Virtue of Charity

Giving Charity Repels Misfortune

The Virtue of Giving Charity Out of Public Sight

Giving Charity During the Night

Giving Charity Increases One’s Wealth

Giving Charity to Relatives

Providing for the Family to Improve the Quality of Their Lives

One’s Dependents

Giving Charity to Those Whom One Does Not Know

Giving Charity to Bedouins and People Who Live in Desolate Areas

Undesirability of Turning Away One Asking for Help

The Amount of Charity for One Asking for Help

The Prayer of the Recipient of Charity

One Who Distributes Charity Has a Share in Rewards with the Donor of Charity

Self-Abnegation (Giving Preference to Others Over One’s Self)

One Who Asks for Help Without Actually Needing Help

Unpleasantness of Begging

Embarrassing the Recipient of a Favor

Giving Charity After an Appeal From a Recipient

Benevolent Assistance (Optional Charity as Opposed to Compulsory Ones)

The Virtue of Benevolent Assistance

Another Chapter about the Subject of the Previous Chapter

Providing Benevolent Assistance Repels Wicked Encounters

Providers of Benevolent Assistance Will be Identified as Such on the Day of Judgment

Completion of Benevolent Assistance

Finding a Proper Recipient of Benevolent Assistance

Disciplines for Providing Benevolent Assistance

Refusing to Appreciate a Benevolent Assistance

Providing a Loan

Extending Due Date of Payment in Favor of the Borrower

Waiving a Loan in Favor of a Dead Person

The Cost of Maintenance of Wealth

Appreciation of Bounties

Understanding Generosity and Munificence

Spending on Deserving Causes

Stinginess and Greed

Rare Ahadith about Charity

Virtue of Serving Food

The Excellence of Moderation

Detestability of Over-Spending and Living in Austerity

Providing Water for Drinking

Charity for Descendents of al-Hashim and the People of Their Household (Servants) and Compensation to Them

The Rare Ahadith

The Excellence of Fast and Fasting

The Excellence of the Month of Ramadan

About the One Who Serves Food to a Fasting Person

Prohibition of Saying ‘Ramadan’ Instead of the ‘Month of Ramadan’

The Words to Say When the Month of Ramadan is About to Begin

Verifying the Rise of the New Moon and Finding Witnesses for It

Another Chapter about the Previous Subject

The Day That Is Doubtful About Its Being of the Month of Sha‘ban or the Month of Ramadan

Kinds of Fasts

Disciplines During Fasting

The Fasting of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause

Excellence of Fasting in the Month of Shaman, Continuing Such Fast to Connect it with the Month of Ramadan, and Three Days of Fasting Every Month

Breakfast before Dawn

The Prayer to Say During Breakfast after Sunset

Fasting Continuously and All the Time

The Case of One Who Eats or Drinks but Has Doubts About Its Taking Place before or after Dawn

What Is Dawn, When Does It Come and When Is It Unlawful to Eat?

The Case of One Who Eats, Thinking it to Be after Sunset, when It Is Not yet Sunset

The Time of Breaking Fast after Sunset

The Case of One who Eats or Drinks out of Forgetfulness During the Month of Ramadan

The Case of One Who Knowingly Eats or Is Involved in Carnal Relation During the Month of Ramadan

The Case of a Person Involved in Carnal Relations in the Form of Kissing or Foreplay

The Case of One Who Experiences a Wet-Dream During the Night in the Month of Ramadan or at Other Times and Does Not Shower before Dawn or It Occurs During the Night or Day

The Undesirability of Immersing One’s Head in Water while Fasting

Rinsing One’s Mouth and Nostrils while Fasting

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Vomiting, Nauseating or Burping

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Use of Bath Room and Apply Cupping

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Sniffling or Use of Eardrops or Enema

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Use of Kohl (Eye Drops or powder)

A Fasting Person’s Use of Tooth Brush

A Fasting Person’s Use of Perfumes

A Fasting Person’s Use of Chewing Gum

The Case of a Fasting Person Tasting the Salt in Cooking Pot and Chews for the Fledgling

