Al-Kāfi - Volume 6

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

Translator: Shaykh Muhammad Sarwar

The Book of ‘Aqiqah (Offering Animal Sacrifice for a Newborn Child) 1. Excellence of Son 2. Resemblance of a Child 3. Excellence of Daughters 4. Prayer and Appeal before Allah for a Son 5. If When Pregnant one Keeps Her Intention to Name the Child Muhammad or Ali the Child will be a Boy: and the Prayer for it 6. Beginning of the Creation of a Human Being and His Turning in His Mother’s Womb 7. When a Woman Gives Birth to More than one Child 8. Discipline to Follow During Childbirth 9. Congratulation for Childbirth 10. Names and Titles 11. Complete Creation 12. Foods Preferable for a Pregnant or a Woman during Childbirth to Eat 13. Special Treatments for the Newborn 14. Al-’Aqiqah and its Being Obligatory 15. ‘Aqiqah for Boys or Girls is the Same 16. ‘Aqiqah is not Obligatory on One who Cannot Find 17. On the Seventh Day from Birth the Newborn’s Head is Shaved and a Name is Given to Him 18. ‘Aqiqah is not Equal to al-’Adhiyah (animal offered as sacrificial offering during al-Hajj) and it is Sufficient in Place of ‘Aqiqah 19. Words to Say on ‘Aqiqah 20. The Mother should not Eat from the Meat of ‘Aqiqah 21. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and Fatimah, ‘Alayha al-Salam, Offered ‘Aqiqah for al-Hassan and al-Husayn 22. Abu Talib Offered ‘Aqiqah for the Holy Prophet, O Allah , Grant Compensation to Muhammad and his Family Worthy of their Services to Your Cause 23. Cleansing, Circumcision 24. Lowering for Girls 25. After Seven Days from Birth Shaving is not Required 26. The Rare Ahadith 27. Shaving Certain Parts of the Head of a Newborn and Leaving other Parts 28. Breastfeeding 29. The Liability of the Breastfeeder 30. The Preferable and Non-preferable Milk 31. The One Who has More Priority for the Custody of a Small Child 32. Growth of a Child 33. Disciplines for a Child 34. The Rights of Children 35. Kindness to Children 36. Giving Preference to One Child Over the Others 37. Intelligence of a Boy and Signs of his Nobility 38. Rare Ahadith The Book of Talaq (Divorces) 1. Detestability of Divorcing a Cooperating Wife 2. Divorcing an Uncooperative Wife 3. People Do not Remain Straight in Matters of Divorce without the Sword 4. The Divorces Not According to the Book and Sunnah 5. Divorce Does not Take Place unless Once has the Intention to Divorce 6. There Cannot be Divorce before Marriage 7. Divorce in Writing 8. Explanation of Divorce with Waiting Period and what Makes Divorce Binding 9. The Necessary Expressions to Pronounce with the Decision to Divorce 10. Three Talaq (Divorce) in Hayd (menses) Free Period in the Presence of Witnesses in One place and Time or More is One Talaq 11. The Case of One who Arranges Witnesses Separately or Divorces in the Presence of a People but Does not Ask them to Bear Witness 12. Appointing Witness to Divorce Two Women with One word 13. Arranging Witness for Revocation of Divorce 14. Revocation of Divorce without Going to Bed is not Valid 15. No name 16. No name 17. One Who is not Lawful for her Husband without Marriage to another Man 18. Issues that Validate and Invalidate Divorce 19. An Absent Man Returns and Divorces at that Time that Divorce Does not Take Place until She Experiences Hayd (menses) 20. Women who Can be Divorced in all Conditions 21. Divorce by an Absent Husband 22. Divorce of a Pregnant Woman 23. Divorce of a Woman whose Marriage is not Consummated 24. Divorce of One who is not Mature yet and Divorce of One after Menopause 25. Women Whose Hayd (menses) is Confusing 26. The Time when a Divorced Woman in the Manner of Divorce with Waiting Period and Revocable Form Becomes Stranger to him 27. Meaning of al^Iqra’ (Hayd-free period) 28. Waiting Period for a Divorced Woman and Where She must have it 29. The Difference between one Divorced in Non-Sunnah manner and the One who Goes out in her Waiting Period or is Sent out by the Husband 30. Explanation of the words of Allah, most, High, ‘You must not send them out of their homes and they must not go out. . 