Al-Kāfi

The Sufficient

By: Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī

Translator: Shaykh Muhammad Sarwar

Chapter 1

5 Aḥadīth
The Will and What it Must Consist of

Chapter 2

7 Aḥadīth
The Witness for the Will

Chapter 3

6 Aḥadīth
A Man Makes a Will and Appoints an Executor but he Refuses to Accept it

Chapter 4

10 Aḥadīth
The Owner is more Rightful to his Property as Long as he is Living

Chapter 5

6 Aḥadīth
Making a Will for the Heir

Chapter 6

7 Aḥadīth
The Matters for which one can Make a Will and what is Preferable in the Issue

Chapter 7

1 Ḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 8

4 Aḥadīth
A Man Makes a Will, then Cancels it

Chapter 9

3 Aḥadīth
If the Beneficiary of a Will dies before the Death of the Testator or before Taking Possession

Chapter 10

5 Aḥadīth
Executing the Will as it Requires

Chapter 11

2 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 12

2 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 13

18 Aḥadīth
A Will for Setting free Slaves, Charity or al-Hajj

Chapter 14

2 Aḥadīth
The Executor of the Will must Correct the Possible Violation of the Law in the Will

Chapter 15

3 Aḥadīth
An Executor of the Will is held Responsible for Changing a Lawful Will

Chapter 16

4 Aḥadīth
Al-Mudabbar (the Slave for whose Freedom Death of the Master is a Condition) is from One Third of the Legacy

Chapter 17

3 Aḥadīth
First the Shroud, then Debts, then Will is paid for from the Legacy

Chapter 18

7 Aḥadīth
The Will and Debts

Chapter 19

3 Aḥadīth
One Who Sets Free a Slave and He is Indebted

Chapter 20

1 Ḥadīth
The Will about a Contracted Slave

Chapter 21

4 Aḥadīth
The Will of Immature Boys and Girls, the Lawful and Unlawful Matters in it

Chapter 22

4 Aḥadīth
Will in Favor of Mothers of Children

Chapter 23

41 Aḥadīth
The Matters Permissible in Endowment, Charity, Gift, Present, Providing Conditional Housing and Matters Permissible or otherwise for a Child and others

Chapter 24

3 Aḥadīth
The Will for a Part of One’s Assets

Chapter 25

2 Aḥadīth
The Will about Something of One’s Legacy

Chapter 26

2 Aḥadīth
The Will about a Share of One’s Legacy

Chapter 27

5 Aḥadīth
One in His Illness Confesses His Indebtedness to One of his Heirs

Chapter 28

3 Aḥadīth
When certain ones of the Heirs Confirm Freeing of a Slave or Debts

Chapter 29

3 Aḥadīth
The Case of One Who Leaves very Little Legacy with a Larger Amount of Debt and Dependents

Chapter 30

4 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 31

1 Ḥadīth
The Adults whose Will is not Acceptable

Chapter 32

3 Aḥadīth
Distribution of What is Bequeathed To Relatives

Chapter 33

2 Aḥadīth
The Case of one who Makes a Bequest for an Adult with whom a Child must Share

Chapter 34

2 Aḥadīth
The Case of One’s Appointing Two Executors for the Will, Each of whom Deals with a Certain Portion of the Legacy

Chapter 35

14 Aḥadīth
Charities of the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, Fatimah and ‘A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam

Chapter 36

5 Aḥadīth
Things that Reach a Deceased after his Death

Chapter 37

31 Aḥadīth
The Rare Ahadith

Chapter 38

3 Aḥadīth
The Case of One who Dies without a Will, Leaves behind Small Heirs and it is Sold upon Him

Chapter 39

9 Aḥadīth
The Executor of the Will Hands over the Assets of Children who were Small, now Adults, but they Refuse to Take Charge, the Children who Become Adults but are not Found to be of Proper Understanding, the Limit of Adulthood

Chapter 1

3 Aḥadīth
The Ordained Shares

Chapter 2

3 Aḥadīth
The Legacy Comes from the Share of the One Nearest in Relationship to Him and that the Owner of Ordained Share is more Deserving than those who do not have any Ordained Share

Chapter 3

3 Aḥadīth
Obligations are not Fulfilled without the Sword

Chapter 4

2 Aḥadīth
The Rare Ahadith

Chapter 5

3 Aḥadīth
Invalidity of Deficiency (in the Ordained Shares)

Chapter 6

7 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter on Invalidity of al-‘Awl (deficiency or excess) and the Ordained Shares are not more than Six

Chapter 7

4 Aḥadīth
Knowing to Avoid Deficiency

Chapter 8

2 Aḥadīth
With the Existence of a Child and Parents no one Else Inherits Except a Husband and Wife

Chapter 9

1 Ḥadīth
The Reason Why Ordained Shares are not more than Six

Chapter 10

3 Aḥadīth
The Reason Why a Male’s Share is Twice the Share of a Female

Chapter 11

4 Aḥadīth
The Legacy is Just for the Eldest Son

Chapter 12

9 Aḥadīth
The Share of Children from the Legacy

Chapter 13

4 Aḥadīth
The Share of Grandchildren in the legacy

Chapter 14

3 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of Parents

Chapter 15

7 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of Parents with Brothers and Sisters from the Father and Brothers and Sisters from the Mother

