

There Are Two Types of Chivalry 91

منهومان لا يشبعان 92

خصلتان من حقيقة الايمان 92

المروء‌ة مروء‌تان 92

خصلتان من الجفاء 92

Two Characteristics Which Speed up the Arrival of Your Daily Bread 92

The Subsistence for One’s Spouse is between Two Abominable Limits 93

Two Characteristics in Return for Two Characteristics 93

There Are Two Types of Shyness 93

خصلتان مجلبتان للرزق 93

تجب النفقة على العيال بين المكروهين 93

خصلتان بخصلتين 94

الحياء على وجهين 94

What Might Cause Parent’s Being Damned by the Children 94

On the Prophet's Statement: "I am the Son of the Two offerings" 94

ما يلزم الوالدين من عقوق الولد 95

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله انا ابن الذبيحين 95

And There is Another Tradition Regarding the Great Offering 98

Two Standing, Two Moving, Two Different And Two Opposite Things 100

شيئان قائمان وشيئان جاريان وشيئان مختلفان وشيئان متباغضان 100

The Reward of Whoever Goes on the Hajj Pilgrimage Twice 101

Saying What is Right under Two Conditions 101

Two Characteristics Loved by the Honorable the Exalted God in the Heavens and by the People on Earth 101

ثواب من حج حجتين 102

قول الحق في حالين 102

القتل قتلان والقتال قتالان 102

خصلتان من فعلهما احبه الله عز وجل من السماء واحبه الناس من الارض 102

The Prophet of God Had Two Rings 103

There Are Two Gifts from One Who Fasts 103

There Are Two Signs for the Approach of The Hour 103

It is Not Permitted to Give Charity to the Hashemites Except in Two Conditions 103

كان لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله خاتمان 103

تحفة الصائم شيئان 104

تقوم الساعة عند ظهور علامتين 104

لا تحل الصدقة لبني هاشم الا في وجهين 104

Two Characteristics of the Lowly People 104

Two Sins One of Which is Worse Than the Other One 104

The Two Benefits of Brushing the Teeth 105

Eating Soap Has Two Effects 105

خصلتان من فعلهما فهو سفلة 105

ذنبان احدهما اشد من الاخر 105

اتخاذ السعد في الاسنان يورث خصلتين 106

اكل الاشنان يورث خصلتين 106

رجلان لا تنالهما شفاعة النبي صلى الله عليه وآله 106

Using Two Kinds of Toothpicks Would Lead to Leprosy 106

This World and The Hereafter Are on the Two Sides of a Scale 106

خلالان يهيجان عرق الجذام 107

الدنيا والاخرة ككفتي الميزان 107

He Has Let Free the Two Bodies of Flowing Water, Meeting Together: Between Them is a Barrier Which They Do Not Transgress 108

The Prophe Left Two Things amongst His Nation 108

Will be Questioned About the ‘Two Heavy Things’ on the Resurrection Day 109

مرج البحرين يلتقيان بينهما برزخ لا يبغيان 109

ترك النبي صلى الله عليه وآله في امته أمرين 109

السؤال عن الثقلين يوم القيامة 109

Al-Hassan (MGB) and Al-Hussein (MGB) Had Two Amulets 112

Day and Night are Two Carriages 112

Two Men to Whom God has Granted Two Wings with Which to Fly in Paradise along with the Angels 112

كان على الحسن والحسين عليهما السلام تعويذان 112

الليل والنهار مطيتان 113

رجلان جعل الله عز وجل لكل واحد منهما جناحين يطير بهما مع الملائكة في الجنة 113

Two Things Ruin the People 113

What the Commander of the Faithful (MGB) Said about Two People Who Broke His Back 113

A Greedy Man is Deprived of Two Characteristics and Has Two Characteristics 114

اثنان أهلك الناس 114

قول أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام قطع ظهرى رجلان 114

حرم الحريص خصلتين ولزمته خصلتان 114

Two Prayers Which God’s Prophet (MGB) Never Abandoned Saying 115

صلاتان لم يتركهما رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله 115

Two Groups of People Who Have Not Benefited from Islam 116

Animosity Would Bring about Two Sufferings 117

People Get Old, but Two Things Remain Young within Them 117

معاداة الرجال لا يخلو صاحبها من خصلتين 118

يهرم ابن آدم ويشب منه اثنان 118

Two Characteristics Which Cause Two Things 118

The Two Things Which the Children of Adam Dislike 118

The Prophet (MGB) Remained Silent in Two Instances 119

خصلتان تورث كل واحدة منهما خصلتين 119

خصلتان يكرههما ابن آدم 119

كان لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله سكتتان 119

Two Characteristics Which Cannot Co-exist in One’s Heart 120

Jealousy Is Not Proper Except in Two Conditions 120

The Reason For The Twofold Love of The Prophet For Aqil 121

خصلتان لا يجتمعان في مسلم 121

خصلتان لا يجتمعان في قلب عبد 121

لا حسد الا في اثنتين 121

علة محبة النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لعقيل بن أبى طالب حبين 121

The Prophet (MGB) Was Pleased by Two Things 122

The ProphetGranted Two Thigs to Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein 122

امران سر بهما النبي صلى الله عليه وآله 123

نحل النبي صلى الله عليه وآله الحسن والحسين خصلتين 123

It Is Not Proper For One to Stay Awake After the Night Prayer Except for Two People 124

The Two Main Causes of Going to Hell and the Two Main Causes of Going to Paradise 124

The Honorable the Exalted God Would Not Give His Servants Two Fears And Two Securities 124

Two Things Improve This Nation And Two Destroy It 124

لا سهر بعد العشاء الاخرة الا لاحد رجلين 125

اکثر ما يدخل به الامه النار شيئتان واکثر ما يدخل به الجنه شيئتان 125

لا يجمع الله عز وجل علی عبده خوفين ولا امنين 125

صلاح اول هذه الامة بخصلتين وهلاك آخرها بخصلتين 125

Notes 125

Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics 129

Three Whom God Will Let into Paradise without Any Reckoning, and Three Whom God Will Throw into Hell without Any Reckoning 129

Three Characteristics Each of Which Would Cause One to be Under the Shade of the Honorable the Exalted God’s Throne 129

باب الثلاثة 129

ثلاثة يدخلهم الله الجنة بغير حساب، وثلاثة يدخلهم الله النار بغير حساب 129

ثلاثة اشياء لا يحاسب الله عز وجل عليها المؤمن 130

ثلاث خصال من كن فيه أو واحدة منهن كان في ظل عرش الله عز وجل 130

Three Groups of People are Closest to the Honorable the Exalted God on the Resurrection Day 131

The Three Conditions Which Imply the Acceptance of One’s Prayers 131

One Is Not a True Believer unless He Has Three Characteristics 131

ثلاثة أقرب الخلق إلى الله عز وجل يوم القيامة 131

عند وجود ثلاثة أشياء اجابة الدعاء 132

لا يكون المؤمن مؤمنا حتى يكون فيه ثلاث خصال 132

Three Characteristics Which Do Not Exist in a Believer 132

The Prophet Asked His Lord for Three Things. God Granted Him Two, but Did Not Grant Him the Third 132

Three Things Raise the Ranks, The Three Expiations, The Three Which Destroy, The Three Which Save 133

ثلاث خصال لا تكون في المؤمن 133

سأل النبى ربه ثلاث خصال، فأعطاه اثنتين، ومنعه واحدة 133

ثلاث درجات وثلاث كفارات وثلاث موبقات وثلاث منجيات 134

Three Things for Which God Would Marry off one of the Houri-Eyed Ones to You 136

The Three People Who Would Wrong You If You Do Not Express Your Discontent 136

ثلاث من كن فيه زوجه الله من الحور العين 137

ثلاثة ان لم تظلمهم ظلموك 137

Three People Would Not Get What is Rightfully Theirs from Three People 137

Three People Who Deserve Mercy 137

Three People with Whom God Is Angry 138

ثلاثة لا ينتصفون من ثلاثة 138

ثلاث خصال العبد بينهن 138

ثلاثة حق لهم أن يرحموا 138

ثلاثة يبغضهم الله عز وجل 139

Three Occasions for Lying, Three Occasions Not to Tell the Truth, Three Occasions Not to Associate 139

Three Characteristics for Three Characteristics 139

One Characteristic Results in Three Characteristics 139

ثلاث يحسن فيهن الكذب وثلاث بقبح فيهن الصدق وثلاثة مجالستهم تميت القلب 140

ثلاث بثلاث 140

واحدة بثلاث 140

The Signs of Getting Old Are Three 140

Three Characteristics Unique to the Prophets, Their Offspring and Their Followers 141

Three Characteristics Which God Hates 141

Three Things the Prophets Are Not Immune to See from Their Followers 141

علامات الكبر ثلاث 141

ثلاث خصال خص بها الانبياء وأولادهم وأتباعهم 141

ثلاث خصال فيهن المقت من الله تبارك وتعالى 142

الهدية على ثلاثة وجوه 142

ثلاث خصال لم يعر منها نبي فمن دونه 142

The Three Roots of Infidelity 143

The Three Forms of Debts 143

اصول الكفر ثلاثة 143

الدين على ثلاثة وجوه 144

You Must Seek Permission to Enter Three Times 144

Three People Not to Greet 144

The Best Three People 144

وجوه الاستيذان ثلاثة 145

ثلاثة لا يسلمون 145

خير الناس ثلاثة 145

Three Characteristics Indicate Affluence, Beauty and Defeat of Your Enemies 145

Three Things Are Pleasing to the Eyes 146

Three Good Characteristics 146

Three Wasteful Acts 146

ثلاث خصال خصلة منها تظهر الغنى وخصلة تظهر الجمال وخصلة تكبت الاعداء 146

ثلاث من سنن المرسلين 146

ثلاثة يجلين البصر 146

الخصال الجميلة ثلاث 147

السرف في ثلاث 147

God’s Prophet (MGB) Cursed Three People 147

Ranks in Heaven Which Only Three People Can Attain 147

Three People Are Not Subject to the Rules 147

Three people swore to kill the Prophet, but Ali rose up against them 148

لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ثلاثة 148

في الجنة درجة لا ينالها الا ثلاثة 148

رفع القلم عن ثلاثة 148

حديث الثلاثة الذين حلفوا أن يقتلوا رسول الله فنهض اليهم علي 149

Three Characteristics in Doing Good to One’s Brethren 151

في البر بالاخوان والسعى في حوائجهن ثلاث خصال 152

Three Locations Where Defecation is Admonished Against 153

There Are Three Problems in Getting Exposed to the Sun 153

There are Three Signs for One Who is Wasteful 153

All Eyes Will Weep on the Resurrection Day Except Three 153

All Good Is In Three Traits 153

النهى عن التغوط في ثلاثة مواضع 153

في استقبال الشمس ثلاث خصال ردية 154

للمسرف ثلاث علامات 154

كل عين باكية يوم القيامة الا ثلاث أعين 154

جمع الخير كله في ثلاث خصال 154

Three People Riding on an Animal is Admonished Against 154

The Right of an Ill-Traveller upon his Travel Companions Is to Stay with him for Three Days 155

