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| Transliteration | |
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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Editor's Introduction | |
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| Prologue | |
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| On Faith (Iman) | |
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| On the Distinction between Iman (Faith) and Islam (Submission) | |
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| The Book of Walaya | |
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| On the Walaya of the Commander of the Faithful, 'Ali b. Abi Talib | |
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| On the Walaya of the Imams of the House of the Messenger of God | |
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| On the Obligation to Invoke Blessings (al-salat) on Muhammad and His Progeny (al), that They are the People of His House (ahl al-bayt), the Transmission of the Imamate among Them, and the Clarification that They are the Umma of Muhammad | |
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| On the Designation (tawqif) of the Imams of the Progeny of Muhammad | |
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| On the Ranks and Status of the Imams, Their Dissociating Themselves from Those Who Misplaced Their Positions, and Considered Them to be What They were Not, and Their Charge of Unbelief against Those Who Deified Them | |
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| On the [Moral] Injunctions of the Imams to Their Supporters; and Their Description and Disclosure of Those Moral Teachings to Them | |
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| On Affection (mawadda) for the Imams of the Progeny of Muhammad, and of the Inducements for Upholding Their Patronage (muwalat) | |
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| On the Desirability of Knowledge, the Incentives to Acquire it, and the Merits of its Seekers | |
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| Account of Those from Whom Knowledge Should be Acquired, and Those from Whom it Should be Loathed and Whose Pronouncements Should be Rejected | |
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| The Book of Ritual Purity (Tahara) | |
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| The Account of the Command of God to His Servants, the Faithful Ones, Concerning Ritual Purification and the Inducements Therefore | |
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| Description of Impurities (ahdath) which Make Ablution (wudu) Obligatory | |
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| The Conventions for Performing Ablution | |
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| The Characteristics of Ablution | |
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| An Account of Water [to Be Used for Ablution] | |
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| The Ritual Bath (ghusl) | |
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| The Purification of Bodies, Clothes, the Ground, and Carpets | |
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| The Tooth-Stick (siwak) | |
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| Tayammum | |
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| The Purification of Food and Drink | |
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| Cleanliness and Natural Purification | |
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| The Purification of the Skin, Bones, Hair, and Wool | |
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| Menstruation | |
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| Istibra | |
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| The Book of Ritual Prayer (Salat) | |
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| The Obligation to Pray | |
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| Encouragement to Perform Prayer, the Command to Offer Prayers in Their Entirety, and the Reward That May be Expected from Prayer | |
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| The Times of Prayer | |
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| Adhan and the Iqama | |
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| The Account of Mosques | |
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| Leadership (imama) [in Prayers] | |
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| The Congregation and the Rows | |
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| The Distinctive Features of Prayer | |
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| The Supplication (dua) after Prayer | |
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| Speech and Action during Prayers [What is Permitted and What is not Permitted] | |
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| Dress during Prayers | |
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| The Friday Prayer | |
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| The Prayer at the Two Festivals | |
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| Forgetfulness during Prayer | |
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| Discontinuance of Prayer | |
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| The Prayer of One Who Arrives Late to the Congregation [and Misses Part of the Worship] | |
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| The Age at which Prayer Becomes Obligatory on Children | |
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| The Prayer of the Traveller | |
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| The Prayer of the Sick | |
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| Prayer [in Time] of Danger | |
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| Prayer during an Eclipse | |
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| The Prayer for Rain | |
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| The Witr Prayer, the Fajr Prayer, and the Qunut | |
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| The Sunna and the Nafila Prayers | |
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| The Prostrations [while Reciting] the Qur'an | |
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| The Book of Funerals (Jana'iz) | |
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| On Illness, Visiting the Sick, and the Approach of Death | |
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| The Command to Keep Death in Remembrance | |
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| Condolence, Patience, and Permissible Weeping | |
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| Washing the Dead | |
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| Embalming and Shrouding the Dead | |
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| Walking at Funerals | |
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| Prayer over the Dead | |
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| Burial and Graves | |
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| The Book of Zakat (Alms Tax) | |
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| The Inducements for Giving Zakat and Sadaqa | |
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| Warning of Dire Consequences for Withholding the Zakat from Those Who are Entitled to it | |
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| The Zakat on Silver, Gold, and Precious Stones | |
