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40 - إكرامُ الإخوانِ وإعظامُهُم‏

40 Honoring and Glorifying One's Brothers

106. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما في اُمّتي عبدٌ ألْطَفَ أخاهُ في اللَّهِ بشي‏ءٍ مِن لُطْفٍ إلّا أخْدَمَهُ اللَّهُ مِن خَدَمِ الجنّةِ1

106. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Any person in my community who acts kindly towards his brother in faith, Allah will grant him the service of the servants of Paradise.'2

107. ا لإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن أتاهُ أخوهُ المسلمُ فأكرَمَهُ فإنّما أكرَمَ اللَّهَ عزّ وجلّ3

107. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'A man who honours his believing brother when he comes to [visit] him is, by doing so, honouring Allah, Mighty and Exalted.'4

(اُنظر) عنوان 282 «التعظيم»

(See also: VENERATION 282)

Notes

1. الكافي : 2 / 206 / 4 .

2. al-Kafi, v. 2 , p. 206 , no. 4

3. بحار الأنوار : 74 / 298 / 32 .

4. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 74 , p. 298 , no. 32

41 - قضاءُ حاجَةِ الإخوانِ‏

41 Fulfilling Brothers' Needs

108. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا يُكلِّفْ أحدُكُم أخاهُ الطَّلَبَ إذا عَرَفَ حاجتَهُ1

108. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Let none of you compel his brother to ask, if you already know about his need.'2

109. ا لإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : اللَّهُ في عَونِ المؤمنِ ما كانَ المؤمنُ في عَونِ أخيهِ3

109. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Allah helps the believer as long as the believer helps his brother.'4

110. ا لإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن قَضى‏ لأخيهِ المؤمنِ حاجةً قضى‏ اللَّهُ عزّوجلّ له يومَ القيامةِ مائةَ ألفِ حاجةٍ5

110. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'He who fulfils one need of his believing brother, Allah will fulfil one hundred thousand needs of his on the Day of Resurrection.'6

111. ا لإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : كَفى‏ بالمَرْءِ اعتِماداً على‏ أخيهِ أنْ يُنْزِلَ بهِ حاجتَهُ7

111. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'It suffices for a man to depend on his brother to charge him with his need.'8

(اُنظر) الحاجة : باب 585 ؛ السؤال( 2) : باب 904 ؛ السرور : باب 925 ، 928

(See also: THE NEED: section 585; ASKING (2): section 904; HAPPINESS: section 925, 928)

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 74 / 166 / 29 .

2. Ibid. p. 166 , no. 29

3. بحار الأنوار : 74 / 322 / 89 .

4. Ibid. p. 322 , no. 89

5. بحار الأنوار : 74 / 322 / 90 .

6. Ibid. p. 89 , no. 90

7. الكافي : 2 / 198 / 8 .

8. al-Kafi, v. 2 , p. 198 , no. 8

42 - أدَبُ الإخاءِ

42 The Etiquette of Brotherhood

112. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إذا آخى‏ أحَدُكُم رَجُلاً فَلْيَسألْهُ عَنِ اسمِهِ وَاسمِ أبيهِ وقَبيلَتِهِ ومَنزِلِهِ ؛ فَإنّهُ مِن واجِبِ الحَقِّ وصافِي الإخاءِ ، وإلّا فَهِيَ مَوَدَّةٌ حَمْقاءُ1

112. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When one of you takes a brother, he must ask him his name, his father's name, his tribe and his address. This is part of true brotherhood, otherwise it is a foolish amity.'2

113. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : اِلْقَ أخاكَ بوجْهٍ مُنبسِطٍ3

113. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Meet your brother with a joyful face.'4

114. ب حار الأنوار عَن أنَس : كانَ رَسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله إذا فَقَدَ الرَّجُلَ مِن إخْوانِهِ ثَلاثَةَ أيّامٍ سَألَ عَنهُ ، فإنْ كانَ غائِباً دَعا لَهُ ، وإنْ كانَ شاهِداً زارَهُ ، وإنْ كانَ مَريضاً عادَهُ5

114. It is narrated in Bihar al-Anwar: When the Prophet (SAWA) missed the company of any of his brothers for three days, he would ask about him. If he was absent, he would pray for him; and if he was in town, he would visit him; and if he was ill, he would go to see him.'6

(اُنظر) الصّديق : باب 1107

(See also friend 1107 )

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 74 / 166 / 30 .

2. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 74 , p. 166 , no. 30

3. بحار الأنوار : 74 / 171 / 38 .

4. Ibid. p. 171 , no. 38

5. بحار الأنوار : 16 / 233 / 35 .

6. Ibid. v. 16 , p. 233 , no. 35

6 - الأدب‏

6 GOOD MANNERS

1

43 - فَضلُ الأدَبِ‏

43 The Virtue of Good Manners

115. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الأدبُ كمالُ الرَّجُلِ2

115. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Good manners are the perfection of man.'3

116. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : يا مؤمنُ ، إنّ هذا العِلْمَ والأدبَ ثَمَنُ نفسِكَ ، فاجتَهِدْ في تَعلُّمِهِما ، فما يَزيدُ مِن عِلمِكَ وأدبِكَ يَزيدُ في ثَمَنِكَ وقَدْرِكَ4

116. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'O Believer! This knowledge and good manners are the value of your soul so strive to learn them, for however much your knowledge and good manners increase, so will your value and worth accordingly.'5

117. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الأدبُ أحْسَنُ سَجِيّةٍ6

117. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Good manners are the best disposition.'7

118. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : خيرُ ما وَرّثَ الآباءُ الأبناءَ الأدبُ8

118. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The best inheritance parents bequeath their progeny are good manners.'9

119. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ النّاسَ إلى صالحِ الأدبِ أحْوَجُ مِنهُم إلى‏ الفِضّةِ والذَّهَبِ10

119. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'People need good manners more than gold and silver.'11

120. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : حُسنُ الأدبِ أفضلُ نَسَبٍ وأشرفُ سَبَبٍ12

120. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Good manners are the best lineage and the noblest means.'13

121. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : عليكَ بالأدبِ فإنَّهُ زَيْنُ الحَسَبِ14

121. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Acquire good manners, for they are the best personal merit.'15

122. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام :حُسنُ الأدبِ يَنُوبُ عنِ الحسَبِ16

122. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Good manners may substitute for [noble] lineage.'17

123. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا حسَبَ أنفعُ مِن الأدبِ18

123. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'There is no personal merit more useful than good manners.'19

124. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : فَسَدَ حسَبُ مَن ليسَ لَه أدبٌ20

124. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Spoiled is the noble descent of a man who has no good manners.'2 1

125. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : زِينتُكُم الأدبُ22

125. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Good manners are your adornment.'23

126. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا زينةَ كالآدابِ24

126. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'There is no adornment like good manners.'25

Notes

1. The Arabic word adab denotes good manners, etiquette, politeness, and other such propriety characteristic of good breeding and discipline (ed.)

2. غرر الحكم : 998 .

3. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 998

4. مشكاة الأنوار : 239 / 689 .

5. Mishkat al-Anwar, p. 135

6. غرر الحكم : 967 .

7. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 967

8. غرر الحكم : 5036 .

9. Ibid. no. 5036

10. غرر الحكم : 3590 .

11. Ibid. no. 3590

12. غرر الحكم : 4853 .

13. Ibid. no. 4853

14. غرر الحكم : 6096 .

15. Ibid. no. 6096

16. بحار الأنوار : 75 / 68 / 8 .

17. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75 , p. 68 , no. 8

18. بحار الأنوار : 71 / 428 / 78 .

19. Ibid. v. 71 , p. 428 , no. 78

20. تحف العقول : 96 .

21. Tuhaf al-Uqul, no. 96

22. نهج السعادة : 2 / 50 .

23. Nahj al-Saada, v. 2 , no. 50

24. غرر الحكم : 10466 .

25. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10466

44 - الأدَبُ وَالعَقلُ‏

44 Good Manners and the Mind

127. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : حُسنُ الأدبِ زِينةُ العقلِ1

127. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Good manners are the beauty of the mind.'2

128. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : كلُّ شي‏ءٍ يَحتاجُ إلى العقلِ ، والعقلُ يَحتاجُ إلَى الأدبِ3

128. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Everything needs the mind, and the mind needs good manners.'4

129. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الأدبُ في الإنسانِ كشَجَرةٍ أصلُها العقلُ5

129. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Good manners in man resemble a tree whose root is the mind.'6

130. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن زادَ أدبُهُ على‏ عقلِهِ كانَ كالرّاعي بينَ غَنَمٍ كثيرةٍ7

130. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He whose good manners surpass his reason is like a shepherd among numerous sheep.'8

131. ا لإمامُ الحسنُ عليه السلام : لا أدبَ لِمَن لا عَقْلَ لَهُ9

131. Imam al-Hasan (AS) said, 'A man devoid of reason cannot have good manners.'10

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 77 / 131 / 41 .

2. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77 , p. 131 , no. 41

3. غرر الحكم : 6911 .

4. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6911

5. غرر الحكم : 2004 .

6. Ibid. no. 2004

7. غرر الحكم : 8886 .

8. Ibid. no. 8886

9. بحار الأنوار : 78 / 111 / 6 .

10. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78 , p. 111 , no. 6

45 - تَأديبُ النَّفسِ‏

45 Disciplining The Self

132. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : تَولَّوْا مِن أنفسِكُم تأديبَها، واعدِلُوا بها عَن ضَراوةِ عاداتِها1

132. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Take charge of the discipline of your selves and shift them away from their rough habits.'2

133. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مُعلّمُ نفسِهِ ومُؤدّ بُها أحَقُّ بالإجْلالِ مِن معلّمِ النّاسِ ومُؤدّبِهِم3

133. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'A man who teaches his own self and disciplines it deserves more reverence than a man who teaches others and disciplines them.'4

Notes

1. غرر الحكم : 4522 .

2. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4522

3. بحار الأنوار : 2 / 56 / 33 .

4. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 2 , p. 56 , no. 33

46 - مَبادِئُ الأدَبِ‏

46 That Which Brings about Good Manners

134. ت حف العقول : قالَ اللَّهُ تعالى‏ لعيسى‏ عليه السلام : أدِّبْ قلبَكَ بالخَشْيةِ1

134. It is narrated in Tuhaf al-Uqul: Allah, most High, told Jesus2 (AS), 'Refine your heart with piety'.'3

135. ت نبيه الخواطر - لَمّا قيلَ لِعيسى‏ عليه السلام : مَن أدّبَكَ؟ - : ما أدّبَني أحَدٌ ، رأيتُ قُبْحَ الجهلِ فجانَبْتُهُ4

135. Tanbih al-Khawatir: Jesus Christ (AS) was asked, 'Who gave you good manners?' He replied, 'No one disciplined me; when I saw the ugliness of ignorance I avoided it.'5

136. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : جالِسِ العلماءَ يَزْدَدْ علمُكَ ويَحْسُنْ أدبُكَ وَتَزكُ نَفْسُكَ6

136. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Sit with scholars to increase your knowledge, to improve your manners and to purify your soul.'7

137. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إذا زادَ عِلمُ الرّجُلِ زادَ أدبُهُ ، وتضاعَفَتْ خَشيتُه لربِّهِ8

137. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'When man's knowledge increases his manners improve and his fear of his Lord increases.'9

Notes

1. تحف العقول : 500 .

2. Prophet Jesus (AS) is known in the Arabic tradition as ?sa

3. Tuhaf al-Uqul, no. 500

4. تنبيه الخواطر : 1 / 96 .

5. Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1 , p. 196

6. غرر الحكم : 4786 .

7. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4786

8. غرر الحكم : 4174 .

9. Ibid. no. 4174

47 - آثارُ الأدَبِ‏

47 The Outcomes of Good Manners

138. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : سبَبُ تزكيةِ الأخلاقِ حُسنُ الأدبِ1

138. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The means to purify one's moral virtues is good etiquette.'2

139. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن كَلِفَ بالأدبِ قَلَّتْ مَساوِيهِ3

139. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'A man who is preoccupied with good manners has fewer vices.'4

140. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : بالأدبِ تُشْحَذُ الفِطَنُ5

140. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The intellect is sharpened by good manners.'6

(اُنظر) التجربة : باب 329

(See also: EXPERIENCE: section 329)

Notes

1. غرر الحكم : 5520 .

2. Ibid. no. 5520

3. غرر الحكم : 8271 .

4. Ibid. no. 8271

5. غرر الحكم : 4333 .