Three Bad Attributes for Black Shoes and Three Good for Yellow Ones 155

Learn Three Traits from the Crow 155

النهى عن ارتداف ثلاثة نفر على الدابة 155

حق المسافر أن يقيم عليه أصحابه اذا مرض ثلاثا 156

في النعل السوداء ثلاث خصال ردية، وفى الصفراء ثلاث خصال محمودة 156

تعلموا من الغراب ثلاث خصال 156

Three Things Are the Result of Another Three Things 156

There Is Bad a Omen in Three Things 156

Three Groups Disregard the Warnings Given to Them 157

ثلاثة تكون مع ثلاثة 157

الشؤم في ثلاثة 157

الذين نسوا ما ذكروا به ثلاثة اصناف 158

ثلاثة في حرز الله عز وجل إلى أن يفرغ الله من الحساب 158

Whoever Is Granted Three Things Not Deprived of Three 158

Admonished against Consulting with Three People 158

The Intellect Is Divided into Three Parts 159

من أعطى ثلاثة لم يحرم ثلاثة 159

النهي عن مشاورة ثلاثة 159

قسم العقل على ثلاثة أجزاء 159

Adam Chose One of Three Characteristics 160

One’s Intellect Can be Measured by Three Things 160

Our Followers Are in Three Groups 160

Our Followers Will be Tested Under Three Circumstances 160

خير آدم من ثلاثة خصال واحدة 161

يعتبر على الرجل في ثلاث 161

الشيعة ثلاث 161

امتحان الشيعة عند ثلاث 161

Whoever Possesses Three Characteristics Has Perfect Faith 161

ثلاث خصال من كن فيه فقد استكمل الايمان 162

Three Whom God Shall Not Talk to, Look at, or Purify 165

ثلاثا لا يكلمهم الله عز وجل يوم القيامة ولا ينظر اليهم ولا يزكيهم ولهم عذاب اليم 166

The Most Horrible Instances for People 166

The Three Partners in Oppression 167

One Who Divulges What Others Say Has Killed Three People 167

Three Places for a Believer and Three for an Infidel 167

أوحش ما يكون الخلق في ثلاثة مواطن 167

الشركاء في الظلم ثلاثة 168

الساعي قاتل ثلاثة 168

للمؤمن ثلاثة مساكن سجن وحصن ومأوى وللكافر ثلاثة مساكن 168

The Days of the Honorable the Exalted God’s Are Three 168

Three People Will be Punished on the Resurrection Day 168

Three Characteristics Make You Immune from Haughtiness 169

أيام الله عز وجل ثلاثة 169

ثلاثة يعذبون يوم القيامة 169

ثلاث خصال تبرئ من الكبر 170

Three Characteristics Enable Enjoining Good and bidding Evil 170

Three Are Not Pure 170

Having Three Characteristics Is Enough for One to Be Bad 170

Three Reasons for Not Loving the Family of the Prophet 171

يأمر بالمعروف وينهى عن المنكر من كانت فيه ثلاثة خصال 171

ثلاثة لا ينجبون 171

كفى بالمرء عيبا ان يكون فيه ثلاث خصال 171

من لم يحب عترة النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فهو لاحدى ثلاث 171

The Best Three Deeds in the Opinion of God 172

Fire Shall Speak to Three People on the Resurrection Day 172

Three Back-Breaking Things 172

احب الامور إلى الله ثلاثة 173

تكلم النار يوم القيامة ثلاثة 173

ثلاث قاصمات الظهر 173

God Has Honored His Servants with Three Things 173

You Should Only Stay Up Late at Night for Three Causes 174

Were It Not for Three Reasons, Man Would Never Bow Down 174

تطول الله عز وجل على عباده بثلاث 174

لا سهر الا في ثلاث 175

لولا ثلاث في ابن آدم ما طأطأ رأسه شيء 175

The Rules of the Religion Are Summarized in Three Things 175

Three Sources of Sedition 175

There Are Three Friends for a Muslim 175

جميع شرايع الدين ثلاثة أشياء 176

الفتن ثلاث 176

للمرء المسلم ثلاثة أخلاء 176

أوحى الله إلى النبي في علي ثلاث كلمات 178

Men Are of Three Kinds 179

No One Deserves to Be a Leader Unless He Has Three Characteristics 179

الرجال ثلاثة 180

الامامة لا تصلح الا لرجل فيه ثلاث خصال 180

On Three Hajj Pilgrimage 181

في من حج ثلاثة حجج 181

On Whoever Sends Three Believers to the Hajj Pilgrimage 182

There Are Three Signs in Joseph’s Shirt 182

There Are Three Forms of Oppression 182

في من حج بثلاثة نفر من المؤمنين 183

كان في قميص يوسف ثلاث آيات 183

الظلم ثلاثة 183

Three Ways Having Intercourse Becomes Legitimate 184

All the Nation but Three Can Hope to Be Saved 184

The Worst Three Times for Man 184

تحل الفروج بثلاثة وجوه 184

ترجى النجاة لجميع الامة الا لاحد ثلاثة 185

أشد ساعات ابن آدم ثلاث ساعات 185

The Worst Three Deeds of Man Near God 185

A Man Would Not Migrate except for Three Reasons 186

Three Beds 186

لن يعمل ابن آدم عملا أعظم عند الله عز وجل من ثلاثة 186

لا يظعن الرجل الا في ثلاث 186

الفرش ثلاثة 187

The Three Signs 187

العلامات الثلاث 188

Three Situations in Which God Takes Care of One’s Affairs 189

Three Types of People 189

خلق الله عز وجل العبد في ثلاثة أحوال من أمره 190

الناس ثلاثة 190

Three Inexcusable Characteristics 191

Three Characteristics One Would Suffer before Death 191

A Muslim is Perfected with Three Characteristics 191

ثلاث خصال لا عذر فيها لاحد 191

ثلاث خصال لا يموت صاحبهن حتى يرى وبالهن 192

ثلاث بهن يكمل المسلم 192

Three Advices the Prophet Gave to Ali 192

ماجاء على ثلاثة في وصية النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لامير المؤمنين 193

Three Occasions in Which One is Prayed for in the Plural 194

ثلاثة يرد عليهم الدعاء بلفظ الجماعة 195

What is said to Whoever Sneezes Three Times 195

Three Things God Never Grants A Hypocrite or a Corrupt 195

Three Are God’s Guests and under His Protection 195

The Buyer Has Three Days to Return the Animal He Buys 196

يسمت العاطس ثلاثا 196

ثلاث خصال لا يجمعها الله عز وجل لمنافق ولا فاسق 196

ثلاثة من أضياف الله عز وجل وزواره وفى كنفه 196

الشرط في الحيوان ثلاثة أيام للمشترى 197

Three things God Has Not Given Anyone any Excuse Not to Do 197

There Would Have Come a Severe Punishment from God Were It Not for the Following Three 197

Three Damned Ones 198

ثلاث لم يجعل الله عز وجل لأحد من الناس فيهن رخصة 198

ما ابتلي المؤمن بشيء أشد عليه من ثلاث خصال يحرمها 198

لولا ثلاث لصب الله العذاب على عباده صبا 198

ثلاثة ملعونون 199

Three Things regarding When Wise Men Write to Each Other 199

Three Characteristics Not of a Believer 199

God has a Paradise into Which Only Three Groups Shall Enter 200

كانت الحكماء والفقهاء اذا كاتب بعضهم بعضا كتبوا بثلاث ليس معهن رابعة 200

المؤمن لا تكون سجيته ثلاث 200

ثلاث خصال لمن يؤخذ منه شيء من دنياه قسرا 200

لله عز وجل جنة لا يدخلها الا ثلاثة 201

Three Characteristics That Shiites Do Not Have 201

The Hardest Three Things for the Servants to Do 201

ثلاث خصال لا تكون في الشيعة 202

ثلاث خصال من أشد ما عمل العباد 202

Satan’s Saying that the Children of Adam Cannot Defeat Me in at Least Three Situations 203

Three Things That are Really Hard for the People 203

Three Acts to Perfect Good Deeds 203

قول ابليس لعنه الله لنوح اذكرنى في ثلاثة مواطن 203

قول ابليس لعنه الله ما أعيانى في ابن ادم فلن يعيينى منه واحدة من ثلاث 204

ثلاث خصال لا يطيقهن الناس 204

المعروف لا يصلح الابثلاث خصال 204

The Three Hands 204

The Three Donors 205

الايدي ثلاث 205

ثلاث خصال مستحبة 205

المعطون ثلاثة 205

It Is Not Proper to Beg Unless under One of Three Conditions 206

لا تصلح المسألة الا في ثلاث 207

Three Things with Which God Has Honored the Children of Adam 207

One Would Not Be a Polytheist until He Does One of Three Things 208

This Nation Has Not Been Given Any Less Than Three 208

The Three Worst Afflictions 208

ثلاث خصال تطول الله بها عز وجل على ابن آدم 208

لا يكون العبد مشركا حتى يفعل احدى ثلاث خصال 209

لم تعط هذه الامة اقل من ثلاث 209

جهد البلاء في ثلاثة 209

Three Things Not in My Nation 209

The Angels Would Not Enter A House in Which There Are Three Things 209

Three People Are Partners in Enjoining to Do Good and Forbidding to Do Evil 210

Fear Three People Regarding Your Religion 210

ليس في هذه الامة ثلاثة أشياء 210

لا تدخل الملائكة بيتا فيه ثلاثة أشياء 210

ثلاثة يشتركون في الامر بالمعروف والنهى عن المنكر 211

اعطى الله عز وجل المؤمن ثلاث خصال 211

يحذر على الدين ثلاثة 211

Three Questions by a Christian from Ja’far as-Sadiq 211

سؤال الديراني جعفر بن محمد عن ثلاث خصال 212

The Worst Three Things of Which the Earth Complained 213

Three People Whom God Will Not Protect 213

Three Will be Under the Shade of the God’s Throne on the Resurrection Day 213

Three Will Complain to God 213

ما عجت الارض إلى ربها عز وجل كعجيجها من ثلاثة 214

ثلاثة لا يتقبل الله لهم بالحفظ 214

ثلاثة يستظلون بظل عرش الله عز وجل يوم القيامة 214

ثلاثة يشكون إلى الله عز وجل 214

There Are Three Groups of People Who Recite the Quran 214

There Are Three Groups of Recitors of the Holy Quran 215

قراء القرآن ثلاثة 215

القراء ثلاثة 216

You Should Not Travel to Any Except for Three Mosques 216

There Are Three Benefits in Radishes 216

There Is No Harm in Three Things 216

The Prophet Guarantees Three Places of Residence in Paradise for Whoever Abandons Three Characteristics 217

