Al-Khiṣāl - The Book of Characteristics
al-Khiṣāl is a unique work in the realm of Shīʿī Ḥadīths. Authored by Shaykh al-Ṣadūq, the book focuses on exploring traditions by categorising them on the basis of the numbers mentioned in the traditions, which is similar to what can be found in the book al-Maḥāsin for al-Barqī. Each section of the book is dedicated to a specific number, starting from one and extending up to one million. In the course of gathering these Ḥadīths, one will find traditions dealing with history, doctrine, ethics, jurisprudence and a large variety of genres.
al-Khiṣāl is a unique work in the realm of Shīʿī Ḥadīths. Authored by Shaykh al-Ṣadūq, the book focuses on exploring traditions by categorising them on the basis of the numbers mentioned in the traditions, which is similar to what can be found in the book al-Maḥāsin for al-Barqī. Each section of the book is dedicated to a specific number, starting from one and extending up to one million. In the course of gathering these Ḥadīths, one will find traditions dealing with history, doctrine, ethics, jurisprudence and a large variety of genres.
1Introduction
2Part 1: On One-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter 1
1 ḤadīthGod is One and Only
Chapter 2
1 ḤadīthAbandoning the Present to Attain the Promised
Chapter 3
1 ḤadīthOppressive Characteristics
Chapter 4
1 ḤadīthCharacteristics Rooted in Love for Religion
Chapter 5
1 ḤadīthOne Characteristic for Five Characteristics
Chapter 6
2 AḥadīthA Characteristic for a Characteristic
Chapter 7
1 ḤadīthA Saving Characteristic
Chapter 8
1 ḤadīthThe Loftiest Characteristic of the Religion
Chapter 9
2 AḥadīthNo Two Things Combined which are Better than the Combination of Two Characteristics
Chapter 10
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic that is the Honor of This World and the Hereafter
Chapter 11
1 ḤadīthThe Most Knowledgeable Person Is One who Combines One Characteristic with Another One
Chapter 12
1 ḤadīthThere Is One True Prosperity And One True Misery
Chapter 13
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic for Which the People Deserve to be Rewarded or Punished
Chapter 14
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic that Is the Noblest Holy War
Chapter 15
1 ḤadīthThe Hardest Thing is One Characteristic that Cannot Be Avoided Unless We Abandon Another Characteristic
Chapter 16
4 AḥadīthA Believer’s Honor Is in One Characteristic and His Glory Is In Another Characteristic
Chapter 17
1 ḤadīthOne Characteristic Is the Key to All Evil
Chapter 18
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic Due to Justice
Chapter 19
2 AḥadīthA Characteristic Due to Which We Are Interested in How Others Judge About Us
Chapter 20
1 ḤadīthSeek Nearness to God with One Characteristic
Chapter 21
1 ḤadīthGod Has Not Tested the Servants with Anything Harder Than One Characteristic
Chapter 22
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic that Is the Result of Being Kind
Chapter 23
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic that Stabilizes One’s Faith and One that Makes Him Lose His Faith
Chapter 24
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic that Destroys a Believer’s Dignity
Chapter 25
1 ḤadīthA Good Characteristic Which No Other Characteristic Is Better Than, and a Bad Characteristic That No Other Characteristic Is Worse Than
Chapter 26
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That Guarantees Who Will Not Become Poor
Chapter 27
1 ḤadīthThe Form of Chivalry of the Members of the Holy Household
Chapter 28
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic Due to One’s Chivalry
Chapter 29
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic that Is Not Good for a Dignified Man
Chapter 30
1 ḤadīthGod Loves One Characteristic and Despises One Characteristic
Chapter 31
2 AḥadīthOne Who has This Characteristic Would Not Be Thankful for Blessings
Chapter 32
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic Due to Humbleness
Chapter 33
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic that Is Close to Blasphemy and A Characteristic that Might Change Destiny
Chapter 34
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic that Destroyed Previous Nations
Chapter 35
1 ḤadīthMartyrdom Is Expiation for Every Sin Except for One’s Debt
Chapter 36
1 ḤadīthGod the Almighty Has Sent Muhammad ﷺ and His Nation a Gift That He Has Not Given to Any Other Nation
Chapter 37
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic that One Should Have If He Wants to Increase Goodness in His House
Chapter 38
1 ḤadīthGod Will Look at Whom He Likes. Once He Looks at Him, He Shall Grant Him One of Three Gifts
Chapter 39
2 AḥadīthThe Hereafter is the Wedding of the Pious Ones
Chapter 40
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That is Like its Opposite
Chapter 41
1 ḤadīthThe Most Wicked People Are Those Who Are Respected for Possessing One Characteristic
Chapter 42
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic in This World is Abstinence, and a Characteristic That is Gratitude for all Blessings
Chapter 43
1 ḤadīthNothing Deserves to Be Restrained More Than the Tongue
Chapter 44
1 ḤadīthWhoever Raises his Aspirations Does Wrong
Chapter 45
1 ḤadīthGood Deeds Are Recorded for a Muslim as Long as He Remains Quiet
