Al-Kāfi - Volume 2

Author: Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq al-Kulaynī (d. 329 AH)

Translator: Shaykh Muhammad Sarwar

The Book of Belief and Disbelief 1. The Clay from Which the Believers and Unbelievers Are Made 2. The Clay from Which the Believers and Unbelievers Are Made (additional) 3. The Clay from which the Believers and Unbelievers are made (additional) 4. The Messenger of Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, Was the First to Respond to the Call of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, and Testify That He Is the Lord 5. How They Answered While They Were as Small Particles 6. Creation of the Creatures with Belief in Oneness of Allah in Their Nature 7. Believers as Offspring of Unbelievers 8. When Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, Wills to Create a Believer 9. The Coloring (referred to in the Holy Quran) Is Islam 10. Serenity Is Belief 11. Purely Sincere 12. On the Shari’ a (System of Laws) 13. The Fundamentals of Islam 14. Islam Is to Spare Lives (and to Keep the Trust) But Reward Comes From Belief 15. Belief Is Inclusive of Islam but Islam Is Not Inclusive of Belief 16. Another Chapter on the Same Issue That Islam Is Before Belief 17. No name 18. Belief Spreads In all Parts of the Body 19. Advancement in Belief 20. Degrees of Belief 21. Degrees of Belief (Additional) 22. Description of Islam 23. Qualities of a Believer 24. No name 25. Description of Belief 26. Superiority of Belief over Islam and Certainty over Belief 27. The Essence of Belief and Certainty 28. Contemplation (Thinking) 29. The Noble Qualities (of Man) 30. Excellence of Certainty 31. To Agree With the Decision (of Allah) 32. Leaving It to Allah to Be the Person in Charge of Affairs, and Having Trust in Him 33. Fear and Hope 34. Hopefulness Toward Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy 35. To Profess One ’s Shortcomings 36. Obedience and Piety 37. Restraint from Worldly Matters (Sins) 38. Chastity 39. Abstaining From Unlawful Matters 40. Fulfilling Obligations 41. Balanced and Continuous Good Deeds 42. The Worship 43. The Intention 44. Part of Previous Chapter 45. Moderation in Worship 46. One Who Has Learned to Receive Rewards from His Lord for a Certain Deed 47. Patience 48. Gratitude and Thankfulness 49. Excellence in Moral Behaviors 50. Delightful Appearance 51. Truthfulness and Trust 52. Bashfulness 53. Forgiveness 54. Suppressing one ’s Anger 55. Forbearance 56. Silence and Controlling the Tongue 57. Gentleness in Dealings 58. Friendliness 59. Humbleness 60. Love for the Sake of Allah and Hate for the Sake of Allah 61. Condemnation of Worldly Matters and Abstaining Thereby 62. Additional Ahadith on the Above Subject 63. Contentment 64. Adequacy 65. Promptness in Good Deeds 66. Fairness and Justice 67. Independence from People 68. Good Relation with Relatives 69. Kindness to Parents 70. Concern for the Affairs of the Muslims, Giving Them Good Advice and to Benefit Them 71. High Regards for the Elderly 72. The Believer’s Mutual Brotherhood 73. The Rights of One Who Accepts the Belief and Then Severs Away 74. Brotherhood in Belief is not Due to Religion it only is a Way of Recognition 75. The Rights of a Believer on his Brother (in belief) and his duty to observe Such Rights 76. Compassion and Leniency 77. Visiting Brothers (in belief) 78. Greeting with Handshake 79. Holding in One ’s Arm 80. Kissing 81. Speak of and Remember the Brothers (in belief) 82. To Please the Believers 83. Assisting a Believer in his Needs 84. Endeavor to help a Believer 85. Relief for the Suffering of a Believer 86. Providing Food for a Believer 87. Providing Clothes for a Believer 88. To Show Kindness to and Honor a Believer 89. In the Sen’ice of Believing People 90. Giving Good Advice to the Believers 91. Improving Good Relations Among People 92. To Revive the Believer 93. Inviting one ’s Own People to Belief 94. Not to Invite People to Belief 95. Allah Grants Religion only to Whomever He Loves 96. Sound Religion 97. Al-Taqiyyah, Guarding and Cautiousness 98. Silence and Restraint against Publicity 99. A Believer’s Signs and Qualities 100. The Rarity of Believers 101. Accepting the Gift of Belief and to Exercise Patience in all Matters Thereafter 102. A Believer Finds Comfort With Another Believer 103. Things That Allah Removes Through a Believer 104. Believing People are of Two Kinds 105. The Matters in Which Allah Has Made a Covenant With Believing People in Exchange for Their Exercising Patience in Their Suffering 106. The Severity of the Trial of a Believer 107. The Excellence of the Poor Muslims 108. No name 109. The Heart has Two Ears in which Angel and Satan Blow 110. The Spirit through Whom a Believer Is Supported 111. The Sins 112. The Major Sins 113. Belittling Sins 