لا تشد الرحال الا إلى ثلاثة مساجد 217

في الفجل ثلاث خصال 217

ثلاثة لاتضر 217

النبي صلى الله عليه وآله زعيم بثلاثة بيوت في الجنة لمن ترك ثلاث الخصال 218

The Commander of the Faithful Was Ordered to Fight Three 218

Three Characteristics without Which You Are Not from God or the Prophet 218

Three Things to Respect for God 218

أمر أمير المؤمنين بقتال ثلاث فرق 219

ثلاث من لم تكن فيه فليس من الله عز وجل ولا من رسوله 219

لله عز وجل حرمات ثلاث 219

The Truth of Faith Are in Three Characteristics 220

حقيقة الايمان ثلاث خصال 220

الحاج على ثلاثة وجوه 221

You are Admonished against Having Three Characteristics 221

The Color Black Is Detestable Except for Three Things 222

Being a Guest is Limited to a Maximum of Three Days 222

النهي عن ثلاث خصال 222

يكره السواد الا في ثلاثة أشياء 222

ما يعبأ بمن يؤم البيت اذا لم يكن فيه ثلاث خصال 223

الضيافة ثلاثة ايام 223

Three Things No Muslims Would Ever Doubt 223

The Prophet (MGB) Swears That Three Things Are Just 224

ثلاث لا يغل عليهن قلب امرء مسلم 224

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله ثلاث اقسم انهن حق 224

One Would Continue to Be Rewarded for Only Three Things 225

The Three First Fathers 225

ليس يتبع الرجل بعد موته الا ثلاث خصال 225

لا يسكن الله عز وجل جنته ثلاثة أصناف 226

الاباء ثلاثة 226

The Best Three Things for the Best Three to Wish for 227

اعطي المؤمن ثلاث خصال 227

أحق الناس بتمني ثلاثة أشياء ثلاثة نفر 227

The Three Types of Affairs 228

The Three Thieves 228

There Are Three Groups of Angels 228

Three Groups of Jinn and Three Groups of Men 228

الامور ثلاثة 229

السراق ثلاثة 229

الملائكة على ثلاثة أصناف 229

الجن على ثلاثة أجزاء، والانس على ثلاثة أجزاء 229

You Should Not Stand to Pray behind Three People 229

Three Things Make You Obese and Three Things Make You Thin 230

Three Ways by which All Muslim Decrees Are Put into Effect 230

Three Things along with Three Other Things 230

ثلاثة لا يصلى خلفهم 230

ثلاثة لا يؤكلن فيسمن وثلاثة يؤكلن فيهزلن 230

جميع احكام المسلمين تجرى على ثلاثة أوجه 231

ثلاثة مقرون بها ثلاثة 231

Three Intercede with God and Their Intercession Accepted 231

The Three in Whose Name the First Lot Was Cast 231

ثلاثة يشفعون إلى الله عز وجل فيشفعون 232

أول من سوهم عليه ثلاثة 232

There Are Three Benefits in Quinces 233

There Are Three Characteristics in Onions 233

السفرجل فيه ثلاث خصال 234

في البصل ثلاث خصال 234

لا رقى الا في ثلاثة 234

On Three Traits That Are Signs of the Jurisprudent 234

Blowing at Three Places Is Detestable 235

Anyone Possessing Three Characteristics shall Go to Hell 235

God Will Make Three Things Rule Over Whoever Gains Illegitimate Property 235

Three Sources of Comfort for a Believer 235

ثلاث خصال من علامات الفقه 235

يكره النفخ في ثلاثة أشياء 236

ثلاث خصال من كن فيه فهو في جهنم 236

من كسب مالا من غير حله سلط الله عليه ثلاثة أشياء 236

ثلاثة للمؤمن فيهن راحة 236

A Man’s Prosperity Depends on Three Things 236

Three Whose Prayers Will Not be Answered 237

Fasting for Three Days in the Month Equals Fasting the Whole Year 237

من سعادة المرء أن يكون له ثلاثة أشياء 237

ثلاثة لا يستجاب لهم دعوة 237

صيام السنة ثلاثة أيام من كل شهر 238

A Believer’s Amusement Is in Three Things 238

Whoever Has Three Characteristics Has the Whole Good 238

The Prophet Hit the Rock with a Pickaxe Three Times and Said ‘God is Great’ Three Times 239

لهو المؤمن في ثلاثة أشياء 239

من اجتمعت له ثلاث خصال فكأنما حيزت له الدنيا 239

ضرب النبي صلى الله عليه وآله في الخندق بالمعول ثلاث مرات وكبر ثلاث مرات 240

The Three Deeds Most Loved by God 240

The Three Things I Fear the Most for My Nation 240

Whoever Believes in God and the Hereafter Will Not Do Three Things 240

أحب الاعمال إلى الله عز وجل ثلاثة 241

أشد ما يتخوف على امتي ثلاثة أشياء 241

من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الاخر فلا يفعل ثلاثة اشياء 241

I Am Afraid of Three Characteristics in My Nation 242

The Three Things the Prophet Liked the Most in This World 242

التخوف على الامة من ثلاث خصال 242

حبب إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله من الدنيا ثلاث 243

As-Sadiq (MGB) Was Always Busy Doing One of Three Things 243

Al-Reza’s (MGB) Pilgrims Will Benefit on Three Occasions 244

كان الصادق لا يخلو من احدى ثلاث خصال 244

ينتفع زائر الرضا في ثلاث مواطن 245

Deeds Can be Classified into Three Distinct Groups 245

Al-Baqir Enjoined His Son As-Sadiq to Do Three Things and Admonished Him Against Doing Three Things 246

الاعمال على ثلاثة أحوال 246

أمر الباقر عليه السلام ابنه الصادق عليه السلام بثلاث ونهاه عن ثلاث 246

Once the Riser Uprises, He Will Issue Three Decrees Never Issued Before 247

The Prophet Told Salman Farsi That He Has Three Characteristics When He Gets Ill 247

اذا قام القائم عليه السلام حكم بثلاث لم يحكم بها أحد قبله 248

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لسلمان الفارسي ان لك في علتك ثلاث خصال 248

Umar Said He Repents to God for Three Things 248

قول عمر أتوب إلى الله من ثلاث 249

What Abu Bakr is Sorry About 250

On Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood Saying, “There Are Three Groups of Scholars on the Earth" 252

The Three Who Did Not Deny Revelations Even for the Twinkling of an Eye 252

The Reward of Whoever is Patient with Three Daughters 252

The Three That Will Complain to the Honorable the Exalted God on the Resurrection Day 252

قول عبد الله بن مسعود علماء الارض ثلاثة 253

ثلاثة لم يكفروا بالوحى طرفة عين 253

ثواب من كن له ثلاث بنات فصبر عليهن 253

ثلاثة يشكون إلى الله عز وجل يوم القيامة 253

The Pen Has Been Lifted up for Three 254

Stinginess Coupled with Greed Causes Three Bad Characteristics 254

رفع القلم عن ثلاثة 255

الشح يولد ثلاث خصال مذمومة 255

Three Things Makes One a Partner with the Muslims 256

Three of the Forty-Five Parts of Prophethood 256

Faith Consists of Three Things 256

بدء أمر النبي صلى الله عليه وآله من ثلاثة 256

ثلاث خصال من فعلهن فله ما للمسلمين وعليه ما عليهم 257

ثلاثة أشياء كل واحد منها جزء من خمسة وأربعين جزء‌ا من النبوة 257

الايمان ثلاثة أشياء 257

Three Who Will Not Enter Paradise 259

Whoever Three of His Progeny Are Crucified 259

The Reward for Three Things: Making Ablutions, Expressing Greetings Aloud, and Giving Charity in Private 259

ثلاثة لا يدخلون الجنة 260

في من مات له ثلاثة أولاد 260

ثواب ثلاث خصال: اسباغ الوضوء وافشاء السلام وصدقة السر 260

The Four Brothers with a Ten Year Age Difference 261

People Were Debased on Three Occasions 261

There Are Three Characteristics in Begging and the Worst of the People Are Three 261

ثلاثة اخوة بين كل واحد منهم وبين الذى يليه عشر سنين 261

ذل الناس بعد ثلاثة أشياء 262

في السؤال ثلاث خصال، وشر الناس ثلاثة 262

It is Not Allowed for One to Be on No Talking Terms with his Muslim Brother for More Than Three Days 262

Three Forms of Prosperity for a Muslim 263

The Three Truly Sincere Believers 263

لا هجرة فوق ثلاث 263

ثلاثة من سعادة المسلم 264

ثلاثة لا يكلمهم الله عز وجل 264

الصديقون ثلاثة 264

The Three Companions of the Mountain 264

The Best Deeds in the Opinion of the Honorable the Exalted God Are Three 265

اصحاب الرقيم ثلاثة 265

أحب الاعمال إلى الله عز وجل ثلاثة 266

The People Are in Three Groups 266

الناس ثلاثة 267

The Light that is Divided into Three Parts 268

The Three Reasons Why People Worship God 268

ذكر النور الذى جعل ثلاثة أثلاث 268

الناس يعبدون الله عز وجل على ثلاثة اوجه 269

Three Conditions Set by the Commander of the Faithful Ali 269

Three Characteristics of Imam Ali 269

Three Traditions Established Ascribed to Barira - the Freed Maid of Ayesha 270

ضمن أمير المؤمنين من أضافه ثلاث خصال 270

ثلاث كن في أمير المؤمنين 270

جرت في بريرة مولاة عائشة ثلاث من السنن 271

Three People Ascribed Lies to God’s Prophet (MGB) 271

Three People Are Cursed: the Rider, the Leader and the Driver 271

Three Great Offenses 272

ثلاثة كانوا يكذبون على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله 272

ثلاثة ملعونون: قائد وسائق وراكب 272

ثلاثة لا أدري أيهم أعظم جرما 272

Three Prophetic Traditions Ascribed to Al-Bara’ al-Ansari 273

Three Prophetic Traditions Ascribed to Safvan al-Jahmi 273

جرت في البراء بن معرور الانصارى ثلاث من السنن 274

جرت في صفوان بن امية الجمحي ثلاث من السنن 274

Three Groups Seek Knowledge 275

حملة العلم على ثلاثة أصناف 275

ثلاثة من عازهم ذل 276

Whoever is Antagonistic with Three Will be Debased 276

People Are Divided into Three Groups When Considering Fate 276

Notes 277

Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics 284

“I Will Intercede on Their Behalf on the Resurrection Day” 284

الناس في القدر على ثلاثة اوجه 284

باب الاربعة 284

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله أربعة أنا الشفيع لهم يوم القيامة 284

The Punishment of Those Who Obey Their Wives in Four Issues 284

Four Whose Prayers Shall Not Be Unanswered 285

عقوبة من أطاع امرأته في أربعة أشياء 285

أربعة لاترد لهم دعوة 286

Four Issues Strengthen the Religion 286

God Forgives One who Takes It Easy Regarding Four Issues 287

The Four Desirable Things for People in This Ephemeral World 287

قوام الدين بأربعة 287

غفر الله عز وجل لرجل كان سهلا في أربعة أحوال 287

مطلوبات الناس في الدنيا الفانية أربعة 288

Four Chapters of the Holy Quran Made the Prophet’s Hair Grey 288

The Prophet performed the Umra Hajj four times 289

لا يؤمن عبد حتى يؤمن بأربعة 289

كان لامير المؤمنين أربعة خواتيم 289

أربع سور شيبت النبي صلى الله عليه وآله 289

اعتمر النبي صلى الله عليه وآله أربع عمر 289

A Divine Leader Can Be Recognized By Four Characteristics 290

يعرف الامام باربع خصال 291

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فضلت بأربع 291

خير الصحابة أربعة، وخير السرايا أربعمائة، وخير الجيوش أربعة آلاف 291

Whoever Is Granted Four Things Would Not Get Disappointed with Four Other Things 291

God Would Not Look at Four People on the Resurrection Day 292

The Four who Will Be Riding on the Resurrection Day 292

من اعطي أربعا لم يحرم أربعا 292

أربعة أشياء اعطيت سمع الخلائق 292

أربعة لا ينظر الله اليهم يوم القيامة 293

الركبان يوم القيامة أربعة 293

Four things which the old Israelite lady asked Moses for 295

The Four Best Female Residents of Paradise 296

أربع خصال سالت عجوز بنى اسرائيل موسى عليه السلام 296

أفضل نساء أهل الجنة أربع 296

The Four Back-Breaking Things 297

God took four looks at the world 297

أربعة اشياء من قواصم الظهر 298

الاطلاعات الاربع من الله عز وجل إلى الدنيا 298

The Prophet (MGB) Told Ali That He Had Seen Ali’s Name Along with His in Four Places 298

Only Four Can Understand the Sayings of the Members of the Holy Household 299

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لعلى عليه السلام انى رأيت اسمك مقرونا إلى اسمى في أربعة مواطن 299

لا يحتمل حديث اهل البيت الا أربعة 300

Four things Are Incumbent for Him who Has Three Characteristics 300

The Poems of Satan in Reply to Adam’s Poems 301

من عامل الناس مجتنبا لثلاث خصال وجبت له عليهم أربع خصال 301

أربع أبيات شعر لإبليس أجاب بها آدم عن بيتين 301

God Has Embedded Four Things in Four Other Things 302

Do Not Consider Four Things Bad Since They Have Four Benefits 302

ان الله تبارك وتعالى أخفى أربعة في أربعة 303

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لا تكرهوا أربعة فانها لاربعة 303