Chapter 46
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic Having Which Will Result in God Saving You From the Fear of the Hereafter
Chapter 47
1 ḤadīthThe Most Intelligent Characteristic
Chapter 48
1 ḤadīthThe Most Pious, the Best Worshipping, the Most Ascetic and the Most Hard-Working People
Chapter 49
1 ḤadīthBecoming Sorry Is the Same as Repenting
Chapter 50
1 ḤadīthWhoever Earns More Than His Meals fom This World
Chapter 51
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That Deserves to Be Willed
Chapter 52
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That Causes One to Be Thrown Out and a Characteristic That Causes One to Be Joined
Chapter 53
1 ḤadīthLofty Characteristics and Bad Characteristics for the People of the World
Chapter 54
2 AḥadīthThere Is No Honor Except Through One Characteristic. There Is No Nobility Except Through Another Characteristic
Chapter 55
1 ḤadīthWhen God Loves a Servant He Will Make Him Suffer from a Great Calamity
Chapter 56
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That Leads to Hemorrhoids
Chapter 57
1 ḤadīthA Hand on Which There Is an Iron Ring Is Not Clean
Chapter 58
1 ḤadīthDo Not Respond to Whoever Talks Before He Greets You
Chapter 59
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That if Practiced Implies Despise for Muhammad’s Religion
Chapter 60
1 ḤadīthOnly One of the Proverbs of the Prophets Has Remained
Chapter 61
1 ḤadīthWhen God Wishes a Servant Well, He Will Expedite His Punishment in This World, and When He Wishes Someone Bad, He Will Procrastinate His Punishment
Chapter 62
1 ḤadīthBe Patient with the Enemies of the Blessings
Chapter 63
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet ﷺ and Ali Ibn Abi Talib Were Created from the Same Root
Chapter 64
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That is Gratitude for All Blessings
Chapter 65
1 ḤadīthReligion Is the Same as Love
Chapter 66
1 ḤadīthWhen Two Believers Shake Hands They Shall Depart from Each Other Void of Any Sins
Chapter 67
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That Revives the Hearts
Chapter 68
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That Revives the Affairs of the Almighty God’s Proofs
Chapter 69
1 ḤadīthGod the Almighty Has Not Created Anything More Delightful Than This Characteristic
Chapter 70
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That Constitutes Nine-Tenths of Religion
Chapter 71
1 ḤadīthWhoever is Pleased with His Destiny or is Displeased with it
Chapter 72
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic for Which Even Red-Haired Camels Are Not Loved
Chapter 73
2 AḥadīthA Characteristic That Increases the Daily Bread
Chapter 74
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That Leads to Hypocrisy and Poverty
Chapter 75
1 ḤadīthThe First Gift Given to a Believer Due to a Characteristic
Chapter 76
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic for Which One Who Has No Good Deeds is Forgiven on the Resurrection Day
Chapter 77
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That is the Root of All Sins
Chapter 78
1 ḤadīthHow Awkward It Is If a Man Enters Heaven Having Lost His Honor
Chapter 79
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic Doing Which Will Cause the Almighty God to Have Mercy Upon You
Chapter 80
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic Doing Which Will Cause Increased Good for One’s House
Chapter 81
1 ḤadīthOn Him Whose Health Has Overcome His Illness but He Treats Himself and Dies
Chapter 82
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic Which a Believer Avoids
Chapter 83
1 ḤadīthNothing Ruins Faith as Much as One Characteristic Does
Chapter 84
1 ḤadīthOne Who Lives to See his Successor Is Prosperous
Chapter 85
1 ḤadīthA Believer’s Honor is More Than That of the Ka’ba
Chapter 86
1 ḤadīthIt Suffices for a Believer to See God’s Aid in the Form of His Enemies Engaged in the Almighty God’s Disobedience
Chapter 87
1 ḤadīthA Gift Will Eliminate Animosities
Chapter 88
1 ḤadīthProsperous Be the One Who is Indifferent
Chapter 89
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That Will Make One Poor in the Hereafter
Chapter 90
1 ḤadīthA Group of People Who Are the Masters of Heaven
Chapter 91
1 ḤadīthGod’s Prophet Made His Ablutions One Organ at a Time
Chapter 92
1 ḤadīthThe Characteristic That Is the Best Goodness
Chapter 93
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet Put off His Special Prayer for One Characteristic
Chapter 94
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That is the Best Form of Worshipping and a Characteristic That is the Noblest Form of Being Religious
Chapter 95
1 ḤadīthWhat Is A Lot but Its Doers Are A Few
Chapter 96
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That Constitutes Half of the Religion
Chapter 97
1 ḤadīthA Characteristic That is the Best Thing Given to a Muslim
Chapter 98
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet and Ali Ibn Abi Talib Were Created from One Light
Chapter 99
2 AḥadīthA Servant’s Well-Being Depends Upon the Well-Being of One of His Organs
Chapter 100
1 ḤadīthA Man Enters Heaven for One Characteristic
Chapter 101
1 ḤadīthOne Who Likes Two Characteristics Shall do One Thing
Chapter 102
1 ḤadīthGod’s Prophet Finished His Prayers with One Greeting