31. Divorce of a Woman whose Hayd (menses) is Confusing 32. Divorce of Women Who Hide Their Experiencing Hayd (menses) 33. The Case of a Woman who Experiences Hayd (menses) after Every Two or Three Months 34. Waiting Period of a Woman whose Hayd (menses) is Confused 35. The Word of Women are Accepted in Matters of Hayd (menses) 36. A Woman Confused about Pregnancy 37. Maintenance of Pregnant Divorced Women 38. A Woman Divorcee Three Times Does not have the Right for Lodging or Maintenance 39. Benefits for a Divorced Woman 40. The Rights of a Divorced Woman of mahr (dower) with Whom He has not Gone to Bed 41. The Issue that Completes Mahr (dower) 42. The Divorced Woman Whose Husband is Absent Commences Her ‘Iddah (waiting period) from the Day She is Divorced 43. Waiting period of a Widow whose Husband is Absent 44. Reason for Difference about Waiting Period and Waiting Period of a Widow 45. Waiting Period of a Pregnant Widow and Her Expenses 46. Waiting Period of a Widow with whom he has Gone to Bed and where she must Complete her Waiting Period and Her Obligations 47. The Case of a Woman whose Husband Dies before Going to Bed with her and that there is no Waiting Period and Mahr (dower) for her 48. The Case of a Man who Divorces his Wife and Dies before her Waiting period Ends 49. Divorce and Marriage during one’s Illness 50. About words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, . do not harm them (women) to make it Difficult for them 51. Divorce of Children 52. Divorce of People with Mental Condition and Insane Ones and their Guardian 53. Divorce by a Drunk Man 54. Divorce of One Compelled and Coerced 55. Divorce by a Speechless Man 56. Appointing an Attorney for Divorce 57. Swearing and Taking an Oath 58. ’Ila’ (swearing) does not Take Place except after Going to Bed with one’s Wife 59. If a Man Says to his Wife, ‘You are Unlawful for me” 60. The Free, Cleared and Severed Woman 61. The Choices 62. How the Choice originally was 63. Al-Khul* (Divorce for Payment) 64. Al-Mubarat (disavowing) or Divorce for Payment 65. Waiting Period for al-KhuP and al-Mubarat (disavowing), the Maintenance and Housing for such Women 66. Disharmony Between Wife and Husband 67. The Two Arbitrators in the case of Discord 68. The Absent and Missing 69. A Woman Receives News of the Death of her Husband or her Divorce, Counts her Waiting Period then Marries and her Previous Husband Comes 70. A Woman’s Receiving News of being Divorced by her husband thus She Marries then her first Husband Comes then She is Separated from Both 71. A Woman Waiting Period from a Castrated Husband 72. One Who Becomes ill Mentally after Marriage 73. Al-Zihar 74. Al-Li‘an (Condemnation) The Book of Hunting 1. Hunting Dog and Cheetah 2. Hunting of Falcons, Hawks and Others 3. Hunting of Zoroastrian and Taxpayer’s Dogs 4. Hunting with Weapons 5. Al-Mi‘Rad (Flareless Arrows) 6. Hunting with Stone and Clay-ball 7. Hunting with a Snare 8. A Man Shoots a Prey, Hits it and it Falls in Water or Rolls Down the Mountain 9. A Man Shoots a Prey, Misses it but Hits another 10. Hunting During the Night 11. Fishing 12. Another Chapter on the Same Topic 13. Locusts 14. Hunting Domestic Birds 15. Al-Khuttaf the Bird of Black Color, a kind of Crow 16. Hoopoe and Shrike 17. The Lark The Book of Slaughtering Animals for Food 1. Tools for Slaughtering 2. Another Chapter on the above Subject in an Emergency 3. The Manner of Slaughtering and al-Nahr 4. The Case of a Man who Wants to Slaughter an Animal and the Knife by Mistake Cuts off the Head 5. The Camel and Bull Resist Slaughtering 6. The Case of an Animal Slaughtered from a Part other than the Proper Place 7. How Proper Slaughtering is Achieved 8. The Case of an Animal Slaughtered without Facing al-Qiblah (al-Ka‘bah), Mentioning the name of Allah or one after Sexual Intercourse Slaughters 9. The Unborn Young that is Found inside the Animal Slaughtered 10. Slaughtering of Animals butted by other Animals Fall or Eaten by Predators 11. Blood that Falls in the Cooking Pot 12. The Time in which Slaughtering is not Desirable 13. Another Chapter on the above Issue 14. The Case of Animal Slaughtered by Children, Women and a Blind Person 15. Slaughtering by the People of the Book The Book of Food 1. Reason for Unlawfulness 2. Comprehensive Chapter on Animals that are not Edible 3. Another Chapter; Signs of Edible and Inedible Birds 4. Signs of Edible and Inedible Eggs 5. Lamb and Young Goats Fed with the Milk of Pigs 6. Flesh of Animals that Feed on Human