Four characteristics of Imam Ali which no other Arab had 304

Muawiyah’s talk with Ibn Abbas regarding four characteristics he liked and four he disliked 304

لامير المؤمنين أربع مناقب لم يسبقه اليها عربى 305

قول معاوية لابن عباس أنى لاحبك لخصال أربع مع مغفرتى لك خصالا أربعا 305

There are four types of sin 310

وجوه الذنوب أربعة 311

The Reward of Whoever Goes On Hajj Pilgrimage Four Times 312

Four which Are Not Allowed In Four 312

If food has four characteristics it is complete 312

The four signs of bastards 313

ثواب من حج اربع حجج 313

أربع لا يجزن في أربعة 313

الطعام اذا جمع أربع خصال فقد تم 313

لولد الزنا أربع علامات 313

God advised Moses on four issues 314

Imam Ali Had Four Characteristics Whenever He Went to a Battle 314

أوصى الله عز وجل موسى بأربعة أشياء 315

كان لامير المؤمنين اذا توجه في سرية أربع خصال 315

I Wonder Why Those who Fear Four Things Do Not Take Refuge in Four Things 315

God Accepted Ali’s Curse on Those who Did Not Testify to His Mastery 316

العجب لمن يفزع من أربعة كيف لا يفزع إلى أربعة 316

أربعة كتموا الشهادة لامير المؤمنين بالولاية فاستجاب الله عز وجل دعاء‌ه عليهم 317

Four Sayings for Security In This World, and Four Saying for Security In the Hereafter 317

ما فيه الامان من أربع خصال في الدنيا والكلمات الاربع للاخرة 318

Four Characteristics Are Due to Obsession 319

Four Things Will Never Be Satiated with Four Others 319

أربعة من الوسواس 320

أربعة لا يشبعن من أربعة 320

Four Characteristics with which One Would Be in God's Light 321

Possessing Four Characteristics Would Perfect One’s Islam 321

أربع خصال من كن فيه كان في نور الله الاعظم 321

أربع خصال من كن فيه كمل اسلامه 322

Four Words of Wisdom 322

Four Characteristics in Return for Four Houses in Paradise 322

Four Characteristics For whose Possessor the Honorable the Exalted God Would Establish A Home in Paradise 322

Abandoning Four Characteristics Would Lead You to Paradise 323

أربع كلمات حكم 323

أربع خصال بأربعة ابيات في الجنة 323

أربع خصال من كن فيه بنى الله عز وجل له بيتا في الجنة 323

من سلم من أربع خصال فله الجنة 323

God shall look upon four on the Resurrection Day 324

The Shiites Will Never Suffer from Four Characteristics 324

God Would Protect Whomever Has Four Characteristics 324

The Honorable the Exalted God Chose Four of Everything 324

أربعة ينظر الله عز وجل اليهم يوم القيامة 325

أربع خصال لا تبتلى الشيعة بها 325

أربع خصال من كن فيه كان في كنف الله عز وجل 325

ان الله عز وجل اختار من كل شيء أربعة 325

Four Characteristics which Cause Grief 326

Four characteristics will never vanish in Muhammad’s nation 326

The body is sustained on four things 326

أربع خصال يتولد منها الغم 327

أربع خصال لا تزال في امة محمد صلى الله عليه وآله 327

بني الجسد على أربعة اشياء 327

Man’s Strength and Survival Depends On Four Things 327

four acts corrupt the heart and develop hypocrisy 328

The Prophet liked four tribes and disliked four tribes 328

قوام الانسان وبقاؤه بأربعة، والنيران أربعة 328

أربع خصال يفسدن القلب وينبتن النفاق 329

كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يحب أربع قبائل ويبغض أربع قبائل 329

Four acts will make the heart perish 329

The Earth Shall Never Be Void of Four Groups of Believers 329

Four Things with Which You Will Not Need Any Medication 330

Four Characteristics Not Attributed to a Believer 330

أربع خصال يمتن القلب 330

لا تخلو الارض من أربعة من المؤمنين 330

أربع خصال يستغنى بها عن الطب 330

أربع خصال لا تكون في مؤمن 331

God Has Taken a Pledge from a Believer On Four Issues 331

The Four Problems that a Believer Always Faces 331

Four Instances with A Quick Chastisement 331

أخذ الله عز وجل ميثاق المؤمن على أربعة 332

لا ينفك المؤمن من أربع خصال 332

أربعة اسرع شيء عقوبة 332

Four Things Either of Which Can Ruin a Home 333

Things Each of Which Are Based on Four Pillars 333

أربعة لا تدخل واحدة منهن بيتا الاخرب 334

الاشياء التي كل واحدة منها على أربعة 334

Najdat al-Haruri wrote to Ibn Abbas about four issues 337

كتب نجدة الحروري إلى ابن عباس يسأله عن أربعة أشياء 337

White Hair Grows In Four Places 338

There Are Four Types of People 338

a Distance as short as Four Fingers Between Right and Wrong 338

العلامات في الشيب في أربعة مواضع 339

الناس أربعة 339

بين الحق والباطل أربع أصابع 339

The treasures of two orphans were four pieces of advice 339

Four People Whom You Should Not Greet 340

Four Things Cheer You Up 340

The Four Companions Most Loved By God 340

كنز اليتيمين أربع كلمات 340

أربعة لا يسلم عليهم 341

أربعة يضئن الوجه 341

أحب الصحابة إلى الله عز وجل أربعة 341

The Fire Will Be Forbidden For Four On the Resurrection Day 341

Four Things A Little of which Is A Lot 342

Use four things before four things happen 342

All the Knowledge of the People is in Four Areas 342

تحرم النار على أربعة يوم القيامة 342

أربعة القليل منها كثير 343

المبادرة بأربع قبل أربع 343

علم الناس كلهم موجود في أربع 343

A servant has four eyes 344

يلزم الحق للامة في أربع 344

الجهاد على أربعة أوجه 345

للعبد أربع أعين 345

The Four Noblest Characteristics 345

Four of the Traditions of the Prophets 346

أربع خصال أفضل من كل شيء 346

النساء أربع 346

أربع خصال من سنن المرسلين 347

The Prayers of Four Are Not Accepted 347

Four Things Will Happen When Four Things Spread 347

The four signs of misery 347

أربعة لا تقبل لهم صلاة 348

اذا فشت أربعة ظهرت أربعة 348

أربع من علامات الشقاء 348

God summarized everything in four sayings for Adam 349

Admonishment against friendship with four people 349

جمع الله عز وجل الكلام لادم عليه السلام في أربع كلمات 350

النهى عن مصادقة أربعة ومؤاخاتهم 350

Four will benefit from knowledge 351

Do Not Tax Four Things 351

Four causes to grant one the permission to return a slave within one year 351

The best four forms of wealth 351

يؤجر في العلم أربعة 351

لا يماكس في أربعة اشياء 352

أربع خصال تحدث في الرقيق خيار سنة 352

خير المال أربعة أشياء 352

أربع صلوات يصليها الرجل في كل ساعة 354

There Are Four Types of Judges 354

A man has to pay for the expenses of four 354

The four Prophets who were kings on the Earth 355

القضاة أربعة 355

يجبر الرجل على نفقة أربعة 355

ملوك الانبياء في الارض أربعة 355

Four kinds of medical treatment 356

Four things will moderate digestion 356

The Four Characteristics of Leeks 357

في الشمس أربع خصال 357

الدواء أربعة 357

أربعة يعدلن الطبايع 357

في الكراث أربع خصال 357

Four Signs of Blood Pressure 358

The Four Heavenly Rivers 358

Four Nicknames Admonished Against 358

The best and the worst four names 358

The forbiddance of using four things and four dishes 358

علامات الدم أربع 358

أربعة أنهار من الجنة 359

النهى عن أربع كنى 359

خير الاسماء أربعة، وشر الاسماء أربعة 359

النهى عن أربعة أشياء، وعن أربعة ظروف 359

Four of the Characteristics of the Prophets 360

Four who Cannot Shorten Their Prayers 360

الامر بدفن أربعة أشياء 360

أربع خصال من أخلاق الانبياء 361

أربعة يجب عليهم التمام في سفر كانوا أو في حضر 361

Do Not Shorten Prayers On Four Occasions Due to God’s Treasure 361

The four verses to prostrate after 361

One cannot move on the Resurrection Day until asked about four things 362

من مخزون علم الله عز وجل الاتمام في أربعة مواطن 362

العزائم التى يسجد فيها أربع سور 362

لا تزول قدما عبد يوم القيامة حتى يسأل عن أربع 362

The Prophet was ordered to love four people 363

The first four to enter Paradise 363

The four characteristics of a hypocrite 363

أمر النبي صلى الله عليه وآله بحب أربعة 364

أول أربعة يدخلون الجنة 364

أربع من كن فيه فهو منافق 364

The four kings of the Earth: two believers and two atheists 365

The Four Ways the Prophet’s Traditions Reach the People 365

ملك الارض كلها أربعة: مؤمنان وكافران 365

أتى الناس الحديث من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله من أربعة ليس لهم خامس 366

أربع خصال لا غنى بالناس عنها في شهر رمضان 371

Animals Can Recognize Four Things 371

God Created Horses from Four Things 372

The four winds 372

لم تبهم البهائم عن أربعة 372

خلق الله عز وجل الخيل من أربعة اشياء 373

الرياح الاربع 373

People Are in Four Groups 373

The Four Type of Sleeping 374

الناس على أربعة اصناف 374

النوم على أربعة وجوه 374

Satan Cried Out Four Times 375

Four things are vain to do 375

رن ابليس لعنه الله اربع رنات 376

أربعة يذهبن ضياعا 376

As-Sadiq Said that the Muslims Have Four Festive Days 377

Regarding God’s words to Abraham (MGB), ‘Take four birds. Tame them to turn to thee…’ 377

قول الصادق عليه السلام للمسلمين أربعة أعياد 377

The four characteristics despised by God 380

Notes 380

Part 5: On Five-Numbered Characteristics 389

The Heaviest Five Things On the Balance of Deeds 389

The Five Things God Ordered One of His Prophets to Do 389

أربع خصال يبغض الله عز وجل من كن فيه 389

باب الخمسة 389

خمس ما أثقلهن في الميزان 389

خمسة اشياء امر الله عز وجل فيها نبيا من انبيائه بخمسة اشياء مختلفة 390

The five characteristics of combing 391

في المشط خمس خصال 391

The Five Signs of a Believer 392

Five things are impossible from five 392

Five As Fifty 392

علامات المؤمن خمس 393

خمس من خمسة محال 393

خمس بخمسين 393

The five words by which Adam repented 393

Five Things which Could Result in Vitiligocdlxiv 394

As-Sadiq (MGB): five things are as I say they are 394

Five traditions related to the head and five to the body 394

الكلمات التى تلقاها آدم من ربه فتاب عليه خمس 394

خمس خصال تورث البرص 395

قول الصادق عليه السلام خمس هن كما أقول 395

خمس من السنن في الرأس وخمس في الجسد 395

The Prophet: I Shall Not Abandon Five Things Until My Death 395

Five Things Are Bad Omens For A Traveler 396

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله خمس لا أدعهن حتى الممات 396