3Part 2: On Two-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter 1
1 ḤadīthRecognition of God By Two Characteristics
Chapter 2
1 ḤadīthOn the Prophet’s Saying, “There Are Two Things Which I Do Not Wish to Share with Anyone”
Chapter 3
1 ḤadīthTwo Strange Things to Put up with
Chapter 4
1 ḤadīthNothing Voids Ablutions Except for What Leaves from the Two Sides
Chapter 5
1 ḤadīthTwo Blessings Being Denied
Chapter 6
2 AḥadīthTwo Things Which Cause Trouble for Most People
Chapter 7
3 AḥadīthNo Worship of God is Better than Being Quiet and Walking to God’s House
Chapter 8
1 ḤadīthThe Blessed the Sublime God Has Divided the People on the Earth into Two Groups
Chapter 9
1 ḤadīthTwo Groups in This Nation Whose Improvement Would Improve the Nation and Whose Corruption Would Corrupt the Nation
Chapter 10
1 ḤadīthFear God Regarding Two Weak Ones
Chapter 11
1 ḤadīthThe reward of whoever takes care of two daughters, Two sisters, two paternal aunts or two maternal aunts
Chapter 12
1 ḤadīthTwo Men Will Not Sense the Scent of Paradise
Chapter 13
5 AḥadīthWhat Has Been Said About Two-Faced People
Chapter 14
1 ḤadīthThe People Are in Two Groups: Some Who Get Relieved by Others and Some from Whom Others Get Relieved
Chapter 15
1 ḤadīthPeople Are of Two Types: The Learned and the Seeker of Knowledge
Chapter 16
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics One of Which Will Cause Forgetting Sins and the Other Will Cause Hardening of the Hearts
Chapter 17
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics That Provide Immunity to Leprosy
Chapter 18
1 ḤadīthAttend to Two Major Issues
Chapter 19
3 AḥadīthThe World is Just Two Words and Two Dirhams
Chapter 20
1 ḤadīthThere is no Good in This World Except for Two Men
Chapter 21
1 ḤadīthThere are Two Forms of Knowledge
Chapter 22
1 ḤadīthTwo Strange Characteristics: Eating the Sustenance Provided by God and Ascribing Divinity to Others Than God
Chapter 23
1 ḤadīthEnjoining to Do Good and Admonishing Against Evil Are Two of the Creatures of the Exalted the Honorable God
Chapter 24
1 ḤadīthThe Two Things Which Constituted Most of the Worshipping of Abuzar - May God Have Mercy Upon
Chapter 25
1 ḤadīthIf a Woman Has Had Two Husbands Which Husband Will She Belong to in Heaven
Chapter 26
1 ḤadīthEnemies Who Dispute with Each Other About Their Lord
Chapter 27
1 ḤadīthJawad Has Two Meanings
Chapter 28
1 ḤadīthSilver and Gold Money Are Destructive
Chapter 29
1 ḤadīthGold and Silver Are Two Perverting Metals
Chapter 30
1 ḤadīthSeek Refuge from Two Characteristics
Chapter 31
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics of the Shiites
Chapter 32
1 ḤadīthThere are Two Pleasures for One Who Fasts
Chapter 33
1 ḤadīthFasting Is For God
Chapter 34
1 ḤadīthWhat Has Been Said About the Honest vs. the Dishonest Businessmen
Chapter 35
1 ḤadīthTwo Things Which Provide us with Benefits Every Dawn and Dusk
Chapter 36
1 ḤadīthTwo Forms of Shopping Are Bad
Chapter 37
1 ḤadīthThere Are Two Prayers for High Quality Goods and Two Curses for Bad Goods
Chapter 38
3 AḥadīthTwo Characteristics Granted to Whoever Honors the Rights of God
Chapter 39
1 ḤadīthOne Who Has Two Characteristics Is Good, Otherwise Stay Away from Him
Chapter 40
1 ḤadīthTwo Things Can Terminate the Waiting Period of a Divorced Woman Who Has Not Had Her Menstruation in Due Time
Chapter 41
1 ḤadīthSeek Nearness to the Honorable the Exalted God with Two Characteristics
Chapter 42
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics Which Eliminate Poverty, Increase Life and Fend off Seventy Harsh Deaths
Chapter 43
1 ḤadīthTraditions Are of Two Types
Chapter 44
1 ḤadīthDoing Good is Only Valued by Those Who Have Two Characteristics
Chapter 45
1 ḤadīthFriends Are of Two Types
Chapter 46
1 ḤadīthPeople Are of Two Types
Chapter 47
1 ḤadīthTwo Leaders Who Are Not in Power
Chapter 48
1 ḤadīthTwo Things with Which Some Corrupt Their Prayers
Chapter 49
1 ḤadīthNo Two Things Are Loved by the Honorable the Exalted God More Than The Following Two
Chapter 50
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics Which Satan Taught Noah 
Chapter 51
3 AḥadīthTwo Characteristics of Which People Should be Most Fearful
Chapter 52
2 AḥadīthTwo Characteristics Which You Are Admonished Against
Chapter 53
1 ḤadīthTwo Types of Water Which Did Not Heed Noah’s Call
Chapter 54
1 ḤadīthFaith Consists of Talking and Action
Chapter 55
1 ḤadīthTwo Hungry Ones Who Would Never Get Satiated
Chapter 56
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics Due to True Faith
Chapter 57
2 AḥadīthThere Are Two Types of Chivalry
Chapter 58
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics Which Speed up the Arrival of Your Daily Bread
Chapter 59
1 ḤadīthThe Subsistence for One’s Spouse is between Two Abominable Limits
Chapter 60
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics in Return for Two Characteristics
Chapter 61
1 ḤadīthThere Are Two Types of Shyness
Chapter 62
1 ḤadīthWhat Might Cause Parent’s Being Damned by the Children
Chapter 63
1 ḤadīthOn the Prophet’s Statement: "I am the Son of the Two offerings"
Chapter 64
1 ḤadīthAnd There is Another Tradition Regarding the Great Offering
Chapter 65
1 ḤadīthTwo Standing, Two Moving, Two Different And Two Opposite Things
Chapter 66
1 ḤadīthThe Reward of Whoever Goes on the Hajj Pilgrimage Twice
