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