الشؤم للمسافر في خمسة 397

The five who cried 397

The five major sins 398

البكاؤون خمسة 398

الكبائر خمس 399

God Appointed Muhammad (MGB) with Five Swords 399

بعث الله النبي صلى الله عليه وآله بخمسة أسياف 400

The Five Conditions of Friendship 402

A believer rolls in five types of light 402

The five pillars upon which Islam is founded 403

حدود الصداقة خمسة 403

المؤمن يتقلب في خمسة من النور 403

الدعائم التى بني عليها الاسلام خمس 404

The Five Names of Mecca 404

God made it incumbent upon His servants to pray five times 404

The five who made fun of God’s Prophet 404

أسماء مكة خمسة 405

فرض الله عز وجل على العباد في اليوم والليلة خمس صلوات 405

المستهزؤون بالنبي صلى الله عليه وآله خمسة 405

There Are Five Takbirs In the Prayer Over the Dead 408

الصلاة على الميت خمس تكبيرات 408

The Five Forms of Fear 409

Five characteristics which God and His Prophet love 409

أنواع الخوف خمسة 410

خمس خصال يحبها الله عز وجل ورسوله صلى الله عليه وآله 410

Wealth Cannot Be Accumulated without Five Characteristics 410

The Reward of Performing the Hajj Pilgrimage Five Times 411

God will try five groups of people on the Resurrection Day 411

لا يجتمع المال الا بخصال خمس 411

ثواب من حج خمس حجج 412

يحتج الله عز وجل يوم القيامة على خمسة 412

Eating five parts of sheep is disliked 412

One who Lacks Five Characteristics Shall Not Be Beneficial 412

The five instances for renewing one’s prayer 413

يكره أكل خمسة أشياء من الشاة 413

خمس خصال من لم تكن فيه واحدة منهن فليس فيه كثير مستمتع 413

لا تعاد الصلاة الا من خمسة 414

لم يقسم بين العباد أقل من خمس خصال 414

Satan Cannot Control Five 414

A business man must avoid five things 414

Five things will break one’s fast 415

Ali (MGB) said five things are especially for them 415

خمسة أشياء ليس لابليس لعنه الله فيهن حيلة 415

من اتجر فليجتنب خمس خصال 415

خمسة أشياء تفطر الصائم 416

قول علي عليه السلام خصصنا بخمسة 416

Five groups have a naughty nature 416

Five groups of people to avoid under all conditions 416

The Five Ranks of Knowledge 416

Five Jobs Are Undesirable 417

خمسة خلقوا ناريين 417

خمسة يجتنبون على كل حال 417

درجات العلم خمسة 417

خمس صناعات مكروهة 417

Five People Should Not Be Given Alms 418

A Congregation Is Not Formed with Less Than Five 418

There Are Five Heavenly Fruits in This World 418

The Prophet Has Admonished Against Five Things 418

خمسة لا يعطون من الزكاة 419

لا يكون جماعة بأقل من خمسة 419

خمس من فاكهة الجنة في الدنيا 419

نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عن خمسة أشياء 419

No One Is Aware of Five Things 420

The Perfection of a Muslim’s Faith Can Be Recognized By Five Things 420

On what requires the one-fifth levy (Khums) 420

خمسة لم يطلع الله عليها أحدا من خلقه 421

يعرف كمال دين المسلم بخمس خصال 421

ما يجب فيه الخمس 421

The Five Rivers which Gabriel Made Flow with His Feet 422

The Offering of a Cow Suffices For Five As Those of the Israelites whom God Ordered to Offer A Cow Were Five 422

خمسة أنهار في الارض كراها جبرئيل عليه السلام برجله 422

البقرة في الاضحية تجزى عن خمسة لأن الذين أمرهم الله بذبح البقرة في بنى اسرائيل كانوا خمسة 423

The Prophet has been granted five things never granted to anyone before 423

God Granted Five Things to the Prophetand Five Things to Ali 424

أعطى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله خمسا لم يعطها أحد قبله 424

أعطى الله نبيه محمدا خمسا وأعطى عليا خمسا 424

Five things constitute being shy in front of God 425

God would accept the Prophet’s intercession for five persons 425

حق الحياء من الله عز وجل في خمس خصال 426

شفع الله عز وجل نبيه صلى الله عليه وآله في خمسة 426

Paradise is Guaranteed for Five Things 426

The Prophet Would Be Assisted By Ali In Five Circumstances 426

Blessed Bedvii Those who Have Five Characteristics 427

The followers of Ja’far have all the following five characteristics 427

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله من يضمن لى خمسا اضمن له الجنة 427

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله أعطيت في على خمسا 427

طوبى لمن كان فيه خمس خصال 428

شيعة جعفر بن محمد من اجتمع فيه خمس خصال 428

Five people cannot sleep 428

The Mill in Hell which Grinds Five Groups of People 428

Admonishing against killing five and ordering to kill five 429

خمسة لا ينامون 429

في جهنم رحى تطحن خمسة 429

النهي عن قتل خمسة والامر بقتل خمسة 430

The five cursed ones 430

Nothing is Better Than the Following Five On the Eid ul-Azha 430

No One Can Benefit from Those who Lack Five Characteristics 430

The Five Characteristics of a White Rooster 431

خمسة ملعونون 431

ما من عمل يوم النحر أفضل من خمس خصال 431

خمس خصال من عدمت فيه لم يكن فيه كثير مستمتع 431

في الديك الابيض خمس خصال 432

The Five whose Supplications Are Not Answered 432

The Five Prophets who Are the Owners of Shari’a 432

خمسة لا يستجاب لهم 433

الامر بتمجيد الله عز وجل في خمس كلمات 433

أولو العزم من الرسل خمسة 433

Five People’s Corpses Should Not Be Buried Until the Condition of Their Body Changes 434

The Five Blessed And The Five Cursed Mosques In Kufa 434

Praying In Five of the Mosques In Kufa is Admonished Against 434

خمسة ينتظر بهم إلى أن يتغيروا 435

خمسة مساجد بالكوفة ملعونة وخمسة مباركة 435

النهي عن الصلاة في خمسة مساجد بالكوفة 435

Five Should Say the Complete Prayers while On A Journey 435

It Is Fine to See Five Parts of the Body of An Unfamiliar Woman 436

The Gates of the Heavens Open At Five Appointed Times 436

Paradise Is Eager For Five 436

خمسة يجب عليهم التمام في السفر 436

للرجل ان يرى من المرأة التي ليست له بمحرم خمسة اشياء 436

تفتح ابواب السماء في خمسة مواقيت 437

الجنة تشتاق إلى خمسة 437

One Can Divorce Women If They Are in the Following Conditions 437

The Five Signs of the Coming of the Riser (MGB) 437

There can be no oath of condemnationdxxiv between five types of women and their spouses 438

خمس يطلقن على كل حال 438

علامات خروج القائم عليه السلام خمس 438

ليس بين خمس من النساء وبين أزواجهن ملاعنة 438

The sayings by which God tested Abraham (MGB) 439

الكلمات التي ابتلى ابراهيم ربه بهن فاتمهن خمس 440

Imam Ali (MGB) ordered his staff to do five things 447

كتب أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام إلى عماله بخمس خصال 448

Five things are due to our nature 448

The Five Great Nobilities of Imam Ali 448

خمس من الفطرة 449

خمس مناقب لامير المؤمنين عليه السلام 449

A Judge Must Rule Based on what is Apparent in Five Circumstances 450

The five pioneers 450

The Five Traditions Practiced By Abdul Mutalib During the Age of Ignorance which God Established In Islam 450

خمسة أشياء يجب الاخذ فيها على القاضي بظاهر الحكم 451

السباق الخسمة 451

سن عبدالمطلب في الجاهلية خمس سنن اجراها الله عز وجل في الاسلام 451

Banquets Should Be Served Only In Five Situations 452

لا وليمة الا في خمس 453

The Prophet asked his Lord for five things regarding Ali 453

سأل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ربه عز وجل في علي خمس خصال 454

خمسة لو رحل الناس فيهن ما قدروا على مثلهن 456

The Five Characteristics of Fridays 456

Those Whom Should Not Be Married 457

The Best of the People are those who do Five Deeds 457

في يوم الجمعة خمس خصال 457

كراهة التزويج بخمس 458

خيار العباد الذين يفعلون خمس خصال 458

There Are Five Characteristics in Fair Speech 458

Five Things Granted to Muhammad’s Nation Exclusively 458

Five Who Flee from Five on the Resurrection Day 459

في القول الحسن خمس خصال 459

اعطيت امة محمد في شهر رمضان خمسا لم يعطهن امة نبي قبله 459

يفر يوم القيامة خمسة من خمسة 460

Five of the Prophets Who Spoke in Arabic 460

Five of the Most Wicked Creatures 461

خمسة من الانبياء عليهم السلام تكلموا بالعربية 461

خمسة من شر خلق الله عز وجل 461

Notes 462

Part 6: On Six-Numbered Characteristics 467

There Are Six Characteristics In This Nation 467

There Are Six Characteristics In Adultery 467

باب الستة 467

في هذه الامة ست خصال 467

في الزنا ست خصال 468

If You Do Six Things, You Would Be Admitted to Paradise 469

The six things doing which would end up into Paradise 469

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله تقبلوا لي بست خصال أتقبل لكم بالجنة 469

ست خصال من فعلهن دخل الجنة 470

The Six Prophets with Two Names 470

Six Things which Were Not In the Wombs of Their Mothers 470

Six characteristics beneficial for a believer after he dies 471

ستة من الانبياء عليهم السلام لكل واحد منهم اسمان 471

ستة لم يركضوا في رحم 471

ست خصال ينتفع بها المؤمن بعد موته 472

Six Things Are Written on the Gates of Paradise 472

Six forms of generosity 472

The Alms Is Divided Up Into Six Parts 472

ست كلمات مكتوبة على باب الجنة 473

ست خصال من المروء‌ة 473

يقسم الخمس ستة أسهم 473

Six things out of our control 474

God would punish six groups of people for six reasons 474

Six characteristics which a believer doesn’t have 474

You Should Not Greet Six People 474

ستة اشياء ليس للعباد فيها صنع 475

ان الله عز وجل يعذب ستة بست خصال 475

ست خصال لا تكون في المؤمن 475

ستة لا يسلم عليهم 475

I Wonder About Six Things 476

Admonished against killing six animals 476

ست عجيبات 476

النهي عن قتل ستة 477

Six characteristics considered to be undesirable for the Prophet (MGB), his Trustees, and his followers 477

The Easy Religion of Muhammad Has Six Characteristics 478

ست خصال كرهها الله لنبيه وللاوصياء من ولده وأتباعهم 478

المحمدية السمحة ست خصال 478

Six Tribes Are Not Modest 479

Hoarding Applies to Six Items 479

It Is Fine to Withdraw in Six Cases 479

Seek Refuge from Six Characteristics 479

ستة لا ينجبون 480

الحكرة في ستة اشياء 480

لا بأس بالعزل في ستة وجوه 480

التعوذ من ست خصال 480

Six Ill-Gotten Properties 481

Liking Six Things Cause Committing Sins in God’s Presence 481

The six rights of a quadruped incumbent upon its owner 481

ستة اشياء من السحت 481

اول ما عصي الله تبارك وتعالى به ست خصال 482

للدابة على صاحبها ست خصال 482

You should not greet six; six who do not deserve to lead the prayer; and six deeds of the people of Lot 482

The Interpretation of the Letters Which Make Up the Alphabet 483

ستة لا ينبغي أن يسلم عليهم وستة لا ينبغي لهم أن يأموا وستة أشياء في هذه الامة من اخلاق قوم لوط 483

تفسير كلمات هن أصل الهجاء 484

The Six Characteristics of An Insane One 485

المجنون من فيه ست خصال 485

Attentiveness Is Recommended at the Beginning of Six Prayers 486

Six Things of a Martyr Should Be Not Buried with Him 486

The People Are in Six Groups 486

من السنة التوجه في ست صلوات 487

ينزع عن الشهيد ستة أشياء ويترك عليه ما سوى ذلك 487

الناس على ست فرق 487

Anyone Who Likes Someone Will Not Do Six Things to Him 487

God Sent Abraham a Ring On which Six Items Were Inscribed 487

من أحب رجلا فليجتنب معه خصال ست 488

اهبط الله عز وجل إلى ابراهيم عليه السلام خاتما فيه ستة احرف 488

God protects our followers from six characteristics 489

Imam Ali (MGB) superceded others in six 489

أعفى الله عز وجل الشيعة من ست خصال 490

خاصم أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام الناس بست خصال فخصمهم 490

