The Book of Jihad (Serving in the Army)
1. Virtue and Excellence of Serving in the Army
2. Jihad of Man and Woman
3. Kinds of Jihad (struggle)
4. To Whom Does the Obligation of Jihad Apply, and to Whom it Does not Apply
5. Mobilization Along with People when there is Fear for al-Islam
6. Under Whose Command Obligatory Jihad Takes Place?
7. ‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd and al-Mu’taziliy Groups’ Visiting abu ‘Abd Allah ‘Alayhi al-Salam
8. The Recommendations of the Messenger of Allah and Amir al-Mu’minin, about Smaller Armed Expeditions
9. Chapter 9(a) - Granting Immunity
10. Chapter 9(b)
11. Chapter 9(c)
12. Challenging the Enemy for a Fight
13. Kindness to the Prisoners and Providing Him Food
14. Calling to al-Islam before Fighting
15. Chapter 13(a) - Matters about which Amir al-Mu’minin, ‘ Alayhi al-Salam, Recommended at the Time of War
16. Chapter 13(b)
17. It is not Lawful for a Muslim to Reside in a War Zone
18. Chapter 15(a) - Distribution of the Properties Captured from the Enemy
19. Chapter 15(b)
20. Chapter 15(c)
21. The Slogan
22. The Virtue of Maintaining Horses, Racing and Sharp Shooting Contests
23. Man’s Defending Himself Against the Thief
24. The Case of one Murdered over His Stolen Property
25. Chapter 20(a) - The Excellence of Martyrdom
26. Chapter 20(b)
27. Chapter 20(c)
28. Commanding others what is Obligatory and to Prohibit them from doing Evil
29. Chapter 22(a) - Rejecting Evil in one’s Heart
30. Chapter 22(b)
31. The Case of those who Displease the Creator to Please the Creatures
32. It is Detestable to Expose One’s Self to What He Cannot Endure
The Book of Commerce
1. Al-Sufiy People’s Visiting Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam
2. The Meaning of Zuhd (Asceticism)
3. Using the Worldly Resources as Means for Success in the Hereafter
4. The Degree Of Efforts Which One Must Make In Search For One’s Sustenance To Follow In the Footsteps of ‘A’immah ‘Alayhim al-Salam
