Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-FaqīhHe who is without Jurist

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh(Vol. 2)

He who is without Jurist

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Translated by
Bab Ul Qaim Publications
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruhū al-Faqīh, compiled by Shaykh al-Ṣadūq (Ibn Baḅawayh, d. 381 AH), is the second of the Four Main Shīʿī Ḥadīth collections and was expressly assembled as a practical handbook for any believer “who has no access to a jurist.” Unlike larger compendia, it presents each tradition succinctly—often omitting full chains of transmission—to focus squarely on the legal rulings and devotional practices essential to daily life. In its classical form it is a single work; modern printed editions typically span four volumes, comprising just under a thousand chapters arranged by topic.
1Book of Zakat
2Book of Fasting

Chapter 1

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Reason for the Obligation of Fasting

Chapter 2

14 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Virtue of Fasting

Chapter 3

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Types of Fasting

Chapter 4

15 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Recommended Fasts of the Year

Chapter 5

20 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Voluntary Fasting and Its Rewards on Different Days

Chapter 6

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Reward of Fasting in Rajab

Chapter 7

8 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Reward of Fasting in sha’ban

Chapter 8

14 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Virtue of Month of Ramadan and the Reward of Fasting in it

Chapter 9

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What to Say Upon Sight of the Crescent of the Month of Ramadan

Chapter 10

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Supplications for the First Day of the Month of Ramadan

Chapter 11

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Supplications at the Time of Breaking the Fast Each Night in the Month of Ramadan

Chapter 12

31 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Etiquettes of the Fasting Person, What Invalidates the Fast, and What Does Not Invalidate it

Chapter 13

19 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Obligatory for One Who Breaks the Fast or Engages in Intercourse in the Month of Ramadan Intentionally or Forgetfully

Chapter 14

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Age at Which Children Are Required to Observe Fasting

Chapter 15

14 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Fasting Upon Sighting the Moon and Breaking the Fast Upon Sighting the Moon

Chapter 16

10 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Fasting on the Day of Doubt

Chapter 17

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Time When Breaking the Fast Becomes Permissible and Prayer Becomes Obligatory

Chapter 18

7 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Time When Eating and Drinking Become Forbidden for the Fasting Person and the Morning Prayer Becomes Permissible

Chapter 19

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Extent of Illness That Permits Breaking the Fast

Chapter 20

5 Aḥadīth
What Has Been Said About Those Who Are Unable to Fast, Whether They Are an Elderly Person, a Young Person, a Pregnant Woman, or a Nursing Mother

Chapter 21

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Reward of One Who Provides Iftar to a Fasting Person

Chapter 22

7 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Reward of Suhoor

Chapter 23

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on a Man Who Observes Voluntary Fasts While He Still Owes Obligatory Fasts

Chapter 24

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Prayer in the Month of Ramadan

Chapter 25

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding the Disliked Nature of Traveling in the Month of Ramadan

Chapter 26

15 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Obligation of Shortening the Fast During Travel

Chapter 27

7 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Fasting for Menstruating and Post-Menstrual Women

Chapter 28

13 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Making up Fasts of the Month of Ramadan

Chapter 29

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Making up Fasts on Behalf of the Deceased

Chapter 30

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Expiation for Breaking a Vowed Fast

Chapter 31

18 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Fasting with Authorization

Chapter 32

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Supplications for Each Night of the Last Ten Nights of the Month of Ramadan

Chapter 33

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Bidding Farewell to the Month of Ramadan

Chapter 34

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Takbir on the Night and Day of Eid Al-Fitr and What is Said in the Prostration of Gratitude After Maghrib

Chapter 35

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Obligatory Upon People if the Sightedness of the Day of Eid Al-Fitr is Confirmed After They Have Begun the Day Fasting

Chapter 36

22 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Miscellaneous Topics

Chapter 37

25 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Zakat Al-Fitrah

Chapter 38

23 Aḥadīth
Chapter on i'tikaf (spiritual retreat)
3Book of Pilgrimage and Its Virtues

Chapter 1

30 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Reasons Behind Hajj

Chapter 2

214 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Virtues of Hajj

Chapter 3

29 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Prohibition of Hunting in the Sanctuary and Its Rulings

Chapter 4

7 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Permitted to Be Slaughtered in the Sanctuary and Taken Outside

Chapter 5

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Travelling for Hajj and Other Acts of Obedience

Chapter 6

15 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Days and Times Recommended for Travel and Days and Times Disliked for Travel

Chapter 7

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Beginning a Journey with Charity

Chapter 8

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Carrying a Staff During Travel

