Notes
1. Surat al- Nisa’ 4:65.
2. Bihar al- Anwar, vol. 82, p. 36.
3. Jami‘ al- Sa‘adat, vol. 3, pp. 211- 212.
4. Surat al- Baqarah 2:208.
5. Tafsir al- Mizan, vol. 2, p.103, Dar al- Kutub al- Islamiyyah Publications.
6. Bihar al- Anwar, vol. 2, p. 204.
7. Bihar al- Anwar, vol. 5, p. 87.
8. Tawhid Saduq, p. 369, Mu’assisah al- Nashr al- Islami Publications.
9. Safinah al- Bihar, vol. 1, p. 446, section on supplication [maddah du‘a], Dar al- Ta‘arif li- Matbu‘at Publications.
10. Surat al- Anfal 8:44.
11. Usul al- Kafi, vol. 3, p. 87.
12. Usul al- Kafi, vol. 3, p. 89.
13. Surat al- Takathur 102:5- 7.
14. Surat al- Waqi‘ah 56:95.
15. Jami‘ al- Sa‘adat, vol. 1, p. 123.
16. Surat Fussilat 41:53.
17. Jami‘ al- Sa‘adat, vol. 1, p. 124.
18. Either a Christian or a Jew.
19. Imam ‘Ali (‘a).
20. Tawhid Saduq, p. 109, Mu’assisah al- Nashr al- Islami Publications.
21. Jami‘ al- Sa‘adat, vol. 1, p. 124.
22. ‘Hadith Qudsi’ is a hadith that has been revealed by Allah to the Prophet apart from the Qur’an. Hadith qudsi (sacred hadith) are so named because, unlike the majority of hadiths which are Prophetic hadiths, their authority [sanad] is traced back not to the Prophet (S) but to the Almighty. [ed.]
23. Usul al- Kafi, vol. 3, p. 54.
24. Usul al- Kafi, vol. 3, p. 97.
25. Ibid., p. 102.
26. Bihar al- Anwar, vol. 103, p. 25
27. Jami‘ al- Sa‘adat, vol. 3, p. 202.
28. Surat al- Fajr 89:27- 30.
29. Surat al- Ma’idah 5:119.
30. Surat al- Mulk 67:1- 2.
31. Bihar al- Anwar, vol. 77, p. 20.
32. Surat Saba’ 34:13.
33. Bihar al- Anwar, vol. 12, p. 35.