5. Promoting The Quest For Sustenance And Work To Make A Living
6. Al^Ibla’ (Trying) in the Work for Living
7. Meticulous Effort to Make a Living
8. Receiving Sustenance from Unexpected Sources
9. The Detestability of Sleeping and Passing Time without Work
10. Detestability of Laziness
11. One’s Working in His House
12. Amending one’s Properties and Planning for one’s Living
13. Hard Work for the Family
14. Earning Lawful kind of Sustenance
15. Saving for One’s Living Expenses
16. Detestability of Offering Oneself for Hire
17. Performing Personally one’s Business Tasks
18. Buying and Selling Real Estate
19. Debts and Borrowing
20. Payment of Debts
21. To Retaliate and Offset for Debts
22. When a Man Dies Payment of his Debts becomes Due
23. The Case of One Who Borrows But Does Not Intend To Pay Back
24. Sell off Debts in Exchange for Debts
25. Etiquette of Asking for Payment
26. The Case of Delaying Due Payment
27. Lodging With a Borrower When Demanding Payment
28. Chapter 28(a) - The Case of Gift to a Creditor
29. Chapter 28(b) - Bail out and Assignment or Referral
30. Working for al-Sultan and his Rewards
31. The Conditions to Work for al-Sultan
32. Selling Arms to al- Sultan
33. The Crafts (Technologies)
34. The Legal Status of Income from Cupping Operation
35. Income from Eulogizing Someone to Make People Mourn
36. The Legal Status of Income from Hairdressing and Circumcising
37. The Legal Status of the Income of Female Singer from Singing and Selling Singers (Slave-girls)
38. The Legal Status of Income from Teaching
39. The legal Status of Income from Selling Copies of the Holy Quran
40. Gambling and Looting
41. Earning in Unlawful ways
42. Unlawful Earnings in the form of al-Suht such as Buying and Selling of Intoxicating Liquors . . .
43. Consuming the Properties of Orphans
44. The Amount a Supervisor of the Properties of Orphans Can Lawfully Use
45. Using the Properties of Orphans in Business and Lending
46. Safe Return of Trust
47. A Father and Son’s Using Each Others Properties
48. A Husband and Wife’s Using Each Other’s Properties
49. Found and Lost Properties
50. Gifts and Presents
51. Rule about Unlawful Interest
52. Unlawful Interest Does Not Apply Between a Father and Son
53. The Excellence of Doing Business and Giving It Proper Attention
54. Etiquettes of Doing Business
55. Excellence of Keeping Accounts and Books
56. Entering the Market Before Others
57. Speaking of Allah, Most High, in the Market
58. Words to Say When Buying for Resale Purposes
59. People With Whom Doing Business Is Not Recommended
60. Using Proper and Improper Measurements in Business
61. Cheating in Business
62. Swearing at the Time of Buying and Selling
63. The Case of Prices of Goods
64. The Case of Monopolization (Hoarding) Goods in Public Demand
65. Another Chapter
66. Excellence of Buying Wheat and Food
67. Detestability of Estimating and Preferability of Using Measurements
68. Continuing Profitable Businesses
69. Permissibility or Otherwise of Approaching Merchandise Long Before Other Merchants
70. Stipulations and the Choice to Dissolve a Business Deal
71. Buying an Animal Which Produces Milk Which He Uses then Returns It
72. Dispute between Buyer and Seller
73. Buying and Selling Fruits
74. Buying and Selling Food
75. The Case of Change of Prices of Certain Merchandise before Delivery
76. Excellence of Using Measuring and Weighing Tools
77. Mixing of Foods of Various Kinds
78. Using Local Measuring Tools Is the only Valid Tools
79. Purchase of Food in Salam (Advance Payment) Manner
80. Exchange of One Kind of Food Items for another Kind
81. Exchange of Animals for Cloth or Other Items of Goods
82. Exchange of Various Goods for Other Items of Goods
83. Selling Goods by Numbers and Estimate and Unknown Items
84. Buying and Selling Goods
85. Selling for Capital with an Additional Certain Percentage Profit (Murabahah) or a Certain Amount of Profit with Mention of Percentage Ratio
86. Advance Payment in the Transaction of Goods
87. Selling an Item of Merchandise Which the Seller Does Not Yet Have in His Possession
88. Excellence of Excellent Merchandise to Sell