114. Persistence in Sins 115. Roots of Disbelief 116. Showing off 117. Seeking Leadership 118. Abuse of Religion for Worldly Matters 119. Preaching Justice without Practice 120. Disputation, Quarrels and Animosity to Men 121. Anger 122. Envy 123. Racism 124. Arrogance 125. Feeling of Self-importance 126. Love of and Greed for Worldly Things 127. Greed 128. Harshness (of Manners) 129. Evil Behavior 130. Dimwittedness 131. Abusiveness 132. Those Whose Evil Is Feared 133. Tyrannical Transgression 134. Pride and Arrogance 135. Hardheartedness 136. Injustice, Oppression 137. Following Desires 138. Evil Plans, Treachery and Deceit 139. Lies and Forgery 140. Duplicity 141. Abandonment and Desertion 142. Failing to Maintain Good Relations with Relatives 143. Causing Suffering and Disappointment to Parents (al-‘Uquq) 144. Disowning Lineage 145. One Who Causes Suffering to Muslims and Belittles Them 146. Those Who Seek to Find Mistakes and (expose) Privacies of the Believers 147. Rebuking People 148. Backbiting and Accusations 149. Narration Against a Believer 150. Rejoicing at Others Troubles 151. Revilement 152. Accusation and Evil Guessing 153. Insincerity Toward One’s Brother (in Belief) 154. Breach of Promise 155. Obstructing One’s Brother (In Belief) 156. Refusing to Help a Brother (in Belief) 157. Refusing a Believer a Thing of One’s Own or Others 158. Frightening a Believer 159. Gossip Mongering 160. Publicity of Confidentialities 161. Obeying the Creature in Disobedience to the Creator 162. Immediate Punishment of Sins 163. Association with Sinful People 164. Kinds of People 165. Disbelief 166. The Aspects of Disbelief 167. Pillars and Branches of Disbelief 168. Description of Hypocrisy and Hypocrites 169. Paganism Considering Things as Partners of Allah 170. Doubt 171. Straying 172. The Feeble-minded People 173. People in Postponement for the Command of Allah 174. People of al- A’raf 175. Kinds of People Opposed to Shi’a, al-Qadria, al-Khawarij, al-Murji’ah and People of Towns (Names of People of Certain Beliefs) 176. People with Inclined Hearts 177. Hypocrites, Straying and Satan Addressed by the call to Islam 178. About the Words of Allah, the Most High, Certain people worship Allah with deviance 179. The Minimum of what Establishes Belief, Disbelief or Straying 180. No name 181. Establishment of Belief and its Abolishment by Allah 182. The Transients 183. Signs of Transience 184. Confusion of the Heart 185. About the Darkness of the Heart of the Hypocrite Even Though He Has a Tongue and the Light of the Heart of the Believer Even Though His Tongue May Fall Short 186. The Changing Conditions of the Heart 187. Temptation and Soul’s Tale Telling 188. Confessing Sins and Regret for it 189. Concealing Sins 190. Intending to Perform a Good or an Evil Deed 191. Repentance 192. Pleading for Forgiveness 193. Things that Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, gave Adam at the Time of Repentance 194. Sins Committed From Time to Time (al-Lamam) 195. Sins Are of Three Kinds 196. Quickness of Punishment for Sins 197. Interpretation of Sins 198. A Rare Hadith 199. Other Rare Ahadith 200. Allah Defends With Those Who Do Good Deeds From Those Who Do Not Do Good Deeds 201. Avoiding Sin Is Easier Than Pleading For Forgiveness 202. Gradual Progress 203. Evaluation of Deeds 204. Those who Find Fault in People 205. A Muslim is not Field Responsible for His Acts of the Time of Ignorance (Pre-Islamic Paganism) 206. Disbelief Followed By Repentance Does Not Invalidate Deeds 207. People Protected from Misfortune 208. Nation ’s Exemption From Certain Issues 209. Belief is not affected by Evil Deeds and Disbelief Does not Benefit from Good Deeds The Book of Supplication 1. The Excellence of Prayers and Strong Recommendation about it 2. Pleading Before Allah for Help Is a Believing Person’s Weapon 3. Prayer Diverts Misfortune and Allah ’s Decision 4. Prayer and Pleading before Allah for Help Is Cure to all Disease 5. Whoever Prays, it is Answered 6. When One is Inspired to Pray 7. Prayer before the fall of Misfortune 8. Certainty in (the Effectiveness of) Prayer 9. Praying Attentively 10. Insistence in Prayer and Waiting for Answers 11. Describing One’s Needs 12. Secrecy in Prayer 13. The Times and Conditions in which there is Hope for Acceptance 14. Al-Raghbah (Fondness), al-Rahbah (Anxiety), al-Tadarru’ (Imploration), al-Tabattul (Sincerity), al-‘Ibtihal (Appealing), al-Isti’adha (Begging for refuge), al-Mas’alah (Requesting) 15. Weeping 16. Praising Allah Before Praying and Pleading for Help 17. Praying Collectively 18. Inclusiveness in Prayer 19. Delay in the Acceptance of Prayer 20. Asking Favors from Allah for the Holy Prophet, Muhammad and his Family, recipient of divine supreme covenant 21. The Necessary Mention