There are six whose prayers will not be answered 491

ستة دعوتهم مردودة 492

There are six who are damned 492

A Man’s Perfection Lies in Six Characteristics 492

The People Are In Six Groups 493

ستة ملعونون 493

كمال الرجل بست خصال 493

الناس على ست طبقات 494

Notes 494

Part 7: On Seven-Numbered Characteristics 496

The Prophet Ordered Seven Things of Man to Be Buried 496

The Prophet Admonished Against Seven Things and Advised to Do Seven 496

Seven things from the sheep that are forbidden 496

باب السبعة 496

ورد الامر بدفن سبعة أشياء 496

نهي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عن سبع وامر بسع 497

حرم من الشاة سبعة أشياء 497

The Seven Characteristics Granted to Ali (MGB) 498

اعطي النبي صلى الله عليه وآله في علي عليه السلام سبع خصال 498

The Prophet Said: ‘Blessed Be Those who Believe In Me without Having Seen Me’ 499

Seven People Will Be in the Shade of God’s Throne on the Resurrection Day 499

قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله طوبى ثم طوبی سبع مرات لمن لم يرني وآمن بي 500

سبعة في ظل عرش الله يوم القيامة 500

There are seven characteristics in raisins 500

Seven Mountains were Moved from One Place to Another Place During the Time of Moses (MGB) 501

في الزبيب سبع خصال 501

سبعة جبال تطايرت يوم موسى 502

أسماء السماوات السبع وألوانها 502

God’s Prophet (MGB) gave Abuzar seven pieces of advice 502

The belief of one who has seven characteristics is complete 503

أوصى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أبا ذر بسبع 503

سبعة من كن فيه فقد استكمل حقيقة الايمان 504

God gives seven things to one who fasts in Ramazan 504

Seven People Shall Receive the Hardest Punishment On the Resurrection Day 504

The Opening Allahu Akbars (God is Great) Are Seven 505

من صام شهر رمضان وجبت له سبع خصال 505

سبعة من أشد الناس عذابا يوم القيامة 505

تكبيرات الافتتاح سبع 506

Seven instances to recite Al-Ikhlas and Kafirun 506

A Wise Man Pursued Another Wise Man for Seven-Hundred Farsakhs For Seven Pieces of Advice 507

يقرأ قل هو الله احد وقل يا ايها الكافرون في سبع مواطن 507

تبع حكيم حكيما سبع مائة فرسخ في سبع كلمات 507

Seven Spoil Their Deeds 508

The Prostration on Seven Bones 508

سبعة يفسدون أعمالهم 509

السجود على سبعة أعظم 509

The Prophet (MGB) Has Cursed Seven Groups 509

The Seven Rights of Believers Incumbent Upon Other Believers 510

لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله سبعة 510

للمؤمن على المؤمن سبعة حقوق 511

An Atheist Eats with Seven Intestines 511

الكافر يأكل في سبعة أمعاء 512

A believer is one who has seven characteristics 513

There are seven ranks for a believer 513

Seven Hearts would Not Taste the Sweetness of Belief 513

Seven groups of learned men shall go to Hell 513

المؤمن الذى يجتمع فيه سبع خصال 513

المؤمنون على سبع درجات 514

لا يدخل حلاوة الايمان قلوب سبعة 514

سبعة من العلماء في النار 514

Seven Creatures which God Created but Not Born of Their Mother’s Womb 515

God the Sublime has partitioned Islam into seven parts 515

سبعة أشياء خلقها الله عز وجل لم تخرج من رحم 515

وضع الله تعالى الاسلام على سبعة أسهم 516

God Has Granted His ProphetSeven Characteristics 517

سبع خصال أعطاها الله عز وجل نبيه صلى الله عليه وآله 518

فلما أسلم وحسن إسلامه أخرج رقا أبيض فيه جميع ما قال النبي صـلى الله عليـه 519

The Offering of a Cow or a Camel is Accepted from Seven People 520

The Sun And the Moon Have Seven Layers 520

البقرة والبدنة تجزيان عن سبعة نفر 520

الشمس سبعة أطباق والقمر سبعة أطباق 521

There are seven territories in the world 521

The Quran Was Revealed in Seven Letters 522

الدنيا سبعة أقاليم 522

سبعة مواطن ليس فيها دعاء موقت 522

سبعة لايقرؤون القرآن 522

نزل القرآن على سبعة أحرف 523

Since God Created the Earth, He Has Created Seven Groups of Learned Men 523

خلق الله عز وجل في الارض منذ خلقها سبعة عالمين 524

Nothing In the Heavens And the Earth Except Due To Seven Things 525

The Prophet Said Allahu Akbar Seven Times When Al-Najashi Died 525

God Would Send Seven Calamities upon the People if He Gets Angry at them and Doesn’t Destroy them 525

Love for the Prophet and his Household Is beneficial on seven occasions 525

لايكون في السموات والارض شيء الا بسبعة 526

كبر النبي صلى الله عليه وآله على النجاشى لما مات سبعا 526

اذا غضب الله عز وجل على امة ولم ينزل بها العذاب أصابها بسبعة أشياء 526

حب النبي وأهل بيتة عليهم السلام ينفع في سبعة مواطن 526

what Has Been Passed On By the General Public Saying that the Earth Has Been Created for Seven 527

There Are Seven Gates for Hell 527

ماروى من طريق العامة ان الارض خلقت لسبعة 527

للنار سبعة أبواب 528

On the Resurrection Day Ali (MGB) Shall Evaluate the People Using Seven Characteristics 528

يحاج علي الناس يوم القيامة بسبع خصال 529

The seven sisters in Paradise 530

The seven major sins 531

الاخوات من أهل الجنة سبع 531

الكبائر سبع 531

God Will Test the Trustees of the Prophets On Seven Occasions in the Prophet’s Lifetime and Seven Times After his Death 532

امتحان الله عز وجل أوصياء الانبياء في حياة الانبياء في سبعة مواطن وبعد وفاتهم في سبعة مواطن 533

On What Has Been Said About the Days of the Week 561

ما جاء في الايام السبعة وأسمائها 561

What Has Been Said About Sundays And Other Days After It 562

ماجاء في الاحد وما بعده 562

ما جاء في يوم الاثنين 564

On What Has Been Said About Tuesdays 565

ما جاء في يوم الثلثاء 566

On what has been said about Wednesdays 567

ماجاء في يوم الاربعاء 568

On what has been said about Thursdays 571

ما جاء في يوم الخميس 572

On What Has Been Said About Fridays 573

ما جاء ‌فى يوم الجمعة 574

On What Has Been Said About Saturdays 578

ما جاء في يوم السبت 579

Do Not Be Hostile With the Days So That They Are Not Hostile With You 580

معنى الحديث: لا تعادوا الايام فتعاديكم 581

Adam and Eve Were in Paradise for Seven Hours 583

There Are Seven Characteristics In a Shiite 583

The Prophet Cursed Abu Sufyan On Seven Occasions 584

كان لبث آدم وحواء عليهما السلام في الجنة حتى أخرجهما منها سبع ساعات 584

في الشيعة سبع خصال 584

لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أباسفيان في سبعة مواطن 584

On the seven cases which are in Hell 586

Job suffered for seven years without having committed any sins 587

الصناديق السبعة في النار 587

ابتلى أيوب عليه السلام سبع سنين بلا ذنب 588

The seven groups of angels and the seven types of veils 589

الملائكة على سبعة اصناف والحجب سبعة 589

Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib Prayed Seven Years Before Others 591

The Evil Ones Descend Upon Seven of the Boasters 592

Seven Characteristics God Granted to the Followers of Ali 592

صلى أمير المؤمنين على بن أبي طالب قبل الناس بسبع سنين 592

تنزلت الشياطين على سبعة من الغلاة 593

أخبر جبرئيل عن الله أنه قد أعطى شيعة على بن أبي طالب ومحبيه سبع خصال 593

One Said There Were Seven People Present when the Verse of Purification was Revealed 593

Seven Groups of People Should Not Shorten Their Prayers 594

من روى أن أهل البيت الذين نزلت فيهم آية التطهير سبعة 594

سبعة لا يقصرون الصلاة 594

Remembrance of God is entrusted to seven parts in the body 595

There are seven children for the Prophet of God (MGB) 595

الذكر مقسوم على سبعة أعضاء 596

كان لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله سبعة أولاد 596

Notes 597

Part 8: On Eight-Numbered Characteristics 603

A Believer Should Have Eight Characteristics 603

باب الثمانية 603

ينبغي أن يكون في المؤمن ثمان خصال 603

Eight Groups of People Whose Prayers Are Not Accepted 604

Eight Will Carry the Throne 604

ثمانية لا تقبل لهم صلاة 605

حملة العرش ثمانية 605

Eight Pairs 605

The Eight Gate to Paradise 606

للجنة ثمانية أبواب 607

The Height of a Residential Unit Should Not Exceed Eight Zar’as 607

Eight who are not considered to be of the people 608

لايجوز أن يكون سمك البيت فوق ثمانية أذرع 608

ثمانية ليسوا من الناس 608

Those who go to the mosque often shall acquire one of eight characteristics 609

The eight classes of people who should blame no one but themselves if they are insulted 609

من اختلف إلى المسجد أصاب احدى ثمان خصال 610

ثمانية ان اهينوا فلا يلوموا الا أنفسهم 610

Guard the Mosques from the Following Eight Things 610

Faith consists of eight characteristics 611

The Eight Major Sins 611

تجنب المساجد ثمانية أشياء 611

الايمان ثماني خصال 611

الكبائر ثمان 612

The eight characteristics of Ali (MGB) 612

لعلي عليه السلام ثماني خصال 613

Notes 614

Part 9: On Nine-Numbered Characteristics 615

Nine characteristics which God granted His Prophet 615

God Granted the Followers of Ali Nine Characteristics 615

باب التسعة 615

تسع خصال أعطاها الله عز وجل نبيه محمد صلى الله عليه وآله 615

أعطي شيعة علي عليه السلام ومحبوه تسع خصال 616

The Daughter of Muhammad (MGB) - Fatimah (MGB) - Has Nine Names Near God 616

God Has Given Nine Things to Imam Ali Which He Has Not Given to Anyone Other Than Muhammad 616