6. Ibid. no. 4333

48 - تَفسيرُ الأدَبِ‏

48 Explaining Good Manners

141. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : كَفاكَ أدباً لنفسِكَ اجتِنابُ ما تَكْرهُهُ مِن غيرِكَ1

141. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'It suffices you in disciplining yourself to avoid all that you hold in contempt from others.'2

142. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : كَفى‏ بالَعْبدِ أدَباً أن لا يُشرِكَ في نِعَمهِ وأرَبهِ غيرَ ربِّهِ3

142. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'It suffices man in disciplining himself to not associate anyone with his Lord in his bounties and desires.'4

143. ا لإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : أدَّبَني أبي عليه السلام بثلاثٍ قالَ لي : يا بُنيَّ مَن يَصْحَبْ صاحبَ السَّوْءِ لا يَسْلمْ ، ومَن لا يُقيِّدْ ألفاظَهُ يَنْدَمْ ، ومَن يدخُلْ مَداخِلَ السُّوءِ يُتَّهمْ5

143. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'My father (AS) refined my manners by three [statements]. He said to me: 'O son! A man who befriends a vile person cannot escape blame, and a man who does not restrain his words will live in regret, and a man who enters suspicious places will become subject to accusations.'6

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 70 / 73 / 27 .

2. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70 , p. 73 , no. 27

3. بحار الأنوار : 94 / 94 / 12 .

4. Ibid. v. 94 , p. 94 , no. 12

5. تحف العقول : 376 .

6. Tuhaf al-Uqul, no. 376

49 - أفضَلُ الأدَبِ‏

49 The Best Manners

144. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أفضلُ الأدبِ أن يَقِفَ الإنسانُ عند حَدِّه ولا يَتَعدّى‏ قَدْرَهُ1

144. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The best of manners is for man to stop at his limits and to not exceed his status.'2

145. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أحسَنُ الآدابِ ما كَفَّكَ عنِ المَحارِمِ3

145. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The best of manners is that which prevents you from committing sins.'4

146. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ضَبْطُ النّفْسِ عندَ الرَّغَبِ والرَّهَبِ مِن أفضلِ الأدبِ5

146. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Self-restraint in times of desire and fear is one of the best manners.'6

Notes

1. غرر الحكم : 3241 .

2. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3241

3. غرر الحكم : 3298 .

4. Ibid. no. 3298

5. غرر الحكم : 5932 .

6. Ibid. no. 5932

50 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ تَأديبِ الأهلِ‏

50 Encouraging the Teaching of Good Manners to the Family

147. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أكرِمُوا أولادَكُم وأحْسِنوا آدابَهُم يُغْفَرْ لَكُم1

147. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Honour your children and refine their manners and your sins will be forgiven.'2

148. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - للحسنِ عليه السلام - : إنّما قَلْبُ الحَدَثِ كالأرضِ الخالِيةِ ما اُلقِيَ فيها مِنْ شي‏ءٍ قَبِلَتْهُ ، فبادَرْتُكَ بالأدبِ قبلَ أن يَقْسُوَ قلبُكَ ويَشتغِلَ لُبّكَ3

148. Imam Ali (AS) said to Imam al-Hasan (AS), 'The heart of a youth resembles an empty land - it receives all that is thrown into it. This is why I have started to teach you good manners before your heart is hardened and your soul is preoccupied.'4

149. ا لإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لمّا نَزَلتْ هذه الآية : (يا أيُّها الّذينَ آمَنوا قُوا أنفسَكُم وأهليكُم ناراً)5 قالَ النّاسُ : يا رسول اللَّه! كيفَ نَقِي أنفسَنا وَأهلِينا؟ قالَ : اعمَلُوا الخيرَ وذَكِّروا بهِ أهْلِيكُم فأدِّبُوهُم على‏ طاعةِ اللَّهِ6

149. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'When the verse:“O you who have faith! Protect yourselves and your kin from the Fire...” 7 was revealed, people asked, 'O Messenger of Allah! How do we protect ourselves and our kin?' He replied, 'Do good deeds and remind your kin about them, and discipline them to obey Allah.'8

150. ا لإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام : مُرِ الصَّبيَّ فلْيَتَصدَّقْ بيدِهِ بالكِسْرةِ والقَبْضةِ والشَّي‏ءِ وإنْ قَلَّ ، فإنَّ كلَّ شي‏ءٍ يُرادُ بهِ اللَّهُ - وإنْ قَلَّ - بعدَ أنْ تَصدُقَ النِّيّةُ فيهِ عظيمٌ9

150. Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'Instruct the child to give charity with his own hand, be it a piece of bread or a handful of [food] or any other small thing, for everything - no matter how little it is - if done for the sake of Allah and with an honest intention is great.'10

(اُنظر) الوالد والولد : باب 1892 ؛ عنوان 234 «الصغر»

(See also: PARENT AND CHILD: section 1892 ; CHILDHOOD 234)

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 104 / 95 / 44 .

2. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 104 , p. 95 , no. 44

3. نهج البلاغة : الكتاب‏ 31 .

4. Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 31

5. التحريم : 6 .

6. دعائم الإسلام : 1 / 82 .

7. Qur'an 66 :6

8. Mustadrak al-Wasa'il, v. 12 , p. 201 , no. 13882

9. الكافي : 4 / 4 / 10 .

10. al-Kafi, v. 4 , p. 4 , no. 10

51 - كَيفيَّةُ التَّأديبِ‏

51 How to Teach Good Manners

151. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : علِّموا أولادَكُمُ الصَّلاةَ إذا بَلَغوا سَبْعاً ، وفَرِّقوا بينَهُم في المَضاجِعِ1

151. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Teach your children to pray when they reach the age of seven....and make them sleep in separate beds.'2

152. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الوَلدُ سَيّدٌ سبعَ سنينَ ، وعبدٌ سبعَ سنينَ ، ووزيرٌ سبعَ سنينَ، فإنْ رَضِيتَ أخلاقَهُ لإحدى‏ وعشرينَ، وإلّا فَاضْرِبْ على‏ جَنبِهِ ، فقد أعْذَرتَ إلَى اللَّهِ تعالى‏3

152. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A child is a master for seven years, a slave for the next seven years, and a minister for another seven years. By the age of twenty one, you must either approve of his manners or cut him loose, for [by then] you would have fulfilled your obligation toward Allah, most High.'4

153. ا لإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام: يُؤدَّبُ الصَّبيُّ علَى الصَّومِ ما بينَ خَمْسَ عَشْرةَ سَنةً إلى سِتَّ عَشرةَ سنةً5

153. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'A boy should be trained to fast between the ages of fifteen and sixteen.'6

(اُنظر) الوالد والولد : باب 1893

(See also: PARENT AND CHILD: section 1893 )

Notes

1. كنز العمّال : 45330 .

2. Kanz al-Ummal, no. 4533

3. مكارم الأخلاق : 1 / 478 / 1649 .

4. Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 1 , p. 478 , no. 1649

5. بحار الأنوار : 103 / 162 / 6 .

6. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103 , p. 162 , no. 6

52 - آدابُ التَّأدِيبِ‏

52 Methods of Teaching Good Manners

154. ب حار الأنوار : نَهَى‏ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله عنِ الأدبِ عندَ الغَضَبِ1

154. Ali b. Asbat said, 'The Prophet (SAWA) prohibited disciplining in times of anger.'2

155. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ازْجُرِ المُسي‏ءَ بِثوابِ المُحسِنِ3

155. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Punish the wrongdoer by rewarding the good-doer.'4

156. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : استِصْلاحُ الأخيارِ بإكْرامِهِمْ ، والأشرارِ بتأديبِهِمْ5

156. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'You may improve the doers of good by honouring them, and reform the wrongdoers by disciplining them.'6

157. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : عاتِبْ أخاكَ بالإحسانِ إليهِ ، وارْدُدْ شرَّهُ بالإنعامِ علَيهِ7

157. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Reprimand your brother by being kind to him, and react to his wrongdoing by being generous to him.'8

158. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أصْلِحْ المُسي‏ءَ بحُسْنِ فِعالِكَ ، ودُلَّ علَى الخيرِ بِجميلِ مَقالِكَ9

158. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Rehabilitate the wrongdoer by your good deed [towards him], and indicate towards good through your good words.'10

159. ا لإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام - عِندَ ما شَكى‏ لَهُ بَعضُهُم إبنَاً لَهُ - : لا تَضرِبْهُ ، واهْجُرْهُ ولا تُطِلْ11

159. man said, 'I complained to Abu al-Hasan [al-Kazim] (AS) about a son of mine. He said, 'Do not beat him, but rather ignore him [i.e.depriving him of your company], but not for too long.'12

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 79 / 102 / 2 .

2. Ibid. v. 79 , p. 102 , no. 2

3. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 177 .

4. Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 177

5. بحار الأنوار : 78 / 82 / 81 .

6. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78 , p. 82 , no. 81

7. بحار الأنوار : 71 / 427 / 76 .

8. Ibid. v. 71 , p. 427 , no. 76

9. غرر الحكم : 2304 .

10. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2304

11. بحار الأنوار : 104 / 99 / 74 .

12. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 104 , p. 99 , no. 74

53 - التَّأدُّبُ بآدابِ اللَّهِ‏

53 Disciplining Oneself by the Discipline of Allah

160. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَنْ تأدّبَ بآدابِ اللَّهِ عزّ وجلّ أدّاهُ إلَى الفلاحِ الدائمِ1

160. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who disciplines himself by following the etiquette of Allah, the Exalted, will have lasting prosperity.'2

161. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَنْ لم يَصْلُحْ على‏ أدبِ اللَّهِ لم يَصْلُحْ على أدبِ نفسِهِ3

161. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'A man who is not reformed through the etiquette of Allah will not be rehabilitated through his self-discipline.'4

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 92 / 214 / 13 .

2. Ibid. v. 92 , p. 214 , no. 13

3. غرر الحكم : 9001 .

4. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9001

54 - تَأديبُ اللَّهِ‏

54 Allah's Discipline

162. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ البلاءَ للظّالمِ أدبٌ.1

162. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Misfortune is a form of discipline for the wrongdoer.'2

163. ا لإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : إلهي ، لا تُؤدِّبْني بِعُقوبَتِكَ3

163. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'O Lord! Discipline me not through Your punishment.'4

(اُنظر) البلاء : باب 267

(See also: THE ORDEAL: section 267)

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 81 / 198 / 55 .

2. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 81 , p. 198 , no. 55

3. الإقبال : 1 / 157 .

4. Iqbal al-Amal, v. 1 , p. 157

7 - الأذان‏

7 THE CALL FOR PRAYER (ADHAN)

55 - فَضلُ الأذانِ‏

55 The Virtue of Call for Prayer

164. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : قُمْ يا بِلالُ فأرِحْنا بالصَّلاةِ1

164. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Stand up, Bilal, and relieve us with the [call for] prayer.'2

165. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ الشَّيطانَ إذا سَمِعَ النِّداءَ بالصَّلاةِ هَرَبَ3

165. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Satan flees when he hears the call for prayer.'4

166. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ أهلَ السَّماءِ لا يَسْمَعُونَ مِن أهلِ الأرضِ شَيئاً إلّا الأذانَ5

166. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The inhabitants of Heaven hear nothing from the inhabitants of the earth except for the call for prayer.'6

Notes

1. كنز العمّال : 20954 .

2. Kanz al-Ummal, no. 20954

3. كنز العمّال : 20951 .

4. Ibid. no. 20951

5. كنز العمّال : 20934 .

6. Ibid. no. 20934

56 - المُؤَذِّنُ‏

56 The Caller to Prayer

167. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : يُغْفَرُ للمؤذّنِ مَدُّ صَوتِهِ وبَصَرِهِ ، ويُصدِّقُهُ كلُّ رطْبٍ ويابِسٍ ، وله مِن كُلِّ مَن يُصلّي بأذانِه حَسَنةٌ1

167. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The caller to prayer is forgiven according to the distance of his voice and his eyes; every wet and dry thing testifies to his credibility; and he receives a reward for everyone that prays in response to his call.'2

168. ا لإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لِيؤذّنْ لَكُم أفصحُكُمْ ، وَلْيؤمّكُمْ أفقهُكُم3

168. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Let the most eloquent from among you call for the prayer, and the most knowledgeable from among you lead the prayer.'4

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 84 / 104 / 2 .

2. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 84 , p. 104 , no. 2

3. دعائم الإسلام : 1 / 147 .