The Case of a Fly or Mucus Entering the Throat of a Fasting Person

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Keeping a Ring, a Pebble or a Date Stone in His Mouth while Fasting

The Case of Seniors Who Feel Weak when Fasting

The Case of a Pregnant or Breastfeeding Woman Who Feels Weak when Fasting

The Limit of Illness That Exempts One from Fasting

The Case of One Who Remains Ill for Two Consecutive Months of Ramadan

Remedy and Compensatory Fast for the Missed Fasting During the Month of Ramadan

The Case of One Who Wakes up in the Morning with an Intention to Fast, but Who Does Not Do So or Vice Versa when Fasting Is a Compensatory Fast for the Missed Fast in the Month of Ramadan or Other Days

The Case of One Who Fasts Optionally while He Is Obligated to Make Up for Fasting of the Month of Ramadan He Has Missed

The Case of a Person Who Passes Away Owing Fasting of the Month of Ramadan or Other Times

Children’s Fasting and When They Owe Fasting

The Case of One Who Becomes a Muslim during the Month of Ramadan

Undesirability of Traveling in the Month of Ramadan

Undesirability (unlawfulness) of Fast on a Journey

The Case of One Who Fasts on a Journey out of Ignorance

Those Who Do or Do Not Have to Break Their Fast on a Journey 

Optional Fasting on a Journey and Qada’ (compensatory fast) of Fasting Missed on a Journey

The Case of One Who Begins a Journey or Returns from a Journey in the Month of Ramadan

The Case of a Traveler Who Enters His Town or a Place where He Wants to Stay for Ten Days

The Case of One Who Involves Himself in Carnal Relations with His Wife on a Journey or Returns from a Journey in the Month of Ramadan

The Case of Fasting during Menses: Major or Minor One

The Case of One Who Owes Fasting of Two Consecutive Months but an Obstacle Prevents Him 

Fasting As Expiation for Swearing

1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أُورَمَةَ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ يَقُولُ السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَلِيَّ الله أَنْتَ أَوَّلُ مَظْلُومٍ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ غُصِبَ حَقُّهُ صَبَرْتَ وَاحْتَسَبْتَ حَتَّى أَتَاكَ الْيَقِينُ فَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ لَقِيتَ الله وَأَنْتَ شَهِيدٌ عَذَّبَ الله قَاتِلَكَ بِأَنْوَاعِ الْعَذَابِ وَجَدَّدَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَذَابَ جِئْتُكَ عَارِفاً بِحَقِّكَ مُسْتَبْصِراً بِشَأْنِكَ مُعَادِياً لأَعْدَائِكَ وَمَنْ ظَلَمَكَ أَلْقَى عَلَى ذَلِكَ رَبِّي إِنْ شَاءَ الله يَا وَلِيَّ الله إِنَّ لِي ذُنُوباً كَثِيرَةً فَاشْفَعْ لِي إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّ لَكَ عِنْدَ الله مَقَاماً مَحْمُوداً مَعْلُوماً وَإِنَّ لَكَ عِنْدَ الله جَاهاً وَشَفَاعَةً وَقَدْ قَالَ تَعَالَى وَلا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلاَّ لِمَنِ ارْتَضى‏. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) مِثْلَهُ. دُعَاءٌ آخَرُ عِنْدَ قَبْرِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع.