Chapter 9

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Recommended Prayers for the Traveler Before Departure

Chapter 10

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Supplications Recommended for the Traveler Upon Departure

Chapter 11

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Supplications at the Time of Mounting

Chapter 12

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Remembering Allah {swt} and Supplicating During the Journey

Chapter 13

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Obligatory for the Traveler on the Journey: Good Companionship, Suppressing Anger, Good Manners, Avoiding Harm, and Piety

Chapter 14

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Escorting the Traveler, Bidding Farewell, and Praying for Them

Chapter 15

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on What to Say When Traveling Alone

Chapter 16

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Dislike of Traveling Alone

Chapter 17

11 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Companions in Travel and the Obligation of Mutual Rights Among Them

Chapter 18

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Singing and Poetry During Travel

Chapter 19

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Safeguarding Expenses During Travel

Chapter 20

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Preparing Provisions for Travel

Chapter 21

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Travel in Which Preparing Provisions is Disliked

Chapter 22

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Provisions for Travel

Chapter 23

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Carrying Tools and Weapons During Travel

Chapter 24

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Horses, Keeping Them, and the First to Ride Them

Chapter 25

8 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Rights of the Animal Upon Its Owner

Chapter 26

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What Has Not Been Made Obscure Regarding Livestock

Chapter 27

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Reward for Spending on Horses

Chapter 28

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Reason for the Two Patches on the Palms of the animal's Feet

Chapter 29

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Good Care for Animals

Chapter 30

7 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding Camels

Chapter 31

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What Justice is Obligatory Towards the Camel, Avoiding Beating it, and Refraining From Oppressing it

Chapter 32

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding Riding Steep Paths

Chapter 33

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Reward of One Who Assists a Believing Traveler

Chapter 34

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Chivalry in Travel

Chapter 35

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Seeking Dwelling Places and Locations Where it is Disliked to Stay

Chapter 36

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Walking During Travel

Chapter 37

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Etiquettes of the Traveler

Chapter 38

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Supplication of One Lost on the Path

Chapter 39

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on What to Say Upon Arriving at a Resting Place

Chapter 40

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What to Say Upon Entering a City or Village

Chapter 41

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Congratulating the Returning Pilgrim

Chapter 42

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Reward of Embracing the Pilgrim

Chapter 43

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Miscellaneous Narrations

Chapter 44

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Growing Hair for Hajj and Umrah

Chapter 45

11 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Appointed Times for Entering Ihram

Chapter 46

12 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Preparing for Ihram

Chapter 47

11 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Types of Hajj

Chapter 48

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Obligations of Hajj

Chapter 49

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on What Has Been Narrated About One Who Performs Hajj with Illicit Wealth

Chapter 50

12 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Establishing Ihram, Its Conditions, Nullification, and the Prayer for it

Chapter 51

8 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Marking and Garlanding (sacrificial animals)

Chapter 52

9 Aḥadīth
Chapter of the Talbiyah

Chapter 53

7 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What the Pilgrim in the State of Ihram Must Avoid: Obscenity, Sin, and Disputation During Hajj

Chapter 54

53 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Permissible and Impermissible to Wear in the State of Ihram

Chapter 55

76 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Permissible and Impermissible for the Muhrim to Do and Use of All Types

Chapter 56

18 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Obligatory on the Muhrim for the Various Types of Game He Injures

Chapter 57

11 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Trimming or Shaving for the mutamatti‘, His Release From Ihram, and the Rulings for One Who Forgets to Trim Until He Engages in Intimacy or Commences the Hajj

Chapter 58

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the mutamatti‘ Leaving Mecca and Returning

Chapter 59

13 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Ihram of a Menstruating Woman and One Experiencing Istihadah

Chapter 60

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Time Which, if a Person Reaches it, They Are Considered to Have Performed tamattu‘

Chapter 61

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Time Which, if a Person Reaches it, They Are Considered to Have Performed Hajj

Chapter 62

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Performing the Tawaf of Hajj and the Tawaf of Women Before sa’y and Before Departing to Mina

Chapter 63

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Delaying the Visit (ziyarah)

Chapter 64

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Ruling for One Who Forgets the Tawaf Al-Nisa

Chapter 65

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Completion of the walker’s Journey

Chapter 66

7 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Ruling for One Whose Circumambulation is Interrupted by Prayer or Other Matters

Chapter 67

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Forgetfulness During Circumambulation (tawaf)

Chapter 68

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Obligatory for Someone Who Shortens a Circuit in the Hijr

Chapter 69

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding Circumambulation Behind the Station (maqam)

Chapter 70

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Obligatory for One Who Circumambulates or Performs Any of the Rites Without Ablution

Chapter 71

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding the Circumambulation of the Uncircumcised

Chapter 72

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Combining Tawaf Rounds

Chapter 73

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Tawaf of the Sick and Those Carried Without an Excuse

Chapter 74

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Obligatory for One Who Begins with sa’y Before Tawaf or Performs Tawaf and Delays sa’y

Chapter 75

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on a Man Performing Tawaf on Behalf of Another Man, Whether He is Absent or Present.