4. Daa'im al-Islam, v. 1 , p. 147

57 - الأذانُ في الاُذُن‏

57 Reciting the Call for Prayer in the Ears

169. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: يا عليُّ ، إذا وُلِدَ لكَ غُلامٌ أو جاريةٌ فأذِّنْ في اُذنِه اليُمنى‏ وأقِمْ في اليُسرى‏ ؛ فإنّه لا يَضُرُّهُ الشّيطانُ أبداً1

169. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'O Ali! When a son or daughter is born to you, recite the adhan in his [or her] right ear and the iqama in the left ear; then Satan will never harm him [or her].'2

170. ا لإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام: مَن ساءَ خُلُقُه فأَذِّنوا في اُذنِهِ3

170. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'He whose manners deviate, recite the adhan in his ear.'4

Notes

1. تحف العقول : 13 .

2. Tuhaf al-Uqul, no. 13

3. بحار الأنوار : 104 / 122 / 61 .

4. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 104 , p. 122 , no. 61

8 - الإيذاء

8 HARM

58 - كَفِّ الأذيِ عَنِ النّاسِ‏

58 Avoiding Harming People

171. ر سولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : كُفَّ أذاكَ عنِ النّاسِ ؛ فإنّهُ صَدَقةٌ تَصّدَّقُ بها عَلى‏ نَفْسِكَ1

171. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Abstain from harming others for this is your charity towards yourself.'2

172. ا لإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن كَفّ يدَهُ عنِ النّاسِ فإنّما يكُفُّ عَنهُم يَداً واحدةً ويَكُفّونَ عنه أياديَ كثيرةً3

172. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'A man who keeps his hand from harming people is keeping one hand from [harming] them, whilst they would keep many hands from [harming] him [as a result].'4

(اُنظر) الجار : باب 413

(See also the neighbour 413)

Notes

1. بحار الأنوار : 75 / 54 / 19 .

2. Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75 , p. 54 , no. 19

3. الخصال : 17 / 60 .

4. al-Khisal, p. 17 , no. 60

59 - كَفِّ الأذيِ حَتّى عَنِ الذَّرِّ

59 Avoiding Harming Even the Ants

173. ا لإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : فاز واللَّهِ الأبرارُ ، أتدري مَن هُم؟ هُمُ الّذينَ لا يُؤذُونَ الذَّرَّ1

173. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'By Allah, the righteous have won indeed! Do you know who they are? They are the ones who do not even harm small ants.'2

Notes

1. تفسير القمّي : 2 / 146 .