لفاطمة عليها السلام عند الله تسعة أسماء 617

اعطى الله أمير المؤمنين تسعة أشياء لم يعطها أحدا قبله سوى محمد 617

Ali (MGB) Has Been Granted Nine Characteristics 618

أعطى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله في علي تسع خصال 618

Nine Things Corrupt Nine 619

The Decrees for Nine Things Have Been Said for This Nation 620

تسعة أشياء لها تسع آفات 620

رفع عن هذه الامة تسعة أشياء 621

Admonishment Against Doing Nine Things 621

A Sinner Is Given Nine Hours 621

Nine Divine Leaders from the Progeny of Al-Hussein 622

النهي عن تسعة أشياء 622

يؤجل المذنب تسع ساعات 622

الائمة من ولد الحسين بن على تسعة عليهم السلام 622

The Prophet had nine wives when he died 623

The Nine Things Said By the Commander of the Faithful 623

قبض النبي صلى الله عليه وآله عن تسع نسوة 623

تسع كلمات تكلم بهن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام 624

A Woman Reaches Puberty at Nine 624

One Who Divorced for Nine Times Can Never Be Re-married 625

حد بلوغ المرأة تسع سنين 625

المطلقة للعدة لا تحلل لزوجها بعد تسع تطليقات أبدا 626

Alms-tax On Nine Things 626

الزكاة على تسعة أشياء 627

Nine Do Not Have to Say the Friday Prayers 627

Nine Things Cause Forgetfulness 628

وضعت الجمعة عن تسعة 628

تسعة أشياء تورث النسيان 629

The nine miracles God granted to Moses 629

When the Riser (MGB) Imam appears, nine tribes will join him 630

Notes 630

Part 10: On Ten-Numbered Characteristics 634

The Ten Names of the Prophet (MGB) 634

ذكر التسع الايات التي أعطى الله عز وجل موسى عليه السلام 634

الذين يقبلون مع القائم إلى أن يجتمع له العدد يكونون من تسعة أحياء 634

باب العشرة 634

أسماء النبي صلى الله عليه وآله عشرة 634

Ten Cases of Going to House Doors 636

ينبغى ان يكون الاختلاف إلى الابواب لعشرة أوجه 637

God has reinforced the intellect with ten things 638

ان الله تبارك وتعالى قوي العقل بعشرة أشياء 638

Ten of the Especial Characteristics of A Divine Leader (Imam) 639

Ten Characteristics of Ali from God’s Prophet (MGB) 640

عشر خصال من صفات الامام عليه السلام 640

كانت لعلي عليه السلام من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عشر خصال 640

Glad Tidings of Ten Characteristics For Ali’s Followers 642

Ten Characteristics Due to Nobility 643

بشارة شيعة علي عليه السلام وأنصاره بعشر خصال 643

عشر خصال من المكارم 644

The Hour shall not come until ten signs appear 644

God has put ten characteristics together in the Prophet and the members of the Holy Household 645

لاتقوم الساعة حتى تكون عشر آيات 645

عشر خصال جمعها الله عز وجل لنبيه وأهل بيته صلوات الله عليهم 645

Anyone Who Meets God While Having Ten Characteristics Shall Go to Paradise 646

A Believer without Ten Characteristics Is Not Intelligent 646

عشر خصال من لقى الله عز وجل بهن دخل الجنة 647

لا يكون المؤمن عاقلا حتى يكون فيه عشر خصال 647

Ten parts of sheep not to eat 648

Ten Clean Parts of a Dead Corpse 648

Ten People Should Not Expect Much 648

لايؤكل من الشاة عشرة أشياء 649

عشرة أشياء من الميتة ذكية 649

لا يطمعن عشرة في عشر خصال 649

Ten Places Not to Pray 649

Ten who Shall Not Enter Paradise 650

عشرة مواضع لا يصلى فيها 650

عشرة لا يدخلون الجنة 651

One’s safety lies in ten things 651

Ten Who Put Themselves Through Hardships 652

العافية عشرة أجزاء 652

عشرة يفتنون أنفسهم وغيرهم 652

There Are Ten Ranks of Abstinence 653

Ten of your female slaves are forbidden to sleep with 653

الزهد عشرة أجزاء 654

تحرم من الاماء عشرة 654

There Are Ten Parts in Lust 654

There Are Ten Parts In Shame 654

Separate the Beds of Boys from Girls When They are Ten 655

Women Have the Patience of Ten Men 655

الشهوة عشر أجزاء 655

الحياء عشرة أجزاء 655

يفرق بين الصبيان والنساء في المضاجع لعشر سنين 656

للمرأة صبر عشر رجال 656

Ten Things Each of Which Is Harder Than the Other 656

عشرة أشياء بعضها أشد من بعض 657

Eat Melons Since They Have Ten Characteristics 661

There Is Pleasure In Ten Things 662

في البطيخ عشر خصال مجتمعة 662

النشوة في عشرة أشياء 663

The Ten Types of Prayers 663

The Ten Characteristics of Shiites 663

The Prophet Cursed Ten People In Relation with Wine 664

الصلاة على عشرة أوجه 664

في الشيعة عشر خصال 664

لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله في الخمر عشرة 665

The Reward of One Who Fasts For Ten Consecutive Years During the Month of Ramazan 665

The Reward of One Who Goes On Pilgrimage Ten Times 665

The ten parts of blessedness 665

ثواب من صام عشرة أشهر من رمضان 666

ثواب من حج عشر حجج 666

البركة عشرة أجزاء 666

The ten signs before the Hour 667

Islam is founded upon ten pillars 667

The Ten Ranks of Belief 667

عشرآيات بين يدي الساعة 667

بني الاسلام على عشرة أسهم 668

الايمان عشر درجات 668

The Reward of One Who Says the Azan for Ten Years for God’s Sake 669

ثواب من أذن عشر سنين محتسبا 670

The Ten Signs of the Hour 670

The Prophet Circumambulated Around the Ka’ba Seventy Times Each Day 670

في السواك عشر خصال 671

آيات الساعة عشرة 671

كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يطوف بالليل والنهار عشرة أسباع 671

A Man Who Makes Love to a Woman Ten Times On One of the Days of the Month of Fasting 672

Ten Pieces of Advice 672

في من واقع امرأة في يوم من شهر رمضان عشر مرات 672

عشر كلمات عظات 673

Ten Groups of This Nation Disbelieve In the Almighty God 673

The Divinatory Arrows which the People In the Age of Ignorance Had Divided Into Ten Parts 673

كفر بالله العظيم من هذه الامة عشرة 674

الازلام التي كان أهل الجاهلية يستقسمون بها عشرة 674

What Each Muslim Should Say Before the Rising of the Sun and Before Its Setting 675

مافرض على كل مسلم أن يقوله كل يوم قبل طلوع الشمس عشر مرات وقبل غروبها عشر مرات 676

The ten sons of Abdul Mutalib and Abbas 677

Notes 677

Part 11: On Eleven-Numbered Characteristics 680

Names of the Eleven Stars Which Joseph Saw Prostrating to Him 680

بنو عبدالمطلب عشرة والعباس 680

أبواب الاحد عشر 680

أسماء الكواكب الاحد عشر التى رآها يوسف عليه السلام في المنام له ساجدين مع الشمس والقمر 680

The Eleven Names of Zamzam 681

أسماء زمزم احدى عشر 682

Part 12: On Twelve-Numbered Characteristics 683

On from one to twelve characteristics 683

أبواب الاثني عشر 683

باب الواحد إلى اثني عشر 683

شر الاولين والاخرين اثنا عشر 686

The Way to Recognize the Noon In Each of the Twelve Months By Means of Man’s Shadow 690

معرفة زوال الشمس في كل شهر من الشهور الاثنى عشر الرومية 690

The Twelve Persons Who Opposed the Rule of Abu Bakr Before Ali Ibn Abi Talib (MGB) 691

الذين أنكروا على أبى بكر جلوسه في الخلافة وتقدمه على على ابن أبى طالب عليه السلام اثنا عشر 692

God Brought About Twelve Clans from the Children of Israel and Twelve Clans from Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein 699

The Twelve Caliphs and Divine Leaders after the Prophet 700

اخرج الله عز وجل من بنى اسرائيل اثنى عشر سبطا ونشر من الحسن والحسين عليهما السلام اثنى عشر سبطا 700

الخلفاء والائمة بعد النبي صلى الله عليه وآله اثنا عشر عليهم السلام 701

There Are Twelve Attributes In Brushing the Teeth 723

في السواك اثنتى عشرة خصلة 724

The Twelve Veils 725

حديث الحجب الإثني عشر 726

The Twelve Signs of the Pious 728

لاهل التقوى اثنتا عشرة علامة 729

لا يسلم على اثني عشر 729

The Prophet (MGB) took twelve steps to welcome Ja’far ibn Abi Talib upon his return from Ethiopia 730

Twelve People In the Coffin In the Lowermost Level of Hell 730

The Twelve Characteristics for Dining at a Table 730

استقبل النبي صلى الله عليه واله جعفر بن أبي طالب عليه السلام لما انصرف من الحبشة اثنتى عشرة خطوة 731

في التابوت الاسفل من النار اثنا عشر 731

في المائدة اثنتا عشرة خصلة 731

There Are Twelve Months 732

الشهور اثنا عشر شهرا 733

Twelve Hours In Each Day And Twelve Hours In Each Night 735

ساعات الليل اثنتا عشرة ساعة وساعات النهار كذلك 736

The twelve stars, the twelve deserts, the twelve seas, and the twelve worlds 736

البروج اثنا عشر والبر اثنا عشر، والبحور اثنا عشر، والعوالم اثنا عشر 737

The twelve Dirhams donated to the Prophet (MGB) 738

حديث الدراهم الاثنى عشر التى اهتديت إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله 739

The twelve chiefs 741

النقباء اثنا عشر 742

Notes 743

Part 13: On Thirteen-Numbered Characteristics 747

The Thirteen Transmuted Groups 747

أبواب الثلاثة عشر 747

المسوخ ثلاثة عشر صنفا 747

Boys Attain Puberty at Thirteen 750

حد بلوغ الغلام ثلاث عشرة سنة إلى اربع عشرة سنة 751

Thirteen Nobilities of the Commander of the Faithful Ali 751

Notes 752

Part 14: On Fourteen-Numbered Characteristics 754

The fourteen characteristics of dye 754

ثلاث عشرة خصلة من فضائل أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام 754

أبواب الاربعة عشر 754

في الخضاب أربع عشرة خصلة 754

Perform Major Ablutions in Fourteen Circumstances 756

الغسل في أربعة عشر موطنا 757

اصحاب العقبة أربعة عشر رجلا 757

Notes 758

Part 15: On Fifteen-Numbered Characteristics 760

Calamities will come if the people do fifteen things 760

أبواب الخمسة عشر 760

اذا عملت الامة خمس عشرة خصلة حل بها البلاء 760

A Child Should Be Instructed to Fast When He Is Fifteen or Sixteen 761

Saying Takbirs in Mina After Fifteen Units of Prayers on the Days of Al- 761

يؤدب الصبي على الصوم ما بين خمس عشرة سنة إلى ست عشرة سنة 762

التكبير في أيام التشريق بمنى في دبر خمس عشرة صلاة 762

The Rewards of Fasting in the Month of Rajab 763

Applying depilatory once every fifteen days 763

Notes 763

Part 16: On Sixteen-Numbered Characteristics 765

The Sixteen Rights of a Scholar 765

ثواب من صام خمسة عشر يوما من رجب 765

السنة في النورة في كل خمسة عشر يوما 765

أبواب الستة عشر 765

من حق العالم ست عشرة خصلة 765

Sixteen Characteristics Cause Poverty and Sixteen Characteristics Cause an Increased Share of Daily Bread 766

ست عشرة خصلة تورث الفقر وسبع عشرة خصلة تزيد في الرزق 767

Sixteen Characteristics Due to Wisdom 768

Sixteen Groups from the Nation of Muhammad (MGB) Who Do Not Love the Members of the Holy Household but Despise Them and Have Animosity towards Them 768

ست عشرة خصلة من الحكم 768

ستة عشر صنفا من أمة محمد صلى الله عليه وآله لا يحبون أهل بيته ويبغضونهم ويعادونهم 769

Notes 771

Part 17: On Seventeen-Numbered Characteristics 772

One Should Make Ghusl for Seventeen Occasions 772

باب السبعة عشر 772

الغسل في سبعة عشر موطنا 772

Notes 773

Part 18: On Eighteen-Numbered Characteristics 774

The Eighteen Characteristics of the Commander of the Faithful Ali (MGB) 774

باب الثمانية عشر 774

لامير المؤمنين عليه السلام ثمانى عشرة منقبة 774

God Considers Eighteen-Year Olds Blameworthy 774

Notes 775

Part 19: On Nineteen-Numbered Characteristics 776

Nineteen Words with Which Any Prayers Would Be Accepted 776

ما وبخ الله عز وجل به ابن ثمان وعشرة سنة 776

ابواب التسعة عشر 776

تسعة عشر حرفا فيها فرج للداعى بهن من الافات 776

Nineteen Orders Issued for Women 777

Nineteen Questions that As-Sadiq (MGB) Asked the Indian Doctor in Mansoor’s Presence 778