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| Zakat on Livestock | |
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| The Payment of Sadaqat (Obligatory Alms) | |
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| Zakat on Grain, Fruit, and Vegetables | |
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| Zakat al-Fitr | |
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| The Book of Fasting and I'tikaf | |
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| The Obligation and Inducements to Fast during the Month of Ramadan | |
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| Commencing the Fast | |
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| What Makes the Fast Invalid and What a Man Has to Do when His Fast is Invalidated | |
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| Fasting during Travel | |
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| Breaking the Fast because of Illness | |
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| Breaking the Fast | |
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| Laylat al-Qadr | |
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| [Voluntary] Fasts According to the Prophetic Practice and the Supererogatory Fasts | |
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| I'tikaf | |
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| The Book of Pilgrimage | |
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| The Obligation to Perform the Hajj and a Severe Reprimand for Avoiding it | |
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| The Inducements to Perform the Pilgrimage | |
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| The Entry into the city of the Prophet (Medina) and What is Appropriate for One Who Enters as a Visitor Intending to Perform the Hajj | |
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| The Places at which [One Must Don the Vestments of] ihram | |
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| On the State of Ritual Consecration (ihram) | |
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| The Rites of Taqlid, Ish'ar, Tajlil, and Talbiya | |
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| What Is Forbidden to the Muhrim and What is Incumbent upon Him to Do To Expiate a Forbidden Act when He Commits it | |
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| Fine on a Muhrim for Hunting Game | |
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| Entering the Haram (Sacred Premises) and How to Behave There | |
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| The Circumambulation (tawaf) | |
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| Relinquishing the Ihram after the 'Umra | |
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| The Trip to Mina and Standing at 'Arafa | |
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| The Departure from 'Arafa for Muzdalifa | |
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| The Casting of Pebbles | |
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| The Beasts of Sacrifice | |
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| The Shaving of Heads and the Clipping of Hair and Nails | |
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| The Rites which the Pilgrim Should Perform at Mina | |
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| The Departure (al-nafr) from Mina | |
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| The 'Umra by Itself (al-'umra al-mufrada) | |
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| On Debarring and Restraining [Someone from the hajj] | |
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| The Pilgrimage on Behalf of Chronically Ill or Dead Persons | |
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| Missing the Hajj | |
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| The Book of Jihad | |
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| On the Obligation to Wage Jihad | |
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| The Inducements for Waging Jihad | |
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| The Inducements to Caparison Horses | |
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| The Etiquette of Travelling | |
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| The Rights and Duties of Commanders (al-umara) | |
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| [The 'Ahd of 'Ali]: How the Commander (amir) Should Reckon with His Conscience | |
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| Advice to the Commander of an Army to Take Example from His Predecessors | |
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| On the Justice to be Observed by the Umara in Respect of Their Subjects and of Themselves | |
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| Knowledge of the Different Classes of People | |
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| What is Proper for the Governor to Observe Concerning the Affairs of His Army | |
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| What is necessary for the Governor to Observe Concerning the Administration of Justice among the People | |
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| What the Governor Should Consider in Matters Concerning His Administrative Officers ('ummal) | |
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| How the Governor Should Look after the Affairs of the Taxpayers (ahl al-kharaj) | |
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| What is Incumbent on the Governor to Observe with Regard to His Secretaries | |
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| The Duties of the Governor Regarding the Classes of Merchants and Artisans | |
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| What is Proper for the Governor to Do as regards the Poor and the Needy | |
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| Manners and Virtuous Conduct which the Governor Should Adopt | |
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| [End of 'Ali's 'Ahd] | |
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| The Actions that Should be Performed before Battle | |
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| How to Wage War | |
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| War with Idolaters | |
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| The Rules Governing Captives in War | |
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| The Security [and Protection of Aliens] | |
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| On Peace, Covenants, and Jizya | |
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| An Account of Enemy Property Captured in War (ghanima) before Distribution | |
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| The Distribution of the Booty | |
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| On Fighting with Rebels | |
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| The Rules Regarding Booty Captured from the Rebellious Party | |
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| The Rules Concerning [Relations between] Two Disputing Factions | |
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| Those Muslims against whom Fighting is Permissible | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography of Cited Works | |
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| Index | |
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| Index of Qur'anic verses | |