Feces, their Eggs and the Sheep that Drinks Wine 7. Things Inedible in Sheep and other Animals 8. The Case of the Tails of Sheep Cut off into two and the Animal Hunted 9. Things that can be Used from a Dead Animal and things that Cannot be Used 10. Unlawful to use for Food the Flesh of Animals Sexually Molested by Human Beings 11. About the Flesh of a Sexually Active Ram 12. Mixing of Dead Animals with Slaughtered Clean 13. Another Chapter on the Above Issue 14. The Rat that Dies in Food or Drinks 15. Mixing of Lawful Things with others in Something 16. The Food of Taxpayers’ Eating with them and their Utensils 17. A Mention of Transgressors and Rebels 18. Eating Clay 19. Eating and drinking in Gold and Silver Utensils 20. Undesirability of Eating and Drinking on the Table where Wine is Served 21. Undesirability of Over-Eating 22. Walking to a Feast without Being Invited 23. Eating when Leaning Against Something 24. Eating with the Right Hand 25. Eating while Walking 26. Several Hands Should Come Together for Food 27. The Inviolability of Food 28. Accepting the Invitation of a Muslim 29. Offering Food and Showing Courtesy 30. A Man’s Finding Comfort in the House of His Brother (in belief) 31. A Man’s Eating in the House of his Brother (in belief) without his Permission 32. Without Title 33. Another Chapter about Measurement and that there is no Accounting for Food 34. Preparation of Food for a Ceremony, like Wedding and so forth 35. When a Man Enters a Town he is a Guest of his Brothers (in belief) who Live there 36. Guest is for Three Days Only 37. Undesirability of Making the Guest Work 38. The Sustenance of a Guest Comes with Him 39. The Right of Guest and Honoring Him 40. Eating with the Guest 41. The Child of Adam is Hollow; thus He must Eat Food 42. Lunch and Dinner 43. Excellence of Dinner and Undesirability of Ignoring it 44. Wudu (washing hands clean) before and after Food 45. Description of Wudu before Eating Food 46. Using a Towel to Wipe one’s Face after Wudu (Washing) 47. Mentioning the name of Allah and Tahmid (All Praise Belongs to Allah) over the Food 48. The Rare Ahadith 49. Eating Pieces of Food that Fall on the Table-spread 50. The Excellence of Bread 51. Barley Bread 52. Bread of Rice 53. Kinds of Sawiq (roasted flour) and the Excellence of Sawiq of Wheat 54. Sawiq of Lintels 55. Excellence of Meat 56. One who Does not Eat Meat for Forty Days his Manners Change 57. The Excellence of the Meat of Sheep Over Goats 58. The Meat of Cows and their Fat 59. Meat of Camels and Camels of Khurasan 60. The Meat of Birds 61. The Meat of Deer and Wild Donkeys 62. The Meat of Buffalo 63. Undesirability of Eating Fresh (Raw)Meat 64. About Qadid (Dried Meat) 65. The Excellence of Shoulder Over other Parts 66. Mixed Dish 67. Tharid (Pieces of Bread in Broth) 68. Roast, al-Kabab and Heads 69. Al-Harisah (Mashed Grains and Meat) 70. Al-Muthallathah (Preparation of three Kinds of Grains) Al-Hasa’ Flour Cooked with Oil Sweet or without 71. Al-Halwa’ (Sweet) 72. Hot Food 73. Making the Bones Bare 74. About Fish 75. Eggs and Chicken 76. Excellence of Salt 77. The Vinegar and Oil 78. The Khali (Wine Turned to Vinegar) 79. Al-Mury (a certain sauce) 80. Oil and the Olive 81. Honey 82. Sugar 83. The Ghee 84. The Milk Products 85. The Milk Products from Cows 86. Yogurt 87. The Milk Products from Camels 88. Yogurt Water 89. Cheese 90. Cheese with Walnut 91. Rice 92. The Chickpea (Garbanzo Bean) 93. The Lintels 94. The Broad Beans and the Kidney Beans 95. Al-Mash (Peeled Black beans) 96. Al-Jawars 97. The Dates 98. Chapters on fruits 99. Grapes 100. The Raisins 101. The Pomegranate 102. The Apple 103. Quince 104. The Fig 105. The Pear 106. The Plum 107. The Citron 108. The Bananas 109. The Rowan, Mountain Ash 110. The Melons 111. The Herbs 112. The Endives 113. The Sweet Basil 114. The Leek 115. The Celery 116. Coriander 117. Purslane 118. The Lettuce 119. Al-Sadab (Rue Herb of Grace) 120. The Watercress 121. The White Beet 122. The Truffle 123. Squash 124. The Radish 125. The Carrot 126. The Turnip 127. The Cucumbers 128. The Eggplant (Aubergine) 129. The Onions 130. The Garlic 131. The Wild Thyme 132. The Toothpick 133. Throwing away what Comes out with Toothpicks from Between the Teeth 134. The Saltwort and Cyperus The Book of Drinks 1. The