2. Tafsir al-Qummi, v. 2 , p. 146

Table of Contents

Preface 54

Introduction 56

1 - الإيثار 62

1 SELF-SACRIFICE 62

1 - فَضلُ الإيثارِ 62

1 The Virtue of Self-Sacrifice 62

Notes 62

2 - فَضلُ المُؤثِرينَ‏ 64

2 The Virtue of Altruistic People 64

Notes 65

2 - الإجارة 67

2 EMPLOYMENT 67

3 - الإجارَةُ وَ المَعيشَةُ 67

3 Employment and Livlihood 67

Notes 67

4 - كَراهَةُ إجارَةِ النَّفْسِ‏ 69

4 Divine Disapproval of Offering Oneself for Hiring 69

Notes 69

5 - الدَّلَّالُ فِي الإجارَةِ 70

5 Employment Agents 70

Notes 70

6 - ظُلمُ الأجيرِ 71

6 Wronging the Worker 71

Notes 71

7 - إعلامُ الاُجرَةِ وأدَبُ إعطائِها 72

7 Informing [The Worker] of Wages and the Etiquette of Payment 72

Notes 72

3 - الأجل‏ 73

3 THE PREORDAINED TERM [OF DEATH] 73

8 - الأجَلُ‏ 73

8 The Preordained Term [of Death] 73

Notes 73

9 - الأجَلُ حِصْنٌ حَصينٌ‏ 74

9 Death Is A Fortified Castle 74

Notes 74

10 - لِكُلِّ شَي‏ءٍ أجَلٌ‏ 75

10 Everything Has An End 75

Notes 75

11 - لِكُلِّ اُمَّةٍ أجَلٌ‏ 76

11 Every Community Has A [Preordained] End 76

Notes 76

12 - الأجَلُ المُعَلَّقُ وَالأجَلُ المَحتومُ‏ 77

12 Suspended and Sealed Ends 77

Notes 77

13 - ما يَدفَعُ الأجَلَ المُعَلَّقَ‏ 78

13 What Safeguards against the Suspended End 78

Notes 78

4 - الآخرة 79

4 THE HEREAFTER 79

14 - الآخِرَةِ 79

14 The Hereafter 79

Notes 79

15 - عَظَمَةُ ما فِي الآخِرَةِ 80

15 The Greatness of What Is in the Hereafter 80

Notes 80

16 - الآخِرَةُ دارُ القَرارِ 81

16 The Hereafter Is the Eternal Home 81

Notes 81

17 - فَضلُ الآخِرَةِ 82

17 The Superiority of the Hereafter 82

Notes 82

18 - ذِكرُ الآخِرَةِ 83

18 Remembrance of the Hereafter 83

Notes 83

19 - العَمَلُ لِلآخِرَةِ 84

19 Working for the Hereafter 84

Notes 84

5 - الأخ‏ 85

5 THE BROTHER 85

20 - المُؤمِنُ أخُو المُؤمِنِ‏ 85

20 The Believers Are Brothers 85

Notes 85

21 - الاستِكثارُ مِنَ الإخوانِ‏ 87

21 Increasing the Number of True Brothers 87

Notes 87

22 - مَوَدَّةُ الإخوانِ‏ 88

22 Brothers' Amity 88

Notes 88

23 - ما يوجِبُ بَقاءَ المَوَدَّةِ 89

23 That Which Ensures the Endurance of Amity 89

Notes 89

24 - الاُخُوَّةُ فِي اللَّهِ‏ 90

24 Brotherhood for the Sake of Allah 90

Notes 90

25 - الإخاءُ لِلدُّنيا 91

25 Brotherhood for the Sake of This World 91

Notes 91

26 - إعلامُ الأخِ بِالحُبِ‏ 92

26 Informing One's Brother of One's Love [for Him] 92

Notes 92

27 - مَوَدَّةُ الأخِ دَليلٌ عَلى‏ مَوَدَّتِهِ لِأخيهِ‏ 93

27 One's Amity for Another is a Proof of Reciprocity 93

Notes 93

28 - قَطِيعَةُ الإخوانِ‏ 94

28 Cutting off Relations with Brothers 94

Notes 94

29 - وَصلُ الإخوانِ‏ 95

29 Maintaining Brotherhood 95

Notes 95

30 - أقسامُ الإخوانِ‏ 96

30 Types of Brothers 96

Notes 96

31 - النَّهيُ عَن بَعضِ الإخاءِ 97

31 Warning against Some Forms of Brotherhood 97

Notes 97

32 - المُحافَظَةُ عَلَى الاُخُوَّةِ القَديمَةِ 99

32 Preserving Old Brotherhood 99

Notes 99

33 - الاُخُوَّةُ الحَقيقيَّةُ 100

33 Real Brotherhood 100

Notes 100

34 - اختيارُ الأخِ‏ 101

34 Choosing a Brother 101

Notes 101

35 - تَحَمُّلُ زِلَّةِ الأخِ‏ 102

35 Tolerating the Lapse of a Brother 102

Notes 102

36 - خَيرُ الإخوانِ‏ 103

36 The Best of Brothers 103

Notes 104

37 - شَرُّ الإخوانِ‏ 105

37 The Worst of Brothers 105

Notes 105

38 - اختِبارُ الإخوانِ‏ 106

38 Testing Brothers 106

Notes 106

39 - إرشادُ الإخوانِ‏ 107

39 Advising Brothers 107

Notes 107

40 - إكرامُ الإخوانِ وإعظامُهُم‏ 108

40 Honoring and Glorifying One's Brothers 108

Notes 108

41 - قضاءُ حاجَةِ الإخوانِ‏ 109

41 Fulfilling Brothers' Needs 109

Notes 109

42 - أدَبُ الإخاءِ 110

42 The Etiquette of Brotherhood 110

Notes 110

6 - الأدب‏ 111

6 GOOD MANNERS 111

43 - فَضلُ الأدَبِ‏ 111

43 The Virtue of Good Manners 111

Notes 112

44 - الأدَبُ وَالعَقلُ‏ 113

44 Good Manners and the Mind 113

Notes 113

45 - تَأديبُ النَّفسِ‏ 114

45 Disciplining The Self 114

Notes 114

46 - مَبادِئُ الأدَبِ‏ 115

46 That Which Brings about Good Manners 115

Notes 115

47 - آثارُ الأدَبِ‏ 116

47 The Outcomes of Good Manners 116

Notes 116

48 - تَفسيرُ الأدَبِ‏ 117

48 Explaining Good Manners 117

Notes 117

49 - أفضَلُ الأدَبِ‏ 118

49 The Best Manners 118

Notes 118

50 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ تَأديبِ الأهلِ‏ 119

50 Encouraging the Teaching of Good Manners to the Family 119

Notes 119

51 - كَيفيَّةُ التَّأديبِ‏ 121

51 How to Teach Good Manners 121

Notes 121

52 - آدابُ التَّأدِيبِ‏ 122

52 Methods of Teaching Good Manners 122

Notes 122

53 - التَّأدُّبُ بآدابِ اللَّهِ‏ 124

53 Disciplining Oneself by the Discipline of Allah 124

Notes 124

54 - تَأديبُ اللَّهِ‏ 125

54 Allah's Discipline 125

Notes 125

7 - الأذان‏ 126

7 THE CALL FOR PRAYER (ADHAN) 126

55 - فَضلُ الأذانِ‏ 126

55 The Virtue of Call for Prayer 126

Notes 126

56 - المُؤَذِّنُ‏ 127

56 The Caller to Prayer 127

Notes 127

57 - الأذانُ في الاُذُن‏ 128

57 Reciting the Call for Prayer in the Ears 128

Notes 128

8 - الإيذاء 129

8 HARM 129

58 - كَفِّ الأذيِ عَنِ النّاسِ‏ 129

58 Avoiding Harming People 129

Notes 129

59 - كَفِّ الأذيِ حَتّى عَنِ الذَّرِّ 130

59 Avoiding Harming Even the Ants 130

Notes 130

60 - إيذاءِ المُؤمِنِ‏ 131

60 Harming a Believer 131

Notes 131

9 - الأسير 132

9 THE PRISONER [OF WAR] 132

61 - لا يَجوزُ الاستِسلامُ لِلأسرِ 132

61 Surrendering Oneself to Captivity is Not Allowed 132

Notes 132

62 - الإحسانُ إلَى الأسيرِ 133

62 The Prisoner of War 133

Notes 133

10 - الأكل‏ 135

10 FOOD 135

63 - الحَثُّ عَلى قِلَّةِ الأكلِ‏ 135

63 Encouraging Little [Consumption of] Food 135

Notes 135

64 - التَّحذيرُ عَن كَثرَةِ الأكلِ‏ 136

64 Warning against Eating Excessively 136

Notes 136

65 - مِن مَساوِئِ البِطنَةِ 137

65 Among The Vices of Gluttony 137

Notes 137

66 - الجُوعِ‏ 138

66 Hunger 138

Notes 138

67 - الميزانُ فِي الأكلِ‏ 139

67 Balance of Eating 139

Notes 139

68 - آدَابُ الأكلِ‏ 140

68 Table Manners 140

Notes 141

11 - الاُلفة 143

11 AMITY 143

69 - الحَثُّ عَلى الأُلفَةِ 143

69 Encouraging Amity 143

Notes 143

70 - لا خَيْرَ فِيمَنْ لا يأ لَفُ ولا يُؤلَفُ‏ 145

70 There is No Good in Someone Who Does Not Like Others, Nor is He Liked by Them 145

Notes 145

12 - اللَّه‏ 146

12 ALLAH 146

71 - معنى «اللَّهُ » 146

71 The Meaning of Allah 146

Notes 146

13 - الإمارة 148

13 GOVERNMENT 148

72 - ضَرورَةُ الإمارَةِ 148

72 The Necessity of Government 148

Notes 149

73 - إمَارَةُ الأشرارِ 151

73 The Rule of Wicked People 151

Notes 151

74 - قيمَةُ الإمارَةِ 152

74 The Value of Government 152

Notes 152

14 - الأمل‏ 153

14 EXPECTATION 153

75 - الأمَلُ رَحمَةٌ 153

75 Expectation is a Mercy 153

Notes 153

76 - الآمالُ لا تَنتَهي‏ 154

76 Expectations Never Cease 154

Notes 154

77 - التَّحذيرُ مِنَ الآمالِ الباطِلَةِ 155

77 Warning Against False Expectations 155

Notes 156

78 - الأمَلُ وَالأجَلُ‏ 157

78 Expectation and Death 157

Notes 157

79 - ثَمَراتُ طولِ الأملِ‏ 159

79 The Results of High Expectations 159

Notes 159

80 - قِصَرُ الأمَلِ‏ 160

80 Low Expectation 160

Notes 160

81 - النَّهيُ عَنِ التّأمِيلِ بِغَيرِ اللَّهِ‏ 161

81 Prohibition of Placing One's Expectation in Other than Allah 161

Notes 161

15 - الاُمّة 162

15 THE [MUSLIM] COMMUNITY 162

82 - مَنزِلَةُ الاُمَّةِ الإسلامِيَّةِ 162

82 The Status of the Muslim Community 162

Notes 162

83 - أخيارُ الاُمَّةِ 164

83 The Best of the Muslim Community 164

Notes 164

84 - الاُمَّةُ الوَسَطُ 165

84 The Middle Nation 165

Notes 165

85 - ما يوجِبُ خَيرَ الاُمَّةِ 166

85 Factors that Ensure the Goodness of the Muslim Nation 166

Notes 166

86 - مَنزِلَةُ الاُمَّةِ الإسلامِيَّةِ فِي الآخِرَةِ 167

86 The Status of the Muslim Community in the Hereafter 167

Notes 167

87 - ما يَنزِعُ مَهابَةَ الاُمَّةِ الإسلامِيَّةِ 168

87 What Takes Away the Splenodur of the Muslim Community 168

Notes 168

88 - ما يَخافُ النَّبِيُّ عَلى‏ اُمَّتِهِ‏ 169

88 The Prophet's (SAWA) Fear for His Community 169

Notes 170

16 - الإمامة ( 1 ) 171

16 LEADERSHIP (1 ) GENERAL LEADERSHIP (IMAMA) 171

89 - أهَمِّيَّةُ الإمامَةِ 171

89 The Importance of Divinely Appointed Leadership 171

Notes 172

90 - فَضلُ الإمامَةِ عَلى النُّبُوّةِ 173

90 The Superiority of Imama over Prophethood 173

Notes 173

91 - الاضطِرارُ إلَى الإمامِ‏ 174

91 The Essential Need for an Imam 174

Notes 174

92 - الحُجَّةُ إمامٌ يُعرَفُ‏ 175

92 The Authority is a Known Imam 175

Notes 175

93 - قَد يَكونُ الإمامُ خائِفاً مَغموراً 176

93 The Imam May be Worried and Hence, Undistinguishable 176

Notes 176

94 - لَولَا الإمامُ لَساخَتِ الأرضُ‏ 177

94 Were It Not For The Imam, The Earth Would Have Perished 177

Notes 177

95 - دَعوَةُ كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ بِإمامِها 178

95 The Summoning of Every Nation With Their Imam 178

Notes 178

96 - أهَمِّيَّةُ مَعرِفَةِ الإمامِ‏ 179

96 Importance of Knowing the Imam 179

Notes 179

97 - شَرائِطُ الإمامَةِ وخَصائِصُ الإمامِ‏ 181

97 Conditions and Qualifications of the Imam 181

Notes 183

98 - ما فُرِضَ عَلى‏ أئِمَّةِ العَدلِ‏ 184

98 That Which is Mandatory on Just Leaders 184

Notes 184

99 - الحُقوقُ المُتَبادَلَةُ بَينَ الإمامِ وَالاُمَّةِ 185

99 The Reciprocal Duties and Rights Between the Imam and the Community 185

Notes 185

100 - أئِمَّتُكُمْ وَفدُكُم‏ 186

100 Your Imams Are Your Representatives 186

Notes 186

101 - مَنِ ائتَمَّ بِغَيرِ إمامِ الحَقِ‏ 187

101 One Who Accepts The Leadership of An Unrightful Leader 187

Notes 187

102 - أئِمَّةُ النّارِ 188

102 Leaders to the Fire 188

Notes 188

103 - مُدَّعِي الإمامَةِ كاذِباً 189

103 The False Claimants of Imama 189

Notes 189

104 - لا طاعَةَ لِمَن لَم يُطِعِ اللَّهَ‏ 190

104 No Obedience Is Due To One Who Disobeys Allah 190

Notes 190

105 - وُجوبُ الخُروجِ عَلى‏ أئِمَّةِ الجَورِ 191

105 Obligation of Revolting Against Tyrant Leaders 191

Notes 191

106 - ما يُجَوِّزُ القُعودَ 192

106 Circumstances Where Desisting From Revolting] Is Allowed 192

Notes 192

107 - اختِيارُ الإمامِ‏ 193

107 Electing An Imam 193

Notes 193

108 - حَديثُ الثّقَلَينِ‏ 194

108 The Tradition of The Two Weighty Things (al-thaqalayn) 194

Notes 194

109 - وُجوبُ مُلازَمةِ أهلِ البَيتِ عليهم السلام‏ 195

109 The Obligation of Clinging On To The Household of the Prophet 195

Notes 196

110 - عِلَّةُ الاستِبدادِ عَلى‏ أهلِ البَيتِ عليهم السلام‏ 197

110 The Reason For The Oppression Against The Household (AS) 197

Notes 197

111 - فَلسَفَةُ الحُكمِ عِندَ أهلِ البَيتِ عليهم السلام‏ 198

111 The Philosophy of Leadership In The Viewpoint of The Household (AS) 198

Notes 198

112 - لَولا مَخافَةُ الفُرقَةِ 199

112 Were It Not For Fear of Dissention 199

Notes 199

113 - الأئِمَّةُ الإثنا عَشَرَ 200

113 The Twelve Imams 200

Notes 200

114 - عِلمُ الإمامِ‏ 201

114 The Knowledge of The Imam 201

Notes 201

17 - الإمامة ( 2) الأمامة الخاصّة 203

17 LEADERSHIP (2 ) Particular Imama IMAM ALI (AS) 203

1 - فضائل الإمام على عن لسان النبيّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله‏ 203

Notes 203

116 - عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام إمامُ البَرَرَةِ 205

116 Ali is the Imam of the Righteous 205

Notes 205

117 - عليٌّ خَليفَةُ النَّبِيِّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله‏ 206

117 Ali is the Successor of the Holy Prophet (SAWA) 206

Notes 206

118 - عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤمِنٍ‏ 207

118 Ali Is the Master of the Believers 207

Notes 207

119 - عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام مَعَ الحَقِّ والقرآن‏ 208

119 Ali is with the Truth and the Qur'an 208

Notes 208

120 - عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام بابُ عِلمِ النَّبِيِ‏ 209

120 Ali is the Gate to the Prophet's Knowledge 209

Notes 209

121 - عليّ والنبيّ من شجرةٍ واحدةٍ 210

121 Ali and the Propeht (SAWA) are from the Same Tree 210

Notes 210

122 - النَّوادر 212

122 Miscellaneous 212

Notes 213

2 - فضائل الإمام عليّ عن لسانه‏ 214

2 - The Virtues of Imam Ali in His Own Words 214

123 - عِلمُ الإمامِ عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام‏ 214

Notes 214

124 - مَظلومِيَّةُ الإمامِ عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام‏ 215

Notes 215

125 - ما يبدأ بلفظ «إنِّي » 217

125 What Begins with “Verily I..” 217

Notes 217

126 - ما يبدأ بلفظ «أنا » 218

126 What Begings with the word “ I ....” 218

Notes 219

127 - النّوادرُ 220

127 Miscellaneous 220

Notes 220

18 - اُمّ الأئمّة فاطمة 222

18 FATIMA, THE MOTHER OF THE IMAMS (AS) 222

128 - أسماءُ فاطِمَةَ عليها السلام‏ 222

128 Fatima (AS)'s Names 222

Notes 222

129 - فاطِمَةُ عليها السلام بَضعَةٌ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله‏ 223

