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

تقول: " السلام عليك يا ولى الله، السلام عليك يا حجة الله، السلام عليك يا خليفة الله، السلام عليك يا عمود الدين ، السلام عليك يا وارث النبيين، السلام عليك يا قسيم الجنة والنار وصاحب العصا والميسم ، السلام عليك يا أمير المؤمنين أشهد أنك كلمة التقوى وباب الهدي والعروة الوثقى والحبل المتين والصراط المستقيم و أشهد أنك حجة الله على خلقه وشاهده على عباده وأمينه على علمه وخازن سره و موضع حكمته وأخو رسوله (عليه السلام) وأشهد أن دعوتك حق وكل داع منصوب  دونك باطل مدحوض، أنت أول مظلوم وأول مغصوب حقه فصبرت واحتسبت، لعن الله من ظلمك واعتدي عليك  وصد عنك لعنا كثيرا يلعنهم به كل ملك مقرب وكل نبي مرسل وكل عبد مؤمن ممتحن، صلى الله عليك يا أمير المؤمنين وصلي الله على روحك وبدنك أشهد أنك عبد الله وأمينه بلغت ناصحا وأديت أمينا وقتلت صديقا ومضيت على يقين لم تؤثر عمي على هدي ولم تمل من حق إلى باطل، أشهد أنك قد أقمت الصلاة وآتيت الزكاة وأمرت بالمعروف ونهيت عن المنكر واتبعت الرسول ونصحت للأمة وتلوت الكتاب حق تلاوته وجاهدت في الله حق جهاده ودعوت إلى سبيله بالحكمة والموعظة الحسنة حتى أتاك اليقين، أشهد أنك كنت على بينة من ربك ودعوت إليه على بصيرة وبلغت ما أمرت به وقمت بحق الله غير واهن فصلي الله عليك صلاة متبعة متواصلة مترادفة يتبع بعضها بعضا لا انقطاع لها ولا أمد ولا أجل والسلام عليك ورحمة الله وبركاته وجزاك الله من صديق خيرا عن رعيته، أشهد أن الجهاد معك جهاد وأن الحق معك وإليك وأنت أهله ومعدنه وميراث النبوة عندك فصلى الله عليك وسلم تسليما وعذب الله قاتلك بأنواع العذاب، أتيتك يا أمير المؤمنين عارفا بحقك مستبصرا بشأنك معاديا لأعدائك مواليا لأوليائك بابي أنت وأمي أتيتك عائذا بك من نار استحقها مثلي بما جنيت على نفسي أتيتك زائرا أبتغي بزيارتك فكاك رقبتي من النار، أتيتك هاربا من ذنوبي التي احتطبتها على ظهري أتيتك وافدا لعظيم حالك ومنزلتك عند ربي فاشفع لي عند ربك فإن لي ذنوبا كثيرة وإن لك عند الله مقاما معلوما وجاها عظيما وشأنا كبيرا وشفاعة مقبولة وقد قال الله عز وجل: " ولا يشفعون إلا لمن ارتضى " اللهم رب الأرباب صريخ الأحباب إني عذت بأخي رسولك معاذا ففك رقبتي من النار آمنت بالله وما انزل إليكم وأتولى آخركم بما توليت [به] أولكم وكفرت بالجبت و الطاغوت واللات والعزى.

You say: "Peace be upon you, O vicegerent of Allah, peace be upon you, O proof of Allah, peace be upon you, O successor of Allah, peace be upon you, O pillar of the religion, peace be upon you, O inheritor of the prophets, peace be upon you, O divider of paradise and hell, and the bearer of the staff and the seal, peace be upon you, O commander of the faithful. I bear witness that you are the word of piety, the gate of guidance, the firm bond, the strong rope, and the straight path. I bear witness that you are Allah's proof to His creation, His witness over His servants, His trustee of His knowledge, the keeper of His secrets, the repository of His wisdom, and the brother of His Messenger (as). I bear witness that your call is true and that any caller appointed apart from you is false and refuted. You are the first oppressed and the first whose right was usurped; you endured patiently and sought the reward. May Allah curse those who wronged you, exceeded against you, and turned away from you with numerous curses, cursed by every close angel, every sent prophet, and every tested believing servant. Peace be upon you, O commander of the faithful, peace be upon your soul and your body. I bear witness that you are a servant of Allah and His trustee; you conveyed faithfully and performed sincerely, were killed as a truthful friend, and departed with certainty, neither preferring blindness to guidance nor deviating from truth to falsehood. I bear witness that you established the prayer, gave the alms, enjoined good, forbade evil, followed the Messenger, advised the nation, recited the Book as it should be recited, strove for Allah as one should strive, and invited to His path with wisdom and good advice until certainty came to you. I bear witness that you were on clear evidence from your Lord, called to Him with insight, conveyed what you were commanded, and upheld Allah’s rights without weakness. So may Allah send blessings upon you, continuous, successive, and uninterrupted, and grant you peace and mercy. May Allah reward you as a truthful friend on behalf of your followers. I bear witness that fighting alongside you is a struggle (for the sake of Allah), and that truth is with you and returns to you; you are its rightful owner and source, and the inheritance of prophethood is with you. So may Allah send blessings upon you and grant you peace. May Allah punish your killer with various forms of torment. I come to you, O commander of the faithful, acknowledging your right, understanding your position, opposing your enemies, and supporting your friends. My father and mother are at your service. I come to you seeking refuge from the fire which someone like me deserves because of what I have done to myself. I come to you as a visitor, hoping that your visitation will free my neck from the fire. I come to you fleeing from my sins that I have heaped upon my back. I come to you recognizing your great status and rank with my Lord. So intercede for me with your Lord, for I have many sins, and you have a known position and great status with Allah, and a significant intercession. Allah the Exalted said: 'And they will not intercede except for him with whom He is pleased.' (21:28) O Allah, Lord of lords, Helper of the beloved, I have sought refuge with the brother of Your Messenger, so free my neck from the fire. I believe in Allah and what has been revealed to you, and I am loyal to your last one as I was loyal to your first one, and I disbelieve in the Jibt, and the Taghut, and Al-Lat and Al-Uzza."

Al-Kāfi - Volume 4

Book 3, Chapter 228