Chapter 67
2 AḥadīthSaying What is Right under Two Conditions
Chapter 68
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics Loved by the Honorable the Exalted God in the Heavens and by the People on Earth
Chapter 69
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet of God Had Two Rings
Chapter 70
1 ḤadīthThere Are Two Gifts from One Who Fasts
Chapter 71
1 ḤadīthThere Are Two Signs for the Approach of The Hour
Chapter 72
1 ḤadīthIt is Not Permitted to Give Charity to the Hashemites Except in Two Conditions
Chapter 73
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics of the Lowly People
Chapter 74
1 ḤadīthTwo Sins One of Which is Worse Than the Other One
Chapter 75
1 ḤadīthThe Two Benefits of Brushing the Teeth
Chapter 76
2 AḥadīthEating Soap Has Two Effects
Chapter 77
1 ḤadīthUsing Two Kinds of Toothpicks Would Lead to Leprosy
Chapter 78
1 ḤadīthThis World and The Hereafter Are on the Two Sides of a Scale
Chapter 79
1 ḤadīthHe Has Let Free the Two Bodies of Flowing Water, Meeting Together: Between Them is a Barrier Which They Do Not Transgress
Chapter 80
1 ḤadīthThe Prophe Left Two Things amongst His Nation
Chapter 81
1 ḤadīthWill be Questioned About the ‘Two Heavy Things’ on the Resurrection Day
Chapter 82
1 ḤadīthAl-Hassan and Al-Hussein Had Two Amulets
and Al-Hussein Had Two AmuletsChapter 83
1 ḤadīthDay and Night are Two Carriages
Chapter 84
1 ḤadīthTwo Men to Whom God has Granted Two Wings with Which to Fly in Paradise along with the Angels
Chapter 85
1 ḤadīthTwo Things Ruin the People
Chapter 86
1 ḤadīthWhat the Commander of the Faithful Said about Two People Who Broke His Back
Said about Two People Who Broke His BackChapter 87
1 ḤadīthA Greedy Man is Deprived of Two Characteristics and Has Two Characteristics
Chapter 88
4 AḥadīthTwo Prayers Which God’s Prophet ﷺ Never Abandoned Saying
Chapter 89
2 AḥadīthTwo Groups of People Who Have Not Benefited from Islam
Chapter 90
1 ḤadīthAnimosity Would Bring about Two Sufferings
Chapter 91
2 AḥadīthPeople Get Old, but Two Things Remain Young within Them
Chapter 92
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics Which Cause Two Things
Chapter 93
1 ḤadīthThe Two Things Which the Children of Adam Dislike
Chapter 94
2 AḥadīthThe Prophet ﷺ Remained Silent in Two Instances
Chapter 95
1 ḤadīthTwo Characteristics Which Cannot Co-exist in One’s Heart
Chapter 96
1 ḤadīthJealousy Is Not Proper Except in Two Conditions
Chapter 97
1 ḤadīthThe Reason For The Twofold Love of The Prophet For Aqil
Chapter 98
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet ﷺ Was Pleased by Two Things
Chapter 99
3 AḥadīthThe ProphetGranted Two Thigs to Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein
Chapter 100
1 ḤadīthIt Is Not Proper For One to Stay Awake After the Night Prayer Except for Two People
Chapter 101
1 ḤadīthThe Two Main Causes of Going to Hell and the Two Main Causes of Going to Paradise
Chapter 102
1 ḤadīthThe Honorable the Exalted God Would Not Give His Servants Two Fears And Two Securities
Chapter 103
1 ḤadīthTwo Things Improve This Nation And Two Destroy It
4Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter 1
2 AḥadīthThree Whom God Will Let into Paradise without Any Reckoning, and Three Whom God Will Throw into Hell without Any Reckoning
Chapter 2
2 AḥadīthThree Characteristics Each of Which Would Cause One to be Under the Shade of the Honorable the Exalted God’s Throne
Chapter 3
1 ḤadīthThree Groups of People are Closest to the Honorable the Exalted God on the Resurrection Day
Chapter 4
1 ḤadīthThe Three Conditions Which Imply the Acceptance of One’s Prayers
Chapter 5
1 ḤadīthOne Is Not a True Believer unless He Has Three Characteristics
Chapter 6
1 ḤadīthThree Characteristics Which Do Not Exist in a Believer
Chapter 7
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet Asked His Lord for Three Things. God Granted Him Two, but Did Not Grant Him the Third
Chapter 8
4 AḥadīthThree Things Raise the Ranks, The Three Expiations, The Three Which Destroy, The Three Which Save
Chapter 9
1 ḤadīthThree Things for Which God Would Marry off one of the Houri-Eyed Ones to You
Chapter 10
1 ḤadīthThe Three People Who Would Wrong You If You Do Not Express Your Discontent
Chapter 11
2 AḥadīthThree People Would Not Get What is Rightfully Theirs from Three People
Chapter 12
1 ḤadīthThree People Who Deserve Mercy
Chapter 13
1 ḤadīthThree People with Whom God Is Angry
Chapter 14
1 ḤadīthThree Occasions for Lying, Three Occasions Not to Tell the Truth, Three Occasions Not to Associate
Chapter 15
1 ḤadīthThree Characteristics for Three Characteristics
Chapter 16
1 ḤadīthOne Characteristic Results in Three Characteristics
Chapter 17
1 ḤadīthThe Signs of Getting Old Are Three
Chapter 18
1 ḤadīthThree Characteristics Unique to the Prophets, Their Offspring and Their Followers
Chapter 19
2 AḥadīthThree Characteristics Which God Hates
Chapter 20
1 ḤadīthThree Things the Prophets Are Not Immune to See from Their Followers
Chapter 21
1 ḤadīthThe Three Roots of Infidelity
Chapter 22
1 ḤadīthThe Three Forms of Debts
Chapter 23
1 ḤadīthYou Must Seek Permission to Enter Three Times
Chapter 24
1 ḤadīthThree People Not to Greet
Chapter 25
1 ḤadīthThe Best Three People
Chapter 26
2 AḥadīthThree Characteristics Indicate Affluence, Beauty and Defeat of Your Enemies