129 Fatima is a Part of the Prophet (SAWA) 223

Notes 223

130 - فاطِمَةُ عليها السلام سَيِّدَةُ نِساءِ العالَمينَ‏ 224

130 Fatima is the Chief [Lady] of the Women of the Worlds 224

Notes 224

131 - غَضَبُ اللَّهِ لِغَضَبِ فاطِمَةَ عليها السلام‏ 225

131 Allah's Anger for the sake of Fatima's Anger 225

Notes 225

132 - في مُصيبَةِ فاطِمَةَ عليها السلام‏ 226

132 In Mourning for Fatima (AS) 226

Notes 226

19 - الإمام الحسن بن عليّ‏ 227

19 IMAM AL-HASAN B. ALI (AS) 227

133 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏ 227

133 Proofs for His Imama 227

Notes 227

134 - حَسَنٌ مِنِّي وأنا مِنهُ‏ 228

134 Hasan is from Me and I am from him 228

Notes 228

135 - فَضائِلُهُ عليه السلام‏ 229

135 His Virtues 229

Notes 230

20 - الإمام الحسين بن عليّ‏ 231

20 IMAM HUSAYN B. ALI (AS) 231

136 - وِلادَةُ الحُسَينِ عليه السلام‏ 231

Notes 231

137 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏ 232

137 The Proof for his Imama 232

Notes 232

138 - حُسَينٌ مِنِّي وأنا مِنهُ‏ 233

138 Husayn is from Me and I am from Him 233

Notes 234

139 - فَضائِلُهُ عليه السلام‏ 235

139 His Virtues 235

Notes 237

21 - الإمام عليّ بن الحسين‏ 238

21 IMAM ALI B. AL-HUSAYN [ZAYN AL-ABIDIN] (AS) 238

140 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏ 238

Notes 238

141 - منزلةُ الإمامِ زينِ العابدينَ عليه السلام‏ 239

141 The Status of Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) 239

Notes 240

22 - الإمام محمّد بن عليّ الباقر 242

22 IMAM MUHAMMAD B. ALI AL-BAQIR (AS) 242

142 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏ 242

142 Proofs of his Imama 242

Notes 242

143 - هُوَ يَبقَرُ العِلمَ بَقْراً 243

143 He Cleaves Knowledge Open 243

Notes 243

144 - فَضائِلُهُ عليه السلام‏ 244

144 His Virtues 244

Notes 245

23 - الإمامة الخاصّة (الإمام جعفر بن محمّد الصادق ) 246

23 IMAM JAFAR B. MUHAMMAD AL-SADIQ (AS) 246

145 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏ 246

145 Proofs of his Imama 246

Notes 246

146 - سِيرتُهُ وَمكارِمُ أخلاقِهِ‏ 247

146 His Comportment and His Noble Character 247

Notes 248

24 - الإمام موسى بن جعفر الكاظم‏ 249

24 IMAM MUSA B. JAFAR AL-KAZIM (AS) 249

147 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏ 249

Notes 249

148 - الإمامُ في السِّجنِ‏ 250

148 The Imam in Prison 250

Notes 250

149 - فضائِلُه عليه السلام‏ 252

149 His Virtues 252

Notes 252

25 - الإمام عليّ بن موسى الرضا 254

25 IMAM ALI B. MUSA AL-RIDA (AS) 254

150 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏ 254

150 Proofs of his Imama 254

Notes 254

151 - إجبارُ الإمامِ عَلى‏ وِلايَةِ العَهدِ 255

151 Compelling the Imam to be the Heir Apparent 255

Notes 255

152 - فضائلُه‏ 256

152 His Virtues 256

Notes 256

26 - الإمام محمّد بن عليّ الجواد 258

26 IMAM MUHAMMAD B. ALI AL-JAWAD (AS) 258

153 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏ 258

153 Proofs of his Imama 258

Notes 258

154 - فَضائِلُهُ عليه السلام‏ 259

154 His Virtues 259

Notes 260

27 - الإمام عليّ بن محمّد الهادي‏ 261

27 IMAM ALI B. MUHAMMAD AL-HADI (AS) 261

155 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏ 261

155 Proofs of his Imama 261

Notes 261

156 - فضائلُه عليه السلام‏ 262

156 His Virtues 262

Notes 263

28 - الإمام الحسن بن علي‏العسكري‏ 265

28 IMAM AL-HASAN B. ALi AL-'ASKARi (AS) 265

157 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏ 265

Notes 265

158 - فضائلُه عليه السلام‏ 266

158 His Virtues 266

Notes 267

29 - الإمام المهدي‏ 268

29 AL-IMAM AL-QA'IM (AS) 268

159 - أسماءُ الإمامِ‏ 268

159 The Names of the Imam 268

Notes 268

160 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏ 269

160 Proofs of His Imama 269

Notes 269

161 - البِشارَةُ بِالمَهدِيِّ عليه السلام‏ 270

161 Glad Tidings of the Mahdi (AS) 270

Notes 270

162 - غَيبَتا الإمامِ القائِمِ عليه السلام‏ 272

162 The Two Occultations of Imam al-Qaim 272

Notes 272

163 - صُعوبَةُ التّمَسُّكِ بِالدِّينِ في غَيبةِ لإمام‏ 273

163 The Difficulty of Adhering to the Religion during the Occultation of the Imam 273

Notes 273

164 - الدُّعاءُ عِندَ غَيبةِ القائِمِ عليه السلام‏ 274

164 Supplication during the Occultation of al-Qaim 274

Notes 274

165 - انتِظارُ الفَرَجِ‏ 275

165 [Actively] Anticipating Relief 275

Notes 275

166 - ظُهورُ القائِمِ عليه السلام بَعدَ يَأسِ النّاسِ‏ 276

166 The Reappearance of al-Qaim after People's Despair 276

Notes 276

167 - كَذَبَ الوَقّاتونَ‏ 277

167 Those Who Foretell a Specific Time [for the Reappearance of al-Qaim] are Lying 277

Notes 277

168 - عِلَّةُ الغَيبَةِ 278

168 The Reason for His Occultation 278

Notes 279

169 - انتِفاعُ النّاسِ بِالإمامِ في غَيبتِهِ‏ 280

169 People Benefiting from the Imam during his Occultation 280

Notes 280

170 - عَلاماتُ الظُّهورِ 281

170 The Signs of His Reappearance 281

Notes 281

171 - عِندَ الظُّهورِ 283

171 At the Time of the Reappearance 283

Notes 284

172 - العالَمُ بَعدَ ظُهورِ المَهدِيِّ عليه السلام‏ 285

172 The Universe after the Reappearance of al-Mahdi 285

Notes 285

30 - الإيمان‏ 286

30 FAITH 286

173 - الإيمانُ وَالإسلامُ‏ 286

173 Faith (Iman) and Islam 286

Notes 286

174 - حقيقةُ الإيمانِ‏ 287

174 The Reality of Faith 287

Notes 288

175 - تَآصُرُ الإيمانِ وَالعَمَلِ‏ 289

175 Relation between Faith and Action 289

Notes 289

176 - الإيمانُ وَالآثامُ‏ 291

176 Faith and Sins 291

Notes 291

177 - ما يَكمُلُ بِهِ الإيمانُ‏ 292

177 That Which Completes Faith 292

Notes 293

178 - ازدِيادُ الإيمانِ‏ 294

178 Increase of Faith 294

Notes 294

179 - دَرَجاتُ الإيمانِ‏ 295

179 The Levels of Faith 295

Notes 296

180 - أركانُ الإيمانِ‏ 297

180 The Pillars of Faith 297

Notes 297

181 - أوثَقُ عُرَى الإيمانِ‏ 298

181 The Strongest Bonds of Faith 298

Notes 298

182 - الإيمانُ المُستَقَرُّ وَالمُستَودَعُ‏ 299

182 Steadfast and Temporary Faith 299

Notes 299

183 - ما يُثَبِّتُ الإيمانَ‏ 300

183 That Which Consolidates Faith 300

Notes 300

184 - طَعمِ الإيمانِ‏ 301

184 The Taste of Faith 301

Notes 301

185 - عَدَمُ تَذَوُّقِ حَلاوَةِ الإيمانِ‏ 302

185 Inability to Taste the Sweetness of Faith 302

Notes 302

186 - ما يُخرِجُ الإنسانَ مِنَ الإيمانِ‏ 303

186 That Which Removes One from Faith 303

Notes 303

187 - ما يُجانِبُ الإيمانَ‏ 304

187 That Which Repels Faith 304

Notes 304

188 - عَظَمَةُ المُؤمِنِ‏ 305

188 The Great Status of the Believer 305

Notes 305

189 - المُؤمِنونَ كَالجَسَدِ الواحِدِ 306

189 The Believers Are As One Body 306

Notes 306

190 - مَن هو المُؤمِنُ؟ 307

190 Who is the Believer? 307

Notes 310

191 - صَلابَةُ المُؤمِنِ‏ 312

191 The Firmness of the Believer 312

Notes 312

192 - نورُ المُؤمِنِ‏ 313

192 The Light of the Believer 313

Notes 313

193 - نُدرَةُ المُؤمِنِ‏ 314

193 The Scarcity of the [True] Believer 314

Notes 314

194 - عَلاماتُ المُؤمِنِ‏ 315

194 The Signs of the Believer 315

Notes 315

195 - أفضَلُ المُؤمنينَ‏ 316

195 The Best of Believers 316

Notes 316

196 - فَضلُ مَن يُؤمِنُ بِالرَّسولِ ولَم يَرَهُ‏ 317

196 The Merit of One Who Believes in the Prophet without Having Seen Him 317

Notes 317

31 - الأمانة 318

31 TRUSTWORTHINESS 318

197 - وُجوبُ رِعايَةِ الأمانَةِ 318

197 The Necessity of Observing The Trust 318

Notes 318

198 - إطلاقُ وُجوبِ أدائِها 319

198 Universality of Trustworthiness 319

Notes 319

199 - لا إيمانَ لِمَن لا أمانَةَ لَهُ‏ 320

199 An Untrustworthy Man Is A Man Without Faith 320

Notes 320

200 - آثارُ الأمانَةِ 321

200 The Effects of Trustworthiness 321

Notes 321

201 - مَن نُهِيَ عَنِ ائتِمانِهِم‏ 322

201 People Who Must Not Be Trusted 322

Notes 322

32 - الأمان‏ 323

32 ASSURANCE 323

202 - وُجوبُ رِعايَةِ الأمانِ‏ 323

202 The Necessity of Observing Assurance 323

Notes 323

203 - الاعتِصامُ بِالذِّمَمِ‏ 324

203 Adhering To Sureties 324

Notes 324

204 - احتِرامُ الذِّمَمِ‏ 325

204 Respecting Covenants of Protection 325

Notes 325

33 - الاُنس‏ 326

33 INTIMACY 326

205 - ما يَنبغي من الاُنسِ‏ 326

205 Things That One Should Get Intimate With 326

Notes 326

206 - ما لا يَنبغي من الاُنسِ‏ 327

206 Things That One Should Not Get Intimate With 327

Notes 327

207 - ما يوجِبُ الاُنسَ بِاللَّهِ‏ 328