89. Merchandise Sold on Credit Is Purchased Back for Cash at a Lower Price Called (‘ Aynah )
90. Merchandise Offered for Cash as Well as on Credit (Two Conditions in a Transaction)
91. Finding Defect in Merchandise after the Sale
92. Buying on Credit
93. Buying Slaves
94. Selling a Slave Who Owns Property
95. Buying Salves, Finding Defects, Returnable and Non-Returnable
96. Rare Ahadith
97. Separation of Slaves from their Relatives (Is Not Permissible)
98. If the Slave Asks his Master to Sell him or Stipulates to Give him Something
99. Advance Payment for Buying Slaves and Animals
100. Another Chapter on the Previous Subject
101. Milk, Wool and Ghee of Sheep Given for their Maintenance
102. Selling a Found Child and One Born Out of Wedlock
103. Comprehensive Heading on Goods That Are Lawful to Exchange in Transactions and Those Unlawful to Exchange
104. Buying Stolen Goods and Cheating
105. Buying Food from a People through Coercion
106. Finding the Merchandise after Delivery to Be of Different Quality
107. Selling Juice and Wine
108. Non-Refundable Deposit
109. Security Deposit ( Al-Rahn ) Mortgage
110. Disputes Arising From al-Rahn (Security Deposit, Mortgage)
111. Liability for Safe Deposit and Borrowing
112. Liability for Profit Sharing, Its Profit and Expenses ( Al-Mudarabah )
113. Liability of Technician or Person with a Certain Skill
114. Liability of Carrier Animals and Owners of Ships
115. Currency Exchange
116. Another Chapter about the Previous Topic
117. Impure Dirhams (Certain Silver or Gold Coins)
118. Borrowing Dirhams (Coins) to Keep the Good ones Among them
119. Loan That Brings Profit
120. The Case of one Who Gives Dirhams to Receive them in another City
121. Journey in the Sea for Business
122. Having a Business Where one Lives Is a Good Fortune
123. Mutual Settlement
124. Excellence of Farming
125. Another Chapter on the Previous Subject
126. Words to Say at the Time of Plantation
127. Chapter 126(a) - Matters Permissible or Otherwise in Renting Land
128. Chapter 126(b) - Renting (Qabala) Land for Farming in Exchange for a Certain Percentage of Produce
129. Partnership in Farming with Taxpayers and Others and Conditions Between Them
130. Contracting Taxpayers’ Land and the Tax on their Person; Contracting Land from Al- Sultan and then Contracting it to Others
131. The Case of Tenant of Land Who Dies Before Expiration of Lease
132. One’s Renting a House or Land and His Renting to another Tenant for Higher Price
133. The Case of one Who Contracts for a Work for a Certain Amount and then Contracts with another Person for More
134. Selling Vegetables and So On
135. Selling Pastures
136. Selling Water for Agriculture and Preserving Extra Water of Valleys and Floods
137. Reviving Barren Land
138. Al-Shuf’ One’s Rights of Pre-emption
139. Buying Al-Kharaj Land From Al-Sultan When Owners Are Coerced
140. Using Labors of Al-‘Aluj (infidel) for Free
141. Brokerage and Brokerage Fees
142. Partnership with al-Dhimmiy (non-Muslim Tax payer)
143. Asking for Reduction of Price After Concluding a Deal
144. Estimating Produce of Plantation
145. Rent From Tenant and His Responsibilities
146. Detestability of Using the Labor of a Worker before Agreeing on Wages and Delay Payment of His Wages
147. Hiring an Animal and Using Beyond Limit
148. Renting a House or Ship
149. Causing Losses ( Dirar )
150. Comprehensive Chapter on Limits of Rights
151. The Case of One Who Farms on Other’s Land
152. Rare Ahadith
153. Lending Without Witness
154. Rare Ahadith
155. Another Chapter about Previous Subject, Protection of Property and Detestability of Wasting
156. Liability for Animal’s Causing Losses
157. Another Chapter
158. A Slave Does Business Who Becomes Indebted
159. Rare Ahadith
The Book of Marriage
1. Love of Women
2. Domination of Women
3. Kinds of Women
4. Best Kinds of Women
5. Worst Kinds of Women
6. Excellence of Women of Quraysh
7. Virtuous Women are Fortunate Chance for a Man
8. Encouragement to Get Married
9. The Detestability of Living Single
10. With Marriage Sustenance Increases
11. Hard Work for Marriage
12. Choosing a Wife