Chapter 76

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Forgetfulness in the Two Rakat Prayer of Tawaf

Chapter 77

13 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Miscellaneous Narrations Regarding Tawaf.

Chapter 78

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Forgetfulness in sa'i Between Safa and Marwah

Chapter 79

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Performing sa'i While Riding and Sitting Between Safa and Marwah

Chapter 80

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Ruling for One Who Interrupts sa'i Due to Prayer or Other Reasons

Chapter 81

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Ability to Undertake the Journey for Hajj

Chapter 82

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Abandoning the Hajj

Chapter 83

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Forcing (obligation) to Perform Hajj and to Visit the Prophet {saws}

Chapter 84

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Reason for Neglecting Hajj

Chapter 85

17 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Delegating Hajj to Someone Who Undertakes it

Chapter 86

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Hajj of the Camel Driver and the Hired Worker

Chapter 87

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on One Who Dies While Owing the Hajj of Islam and a Vowed Hajj

Chapter 88

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding Performing Hajj Before Gaining Knowledge

Chapter 89

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding the Hajj of One Passing Through

Chapter 90

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Hajj of the Male and Female Slave

Chapter 91

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What Suffices for the Freed Person on the Eve of Arafah Regarding the Hajj of Islam

Chapter 92

8 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Hajj of Children

Chapter 93

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on a Man Borrowing to Perform Hajj and the Obligation of Hajj on Someone in Debt

Chapter 94

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding a Woman Whose Husband Prevents Her From Performing the Obligatory Hajj or a Voluntary Hajj

Chapter 95

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on a Woman Performing Hajj Without a Mahram or Guardian

Chapter 96

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on a Woman Performing Hajj During the Iddah (waiting period)

Chapter 97

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Pilgrim Who Dies on the Way

Chapter 98

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Performed on Behalf of the Deceased Regarding the Pilgrimage of Islam, Whether They Made a Will or Not

Chapter 99

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on a Man Who Makes a Will for a Pilgrimage and His Executor Assigns it to Someone Else

Chapter 100

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Performing Hajj on Behalf of a Slave Mother (umm Al-walad) if She Passes Away

Chapter 101

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on a Man Who is Bequeathed by Another to Arrange for Three Men to Perform Hajj on His Behalf, and Whether it is Permissible for Him to Take One of the Hajj Allocations for Himself

Chapter 102

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on One Who Undertakes a Hajj but Finds the Allotted Resources Insufficient

Chapter 103

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on One Who Bequeaths an Insufficient Amount for Hajj

Chapter 104

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Performing Hajj Using a Trust Deposit

Chapter 105

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on a Man Who Passes Away While it is Uncertain Whether His Son Has Performed Hajj or Not

Chapter 106

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Performing Hajj Al-tamattu‘ on Behalf of one's Father

Chapter 107

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Delaying the Performance of Hajj

Chapter 108

7 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Performing ʿumrah During the Months of Hajj

Chapter 109

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Declaring the Intention (ihlal) for a Nullified Umrah, Its Termination, and Its Rites

Chapter 110

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Performing Umrah in the Month of Ramadan, Rajab, and Other Months

Chapter 111

7 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Miqats for ʿumrah From Makkah and the Termination of the Talbiyah by the Performer of ʿumrah

Chapter 112

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Months of Hajj, the Months of Pilgrimage, and the Sacred Months

Chapter 113

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Performing Umrah Every Month and Its Minimum Interval

Chapter 114

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What a Person Should Say When Performing Hajj or Tawaf on Behalf of Another

Chapter 115

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on a Person Performing Hajj or Tawaf on Behalf of Another or Sharing a Hajj

Chapter 116

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Departing Early to Mina Before the Day of Tarwiyah

Chapter 117

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Boundaries of Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah

Chapter 118

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Shortening the Prayer on the Way to Arafat

Chapter 119

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Name of the Mountain Where People Stand at Arafah

Chapter 120

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Dislike of Staying at Al-mash'ar After Leaving Arafah

Chapter 121

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Ritual of Walking Through the Valley of Muhassir