207 What Brings Intimacy With Allah 328

Notes 328

34 - الإنسان‏ 329

34 MAN 329

208 - كَرامةُ بَني آدَمَ‏ 329

208 The Dignity of Man 329

Notes 329

209 - عِلَّةُ خَلقِ الإنسانِ‏ 331

209 The Reason For Man's Creation 331

Notes 332

210 - ضَعفُ الإنسانِ‏ 333

210 Man's Weakness 333

“Man was created weak”² 333

Notes 333

211 - قيمَةُ الإنسانِ‏ 334

211 Measuring Man's Value 334

Notes 334

35 - الآفات‏ 335

35 BANES 335

212 - لِكُلِّ شَي‏ءٍ آفَةٌ 335

212 There is Trial in Every Thing 335

Notes 339

36 - البُخل‏ 343

36 MISERLINESS 343

213 - التّحذِيرُ عَنِ البُخلِ‏ 343

213 Warning Against Miserliness 343

Notes 344

214 - تَفسيرُ البُخلِ‏ 345

214 The Explanation of Miser 345

Notes 345

215 - البَخيلُ‏ 346

215 The Miser 346

Notes 346

216 - البخيلُ حَقُّ البَخيلِ‏ 348

216 The Real Miser 348

Notes 348

217 - أبخلُ النّاسِ‏ 349

217 The Most Miserly of People 349

Notes 349

218 - آيةُ البُخلِ‏ 350

218 The Sign of Miserliness 350

Notes 350

37 - البدعة 351

37 INNOVATION (al-bida) 351

219 - التَّحذيرُ مِنَ البِدعةِ 351

219 Warning Against Innovation 351

Notes 351

220 - أهلُ البِدَعِ‏ 352

220 The Innovators 352

Notes 352

221 - مَعنَى البِدعَةِ 353

221 The Meaning of Innovation 353

Notes 353

222 - الإعراضُ عَن صاحبِ البِدعَةِ 354

222 Rejecting Innovators 354

Notes 354

223 - المُبتَدِعُ وَالعِبادَةُ 355

223 The Innovator And Worship 355

Notes 355

224 - بُطلانُ عملِ المُبتَدِعِ‏ 356

224 Invalidity of The Worship of An Innovator 356

Notes 356

225 - ما يَجِبُ عَلَى العالِمِ عِندَ ظُهورِ لبِدَعِ‏ 357

225 A Scholar's Duties When Faced With The Appearance of Innovations 357

Notes 357

38 - التبذير 358

38 SQUANDERING 358

226 - ذَمُّ التَّبذِيرِ 358

226 Censure of Squandering 358

Notes 358

227 - مَعنَى التَّبذِيرِ 359

227 The Meaning of Squandering 359

Notes 359

39 - البِرّ 360

39 RIGHTEOUSNESS 360

228 - الحَثُّ عَلَى البِرِّ 360

228 Encouraging the Righteousness 360

Notes 360

229 - علَامةُ البارِّ 362

229 The Sign of a Righteous Person 362

Notes 362

230 - تَمامُ البِرِّ 363

230 Complete Righteousness 363

Notes 363

40 - البرزخ‏ 364

40 THE PURGATORY (al-barzakh) 364

231 - مَعنَى البَرْزَخِ‏ 364

Notes 364

232 - أرواحُ المؤمنينَ في البَرزخِ‏ 365

232 The Souls of the Believers in the Purgatory 365

Notes 365

233 - أرواحُ الكُفّارِ في البَرزخِ‏ 366

233 The Souls of Disbelievers in the Purgatory 366

Notes 366

41 - البركة 367

41 THE BLESSING 367

234 - مَعنَى البَرَكَة 367

234 The Meaning of Blessing 367

Notes 367

235 - ما يُوجِبُ البَرَكةَ وما يُزيلُها 368

235 That Which Brings Blessing And That Which Removes It 368

Notes 368

42 - البِشر 370

42 CHEERFULNESS 370

236 - الحَثُّ عَلى حُسنِ البِشْرِ 370

236 Encouraging Cheerfulness 370

Notes 371

43 - البصيرة 372

43 INSIGHT 372

237 - البَصيرَةُ 372

237 Insight 372

Notes 372

44 - الباطل‏ 374

44 FALSEHOOD 374

238 - التَّحذِيرُ مِنِ اتّباعِ الباطِلِ‏ 374

Notes 374

239 - التَّمييزُ بَينَ الحَقِّ وَالباطِلِ‏ 376

239 Discerning The Truth From Falsehood 376

Notes 376

240 - التِباسُ الحَقِّ بِالباطِلِ‏ 377

240 The Truth Disguised As Falsehood 377

Notes 377

241 - عدمُ استيقانِ الباطلِ حَقّاً 378

241 Falsehood Cannot be Ascertained as the Truth 378

Notes 378

45 - البغض‏ 379

45 [ALLAH'S] ANTIPATHY 379

242 - المَبْغوضونَ إلَى اللَّهِ‏ 379

242 Those Whom Allah Despises 379

Notes 380

243 - أبغَضُ النّاسِ إلَى اللَّهِ‏ 381

243 The People Allah Despises Most 381

Notes 382

244 - الأعمالُ المَبغوضةُ إلَى اللَّهِ‏ 384

244 Acts Despised By Allah 384

Notes 384

245 - البَغْضاءُ 386

245 Malice 386

Notes 386

46 - البغي‏ 387

46 AGGRESSION 387

246 - التَّحذِيرُ عَنِ البَغيِ‏ 387

246 Warning against Aggression 387

Notes 388

247 - صِفَةُ الباغي‏ 389

247 The Charactristics of The Aggressor 389

Notes 389

248 - قِتالُ أهلِ البَغيِ مِنَ المُسلِمينَ‏ 390

248 Fighting Against Muslim Aggressors 390

Notes 391

249 - بَرَكَةُ قِتالِ الإِمامِ عَليٍّ عليه السلام البُغاةَ 392

249 The Blessings of Imam Ali (AS) Fighting the Aggressors 392

Notes 392

47 - البُكاء 393

47 WEEPING 393

250 - البُكاءُ مِن خَشيَةِ اللَّهِ‏ 393

250 Weeping Due To Fear of Allah 393

Notes 395

251 - جُمودُ العَينِ‏ 396

251 Dryness of The Eye 396

Notes 396

48 - البلد 397

48 THE LAND 397

252 - بَلدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ 397

252 A Fair Territory 397

Notes 397

253 - عَليكُم بِالأمصارِ العِظامِ‏ 398

253 You Should Live In Great Cities 398

Notes 398

254 - خَيرُ البِلادِ 399

254 The Best of Lands 399

Notes 399

255 - ما لا يَستَغني عَنهُ أهلُ كُلِّ بَلَدٍ 400

255 What The People of Every Land Cannot Be Without 400

Notes 400

49 - البلاغة 401

49 ELOQUENCE 401

256 - تَفسِيرُ البَلاغَةِ 401

256 The Meaning of Eloquence 401

Notes 401

257 - أبلَغُ الكَلامِ‏ 402

257 The Most Eloquent Speech 402

Notes 402

258 - التَّشَدُّقُ فِي الكَلامِ‏ 403

258 Manipulation Through Speech 403

Notes 403

50 - التَّبليغ‏ 404

50 PROPAGATION [OF ISLAM] 404

259 - أهَمِّيَّةُ التَّبليغِ‏ 404

259 The Importance of the Propagation of Islam 404

Notes 405

260 - ما يَجِبُ عَلى المُبَلِّغِ‏ 407

260 What Is Incumbent Upon The Propagator of Islam 407

1 - الفقهُ في الدّينِ‏ 407

1 Knowledge of the Religion: 407

2 - الاستنادُ إلى كَلامِ أهلِ البَيتِ عليهم السلام‏ 407

2 Referring to the Words of Ahl al-Bayt (AS): 407

3 - الإخلاص‏ 407

3 Sincerity: 407

4 - الشُّجاعَة 407

4 Courage: 407

5 - الصِّدقُ‏ 408

5 Honesty: 408

6 - الرِّفق‏ 408

6 Kindness: 408

7 - النُّصح‏ 408

7 Good Advice: 409

8 - تَطابُقُ القَلبِ وَاللِسان‏ 409

8 Coherence of the Heart and the Tongue: 409

9 - التبليغُ بِالعَمَل‏ 409

9 Preaching Through Action: 409

Notes 410

51 - البلاء 411

51 THE ORDEAL 411

261 - الابتِلاءُ بِالشَّرِّ والخَيرِ 411

261 Testing with Events, Good And Bad 411

Notes 411

262 - حِكمَةُ الابتِلاءِ 412

262 The Reason for Testing 412

Notes 413

263 - شِدّة ابتِلاءِ المُؤمِنِ‏ 414

263 The Severity of A Believer's Ordeal 414

Notes 414

264 - دَورُ الأعمالِ السَّيِّئَةِ في وقوعِ البَلاءِ 415

264 The Role of Evil Actions In The Onset of Ordeals 415

Notes 415

265 - مَن لَم يُبتَلَ فَهُوَ مَبغوضٌ عِندَ اللَّهِ‏ 416

265 Whoever Is Not Tried With Ordeals Is Despised By Allah 416

Notes 416

266 - نِعمَةُ البَلاءِ 417

266 The Ordeal As A Bounty 417

Notes 417

267 - البَلاءُ وَالتَّذكيرُ 418

267 Ordeals And Admonition 418

Notes 418

268 - تَمحيصُ البَلاءِ لِلذُّنوبِ‏ 420

268 Sins Are Offset By Ordeals 420

Notes 420

269 - البَلاءُ عَلامَةُ مَحَبَّةِ اللَّهِ سُبحانَهُ‏ 421

269 The Ordeal Is The Sign of Allah's Love, Glory Be To Him 421

Notes 421

270 - البَلاءُ عَلَى قَدرِ الإيمانِ‏ 422

270 Ordeals Correspond To The Level of One's Faith 422

Notes 422

271 - الدَّرَجاتُ الَّتي يَبلُغُهَا العَبدُ بِالبَلاءِ 423

271 The Levels That A Servant Attains As A Result of Ordeals 423

Notes 423

272 - ابتِلاءُ المُؤمِنِ خَيرٌ لَهُ‏ 424

272 A Believer's Trial Is For His Own Good 424

Notes 424

273 - أشَدُّ ما ابتُلِيَ بِهِ العِبادُ 425

273 The Most Severe Trial of Servants 425

Notes 425

274 - الفَرَجُ عِندَ تَناهِي البَلاءِ 426

274 Salvation At The Peak of The Ordeal 426

Notes 426

275 - ذِكرُ اللَّهِ عِندَ البَلاءِ 427

275 Remembrance of Allah At The Time of An Ordeal 427

Notes 427

276 - الدُّعاءُ عِندَ رُؤيَةِ المُبتَلى‏ 428

276 Supplication When Seeing A Man Being Tried With An Ordeal 428

Notes 428

52 - البهتان‏ 429

52 SLANDER 429

277 - التَّحذِيرُ مِنَ البُهتانِ‏ 429

277 Warning Against Slander 429

Notes 429

53 - المباهلة 431

53 RECIPROCAL INVOCATION OF ALLAH'S CURSE (mubahila) 431

278 - المُباهَلَةُ 431

278 Reciprocal Invocation of Allah's Curse 431

Notes 432

54 - البيعة 433

54 OATH OF ALLEGIANCE 433

279 - بَيعَةُ النَّبِيِ بَيعَةُ اللَّهِ‏ 433

279 Swearing Allegiance to the Prophet is Swearing Allegiance to Allah 433

Notes 433

280 - كيفيّةُ بَيعَةِ النِّساءِ 435

280 Women's Allegiance 435

Notes 435

281 - نَكثُ البَيعَةِ 436

281 Retraction of Allegiance 436

Notes 436

282 - بَيعَةُ المُسلِمينَ لِلإمامِ عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام‏ 438