13. Excellence of Marriage with a Religious Spouse and the Detestability of Marriage for the Sake of Wealth
14. The Detestability of Marriage with Barren Women
15. Excellence of Virgins
16. Signs of Praiseworthiness of Women
17. Rare Ahadith
18. Allah, Most Blessed, Most High, Has Created for People Similarities
19. The Desirability of Marriage for Women at Puberty and Fortifying them with Marriage
20. Women’s Desire More Intense than Men’s
21. Believers Are Good Match of Believing Women
22. Another Chapter about the Previous Topic
23. Marriage of ‘Umm Kulthum
24. Another Chapter
25. Proper Match for Marriage
26. The Detestability of Marriage with a Drunkard
27. Marriage of Fanatic (Enemy of ‘A’immah) and Skeptics
28. Marriage with Kurds and Sudan
29. Marriage of one Born out of Wedlock
30. Detestability of Marriage with Dimwitted and Insane People
31. Fornicator Man and Women
32. Marriage after Conjugal Relations Out of Wedlock
33. Marriage with a Taxpayer Female
34. Marriage of a Free Man with a Slave
35. Marriage in the form of Al-Shighar
36. Marriage with a Woman and ‘Umm Walad of Her Father
37. Women Whom Allah, Most Majestic, Most Glorious, Made Lawful for Marriage
38. Kinds of Marriage
39. Looking at a Woman with Intention to Marry
40. Detestability of Marriage Ceremony at Certain Times
41. Matters Preferable to Do During the Night of Marriage
42. Serving Food in Marriage Ceremony
43. Marriage without Khutbah Speech before (Solemnizing) a Marriage
44. The Sermon for Marriage
45. The Sunnah about Mahr
46. Mahr of the Marriage of Amir Al-Mu’minin, ‘Alayhi al-Salam
47. Amount of Mahr today is the Mutually Agreed Amount
48. Rare Ahadith about Mahr
49. The Effect of Conjugal Relation on Mahr
50. One’s Intention about Payment of Mahr
51. The Case of a Certain amount of Mahr for a Woman and a Payment to Her Father
52. A Woman offers Herself as a Gift to a Man
53. Dispute between Man, Woman and Her Family about Mahr
54. Marriage without Witness
55. Woman Lawful in Marriage for the Holy Prophet
56. Marriage Without Guardian
57. Fathers Permission for a Girl’s Marriage
58. A Man Wants to Marry one’s Daughter and the Father Intends to Give Her to Another Man
59. Two Guardians, Each Gives a Girl to a Different Man in Marriage
60. A Woman’s Attorney Gives Her in Marriage to a Man Other Than What She Wanted
61. Marriage of Minors Does Not Bring them Love
62. Age Limit of Conjugal Relations (Consult Fatwah about the contents of this chapter)
63. Father Marries a Woman and His Son Marries Her Daughter
64. Giving Children in Marriage and Arranging Marriage for Them
65. A Man Loves a Woman, His Parents Want Another Woman
66. Stipulations in Marriage: The Permissible and Impermissible ones
67. Cheating in Marriage
68. Cheating from Man’s Side in Marriage
69. Rare Ahadith
70. Marriage with Virginity Stipulation
71. Conjugal Relation without Paying Mahr
72. Working for Hire as Payment for Mahr
73. Death Before Consummation of Marriage
74. One’s Marriage with a Mother or Sister of a Woman after out of Wedlock Conjugal Relation With Her Or going to Bed with One’s Mother-in-Law Or Stepdaughter
75. The Case of Sinful Relation of a Man with a Boy and Marriage with His Daughter or Sister
76. Because of Marriage People Who Become Unlawful to Marry
77. Another Chapter and a Mention of the Wives of the Holy Prophet
78. A Marriage and Divorce or Death before or after the Consummation of Marriage then Marries Her Mother or Daughter
79. Marriage with a Woman Divorced Against the Sunnah
80. Marriage with a Woman and Her Maternal or Paternal Aunt
81. Legalizing a Divorced Woman to Her Husband
82. Women who Become Unlawful for Marriage Forever
83. The Case of Four Wives and Divorcing one to Marry another before the end of the ‘Iddah (waiting period) or Marries Five Women at one Time
84. Marriage with Two Sisters at the Same Time: Free or Slave-girls
85. About the Words of Allah, Most Majestic, Most Glorious, ‘You must not Make Secret Dates . . .
86. Marriage with Taxpayers and Pagans of Whom Certain Ones Become Muslims and other do not Become Muslims or all of them Become Muslims