Chapter 122

3 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Said About Those Who Miss Standing at Al-mash'ar

Chapter 123

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Those Permitted to Depart Early From Muzdalifah Before Fajr

Chapter 124

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Said About Those Who Miss the Hajj

Chapter 125

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Taking Pebbles for Jamarat From Inside or Outside the Sacred Area

Chapter 126

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What is Said About Those Who Fear Throwing the Pebbles or Who Add or Reduce the Number

Chapter 127

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Those Permitted to Throw Pebbles at Night

Chapter 128

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Throwing Pebbles on Behalf of the Sick and Children

Chapter 129

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Those Who Spend the Nights of Mina in Mecca

Chapter 130

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Returning to Mecca After the Visit for Tawaf

Chapter 131

12 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the First and Final Departure From Mina

Chapter 132

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Staying at Al-Hasba

Chapter 133

8 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Fulfilling the Acts of Grooming (qada' Al-tafath)

Chapter 134

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Days of Sacrifice

Chapter 135

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Greater and Lesser Pilgrimages

Chapter 136

26 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Sacrificial Offerings

Chapter 137

10 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Sacrificial Animals That Become Injured or Perish Before Reaching Their Designated Place and What is Permitted to Eat From Them

Chapter 138

6 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Slaughtering and Sacrificing and What is to Be Said During Slaughter

Chapter 139

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Offspring, Milking, and Riding of Sacrificial Animals

Chapter 140

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Sacrificial Animal Reaching Its Designated Place

Chapter 141

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on a Person Who Assigns Another to Slaughter on Their Behalf and Throws Their Hair in Mecca

Chapter 142

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Advancing or Delaying the Rituals

Chapter 143

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on One Who Forgets or is Unaware of Shortening or Shaving Until Departing Mina

Chapter 144

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What Becomes Permissible for the mutamatti' and the Mufrid After Slaughtering and Shaving Before Visiting the Sacred House

Chapter 145

8 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Fasting Obligations for the mutamatti' Who Cannot Afford a Sacrificial Animal

Chapter 146

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Obligations of the mutamatti' Who Finds the Price of a Sacrificial Animal but Cannot Obtain One

Chapter 147

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Rules for Those Prevented (mahsur) or Obstructed (masdood)

Chapter 148

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on a Person Who Sends a Sacrificial Animal but Remains with Their Family

Chapter 149

23 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Miscellaneous Matters Related to Hajj

Chapter 150

37 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Sequence of the Rituals of Hajj

Chapter 151

4 Aḥadīth
Chapter of Beginning at Mecca and Ending at Medina

Chapter 152

3 Aḥadīth
Prayer at the Mosque of Ghadir Khumm

Chapter 153

3 Aḥadīth
Stopping at the Resting Place of the Prophet {saws}

Chapter 154

9 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Sanctity and Virtue of Medina

Chapter 155

10 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What Has Been Reported About Those Who Performed Hajj Without Visiting the Prophet {saws}, and Those Who Died in Mecca or Medina

Chapter 156

36 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Reward of Visiting the Prophet {saws} and the Imams {a.s}, Peace Be Upon Them All

Chapter 157

8 Aḥadīth
The Location of the Grave of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib {a.s}

Chapter 158

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on What Suffices for the Visit to Imam Al-Husayn {a.s}, in the State of Taqiyyah

Chapter 159

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on What Substitutes for the Visit to Imam Al-Husayn {a.s} and the Visit to Other Imams {a.s}, for Those Unable to Undertake the Journey Due to Distance

Chapter 160

5 Aḥadīth
Chapter on the Virtue of the Soil of Imam Al-Husayn {a.s} and the Sanctuary of His Grave

Chapter 161

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on the Visit to the Two Imams, Abu Al-Hasan Imam Musa Ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim {a.s} and Abu ja’far Imam Muhammad Ibn Ali Al-Thani {a.s} in the Cemeteries of Quraysh in Baghdad

Chapter 162

2 Aḥadīth
Chapter on Visiting the Grave of Al-Ridha, Imam Abu Al-Hasan Ali Ibn Musa {a.s}, in Tus

Chapter 163

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter on Visiting the Graves of the Two Imams, Abu Al-Hasan Imam Ali Ibn Muhammad {a.s} and Abu Muhammad Imam Al-Hasan Ibn Ali {a.s}, in Samarra

Chapter 164

3 Aḥadīth
What is Sufficient to Say When Visiting All the Imams {a.s}

Chapter 165

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter of Rights

Chapter 166

1 Ḥadīth
Chapter of the Obligations on the Limbs