وضع عن النساء تسعة عشر شيئا 778

ذكر تسع عشرة مسألة سأل عنها الصادق عليه السلام الطبيب الهندى في مجلس المنصور فلم يعلمها وأخبره الصادق عليه السلام بجوابها 778

Notes 782

Part 20: On Twenty and Above-Numbered Characteristics 784

Twenty Characteristics in Love for the Holy Household 784

ابواب العشرين وما فوقه 784

في حب أهل البيت عليهم السلام عشرون خصل 784

Twenty Characteristics of One who Believes in God 785

للمؤمن على الله عز وجل عشرون خصلة 786

The Reward for Performing Hajj Pilgrimage Twenty Times 786

Twenty-Three Praiseworthy Characteristics of As-Sajjad 787

ثواب من حج عشرين حجة 787

ذكر ثلاث وعشرين خصلة من الخصال المحمودة التى وصف بها على بن الحسين زين العابدين عليهما السلام 787

What Has Come About the 21st and 23rd Nights of Ramazan 790

ما جاء في ليلة احدى وعشرين وثلاث وعشرين من شهر رمضان 791

Congregational Prayers Are Twenty-Five Ranks Higher than Individual Prayers 792

النهي عن أربع وعشرين خصلة 792

صلاة الجماعة أفضل من صلاة الفرد بخمس وعشرين درجة 793

There Are Twenty-Nine Characteristics In Prayers 793

Knowledge Has Twenty-Nine Characteristics 794

في الصلاة تسع وعشرون خصلة 794

في العلم تسع وعشرون خصلة 795

What Abuzar Asked the Prophet of God 795

الخصال التى سأل عنها ابوذر - رحمه الله - رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله 796

Notes 800

Part 21: On Thirty and Above-Numbered Characteristics 802

The Thirty Signs of a Divine Leader 802

أبواب الثلاثين وما فوقه 802

للامام ثلاثون علامة 802

شهر رمضان ثلاثون يوما لا ينقص أبدا 805

The thirty four women marrying whom is forbidden 808

الفروج المحرمة في الكتاب والسنة على أربعة وثلاثين وجها 808

God Has Made Thirty-Five Prayers Incumbent Upon the People from One Friday to the Next 809

Notes 810

Part 22: On Forty And above-Numbered Characteristics 813

The Prayer of the Drunken Is Not Accepted for Forty Days 813

فرض الله تبارك وتعالى على الناس من الجمعة إلى الجمعة خمسا وثلاثين صلاة 813

أبواب الاربعين وما فوقه 813

شارب الخمر لا تقبل صلاته أربعين يوما 813

The Forty Types of Fasting 813

الصوم على أربعين وجها 814

praying for forty brethren before praying for oneself 818

One to Whose Goodness Forty Believing Men Testify 819

في من قدم أربعين رجلا من اخوانه في دعائه ثم دعا لنفسه 819

في من شهد له بعد موته أربعون رجلا من المؤمنين بالخير 819

Admonishment Against Not Shaving the Pubic Hair for More than Forty Days 820

The Earth Would Become Filthy for Forty Days Due to the Urination of One Who Is Not Circumcised 820

On One who Takes A Female Slave and Doesn’t Have Sexual Intercourse with Her Once Every Forty Days as a Result of which She Commits A Forbidden Act 820

في النهى عن ترك حلق العانة فوق اربعين يوما 820

الارض تنجس من بول الاغلف أربعين صباحا 821

في من اتخذ جارية فلم يأتها في كل أربعين يوما ثم أتت محرما 821

Blood-Money for A Hunting Dog 821

God granted a forty year respite to Pharaoh between two words (blasphemous sentences) 821

دية كلب الصيد أربعون درهما 822

أملى الله تبارك وتعالى لفرعون بين كلمتيه أربعين سنة 822

A Form of Repentance By which Forty Major Sins Are Forgiven 823

When the Riser (MGB) Comes Each Shiite Would Be Granted the Strength of Forty Men By God 823

Regarding Anyone who Remembers Forty Traditions 823

استغفار يغفر به أربعون كبيرة 824

الرحم تلتقي في أربعين أبا 824

اذا قام القائم جعل الله عز وجل قوة الرجل من الشيعة قوة أربعين رجلا 824

في من حفظ أربعين حديثا 824

The Neighborhood of a Mosque and its Precincts Are Forty Ells and Forty Houses In Each Direction 828

On Those who Live for Forty Years or More 828

حريم المسجد أربعون ذراعا والجوار أربعون دارا من أربعة جوانبها 829

في من عمر أربعين سنة فما فوقها 829

The Reasoning of Imam Ali with Abu Bakr Citing Forty-Three Issues 833

ثواب من حج أربعين حجة 834

احتجاج أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام على أبى بكر بثلاث وأربعين خصلة 834

Imam Ali’s Arguments against the People on the Consultation Day 845

احتجاج أمير المؤمنين بمثل هذه الخصال على الناس يوم الشورى 846

Notes 862

Part 23: On Fifty And above-Numbered Characteristics 866

The Fifty Rights which the Master of the Worshippers Ali Ibn Al-Hussein (MGB) Wrote to Some of His Companions 866

أبواب الخمسين وما فوقه 866

الحقوق الخمسون التى كتب بها على بن الحسين إلى بعض اصحابه 866

Fifty Characteristics of True Believers 878

خمسون من صفات المؤمن 879

The Reward of Whoever Goes On Hajj Pilgrimage Fifty Times 879

Notes 880

Part 24: On Seventy and Above-Numbered Characteristics 881

Imam Ali Has Seventy Characteristics which None Have 881

ثواب من حج خمسين حجة 881

أبواب السبعين وما فوقه 881

لامير المؤمنين عليه السلام سبعون منقبة لم يشركه فيها أحد من الامة 881

The Reward of One who Implores Forgiveness Seventy Times in the Qunut of Al-Witr Prayer 899

The Reward of Whoever Asks for God’s Forgiveness Seventy Times After the Dawn Prayer 899

ثواب من استغفر الله عز وجل في الوتر سبعين مرة 900

ثواب من استغفر الله عز وجل بعد صلاة الفجر سبعين مرة 900

The Reward of Whoever Asks Forgiveness from the Exalted God Seventy Times On Each Day of the Month of Sha’ban 900

The Seventy Long Narrow Piece of the Flag of Praise (Liwa ul-Hamd) 901

ثواب من استغفر الله عز وجل كل يوم من شعبان سبعين مرة 901

لواء الحمد سبعون شقة 902

The Seventy Parts of Usury 903

الربا سبعون جزء‌ا 903

The servant who stays in the Fire for seventy lifetimes 904

The Nation Will Divide Up Into Seventy-Two Sects 904

حديث العبد الذى مكث في النار سبعين خريفا 904

الامة تفترق على اثنتين وسبعين فرقة 905

The Nation Will Divide Up Into Seventy-Three Sects 905

Seventy-Three Decrees Regarding Women Differing from Those for Men 906

من روى أن الامة ستفرق على ثلاث وسبعين فرقة 906

ثلاث وسبعون خصلة في آداب النساء والفرق بين أحكامهن وأحكام الرجال 906

God granted the intellect seventy-five troops and granted ignorance seventy-five troops 910

اعطى الله العقل خمسة وسبعين جندا وأعطى الجهل خمسة وسبعين جندا 911

Notes 914

Part 25: On Eighty and Above-Numbered Characteristics 918

Eighty Verses of the Quran Were Revealed Regarding Imam Ali And No One Else 918

There Are Ninety-Five Takbirs In the Five Daily Prayers 918

The Ninety-Nine Names for the Blessed the Sublime God 918

ابواب الثمانين وما فوقه 918

نزلت في امير المؤمنين ثمانون آية ما شركه فيها أحد 918

ضرب النبي صلى الله عليه وآله في الخمر ثمانين 919

تكبيرات الصلاة خمس وتسعون تكبيرة 919

لله تبارك وتعالى تسعة وتسعون اسم 919

The Reward for Saying There is no God but Allah and Asking His Forgiveness One-Hundred Times 920

ثواب مائة تهليلة وثواب الاستغفار مائة مرة 921

Notes 921

Part 26: On from One to One-Hundred Numbered Characteristics 923

The Questions of the Jew from Imam Ali 923

باب الواحد إلى المائة 923

The Prophet (MGB) Ascended to the Heavens One-Hundred and Twenty Times 932

عرج النبي صلى الله عليه وآله إلى السماء مائة وعشرين مرة 933

One-Hundred and Twenty Kinds of Fruits 933

The People of Heaven Are One-hundred and Twenty Groups 934

Anyone who Memorizes The Quran Entirely Receives Two-hundred Dinars from the Treasury 934

There Are Three-Hundred and Sixty Days in a Year 934

الفاكهة مائة وعشرون لونا 934

اهل الجنة عشرون ومائة صنف 934

من حفظ القرآن فله في كل سنة مائتا دينار في بيت المال 935

السنة ثلاثمائة وستون يوما 935

Circumambulating Three-hundred and Sixty Times 935

Some of the characteristics of Religious Decrees 935

الطواف عدد أيام السنة 936

خصال من شرايع الدين 936

Menstruation is Ten Days Maximum and Three Minimum 940

Notes 949

Part 27: On Four-Hundred-Numbered Characteristics 955

In One Meeting, Imam Ali Taught Four-hundred Things Each of Which is Very Useful for a Muslim’s Life and Religion 955

أبواب الاربعمائة 955

علم أمير المؤمنين أصحابه في مجلس واحد أربع مائة باب مما يصلح للمسلم في دينه ودنياه 955

Notes 1001

Part 28: On More than One-Thousand Numbered Characteristics 1005

Four-Thousand Gates to Prayer 1005

What Was Written at the Base of God’s Throne Seven-Thousand Years before the Creation of Adam (MGB) 1005

أبواب الألف وما فوقه 1005

ما كتب على باب الجنة قبل خلق السموات والارض بالفى عام 1005

الصلاة لها أربعة آلاف باب 1006

ما وجد على ساق العرش مكتوبا قبل خلق آدم بسبعة آلاف سنة 1006

God Has Twelve Thousand Worlds 1007

There Were Twelve Thousand Companions of The Prophet 1007

A Light Near God Four Thousand Years before the Creation of Adam 1007

من روى أن لله عز وجل اثنى عشر ألف عالم 1007

كان أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله اثنى عشر ألف رجل 1008

النور الذى كان بين يدى الله عز وجل قبل خلق آدم 1008

A Writing in between the Angel Mahmood's Two Shoulders Twenty-Two Thousand Years before the Creation of Adam 1008

God Has Created One-Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Prophets and One-Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Trustees 1009

ذكر المكتوب بين كتفي محمود الملك قبل خلق آدم باثنين وعشرين ألف عام 1009

خلق الله مائة وأربعة وعشرين ألف نبي و مائة وأربعة وعشرين ألف وصي 1010

God Addressed Moses with One-Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Words 1010

ناجى الله تعالى موسى بمائة وأربعة وعشرين ألف كلمة 1011

علم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عليا ألف باب يفتح كل باب ألف باب 1011

God Has Created One Million Worlds and One Million Breed of Humans 1028

خلق الله عز وجل ألف ألف عالم وألف ألف آدم 1028

Notes 1029