Chapter 27
1 ḤadīthThree Things Are Pleasing to the Eyes
Chapter 28
1 ḤadīthThree Good Characteristics
Chapter 29
1 ḤadīthThree Wasteful Acts
Chapter 30
1 ḤadīthGod’s Prophet ﷺ Cursed Three People
Chapter 31
1 ḤadīthRanks in Heaven Which Only Three People Can Attain
Chapter 32
1 ḤadīthThree People Are Not Subject to the Rules
Chapter 33
1 ḤadīthThree people swore to kill the Prophet, but Ali rose up against them
Chapter 34
1 ḤadīthThree Characteristics in Doing Good to One’s Brethren
Chapter 35
1 ḤadīthThree Locations Where Defecation is Admonished Against
Chapter 36
1 ḤadīthThere Are Three Problems in Getting Exposed to the Sun
Chapter 37
1 ḤadīthThere are Three Signs for One Who is Wasteful
Chapter 38
1 ḤadīthAll Eyes Will Weep on the Resurrection Day Except Three
Chapter 39
1 ḤadīthAll Good Is In Three Traits
Chapter 40
1 ḤadīthThree People Riding on an Animal is Admonished Against
Chapter 41
1 ḤadīthThe Right of an Ill-Traveller upon his Travel Companions Is to Stay with him for Three Days
Chapter 42
1 ḤadīthThree Bad Attributes for Black Shoes and Three Good for Yellow Ones
Chapter 43
1 ḤadīthLearn Three Traits from the Crow
Chapter 44
1 ḤadīthThree Things Are the Result of Another Three Things
Chapter 45
1 ḤadīthThere Is Bad a Omen in Three Things
Chapter 46
2 AḥadīthThree Groups Disregard the Warnings Given to Them
Chapter 47
1 ḤadīthWhoever Is Granted Three Things Not Deprived of Three
Chapter 48
1 ḤadīthAdmonished against Consulting with Three People
Chapter 49
1 ḤadīthThe Intellect Is Divided into Three Parts
Chapter 50
1 ḤadīthAdam Chose One of Three Characteristics
Chapter 51
1 ḤadīthOne’s Intellect Can be Measured by Three Things
Chapter 52
1 ḤadīthOur Followers Are in Three Groups
Chapter 53
1 ḤadīthOur Followers Will be Tested Under Three Circumstances
Chapter 54
5 AḥadīthWhoever Possesses Three Characteristics Has Perfect Faith
Chapter 55
3 AḥadīthThree Whom God Shall Not Talk to, Look at, or Purify
Chapter 56
1 ḤadīthThe Most Horrible Instances for People
Chapter 57
1 ḤadīthThe Three Partners in Oppression
Chapter 58
1 ḤadīthOne Who Divulges What Others Say Has Killed Three People
Chapter 59
1 ḤadīthThree Places for a Believer and Three for an Infidel
Chapter 60
1 ḤadīthThe Days of the Honorable the Exalted God’s Are Three
Chapter 61
2 AḥadīthThree People Will be Punished on the Resurrection Day
Chapter 62
1 ḤadīthThree Characteristics Make You Immune from Haughtiness
Chapter 63
1 ḤadīthThree Characteristics Enable Enjoining Good and bidding Evil
Chapter 64
1 ḤadīthThree Are Not Pure
Chapter 65
1 ḤadīthHaving Three Characteristics Is Enough for One to Be Bad
Chapter 66
1 ḤadīthThree Reasons for Not Loving the Family of the Prophet
Chapter 67
1 ḤadīthThe Best Three Deeds in the Opinion of God
Chapter 68
1 ḤadīthFire Shall Speak to Three People on the Resurrection Day
Chapter 69
2 AḥadīthThree Back-Breaking Things
Chapter 70
1 ḤadīthGod Has Honored His Servants with Three Things
Chapter 71
1 ḤadīthYou Should Only Stay Up Late at Night for Three Causes
Chapter 72
1 ḤadīthWere It Not for Three Reasons, Man Would Never Bow Down
Chapter 73
1 ḤadīthThe Rules of the Religion Are Summarized in Three Things
Chapter 74
1 ḤadīthThree Sources of Sedition
Chapter 75
3 AḥadīthThere Are Three Friends for a Muslim
Chapter 76
2 AḥadīthMen Are of Three Kinds
Chapter 77
3 AḥadīthNo One Deserves to Be a Leader Unless He Has Three Characteristics
Chapter 78
3 AḥadīthOn Three Hajj Pilgrimage
Chapter 79
1 ḤadīthOn Whoever Sends Three Believers to the Hajj Pilgrimage
Chapter 80
1 ḤadīthThere Are Three Signs in Joseph’s Shirt
Chapter 81
1 ḤadīthThere Are Three Forms of Oppression
Chapter 82
1 ḤadīthThree Ways Having Intercourse Becomes Legitimate
Chapter 83
1 ḤadīthAll the Nation but Three Can Hope to Be Saved
Chapter 84
1 ḤadīthThe Worst Three Times for Man
Chapter 85
1 ḤadīthThe Worst Three Deeds of Man Near God
Chapter 86
1 ḤadīthA Man Would Not Migrate except for Three Reasons
Chapter 87
2 AḥadīthThree Beds
Chapter 88
1 ḤadīthThe Three Signs
Chapter 89
1 ḤadīthThree Situations in Which God Takes Care of One’s Affairs
Chapter 90
3 AḥadīthThree Types of People
Chapter 91
1 ḤadīthThree Inexcusable Characteristics
Chapter 92
1 ḤadīthThree Characteristics One Would Suffer before Death
Chapter 93
1 ḤadīthA Muslim is Perfected with Three Characteristics
Chapter 94
2 AḥadīthThree Advices the Prophet Gave to Ali
Chapter 95
1 ḤadīthThree Occasions in Which One is Prayed for in the Plural
Chapter 96
2 AḥadīthWhat is said to Whoever Sneezes Three Times
Chapter 97
1 ḤadīthThree Things God Never Grants A Hypocrite or a Corrupt
Chapter 98
1 ḤadīthThree Are God’s Guests and under His Protection
Chapter 99
1 ḤadīthThe Buyer Has Three Days to Return the Animal He Buys
Chapter 100
2 AḥadīthThree things God Has Not Given Anyone any Excuse Not to Do
Chapter 101
1 ḤadīthThere Would Have Come a Severe Punishment from God Were It Not for the Following Three
Chapter 102
1 ḤadīthThree Damned Ones
Chapter 103
1 ḤadīthThree Things regarding When Wise Men Write to Each Other
Chapter 104
2 AḥadīthThree Characteristics Not of a Believer
Chapter 105
1 ḤadīthGod has a Paradise into Which Only Three Groups Shall Enter
Chapter 106
1 ḤadīthThree Characteristics That Shiites Do Not Have
Chapter 107
3 AḥadīthThe Hardest Three Things for the Servants to Do