282 The Muslims' Oath of Allegiance To Imam Ali (AS) 438

Notes 438

55 - التجارة 439

55 COMMERCE 439

283 - فَضلُ التِّجارَةِ 439

283 The Virtue of Trading 439

Notes 439

284 - تَركُ التِّجارَةِ 440

284 Abandoning Trading 440

Notes 440

285 - آدابُ التِّجارَةِ 441

285 The Etiquette of Trading 441

Notes 442

286 - النّهيُ عن التطفيف‏ 443

286 The Prohibition of Cheating [By Giving Less Than Due] In Trade 443

Notes 443

287 - حَثُّ التّاجرِ عَلَى التَّصَدُّقِ‏ 444

287 Enjoinment Upon The Trader To Give Charity 444

Notes 444

288 - التَّساهُلُ فِي البَيعِ وَالشِّراءِ 445

288 Leniency in Selling and Buying 445

Notes 445

289 - المُماكَسَةِ 446

289 Bargaining 446

Notes 446

290 - التَّسويَةُ بَينَ المُماكِسِ وغَيرِهِ‏ 447

290 Equality Between One Who Bargains And One Who Does Not 447

Notes 447

291 - رِبحُ المُؤمِنِ عَلَى المُؤمِنِ‏ 448

291 The Profit of A Believer From Another 448

Notes 448

292 - فُجورُ التُّجّارِ 449

292 The Iniquity of Merchants 449

Notes 449

293 - حَثُّ التُّجارِ عَلى الصِّدقِ‏ 450

293 Enjoinment of the Merchant's Veracity 450

Notes 450

294 - التَّحذيرُ مِنَ الحَلفِ فِي التِّجارَةِ 451

294 The One Who Promotes His Commodity By Oaths 451

Notes 451

295 - تِجارَةُ الآخِرَةِ 452

295 The Trade of the Hereafter 452

Notes 452

296 - عَدَمُ إلهاءِ التِّجارَةِ لِلمُؤمِنِ‏ 454

296 Trading Does not Divert the Believer 454

Notes 454

297 - التِّجارَةُ بالدِّين ! 455

297 Trade With Religion 455

Notes 455

56 - التوبة 456

56 REPENTANCE 456

298 - الحَثُّ عَلَى التَّوبَةِ 456

298 Enjoinment of Repenting 456

Notes 456

299 - مَنزِلةُ التّائِبِ‏ 457

299 The Status of One Who Repents 457

Notes 457

300 - عَلامَةُ التّائِبِ‏ 458

300 The Sign of a Penitent Person 458

Notes 458

301 - قَبولُ التَّوبَةِ 459

301 The Acceptance of Repentance 459

Notes 459

302 - مَتى‏ تُقبَلُ التَّوبَةُ ؟ 460

302. When Is Repentance Accepted? 460

Notes 460

303 - النَّدَمُ تَوبَةٌ 461

303 Remorse Is Repentance 461

Notes 461

304 - حُسنُ الاعتِرافِ‏ 462

304 Appropriate Confession [of One's Sins] 462

Notes 462

305 - دَعائِمُ التَّوبَةِ 463

305 The Pillars of Repentance 463

Notes 463

306 - أنواعُ التَّوبَةِ 464

306 Types of Repentance 464

Notes 464

307 - التَّوبَةُ النَّصوحُ‏ 465

307 Sincere Repentance 465

Notes 465

308 - تَأخيرُ التَّوبَةِ 466

308 Postponing Repentance 466

Notes 466

309 - الأهوَنُ مِن التَّوبَةِ 467

309 What Is Easier Than Repentance 467

Notes 467

310 - سَتر اللَّهِ عَلَى التّائِبِ‏ 468

310 Allah Conceals the Sin of the Penitent One 468

Notes 468

311 - تَبديلُ السَّيِّئاتِ حَسَناتٍ‏ 469

311 Changing Sins Into Good Deeds 469

Notes 469

312 - التَّأ لِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ‏ 470

312 Speculating on Allah's Judgment 470

Notes 470

57 - الثواب‏ 471

57 THE REWARD 471

313 - ثَوابُ العَمَلِ الصّالِحِ‏ 471

313 The Reward for a Rightous Deed 471

Notes 471

314 - أعظَمُ المَثوبَةِ 472

314 The Greatest Reward 472

Notes 472

315 - مَن بَلَغَهُ ثَوابٌ عَلى‏ عَمَلٍ‏ 473

315 A Man Who Hears About the Reward For a Particular Action 473

Notes 473

58 - الثورة 474

58 REVOLUTION 474

316 - الثَّورَةُ الإسلامِيَّةُ فِي الشَّرقِ قبلَ قيامِ القائمِ عليه السلام‏ 474

316 The Islamic Revolution In The East Before The Rise of The Twelfth Imam (al-Qaim) 474

Notes 474

317 - دَوْرُ العَجَمِ فِي الثَّورَةِ 475

317 The Role of Non-Arabs In The Revolution 475

Notes 475

318 - الثَّورَةُ مِن مَدينَةِ قُمّ‏ 476

318 The Revolution From The City of Qum 476

Notes 477

59 - الجبر 478

59 PREDESTINATION 478

319 - بُطلانُ الجَبرِ 478

319 The Fallacy of Predestination 478

Notes 479

320 - لا جَبرَ ولا تَفويضَ‏ 480

320 Neither Free Will Nor Predestination 480

Notes 480

321 - اللَّهُ أولى‏ بِالحَسَناتِ‏ 481

321 Allah Deserves All Credit For Good Deeds 481

Notes 481

322 - ما يَنبغي في مواجَهةِ الجَبرِيَّةِ 482

322 Actions To Be Taken Against The Proponents of Determinism 482

Notes 482

60 - الجبّار 483

60 TYRANT 483

323 - ذَمُّ التَّجَبُّرِ وصِفَةُ الجَبابِرَةِ 483

323 Condemnation of Tyranny 483

Notes 483

324 - سوءُ عاقِبَةِ الجَبابِرَةِ 484

324 The Evil End of The Tyrants 484

Notes 484

61 - الجُبن‏ 485

61 COWARDICE 485

325 - ذَمُّ الجُبنِ‏ 485

325 Censure of Cowardice 485

Notes 485

326 - الجَبانُ وَالغَزوُ 486

326 The Coward and War 486

Notes 486

62 - الجدال‏ 487

62 THE DISPUTE 487

327 - الجِدالُ المَذمومُ‏ 487

327 Reproached Dispute 487

Notes 487

328 - الجِدالُ الحَسَنُ‏ 489

328 Positive Debating 489

Notes 489

63 - التجربة 490

63 EXPERIENCE 490

329 - بَرَكاتُ التَّجرِبَةِ 490

329 Blessings of Experiences 490

Notes 490

330 - مَضارُّ عَدَمِ التَّجرِبَةِ 492

330 Harms Due to Lack of Experience 492

Notes 492

64 - الجَزَع‏ 493

64 ANXIETY 493

331 - التّحذيرُ مِنَ الجَزَعِ‏ 493

331 Warning Against Anxiety 493

Notes 494

65 - الجزاء 495

65 REQUITAL 495

332 - الجَزاءِ 495

332 Requital [of Deeds] 495

Notes 495

333 - جَزاءُ المُحسِنينَ‏ 496

333 The Requital of The Virtuous 496

Notes 496

334 - جَزاءُ المُجرِمينَ‏ 497

334 The Requital of Criminals 497

Notes 497

66 - التجسّس‏ 498

66 SPYING 498

335 - النَّهيُ عَن تَعَقُّبِ عُيوبِ النّاسِ‏ 498

335 Prohibition of Following Up People's Flaws 498

Notes 499

336 - آثارُ التَّجسُّسِ عن الناسِ‏ 500

336 Consequences of Probing other Peoples Flaws 500

Notes 500

337 - جَوازُ التّجَسُّسِ فِي الحُروبِ‏ 501

337 Permissibility of Spying In War 501

Notes 501

338 - ما يُؤخَذُ فيهِ بِالظّاهِرِ 502

338 What Must Be Given The Benefit of the Doubt 502

Notes 502

67 - المجلس‏ 503

67 THE SITTING AND THE ASSEMBLY 503

339 - أشرَفُ المَجالِسِ‏ 503

339 The Most Honoured Seating 503

Notes 503

340 - ما يَنبَغي مُراعاتُهُ فِي المَجالِسِ‏ 504

340 What Must Be Observed In Sittings 504

Notes 504

341 - صَدرُ المَجالِسِ‏ 506

341 The Main Seating Spot 506

Notes 506

342 - المَجالِسُ الَّتي نُهِيَ عَنها 507

342 Prohibited Sitting Places 507

Notes 508

343 - المَجالِسُ بِالأمانَةِ 509

343 Assemblies Are With Trust 509

Notes 509

344 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ حُضورِ مَجالِسِ الذِّكرِ 510

344 Encouraging the Attendance of Gatherings Where Allah is Remembered (dhikr) 510

Notes 510

345 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ ذِكرِ اللَّهِ تَعالى‏ عِندَ لقِيامِ‏ 512