Excellence of Water 2. Another Chapter on the same Issue 3. Drinking Water Excessively 4. Drinking Water Standing and Drinking it in One Breath 5. The Words to Say When Drinking Water 6. The Utensils, Pots, Pans, Bowls and Cups 7. Excellence of the Water of Zamzam and the Water of al-Mizab 8. Water from the Sky 9. Excellence of the Water of al-Furat (Euphrates) 10. The Prohibited Waters 11. The Rare Ahadith 12. Substances from which Wine is Made 13. The Origin of the Prohibition on Wine 14. Wine is Still Unlawful 15. The Wine Drinker 16. Another Chapter on the above Topic 17. Wine is the Head of all Sins and Evil 18. The Wine Addict 19. Another Chapter on the above Topic 20. Unlawfulness of Wine in the Book 21. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah , grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause , has Prohibited all Intoxicating Liquor of a Small or Large Quantity 22. Wine is Prohibited because of its Effects; whatever has an Effect as the Effect of Wine, it is Wine 23. Compulsion to Drink Wine as Medicine, in Thirst or in Fear (Taqiyah) 24. Al-Nabidh (A kind of Wine) 25. The Utensils 26. The Juice (grape juice) 27. The Juice which Fire has Touched 28. Al-Tila’ (The One-Third Juice (grape juice) that has Remained after the Evaporation of the other Two-Thirds) 29. The Drops of Intoxicating Substances in Food 30. AI-Fuqa’ (Beer) 31. The Quality of Lawful Drinks 32. Also about Drinks 33. The Utensils in which Wine is Kept, then Vinegar is poured in it or is used for Drink 34. The Wine Placed in Vinegar 35. The Rare Ahadith 36. Music and Singing 37. Dice and Chess The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness 1. Beautification and Showing the Bounty 2. The Dress 3. Dress Causing Public Abhorrence 4. The Cotton White Dress 5. Clothes Dyed with al-MiCasfar (dye with safflower) 6. Wearing Black 7. Al-Kattan (Linen) 8. Wearing Wool, Hairs and Fur 9. Wearing al-Khazz (fur or skin of an animal that lives in water) 10. Garments made entirely of al-Washy (al-Khazz, garments made of skin or fur of an animal that lives in water) 11. Wearing Silk and al-Dibaj (Silk Brocade) 12. Lifting up Garments 13. The Words to Say when Wearing New clothes 14. Wearing Old clothes 15. The Turbans 16. The cape 17. The Footgear 18. The Color of shoes 19. Al-Khuff (the half-Boot) 20. The Tradition about Wearing al-Khuff (half-boot), al-Na‘1 (Shoes) and Taking them off 21. The Rings (Insignia) 22. The Carnelian (al-‘Aqiq) 23. The Ruby and Emerald 24. The Turquoise 25. The Yemenite al-Jaza‘ (Carnelian) and The Crystals 26. The Engraving on the Ring 27. The Ornaments 28. The Spreading, Furniture 29. The Rare Ahadith 30. The Dyes 31. The Black Dye and Woad 32. Dyeing Hairs with Henna 33. Clipping and Shaving Hairs 34. Keeping Hairs and Parting them 35. The Beard and Mustache 36. Removing Hairs from the Nostrils 37. Combing 38. Clipping the finger Nails 39. Clipping or Pulling out Gray Hairs 40. To Bury the Hairs and Fingernails 41. Al-Kohl (The Eye Powder): Antimony 42. Brushing the Teeth 43. Taking Shower or Bath 44. Washing the Head 45. Applying Lime Paste 46. The Under arms 47. Applying henna after Lime Paste 48. The Perfumes 49. The Detestability of Rejecting Perfume 50. Kinds of Perfumes 51. The Origin of Perfumes 52. The Musk 53. Al-Ghaliyah (A Perfume that is a Mix of Musk, Camphor and Ambergris) 54. Al-Khuluq (a kind of Perfume of Yellow Color) 55. The Incense 56. Applying Oil 57. Undesirability of Applying oil all the Time 58. The Viola Oil 59. The Oil of Gillyflower 60. The Oil of Frankincense 61. The Oil of Gladiola (Lily) 62. The Sesame Oil 63. The Oil of Sweet Basil 64. The Spaciousness of the House 65. Decorating the Houses 66. Construction of Buildings 67. Fencing Wall Around a Flat Roof of the House 68. The Rare Ahadith 69. The Undesirable Case of One’s Sleeping Alone and the Characteristics Prohibited because of its Frightfulness The Book of Domestic Animals 1. The Relation between a Stumper and the Rider 2. The Rare Ahadith about the Stumpers 3. The Tools for the Stumpers 4. Choosing the Camel 5. The Sheep 6. The Marked Domestic Animals 7. The Pigeons 8. Setting Birds Free 9. The Rooster 10. Al-Warshan (a kind of Pigeon) 11. Al-Fakhtah and AI-SuIsul 12. The Dogs 13. Instigating Animals against each other