87. Breastfeeding
88. Limits of Breastfeeding to Take Effect
89. Meaning of Milk from Impregnating Agent (the Father)
90. After Weaning Breastfeeding does not have any Effect
91. Rare Ahadith
92. Another Chapter About the Previous Subject
93. Marriage with Nurse ( al-Qabilah )
94. Al-Mut‘ah (Advantageous Marriage)
95. Such Wives Are Like Slave-girls, Not Like any of Four Wives
96. It ( Mut‘ah ) Must Not Be Practiced if Not Urgently Needed
97. Al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) Is Not Permissible With Non-Chaste Women
98. Conditions of al-Mut‘ah (Advantageous Marriage)
99. The Need to Mention Conditions after Nikah
100. Mahr (dower) in this form of Marriage, al-Mut‘ah
101. Waiting Period in al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage)
102. Addition in Time
103. Permissible Time Length
104. Al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) Several Times with one Woman
105. Withholding Mahr in the Case of Her Violation
106. Her Statement about Her is Considered True
107. Virgins
108. Marriage with Slave Girls
109. Child Conceived
110. Inheritance
111. Rare Ahadith
112. Legalizing one’s slave-girl for His Brother in Belief or Husband
113. Conjugal Relation with the Slave-girl of one’s Son
114. Quarantine of a Slave-girl
115. The Captives
116. The Case of one’s Buying a Pregnant Slave-girl
117. A Man’s Freeing His Slave-girl Then Designate Her Freedom as her mahr (dower)
118. Woman Lawful for Slaves in Marriage
119. Slave’s Marriage without the Permission of the Master
120. Slave-girl’s Marriage without the Permission of the Master
121. Chapter 121- Marriage of Slave-girl and Slave Man
122. A man’s Giving his Slave-girl in Marriage to his Slave then Expresses His own Desire for Her
123. Marriage of Half Slave Half Free Person
124. Buying a Slave Girl Married to a Free Husband or a Slave
125. The Case of a Woman Whose Husband is a Slave Whom She inherits or Buys Him then Her husband becomes Her Slave
126. A Woman Whose Husband is a Slave then She Inherits him then Frees him then agrees to Marry Him
127. The Case of a Slave-girl Married to a Slave Who is then Freed or Both are freed
128. A Slave with a Free Wife and Is Set Free
129. The Case of Buying a Pregnant Slave-girl . . .
130. One’ Conjugal Relation and then another’s Conjugal Relation with a Slave Girl in the Same Menses Period . . .
131. Impregnating a Slave-girl and Accusations . . .
132. Rare Ahadith
133. Another Chapter about the previous Subject
134. A Slave Girl’s Conjugal Relation with Several Men in the Same Menses Period
135. A Man Goes to Bed with His Slave-girl then Sells Her then She Gives Birth Before Six Months and the Case of a Man Who Sells a Slave-girl Without Quarantine then Her pregnancy Appears after being Touched by the other Man
136. The Child of Whose one Parent is a Slave and one is Free
137. A Woman’s Marriage with Her Slave
138. Women Are Similar
139. Detestability of Celibacy
140. Rare Ahadith
141. Detestability of Conjugal Relation in Certain Times
142. Detestability of Conjugal Relation in a Room with a Child
143. Words to Say during Conjugal Relation
144. Word to Say during Going to Bed with One’s Wife
145. Contraception
146. Egocentricity, Pride or Jealousy of Women
147. Love of Women for their Husbands
148. The Rights of Husband on His Wife
149. Detestability for Women to Stop their Husband
150. Detestability for Woman Ignoring Makeup
151. Treating One’s Wife with Honor
152. The Right of Wife on Husband
153. Cordiality with Wife
154. Necessary Obedience to Husband
155. Lack of Virtue in Woman
156. Disciplinants for Women
157. Disobedience to Women
158. Keeping Secrets
159. Detestable Matters for Women
160. Lawful Instances of Looking at Women
161. Rules for Women
162. Man without Sense of Conjugal Relation
163. Looking at Taxpayers’ Women
164. Looking at Nomads and Bedouins
165. Head Scarf for Slaves ‘Umm Awlad (mother of children)
166. Shaking Hands with Women
167. The Holy Prophet’s Forming Allegiance with Women
168. Entering in the Chambers of Women
169. Another Chapter about the Previous Subject
170. Lawful Looks of Master and Slave
171. Castrated People
172. The Time for Compulsory Head Scarf
173. The Age When It Is Lawful to Kiss a Girl
174. Another Chapter About the Previous Subject
175. Treating a Female Patient
176. Offering Greeting of Peace to Women
177. Gheera (Vigilant Protectionism)
178. No Vigilance and Protectionism against Lawful Matters
179. Women’s’ Attending ‘Id
180. Lawful Matters for a Husband during His Wife’s Menses
181. Conjugal Relations During Her Menses Before Ghusl
182. Anal of Women
183. Masturbation and Conjugal Relation with Animals
184. Fornication
185. Female fornicator
186. Male Homosexuality
187. One Who Allows Sexual Intercourse in His Anus
188. Lesbianism
189. Protecting Others’ Privacy Is One’s Own Protection of Privacy
190. Rare Ahadith
191. Explanation of Lawful and Unlawful Matters in Marriage, Indecency and Fornication
192. Another Chapter About the Previous Subject