345 Encouraging The Remembrance of Allah Upon Leaving An Assembly 512

Notes 512

68 - المُجالسة 513

68 SITTING COMPANY 513

346 - مَن نُجالِسُ ؟ 513

346 With Whom Must We Sit? 513

Notes 514

347 - حَقُّ الجَليسِ‏ 515

347 The Right of One's Sitting Companion 515

Notes 515

348 - مَن لا يَنبَغي مُجالَسَتُهُ‏ 516

348 Whom One Should Not Sit With 516

Notes 516

69 - الجماعة 518

69 THE CONGREGATION 518

349 - يَدُ اللَّهِ مَعَ الجَماعَةِ 518

349 Allah's Hand Is With The Congregation 518

Notes 518

350 - تَفسيرُ الجَماعةِ 519

350 The Interpretation of Congregation 519

Notes 519

70 - الجمعة 520

70 FRIDAY 520

351 - يَومُ الجُمُعَةِ 520

351 Friday 520

Notes 520

352 - غُسلُ الجُمُعَةِ 522

352. Bathing on Friday 522

Notes 522

71 - الجمال‏ 523

71. BEAUTY 523

353 - اللَّهُ جميلٌ يُحِبُّ الجَمالَ‏ 523

353. Allah is Beautiful and He Loves Beauty 523

Notes 523

354 - الصُّورَةُ الجَميلَةُ 525

354 The Beautiful Image 525

Notes 525

355 - إكرامُ الشَّعرِ 526

355 Taking care of One's Hair 526

Notes 526

356 - جَمالُ الباطِنِ‏ 527

356 Inner Beauty 527

Notes 527

72 - الجنابة 528

72 RITUAL IMPURITY (al-janaba) 528

357 - غُسلُ الجَنابَةِ 528

357 Ritual Bathing of al-janaba 528

Notes 528

73 - الجُند 529

73 THE ARMY 529

358 - الجُندُ 529

358 The Army 529

Notes 529

359 - جُنودُ اللَّهِ‏ 531

359 The Soldiers of Allah 531

“No one knows the hosts of your Lord except Him”⁴ 531

Notes 531

74 - الجنّة 532

74 PARADISE 532

360 - التَّرغيبُ إلَى الجَنَّةِ 532

360 Encouraging to Aim for Paradise 532

Notes 532

361 - لَيسَ لِأنفُسِكُم ثَمَنٌ إلّا الجَنَّةُ 533

361 There is No Price for Your Souls Except for Paradise 533

Notes 533

362 - ثَمَنُ الجَنَّةِ 534

362 The Price for Paradise 534

Notes 534

363 - موجِباتُ دُخولِ الجَنَّةِ 535

363 Requirements for Entering Paradise 535

Notes 536

364 - الجَنَّةُ مَحفوفَةٌ بِالمَكارِهِ‏ 537

364 Paradise Surrounded by Trials 537

Notes 537

365 - مَن ضُمِنَت لَهُ الجَنَّةُ 538

365 Those for Whom Paradise is Guaranteed 538

Notes 538

366 - مَن تُحَرَّمُ عَلَيهِ الجَنَّةُ 539

366 Those for Whom Paradise is Forbidden 539

Notes 539

367 - أبوابُ الجَنَّةِ 540

367 The Gates of Paradise 540

Notes 540

368 - دَرَجاتُ الجَنَّةِ 541

368 The Ranks in Paradise 541

Notes 541

369 - أوَّلُ مَن يَدخُلُ الجَنَّةَ 543

369 The First to Enter Paradise 543

Notes 543

370 - سادَةُ أهلِ الجَنَّةِ 544

370 The Masters of the People of Paradise 544

Notes 544

371 - شُمولُ الجَنَّةِ 545

371 Inclusiveness of Paradise 545

Notes 545

75 - الجنون‏ 546

75. MADNESS 546

372 - أنواعُ الجُنونِ‏ 546

372 Types of Madness 546

Notes 546

373 - المَجنونُ الحَقيقيُ‏ 547

373 One Who is Truly Mad 547

Notes 547

76 - الجهاد ( 1) الجهاد الأصغر 548

76 JIHAD (1 ) The Lesser Jihad 548

374 - الحَثُّ عَلَى الجِهادِ 548

374 Encouraging of the Lesser Jihad 548

Notes 549

375 - المُجاهِدُ 551

375 The One Who Wages Jihad 551

Notes 551

376 - إعانَةُ المُجاهِدينَ وذَمُّ إيذائِهِم‏ 552

376 Aiding Those Who Wage Jihad and Censure of Those Who Harm Them 552

Notes 552

377 - الأمرُ بِالجِهادِ بِالأيدي وَالألسُنِ وَالقُلوبِ‏ 553

377 The Command To Struggle With One's Hands, Tongue, and Heart 553

Notes 553

378 - تَركُ الجِهادِ 554

378 Abandoning Jihad 554

Notes 554

379 - شُعَبُ الجِهادِ 555

379 Branches of Jihad 555

Notes 555

380 - المُرابطَةُ 556

380 Keeping Posts 556

Notes 556

381 - فَضلُ الحِراسَةِ 557

381 The Merit of Standing Guard 557

Notes 557

77 - الجهاد ( 2 ) 558

77 JIHAD (2 ): The Greater Jihad 558

382 - أنواعُ الجِهادِ 558

382 Forms of Jihad 558

Notes 559

383 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ جِهادِ النَّفسِ‏ 560

383 Enjoinment of Combatting the Self 560

Notes 560

384 - الجِهادُ الأكبَرُ 561

384 The Greater Jihad 561

Notes 561

385 - ما يَنبَغي في مُجاهَدَةِ النَّفسِ‏ 562

385 What is Necessary for Combatting the Self 562

Notes 562

386 - ثَمَرَةُ المُجاهَدَةِ 563

386 The Fruit of Struggle 563

Notes 563

78 - الجهاد ( 3) « الاجتهاد في طاعة اللَّه » 565

78 JIHAD (3 ) Striving To Obey Allah: 565

387 - الحَثُّ عَلَى الاجتِهادِ في طاعَةِ اللَّهِ‏ 565

387 Encouraging to Strive To Obey Allah 565

Notes 565

388 - أشَدُّ النّاسِ اجتِهاداً 566

388 The Most Diligent of People 566

Notes 566

79 - الجهل‏ 567

79 IGNORANCE 567

389 - ذَمُّ الجَهلِ‏ 567

389 Reprehension of Ignorance 567

Notes 567

390 - عَلاماتُ الجاهِلِ‏ 568

390 The Signs of an Ignorant 568

Notes 569

391 - أجهَلُ النّاسِ‏ 571

391 The Most Ignorant of People 571

Notes 571

392 - كَفى‏ بِذلِكَ جَهلاً 572

392 What is Sufficient to be Considered Ignorant 572

Notes 572

393 - تَفسيرُ الجَهلِ‏ 573

393 The Interpretation of Ignorance 573

Notes 573

394 - الإنسانُ عَدُوٌّ لِما يَجهَلُ‏ 574

394 Man is Averse To What He is Ignorant of 574

Notes 574

80 - جهنّم‏ 575

80 HELL 575

395 - التَّحذِيرُ عَن جَهَنَّمَ‏ 575

395 Warning Against Hell 575

Notes 575

396 - وَقودُ جَهَنَّمَ‏ 576

396 The Fuel of Hell 576

Notes 576

397 - سَلاسِلُ جَهَنَّمَ وأغلالُها 577

397 The Chains and Shackles of Hell 577

Notes 577

398 - سَرابيلُ أهلِ النّارِ 578

398 The Garments of the People of the Fire 578

Notes 578

399 - طَعامُ أهلِ النّارِ 579

399 The Food of the People of the Fire 579

Notes 579

400 - شَرابُ أهلِ النّارِ 580

400 The Drink of the People of the Fire 580

Notes 580

401 - أوَّلُ مَن يَدخُلُ النّارَ 581

401 The First to Enter the Fire 581

Notes 581

402 - أهوَنُ النّاسِ عَذاباً 582

402 The People with the Least Chastisement 582

Notes 582

403 - أشَدُّ النّاسِ عَذاباً 583

403 The People with the Greatest Chastisement 583

Notes 583

404 - وادِي المُتَكَبِّرينَ‏ 584

404 The Valley of the Arrogant 584

Notes 584

405 - مَن يُخَلَّدُ في جَهَنَّمَ‏ 585

405 Those Who Will Be Made to Remain in Hell Permanently 585

Notes 585

406 - مَن يَخرُجُ مِن النّارِ 586

406 Those Who Will Leave the Fire 586

Notes 586

407 - عِلَّةُ الخُلودِ 587

407 The Reason for Perpetuity in Hell 587

Notes 587

81 - الجواب‏ 588

81 THE ANSWER 588

408 - الجَوابُ‏ 588

408 The Answer 588

Notes 588

82 - الجود 590

82 OPEN-HANDEDNESS 590

409 - التَّرغيبُ بِالجُودِ 590

409 Encouragement of Generosity 590

Notes 590

410 - أفضلُ الجودِ 591

410 The Best Open-Handedness 591

Notes 591

411 - صِفَةُ الجَوادِ 592

411 The Attributes of the Open-Handed Person 592

Notes 592

83 - الجار 593

83 THE NEIGHBOUR 593

412 - حُسنُ الجِوارِ 593

412 Neighbourliness 593

Notes 593

413 - إيذاءُ الجارِ 595

413 Annoying One's Neighbour 595

Notes 595

414 - تَفَقُّدُ الجارِ 596

414 Visiting the Neighbour 596

Notes 596

415 - حَقُّ الجارِ 597

415 The Rights of the Neighbour 597

Notes 597

416 - حَدُّ الجارِ 598

416 The Boundary of the Neighbourhood 598

Notes 598

84 - المحبّة 599

84 LOVE 599

417 - المَوَدَّةُ قَرابَةٌ 599

417 Love is Kinship 599

Notes 599

418 - ما يورِثُ المَحَبَّةَ 600

418 That Which Brings About Love 600

Notes 600

419 - مَن لا يَنبَغي مَوَدَّتُهُ‏ 601

419 Those Who Must Not Be Endeared 601

Notes 601

420 - حُبٌّ يَمنَعُ المَعرِفَةَ 602

420 The Blindness of Love [from Perceiving the Truth] 602

Notes 602

421 - عَلاَمَةُ الحُبِ‏ 603

421 The Sign of Love 603

Notes 603

422 - شِدَّةُ حُبِّ المُؤمِنينَ لِلّهِ‏ 604

422 The Believers' Intense Love for Allah 604

Notes 605

423 - ما يورِثُ حُبَّ اللَّهِ‏ 606

423 That which Brings About the Love of Allah 606

Notes 606

424 - الَّذينَ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللَّهُ‏ 607

424 Those Whom Allah Loves 607

Notes 607

425 - الَّذينَ لا يُحِبُّهُمُ اللَّهُ‏ 609

425 Those That Allah Does Not Like 609

Notes 609

426 - أحَبُّ النّاسِ إلَى اللَّهِ‏ 610

426 The People Loved Most by Allah 610

Notes 610

427 - آثارُ مَحَبَّةِ اللَّهِ عَبدَهُ‏ 611

427 The Signs of God's Love towards his servant 611

Notes 611

428 - ميزانُ المَنزِلَةِ عِندَ اللَّهِ‏ 612

428 The Status of Man's Position with Allah 612

Notes 612

429 - عَلَامَةُ حُبِّ الإنسانِ لِلّهِ‏ 613

429 The Sign of Man's Love for Allah 613

Notes 613

430 - المَنزِلَةُ الكُبرى‏ 614

430 The Highest Position 614

Notes 614

431 - عَدَمُ اجتِماعِ حُبِّ اللَّهِ وحُبِّ الدُّنيا 615

431 The Incongruity of the Love of Allah Combined with the Love of the World 615

Notes 615

432 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ تَحبيبِ اللَّهِ‏ 616

432 Enjoining the Love of Allah 616

Notes 616

433 - الحُبُّ فِي اللَّهِ‏ 617

433 To Love for the Sake of Allah 617

Notes 617

434 - حُبُّ النبيّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله وأهلِ بيتِه عليهم السلام‏ 619

434 The Love of the Prophet (SAWA) and His Household (AS) 619

Notes 620

435 - ما يُشتَرَطُ في حُبِّ أهلِ البَيتِ عليهم السلام‏ 621

435 The Conditions for Loving the Household 621

Notes 621

436 - إخلاصُ المَحَبَّةِ 622

436 Devotion In Love 622

Notes 622

437 - المَرءُ مَعَ مَن أحَبَ‏ 623

437 Man is with Whom He Loves 623

Notes 623

85 - الحبس‏ 624

85 IMPRISONMENT 624

438 - مَن يَجوزُ حَبسُهُ‏ 624

438 Those Who May Be Imprisoned 624

Notes 624

439 - حَبسُ الكَفيلِ إلى‏ حينِ حُضورِ لمَكفولِ‏ 625

439 Jailing the Warrantor until the Return of the Warranted 625

Notes 625

440 - مَن يُخَلَّدُ فِي السِّجنِ‏ 626

440 The One Imprisoned for Life 626

Notes 626

441 - الحَبسُ بَعدَ إقامَةِ الحَدِّ ومَعرِفَةِ حَقِ‏ 627

441 Imprisonment after Punishment and Acknowledgment of the Truth 627

Notes 627

442 - حُقوقُ المَحبوسِ‏ 628

442 The Rights of the Prisoner 628

Notes 628

443 - سيرةُ النبيّ عليه السلام في حَبسِ المتَّهمِ‏ 629

443 The Conduct of the Prophet (SAWA) in imprisoning a Suspect 629

Notes 629

86 - الحجاب‏ 630

86 THE VEIL 630

444 - الحِجابُ‏ 630

444 The Veil 630

Notes 631

87 - الحجّ‏ 632

87 THE PILGRIMAGE (HAJJ) 632

445 - تَشرِيعُ الحَجِّ وَ فَضلُهُ‏ 632

445 The Legislation of Hajj and its Virtue 632

Notes 632

446 - فَلسَفَةُ الحَجِ‏ 634

446 The Philosophy of the Pilgrimage 634

Notes 635

447 - نَفيُ الحَجِّ لِلفَقرِ 636

447 Pilgrimage Repels Poverty 636

Notes 636

448 - ما بِهِ تَمامُ الحَجِ‏ 637

448 That Which Completes the Pilgrimage 637

Notes 637

449 - عاقِبَةُ تَركِ الحَجّ‏ 638

449 The Consequence of Abandoning the Obligatory Pilgrimage 638

Notes 638

450 - تَعطيلُ البَيتِ‏ 639

450 Deferring [Pilgrimage] to the House 639

Notes 639

451 - ما أكثَرَ الضَّجيجَ وأقَلَّ الحَجيجَ‏ 640

451 What a Lot of Clamour and What Few Pilgrims 640

Notes 640

452 - أدَبُ الحاجِ‏ 641

452 The Etiquette of the Pilgrim 641

Notes 641

453 - أدَبُ الإحرامِ‏ 642

453 The Respect due to Ihram 642

Notes 643

454 - ثوابُ مَن ماتَ في طَريقِ الحجّ‏ 644

454 The Reward of One Who Dies on the Way to Hajj 644

Notes 644

455 - حُضورُ الإمامِ الغائِبِ فِي المَوسِمِ‏ 645

455 The Presence of the Hidden Imam [al-Mahdi] during Hajj 645

Notes 645

88 - الحجّة 646

88 THE ARGUMENT 646

456 - إِقامَةُ الحُجَّةِ 646

456 Presenting The Argument 646

Notes 647

457 - لِلَّهِ الحُجَّةُ البالِغَةُ 648

457 To Allah Belongs the Conclusive Argument 648

Notes 648

458 - أوكَدُ الحُجَجِ وأبلَغُها 649

458 The Surest and Most Conclusive Argument 649

Notes 649

89 - الحديث‏ 650

89 THE PROPHETIC TRADITION (HAD?TH) 650

459 - قيمَةُ أخذِ الحَديثِ‏ 650

459 The Value of Learning a Tradition 650

Notes 650

460 - فَضلُ المُحَدِّثِ‏ 651

460 The Value of a Traditionist 651

Notes 651

461 - ثَوابُ مَن حَفِظَ أربَعينَ حَديثاً 652

461 The Reward of Those Who Memorize Forty Traditions 652

Notes 652

462 - دِرايَةُ الحَديثِ‏ 653

462 Understanding the Tradition 653

Notes 653

463 - التَّحذيرُ مِنَ الكِذبِ عَلَى الرَّسولِ‏ 654

463 Caution against Ascribing Lies to the Prophet (SAWA) 654

Notes 654

464 - النَّهيُ عَن تَكذيبِ ما لا يُعلَمُ كِذبُهُ‏ 655

464 Prohibition of Rejecting That Tradition Whose Falsehood is not Known 655

Notes 655

465 - صِحَّةُ الحَديثِ و مُوافَقَةُ القُرآنِ‏ 656

465 The Soundness of the Tradition and Its Agreement with the Qur'an 656

Notes 656

466 - صِحَّةُ الحَديثِ و مُوافَقَةُ الفِطرَةِ 657

466 The Soundness of a Tradition and Its Agreement with Man's Nature 657

Notes 657

467 - صِحّةُ الحَديثِ و مُوَافَقَةُ الحَقِ‏ 658

467 The Soundness of a Tradition and Its Agreement with the Truth 658

Notes 658

468 - جَوازُ نَقلِ الحَديثِ بِالمَعنى‏ 659

468 The Permissibility of Transmitting the Meaning of the Tradition 659

Notes 659

469 - ما يَنبَغي مُراعاتُهُ فِي التَّحديثِ‏ 660

469 What Must Be Observed when Transmitting Traditions 660

Notes 660

470 - حَديثُ أهلِ البَيتِ حَديثُ رَسولِ اللَّه صلى اللَّه عليه وآله‏ 661

470 The Tradition from Ahl al-Bayt is the Tradition from the Messenger of God 661

Notes 661

471 - شُموليّةُ الكتاب والسُّنّةِ 662

471. The All-Inclusiveness of the Book and the Prophetic Practice 662

Notes 662

472 - مُتَشابِهاتُ الأحاديثِ‏ 663

472 The Ambiguous Traditions 663

Notes 663

90 - الحدود 664

90 LEGAL PUNISHMENTS 664

473 - لِكُلِّ شَي‏ءٍ حَدٌّ 664

473 Everything Has a Bound 664

Notes 664

474 - دَرءُ الحُدودِ 665

474 Averting the Punishments 665

Notes 665

475 - إقامَةُ الحُدودِ 666

475 Upholding the Penal Laws 666

Notes 666

476 - لا شَفاعَةَ وَلا كَفالَةَ وَلا يَمِينَ في حَدٍّ 667

476 No Intercession, Bail or Oath 667

Notes 667

477 - النَّهيُ عَنِ النَّظِرَةِ فِي الحُدودِ 668

477 Prohibition of Postponement of Legal Punishments 668

Notes 668

478 - النَّهيُ عَن تَعَدِّي الحُدودِ 669

478 Prohibition of Transgressing the Bounds 669

Notes 669

479 - إقامَةُ الحَدِّ بِأرضِ العَدُوِّ 670

479 Executing the Legal Punishment in the Land of the Enemy 670

Notes 670

480 - دَورُ إقامَةِ الحَدِّ في تَكفيرِ الذَّنبِ‏ 671

480 The Role of Implementing the Penal Law in Atonement for the Sin 671

Notes 671

481 - النَّهيُ عَن إهانَةِ المَحدودِ 672

481 Prohibition of Insulting the One Being Punished 672

Notes 672

482 - مَن لا حَدَّ عَلَيهِ‏ 673

482 Those to whom Penal Law should not be implemented 673

Notes 673

91 - الحرب‏ 674

91 WAR 674

483 - مَثارُ الحَربِ‏ 674

483 Reasons of War 674

Notes 674

484 - مُباغَتَةُ العَدُوِّ 675

484 Surprising the Enemy 675

Notes 675

485 - ما يَلزمُ رِعايَتُهُ قَبلَ الحَربِ‏ 676

485 That Which Must be Observed Before the War 676

Notes 676

486 - مُقَدَّمَةُ الجَيشِ‏ 677

486 The Troops at the Forefront of the Army 677

Notes 677

487 - إرشاداتٌ عَسكَرِيَّةٌ 678

487 Military Instructions 678

Notes 678

488 - الحَربُ خُدعَةٌ 680

488 War is a Trick 680

Notes 680

489 - النَّهيُ عَنِ الفِرارِ مِنَ الحَربِ‏ 681

489 Prohibition of Running Away from the Battle 681

Notes 681

490 - التَّحذيرُ عَن قِتالِ المُسلِمِ‏ 682

490 Warning against Fighting a Muslim 682

Notes 682

491 - الدُّعاءُ عِندَ الحَربِ‏ 683

491 Supplicating During War 683

Notes 683

492 - حَربُ النِّساءِ 684

492 The Fighting of Women 684

Notes 684

92 - المُحارب‏ 685

92 THE WARMONGER 685

493 - جَزاءُ المُحارِبِ‏ 685

493 The Punishment of Warmonger 685

Notes 686

93 - الحريّة 687

93 FREEDOM 687

494 - أهَمِّيَّةُ الحُرِّيَّةِ 687

494 The Importance of Freedom 687

Notes 687

495 - النّاسُ كُلُّهُم أحرارٌ 688

495 All People Are Free 688

Notes 688

496 - شيمَةُ الحُرِّ 689

496 The Distinguishing Trait of the Free 689

Notes 689

94 - الحرص‏ 690

94 COVETOUSNESS 690

497 - ذَمُّ الحِرصِ‏ 690

497 Denouncing Covetousness 690

Notes 690

498 - ذَمُّ الحَريصِ‏ 691

498 Denouncing The Covetous 691

Notes 692

499 - مادّةُ الحِرصِ‏ 693

499 The Elements of Covetousness 693

Notes 693

95 - الحرفة 694

95 THE PROFESSION 694

500 - أهَمِّيَّةُ الحِرفَةِ 694

500 Importance of the Profession 694

Notes 695