1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn ‘Uramah from those who have said the following: “Al-Sadiq abu al-Hassan the 3rd has said that one should say this near the gravesite of ’Amir al- Mu’minin. ‘(I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments) O the one who possesses Authority from Allah. You are the first oppressed and the first one whose rights were usurped. You exercised patience nobly until the time of your death. I testify that you went before Allah as a martyr. May Allah punish your assassin by all kinds of punishments and renew his punishments. I, with understanding of your rights and position, have come to visit you. I am aware of your prominent status and I am an enemy of your enemies and those who did injustice to you. I will go before my Lord with this belief, if Allah so wills. O possessor of authority from Allah, I have committed a great deal of sins. So intercede on my behalf before your Lord. You have a praiseworthy position, before Allah, which is well known. You possess high honor before Allah as well as approved intercession. Allah, the most High, has said, ‘No one will be able to intercede before Him except those whom He accepts.’ (21:28)” Muhammad ibn Ja’far al-Raziy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd from certain individuals of our people from abu al-Hassan, a similar Hadith. Another Prayer - Another Prayer to be Made Near the Gravesite of ’Amir al- Mu’minin (a.s.) “You should say the following near the gravesite of ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.). “(I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments) O friend of Allah. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments) O Authority of Allah. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments) O deputy of Allah. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments) O pillar of religion. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments) O heir of the prophets. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments) O person in charge of paradise and hellfire, the person in charge of the ‘Asa’ and Misam (Staff and Marking item). (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments) O ’Amir al-Mu’minin. I testify that you are the word of piety, the gateway of guidance, the unbreakable ring, the strong rope and the straight path. I testify that you are the authority of Allah over His creatures, His witness over His servants, His trustee of the treasure of His knowledge, the reservoir of His secret, the place of His wisdom and brother of His messenger. I testify that your call and preaching is the truth; and all callers and preachers appointed before you are false and invalid. You are the oppressed, the first one whose rights were usurped, but you exercised patience to be rewarded in the hereafter. May Allah condemn those who did injustice to you, transgressed against you and created obstacles in your way. May Allah condemn them with the strongest condemnation along with condemnation by the angels of prominent positions before Allah, by the messenger- prophets and all believing people whose faith has passed (Allah’s) test. I appeal before Allah to grant salawat (favors and kindness to you worthy of Your services to His cause), O ’Amir al-Mu’minin. I appeal before Allah to shower salawat (favors and kindness) upon your spirit and body. I testify that you are the servant and trustee of Allah. You have preached good advice and kept your trust properly, you died as a truthful person and passed away with pure certainty. You did not give preference to blindness over guidance and you never inclined toward falsehood against the truth. I testify that you performed salat (prayer), paid Zakat, asked people to obey Allah’s commands and to stay away from what Allah has prohibited. You followed the Messenger of Allah, provided guidance to his followers, recited the book in a true manner of recitation, and strove hard in true manners for the cause of Allah. You invited people to the path of Allah with wisdom and good advice until the time of your death. I testify that you lived with the strongest proof and good reason about your Lord and invited people to Him with full awareness. You preached what you were commanded to preach and stood firm for the rights of Allah without acting weakly or showing any weakness. I appeal before Allah to grant salawat (favors and compensation to you worthy of Your services to His cause), with such salat, thereafter, along with it and on its sides one after the other, without any break in between, a timeless and endless one. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments) and may Allah grant you blessings and kindness. May Allah reward you, as the truthful one and because of his services to his followers. I testify that Jihad in your support is the true form of Jihad and that truth is on your side and in your favor. You are the man of Jihad and its source and that the legacy of prophet-hood is with you. May Allah grant you salawat (favors and compensation to you worthy of your services to Allah’s cause) and may Allah grant you safety and blessing. May Allah punish your assassin with all kinds of punishment. O ’Amir al-Mu’minin, I have come with my knowledge of your rights and my awareness about your prominent status. I am an enemy of your enemies and a friend of your friends. I pray to Allah to keep my soul and the soul of my parents in service for your cause. I have come to seek refuge with you against the fire, which is prepared for people like myself because of what I have committed against my soul. I have come to you as a visitor seeking thereby freedom for my neck from the hellfire. I have come to you fleeing from my sins, which I have loaded on my back. I have come to you because of your great status and position before my Lord. So intercede on my behalf before your Lord; I have committed great many sins. You have a well-known position before Allah and a great status, and an accepted intercession. Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, has said, ‘They do not intercede except for the chosen ones.’ O Allah, (You are) the Lord of lords, the One who responds to those whom He loves. I have sought protection with the brother of Your messenger. Set my neck free from the hellfire. I believe in Allah and in whatever He has revealed to you (family of the Messenger of Allah). I accept as my guardian with love the first one among you and the last one of you just as I do so with first one of you. I reject al-Jibt and al-Taghut, al-Lat and al-‘Uzza’.” 

Al-Kāfi - Volume 4

Book 3, Chapter 227