Chapter 108
1 ḤadīthSatan’s Saying that the Children of Adam Cannot Defeat Me in at Least Three Situations
Chapter 109
1 ḤadīthThree Things That are Really Hard for the People
Chapter 110
1 ḤadīthThree Acts to Perfect Good Deeds
Chapter 111
2 AḥadīthThe Three Hands
Chapter 112
2 AḥadīthThe Three Donors
Chapter 113
2 AḥadīthIt Is Not Proper to Beg Unless under One of Three Conditions
Chapter 114
1 ḤadīthThree Things with Which God Has Honored the Children of Adam
Chapter 115
1 ḤadīthOne Would Not Be a Polytheist until He Does One of Three Things
Chapter 116
1 ḤadīthThis Nation Has Not Been Given Any Less Than Three
Chapter 117
1 ḤadīthThe Three Worst Afflictions
Chapter 118
1 ḤadīthThree Things Not in My Nation
Chapter 119
1 ḤadīthThe Angels Would Not Enter A House in Which There Are Three Things
Chapter 120
2 AḥadīthThree People Are Partners in Enjoining to Do Good and Forbidding to Do Evil
Chapter 121
1 ḤadīthFear Three People Regarding Your Religion
Chapter 122
1 ḤadīthThree Questions by a Christian from Ja’far as-Sadiq
Chapter 123
1 ḤadīthThe Worst Three Things of Which the Earth Complained
Chapter 124
1 ḤadīthThree People Whom God Will Not Protect
Chapter 125
1 ḤadīthThree Will be Under the Shade of the God’s Throne on the Resurrection Day
Chapter 126
1 ḤadīthThree Will Complain to God
Chapter 127
1 ḤadīthThere Are Three Groups of People Who Recite the Quran
Chapter 128
1 ḤadīthThere Are Three Groups of Recitors of the Holy Quran
Chapter 129
2 AḥadīthYou Should Not Travel to Any Except for Three Mosques
Chapter 130
1 ḤadīthThere Are Three Benefits in Radishes
Chapter 131
1 ḤadīthThere Is No Harm in Three Things
Chapter 132
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet Guarantees Three Places of Residence in Paradise for Whoever Abandons Three Characteristics
Chapter 133
1 ḤadīthThe Commander of the Faithful Was Ordered to Fight Three
Chapter 134
1 ḤadīthThree Characteristics without Which You Are Not from God or the Prophet
Chapter 135
2 AḥadīthThree Things to Respect for God
Chapter 136
3 AḥadīthThe Truth of Faith Are in Three Characteristics
Chapter 137
1 ḤadīthYou are Admonished against Having Three Characteristics
Chapter 138
2 AḥadīthThe Color Black Is Detestable Except for Three Things
Chapter 139
1 ḤadīthBeing a Guest is Limited to a Maximum of Three Days
Chapter 140
1 ḤadīthThree Things No Muslims Would Ever Doubt
Chapter 141
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet ﷺ Swears That Three Things Are Just
Chapter 142
2 AḥadīthOne Would Continue to Be Rewarded for Only Three Things
Chapter 143
2 AḥadīthThe Three First Fathers
Chapter 144
1 ḤadīthThe Best Three Things for the Best Three to Wish for
Chapter 145
1 ḤadīthThe Three Types of Affairs
Chapter 146
1 ḤadīthThe Three Thieves
Chapter 147
1 ḤadīthThere Are Three Groups of Angels
Chapter 148
1 ḤadīthThree Groups of Jinn and Three Groups of Men
Chapter 149
1 ḤadīthYou Should Not Stand to Pray behind Three People
Chapter 150
1 ḤadīthThree Things Make You Obese and Three Things Make You Thin
Chapter 151
1 ḤadīthThree Ways by which All Muslim Decrees Are Put into Effect
Chapter 152
1 ḤadīthThree Things along with Three Other Things
Chapter 153
1 ḤadīthThree Intercede with God and Their Intercession Accepted
Chapter 154
1 ḤadīthThe Three in Whose Name the First Lot Was Cast
Chapter 155
1 ḤadīthThere Are Three Benefits in Quinces
Chapter 156
2 AḥadīthThere Are Three Characteristics in Onions
Chapter 157
1 ḤadīthOn Three Traits That Are Signs of the Jurisprudent
Chapter 158
1 ḤadīthBlowing at Three Places Is Detestable
Chapter 159
1 ḤadīthAnyone Possessing Three Characteristics shall Go to Hell
Chapter 160
1 ḤadīthGod Will Make Three Things Rule Over Whoever Gains Illegitimate Property
Chapter 161
1 ḤadīthThree Sources of Comfort for a Believer
Chapter 162
1 ḤadīthA Man’s Prosperity Depends on Three Things
Chapter 163
1 ḤadīthThree Whose Prayers Will Not be Answered
Chapter 164
1 ḤadīthFasting for Three Days in the Month Equals Fasting the Whole Year
Chapter 165
1 ḤadīthA Believer’s Amusement Is in Three Things
Chapter 166
1 ḤadīthWhoever Has Three Characteristics Has the Whole Good
Chapter 167
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet Hit the Rock with a Pickaxe Three Times and Said ‘God is Great’ Three Times
Chapter 168
1 ḤadīthThe Three Deeds Most Loved by God
Chapter 169
1 ḤadīthThe Three Things I Fear the Most for My Nation
Chapter 170
1 ḤadīthWhoever Believes in God and the Hereafter Will Not Do Three Things
Chapter 171
1 ḤadīthI Am Afraid of Three Characteristics in My Nation
Chapter 172
2 AḥadīthThe Three Things the Prophet Liked the Most in This World
Chapter 173
1 ḤadīthAs-Sadiq Was Always Busy Doing One of Three Things
Was Always Busy Doing One of Three ThingsChapter 174
1 ḤadīthAl-Ridha’s Pilgrims Will Benefit on Three Occasions
Pilgrims Will Benefit on Three OccasionsChapter 175
1 ḤadīthDeeds Can be Classified into Three Distinct Groups
Chapter 176
1 ḤadīthAl-Baqir Enjoined His Son As-Sadiq to Do Three Things and Admonished Him Against Doing Three Things
Chapter 177
1 ḤadīthOnce the Riser Uprises, He Will Issue Three Decrees Never Issued Before
Chapter 178
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet Told Salman Farsi That He Has Three Characteristics When He Gets Ill