Chapter 16

3 Aḥadīth
The Inheritance of a Son with both Parents

Chapter 17

3 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of the Son, with Husband and Woman and Both Parents

Chapter 18

5 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of Parents with Husband and Wife

Chapter 19

3 Aḥadīth
AI-Kalalah (Burdensome one’s in Inheritance)

Chapter 20

10 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of Brothers and Sisters with Children

Chapter 21

11 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of the Grandfather

Chapter 22

7 Aḥadīth
Brothers from a Mother with the Grandfather

Chapter 23

16 Aḥadīth
Son of a Brother with a Grandfather

Chapter 24

9 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of Relatives

Chapter 25

7 Aḥadīth
A Woman Leaves Behind Just her Husband

Chapter 26

5 Aḥadīth
A Deceased Leaves behind Just his Wife

Chapter 27

11 Aḥadīth
Women do not Inherit Anything from Real Property

Chapter 28

1 Ḥadīth
Dispute of Man and Woman over Household Items

Chapter 29

1 Ḥadīth
The Rare Ahadith

Chapter 30

3 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of a Boy and a Girl who are not yet Mature

Chapter 31

4 Aḥadīth
The Inheritance of a Married and Mature Female before going to Bed

Chapter 32

7 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of Women Divorced during Illness or without Illness

Chapter 33

9 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of Relatives with Mawali

Chapter 34

7 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of People Drowned and because of the Collapse of a Structure on them

Chapter 35

8 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of People Killed, those who Inherit and those who do not Inherit from the Wergild

Chapter 36

10 Aḥadīth
The Inheritance of a Killer

Chapter 37

6 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of People of other Religions

Chapter 38

4 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter on Inheritance of People of other Religions

Chapter 39

2 Aḥadīth
The Inheritance of the People of Religion among them according to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Holy Prophet

Chapter 40

2 Aḥadīth
If a Deceased Leaves Behind Muslim and non-Muslim Heirs

Chapter 41

8 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of Slaves

Chapter 42

4 Aḥadīth
The Free and Slaves do not Inherit each other

Chapter 43

1 Ḥadīth
Deceased leaves Behind One Free and One Owned Heir

Chapter 44

2 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 45

1 Ḥadīth
The Inheritance Due to Special Contract

Chapter 46

4 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of an Apostate

Chapter 47

9 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of One who is Lost

Chapter 48

6 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of the Crying Newborn Child

Chapter 49

5 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of Hermaphrodite

Chapter 50

3 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 51

1 Ḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 52

2 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 53

10 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of the Child of Parents who Condemn Each other (al -Mula‘anah (condemnation))

Chapter 54

1 Ḥadīth
Another Chapter about the Child of Mula‘anah (condemnation)

Chapter 55

1 Ḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 56

4 Aḥadīth
Inheritance of a Child from Fornication

Chapter 57

2 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 58

2 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 59

3 Aḥadīth
The Case of a Child Carried away from his Birthplace ( al-Hamil )

Chapter 60

2 Aḥadīth
Confirming of Certain Heir a Debt

Chapter 61

1 Ḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 62

4 Aḥadīth
One who Dies without Leaving Behind any Heirs

Chapter 63

2 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 64

6 Aḥadīth
The Guardianship of One who Sets One Free

Chapter 65

9 Aḥadīth
Guardianship of Sa’ibah (Unconditionally Freed Slave)

Chapter 66

2 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 1

2 Aḥadīth
The First Certificate that was Written on Earth

Chapter 2

6 Aḥadīth
The Case of Man who is Summoned to Testify

Chapter 3

3 Aḥadīth
Hiding the Testimony

Chapter 4

6 Aḥadīth
The Case of a Man who hears a Testimony but does not Witness it

Chapter 5

4 Aḥadīth
The Case of a Man who Forgets his Bearing Testimony but Recognizes his Handwriting

Chapter 6

3 Aḥadīth
False Testimony

Chapter 7

8 Aḥadīth
The Case of One who Testifies, then Retracts it

Chapter 8

8 Aḥadīth
The Case of the Testimony of One Person and the Oath of the Plaintiff

Chapter 9

4 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 10

2 Aḥadīth
Presenting Testimony for the Creditors

Chapter 11

6 Aḥadīth
Testimony of Children

Chapter 12

3 Aḥadīth
Testimony of Slaves

Chapter 13

13 Aḥadīth
That which is Acceptable of the Testimony of Women and that, which is not Acceptable

Chapter 14

2 Aḥadīth
Testimony of Woman for her Husband and the Testimony of Man for his Wife

Chapter 15

4 Aḥadīth
Testimony of a Father for his Son or a Son’s Testimony for his Father and Testimony of a brother for his Brother

Chapter 16

4 Aḥadīth
Testimony of a Business Partner, one Wageworker and the Executor of the Will

Chapter 17

14 Aḥadīth
The Witnesses who are Rejected

Chapter 18

6 Aḥadīth
The Testimony of an Accuser and an Ex-convict

Chapter 19

8 Aḥadīth
Testimony of the Members of all other Nations

Chapter 20

2 Aḥadīth
Another Chapter

Chapter 21

3 Aḥadīth
Testimony of a Blind and Speechless

Chapter 22

1 Ḥadīth
A Man Bears Testimony against a Woman without Looking at Her Face

Chapter 23

11 Aḥadīth
The Rare Ahadith