of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, in Every Gathering 22. Speaking of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, Very Often 23. Lightning Does Not Affect One Who Speaks of Allah 24. Busy in Speaking of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious 25. Speaking of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, Secretly 26. Speaking of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy Among Indifferent People 27. Praise and Glorification 28. Plea for Forgiveness 29. Al-Tasbih, saying, ‘Glory belongs to Allah,’ Al-Tahlil, saying, ‘No one deserves to be worshipped except Allah,’ Al-Takbir, saying, ‘Allah is greater than can be described’ 30. Praying for Brothers (in Belief) in Their Absence 31. The One Whose Prayer is Accepted 32. One Whose Prayer is not Accepted 33. Prayer Against the Enemy 34. Al-Mubahalah (Pleading Before Allah for Help Against the Enemy) 35. The Expressions with Which the Lord, the Most Blessed, the Most High, Has Glorified Himself 36. One’s Saying, No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah 37. One’s Saying: No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah, Allah is Greater than Every ones Description 38. One’s Saying: ‘No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah, Allah Alone, Allah Alone, Allah Alone 39. One’s Saying: ‘No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah, Alone, No One is His Partner; Ten Times 40. One’s Saying: I Testify That No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah Alone Who Has No Partner and I Testify That Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger 41. One’s Saying ten Times Everyday: I Testify That No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah Alone Who Has No Partner, One Lord, the Only Self- Sufficient, Who Has Not Taken any Companion and Nor any Children 42. One’s Saying: O Allah, O Allah Ten Times 43. One’s Saying: No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah Indeed and in Truth 44. One’s Saying: “O Lord, O Lord” 45. One’s Sincerely Saying: ‘‘No one Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah” 46. One’s Saying: “As Allah Wills, There are No Means And No Power Without the Help of Allah” 47. One’s Saying: I Plead Before Allah for Forgiveness, No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah, the Living, the Guardian, the Possessor of Glory and Honor and to Him I Return 48. The Word in the Morning and Evening 49. Prayer Before Sleeping and After Waking Up 50. Prayer When Leaving One ’s Home 51. Supplications before Prayer (Daily Prayers) 52. Supplications After the Prayer (Daily Prayers) 53. Supplications for Sustenance 54. Supplications for Debts 55. Supplication for Pain, Worries, Sadness and Fear 56. Supplications for Healing Ailments and Diseases 57. (Supplication for) Fortification and Protection 58. Supplication Before the Recitation of the Holy Quran 59. Supplication for Memorizing the Holy Quran 60. Concise Supplications for Worldly Needs and the Hereafter The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran 1. No name 2. The Excellence of the Carriers of the Holy Quran 3. Those Who Learn the Holy Quran with Difficulties 4. One Who Memorizes the Holy Quran Then Forgets 5. Reciting the Holy Quran 6. The Houses Wherein the Holy Quran is Read 7. The Reward for Reading the Holy Quran 8. Reading the Holy Quran from a Copy 9. Reading the Holy Quran with Elocution and Attractive Tone of Voice 10. People Fainting (Reading the Holy Quran) 11. Within What Period of Time the Holy Quran Should be Read and Completed? 12. The Holy Quran will be Raised as it Was Sent Down 13. The Excellence of the Holy Quran 14. The Rare Ahadith The Book of Social Manners 1. The Necessary Part of Social Manners 2. Proper Social Relations 3. People Whose Friendship and Association is Necessary 4. Those Whose Association and Friendship Is Undesirable 5. Finding Love and Affection among People 6. One’s Telling His Brother of His Love 7. Offering the Greeting of Peace 8. The One Who Must Offer the Greeting of Peace 9. Offer or Answer of Greetings of Peace by one Person From a Group Is Sufficient 10. Offering Greeting of Peace to Women 11. Greeting of Peace and Non-Muslims 12. Correspondence with Non-Muslim Taxpayers 13. Overlooking 14. Rare AHadith 15. Response to Sneezing 16. The Necessity to Honor an Old Muslim 17. Honoring the Honorable 18. The Right of a Newcomer 19. Safe Guarding the Trust of a Meeting 20. Private Conversations 21. Manner of Sitting 22. Sitting in a Leaning or Folded Posture in the Mosque 23. Funny Stories and Laughing 24. Rights of Neighbors 25. Boundaries of Neighborhood 26. Good Companionship and the Rights of a Travel Mate 27. Correspondence 28. The Rare Ahadith 29. No name 30. Prohibition of Burning Papers With Writings on Them