Chapter 179
3 AḥadīthUmar Said He Repents to God for Three Things
Chapter 180
1 ḤadīthWhat Abu Bakr is Sorry About
Chapter 181
1 ḤadīthOn Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood Saying, “There Are Three Groups of Scholars on the Earth"
Chapter 182
1 ḤadīthThe Three Who Did Not Deny Revelations Even for the Twinkling of an Eye
Chapter 183
1 ḤadīthThe Reward of Whoever is Patient with Three Daughters
Chapter 184
1 ḤadīthThe Three That Will Complain to the Honorable the Exalted God on the Resurrection Day
Chapter 185
1 ḤadīthThe Pen Has Been Lifted up for Three
Chapter 186
3 AḥadīthStinginess Coupled with Greed Causes Three Bad Characteristics
Chapter 187
1 ḤadīthThree Things Makes One a Partner with the Muslims
Chapter 188
1 ḤadīthThree of the Forty-Five Parts of Prophethood
Chapter 189
4 AḥadīthFaith Consists of Three Things
Chapter 190
2 AḥadīthThree Who Will Not Enter Paradise
Chapter 191
1 ḤadīthWhoever Three of His Progeny Are Crucified
Chapter 192
1 ḤadīthThe Reward for Three Things: Making Ablutions, Expressing Greetings Aloud, and Giving Charity in Private
Chapter 193
1 ḤadīthThe Four Brothers with a Ten Year Age Difference
Chapter 194
1 ḤadīthPeople Were Debased on Three Occasions
Chapter 195
1 ḤadīthThere Are Three Characteristics in Begging and the Worst of the People Are Three
Chapter 196
2 AḥadīthIt is Not Allowed for One to Be on No Talking Terms with his Muslim Brother for More Than Three Days
Chapter 197
2 AḥadīthThree Forms of Prosperity for a Muslim
Chapter 198
1 ḤadīthThe Three Truly Sincere Believers
Chapter 199
1 ḤadīthThe Three Companions of the Mountain
Chapter 200
1 ḤadīthThe Best Deeds in the Opinion of the Honorable the Exalted God Are Three
Chapter 201
1 ḤadīthThe People Are in Three Groups
Chapter 202
1 ḤadīthThe Light that is Divided into Three Parts
Chapter 203
1 ḤadīthThe Three Reasons Why People Worship God
Chapter 204
1 ḤadīthThree Conditions Set by the Commander of the Faithful Ali
Chapter 205
1 ḤadīthThree Characteristics of Imam Ali
Chapter 206
1 ḤadīthThree Traditions Established Ascribed to Barira - the Freed Maid of Ayesha
Chapter 207
1 ḤadīthThree People Ascribed Lies to God’s Prophet ﷺ
Chapter 208
1 ḤadīthThree People Are Cursed: the Rider, the Leader and the Driver
Chapter 209
2 AḥadīthThree Great Offenses
Chapter 210
1 ḤadīthThree Prophetic Traditions Ascribed to Al-Bara’ al-Ansari
Chapter 211
2 AḥadīthThree Prophetic Traditions Ascribed to Safvan al-Jahmi
Chapter 212
1 ḤadīthThree Groups Seek Knowledge
Chapter 213
1 ḤadīthWhoever is Antagonistic with Three Will be Debased
Chapter 214
1 ḤadīthPeople Are Divided into Three Groups When Considering Fate
5Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter 1
1 Ḥadīth“I Will Intercede on Their Behalf on the Resurrection Day”
Chapter 2
2 AḥadīthThe Punishment of Those Who Obey Their Wives in Four Issues
Chapter 3
1 ḤadīthFour Whose Prayers Shall Not Be Unanswered
Chapter 4
1 ḤadīthFour Issues Strengthen the Religion
Chapter 5
1 ḤadīthGod Forgives One who Takes It Easy Regarding Four Issues
Chapter 6
3 AḥadīthThe Four Desirable Things for People in This Ephemeral World
Chapter 7
1 ḤadīthFour Chapters of the Holy Quran Made the Prophet’s Hair Grey
Chapter 8
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet performed the Umra Hajj four times
Chapter 9
4 AḥadīthA Divine Leader Can Be Recognized By Four Characteristics
Chapter 10
2 AḥadīthWhoever Is Granted Four Things Would Not Get Disappointed with Four Other Things
Chapter 11
1 ḤadīthGod Would Not Look at Four People on the Resurrection Day
Chapter 12
2 AḥadīthThe Four who Will Be Riding on the Resurrection Day
Chapter 13
1 ḤadīthFour things which the old Israelite lady asked Moses for
Chapter 14
2 AḥadīthThe Four Best Female Residents of Paradise
Chapter 15
1 ḤadīthThe Four Back-Breaking Things
Chapter 16
1 ḤadīthGod took four looks at the world
Chapter 17
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet ﷺ Told Ali That He Had Seen Ali’s Name Along with His in Four Places
That He Had Seen Ali’s Name Along with His in Four PlacesChapter 18
1 ḤadīthOnly Four Can Understand the Sayings of the Members of the Holy Household
Chapter 19
2 AḥadīthFour things Are Incumbent for Him who Has Three Characteristics
Chapter 20
1 ḤadīthThe Poems of Satan in Reply to Adam’s Poems
Chapter 21
1 ḤadīthGod Has Embedded Four Things in Four Other Things
Chapter 22
1 ḤadīthDo Not Consider Four Things Bad Since They Have Four Benefits
Chapter 23
2 AḥadīthFour characteristics of Imam Ali which no other Arab had
Chapter 24
1 ḤadīthMuawiyah’s talk with Ibn Abbas regarding four characteristics he liked and four he disliked
Chapter 25
1 ḤadīthThere are four types of sin
Chapter 26
1 ḤadīthThe Reward of Whoever Goes On Hajj Pilgrimage Four Times
Chapter 27
1 ḤadīthFour which Are Not Allowed In Four
Chapter 28
1 ḤadīthIf food has four characteristics it is complete
Chapter 29
1 ḤadīthThe four signs of bastards
Chapter 30
1 ḤadīthGod advised Moses on four issues
Chapter 31
1 ḤadīthImam Ali Had Four Characteristics Whenever He Went to a Battle
Chapter 32
1 ḤadīthI Wonder Why Those who Fear Four Things Do Not Take Refuge in Four Things
Chapter 33
1 ḤadīthGod Accepted Ali’s Curse on Those who Did Not Testify to His Mastery
Chapter 34
1 ḤadīthFour Sayings for Security In This World, and Four Saying for Security In the Hereafter
Chapter 35
1 ḤadīthFour Characteristics Are Due to Obsession
Chapter 36
2 AḥadīthFour Things Will Never Be Satiated with Four Others
Chapter 37
1 ḤadīthFour Characteristics with which One Would Be in God’s Light
Chapter 38
1 ḤadīthPossessing Four Characteristics Would Perfect One’s Islam
Chapter 39
1 ḤadīthFour Words of Wisdom
Chapter 40
1 ḤadīthFour Characteristics in Return for Four Houses in Paradise
Chapter 41
1 ḤadīthFour Characteristics For whose Possessor the Honorable the Exalted God Would Establish A Home in Paradise
Chapter 42
1 ḤadīthAbandoning Four Characteristics Would Lead You to Paradise
Chapter 43
1 ḤadīthGod shall look upon four on the Resurrection Day
Chapter 44
1 ḤadīthThe Shiites Will Never Suffer from Four Characteristics
Chapter 45
1 ḤadīthGod Would Protect Whomever Has Four Characteristics
Chapter 46
1 ḤadīthThe Honorable the Exalted God Chose Four of Everything
Chapter 47
1 ḤadīthFour Characteristics which Cause Grief
Chapter 48
1 ḤadīthFour characteristics will never vanish in Muhammad’s nation
Chapter 49
1 ḤadīthThe body is sustained on four things
Chapter 50
1 ḤadīthMan’s Strength and Survival Depends On Four Things
Chapter 51
1 Ḥadīthfour acts corrupt the heart and develop hypocrisy
Chapter 52
1 ḤadīthThe Prophet liked four tribes and disliked four tribes
Chapter 53
1 ḤadīthFour acts will make the heart perish
Chapter 54
1 ḤadīthThe Earth Shall Never Be Void of Four Groups of Believers
Chapter 55
1 ḤadīthFour Things with Which You Will Not Need Any Medication
Chapter 56
1 ḤadīthFour Characteristics Not Attributed to a Believer
Chapter 57
1 ḤadīthGod Has Taken a Pledge from a Believer On Four Issues
Chapter 58
1 ḤadīthThe Four Problems that a Believer Always Faces
Chapter 59
2 AḥadīthFour Instances with A Quick Chastisement
Chapter 60
1 ḤadīthFour Things Either of Which Can Ruin a Home
Chapter 61
1 ḤadīthThings Each of Which Are Based on Four Pillars
Chapter 62
1 ḤadīthNajdat al-Haruri wrote to Ibn Abbas about four issues
Chapter 63
1 ḤadīthWhite Hair Grows In Four Places
Chapter 64
1 ḤadīthThere Are Four Types of People
Chapter 65
1 Ḥadītha Distance as short as Four Fingers Between Right and Wrong
Chapter 66
1 ḤadīthThe treasures of two orphans were four pieces of advice
Chapter 67
1 ḤadīthFour People Whom You Should Not Greet
Chapter 68
1 ḤadīthFour Things Cheer You Up
Chapter 69
1 ḤadīthThe Four Companions Most Loved By God
Chapter 70
1 ḤadīthThe Fire Will Be Forbidden For Four On the Resurrection Day
Chapter 71
1 ḤadīthFour Things A Little of which Is A Lot
Chapter 72
2 AḥadīthUse four things before four things happen
Chapter 73
3 AḥadīthAll the Knowledge of the People is in Four Areas
Chapter 74
1 ḤadīthA servant has four eyes
Chapter 75
2 AḥadīthThe Four Noblest Characteristics
Chapter 76
1 ḤadīthFour of the Traditions of the Prophets
Chapter 77
1 ḤadīthThe Prayers of Four Are Not Accepted
Chapter 78
1 ḤadīthFour Things Will Happen When Four Things Spread
Chapter 79
2 AḥadīthThe four signs of misery
Chapter 80
2 AḥadīthGod summarized everything in four sayings for Adam
Chapter 81
1 ḤadīthAdmonishment against friendship with four people
Chapter 82
1 ḤadīthFour will benefit from knowledge
Chapter 83
2 AḥadīthDo Not Tax Four Things
Chapter 84
1 ḤadīthFour causes to grant one the permission to return a slave within one year
Chapter 85
3 AḥadīthThe best four forms of wealth
Chapter 86
1 ḤadīthThere Are Four Types of Judges
Chapter 87
1 ḤadīthA man has to pay for the expenses of four
Chapter 88
2 AḥadīthThe four Prophets who were kings on the Earth
Chapter 89
1 ḤadīthFour kinds of medical treatment
Chapter 90
1 ḤadīthFour things will moderate digestion
Chapter 91
1 ḤadīthThe Four Characteristics of Leeks
Chapter 92
1 ḤadīthFour Signs of Blood Pressure
Chapter 93
1 ḤadīthThe Four Heavenly Rivers
Chapter 94
1 ḤadīthFour Nicknames Admonished Against
Chapter 95
1 ḤadīthThe best and the worst four names
Chapter 96
2 AḥadīthThe forbiddance of using four things and four dishes
Chapter 97
1 ḤadīthFour of the Characteristics of the Prophets
Chapter 98
1 ḤadīthFour who Cannot Shorten Their Prayers
Chapter 99
1 ḤadīthDo Not Shorten Prayers On Four Occasions Due to God’s Treasure
Chapter 100
1 ḤadīthThe four verses to prostrate after
Chapter 101
1 ḤadīthOne cannot move on the Resurrection Day until asked about four things
Chapter 102
2 AḥadīthThe Prophet was ordered to love four people
Chapter 103
1 ḤadīthThe first four to enter Paradise
Chapter 104
1 ḤadīthThe four characteristics of a hypocrite
Chapter 105
1 ḤadīthThe four kings of the Earth: two believers and two atheists
Chapter 106
5 AḥadīthThe Four Ways the Prophet’s Traditions Reach the People
Chapter 107
1 ḤadīthAnimals Can Recognize Four Things
Chapter 108
1 ḤadīthGod Created Horses from Four Things
Chapter 109
1 ḤadīthThe four winds
Chapter 110
1 ḤadīthPeople Are in Four Groups
Chapter 111
1 ḤadīthThe Four Type of Sleeping
Chapter 112
1 ḤadīthSatan Cried Out Four Times
Chapter 113
3 AḥadīthFour things are vain to do
Chapter 114
1 ḤadīthAs-Sadiq Said that the Muslims Have Four Festive Days
Chapter 115
1 ḤadīthRegarding God’s words to Abraham , ‘Take four birds. Tame them to turn to thee…’
, ‘Take four birds. Tame them to turn to thee…’Chapter 116
1 ḤadīthThe four characteristics despised by God
