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 مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّزَّازُ الْكُوفِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ تَقُولُ بِبَغْدَادَ السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَلِيَّ الله السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ الله السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نُورَ الله فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الأَرْضِ السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَنْ بَدَا لله فِي شَأْنِهِ أَتَيْتُكَ عَارِفاً بِحَقِّكَ مُعَادِياً لأَعْدَائِكَ فَاشْفَعْ لِي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ وَادْعُ الله وَسَلْ حَاجَتَكَ قَالَ وَتُسَلِّمُ بِهَذَا عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع.

1. Muhammad ibn Ja’far al-Raziy al-Kufiy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd from those whom he has mentioned who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), has said, ‘When you are in Baghdad, (near the gravesite of the Imam) say, ‘(I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments), O Allah’s appointed guardian over His creatures. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments), O possessor of authority of Allah. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments), O light of Allah in the darkness of earth. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (your commandments), O the one with whose status Allah has made commencement. I have come to you with awareness about your rights and as an enemy of your enemies. Please intercede on my behalf before your Lord.’ ‘Then pray and appeal before Allah for your needs’. He (the Imam) said, ‘You should offer your greeting of peace to abu Ja’far (a.s.), with the same expressions as the above ones.’” 

2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبِي عَنْ إِتْيَانِ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فَقَالَ صَلُّوا فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ حَوْلَهُ وَيُجْزِئُ فِي الْمَوَاضِعِ كُلِّهَا أَنْ تَقُولَ السَّلامُ عَلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الله وَأَصْفِيَائِهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى أُمَنَاءِ الله وَأَحِبَّائِهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى أَنْصَارِ الله وَخُلَفَائِهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى مَحَالِّ مَعْرِفَةِ الله السَّلامُ عَلَى مَسَاكِنِ ذِكْرِ الله السَّلامُ عَلَى مُظَاهِرِي أَمْرِ الله وَنَهْيِهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى الدُّعَاةِ إِلَى الله السَّلامُ عَلَى الْمُسْتَقِرِّينَ فِي مَرْضَاةِ الله السَّلامُ عَلَى الْمُمَحَّصِينَ فِي طَاعَةِ الله السَّلامُ عَلَى الأَدِلاَّءِ عَلَى الله السَّلامُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مَنْ وَالاهُمْ فَقَدْ وَالَى الله وَمَنْ عَادَاهُمْ فَقَدْ عَادَى الله وَمَنْ عَرَفَهُمْ فَقَدْ عَرَفَ الله وَمَنْ جَهِلَهُمْ فَقَدْ جَهِلَ الله وَمَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِهِمْ فَقَدِ اعْتَصَمَ بِالله وَمَنْ تَخَلَّى مِنْهُمْ فَقَدْ تَخَلَّى مِنَ الله أُشْهِدُ الله أَنِّي سِلْمٌ لِمَنْ سَالَمْتُمْ وَحَرْبٌ لِمَنْ حَارَبْتُمْ مُؤْمِنٌ بِسِرِّكُمْ وَعَلانِيَتِكُمْ مُفَوِّضٌ فِي ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ لَعَنَ الله عَدُوَّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالإِنْسِ وَأَبْرَأُ إِلَى الله مِنْهُمْ وَصَلَّى الله عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ هَذَا يُجْزِئُ فِي الزِّيَارَاتِ كُلِّهَا وَتُكْثِرُ مِنَ الصَّلاةِ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَتُسَمِّي وَاحِداً وَاحِداً بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَتَبْرَأُ إِلَى الله مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَتَخْتَارُ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ مَا أَحْبَبْتَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ. 

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from Harun ibn Muslim from Ali ibn Hassan who has said the following: “Al-Rida (a.s.), has said, ‘My father was asked about visiting the gravesite of al-Husayn (a.s.), and he said, ‘Perform salat (prayer) in the Masjids around his gravesite. In all the shrines it is enough to say the following expressions: ‘(I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (the commandments of) the appointed person of Allah as guardians over His creatures and His selected ones. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (the commandments of) the trustees of Allah and His beloved ones. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (the commandments of) the supporters of Allah and His deputies. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (the commandments of) ones who are the places of learning about Allah. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (the commandments of) the dwellers of places where Allah is spoken of. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (the commandments of) the ones who publicize the commandments and prohibitions of Allah. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (the commandments of) the ones who call toward Allah. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (the commandments of) the ones who are settled with the pleasure of Allah. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (the commandments of) the ones who are tested for their obedience to Allah. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (the commandments of) the ones who provide direction toward knowing Allah. (I hereby declare, affirm and acknowledge that you are a ‘Alayhi al-Salam and my) submission to (the commandments of) the ones having whose love is loving Allah, animosity toward whom is animosity toward Allah, knowing them leads to know Allah, being ignorant of is ignorance of Allah, seeking protection with whom is seeking protection with Allah and keeping away from whom is keeping away from Allah. I testify that I am at peace with whomever you make peace with and I am at war against whoever you are at war. I believe in your secret and apparent status and I leave all matters upto you to decide. I appeal before Allah to condemn the enemies of Ale Muhammad (SAW), of Jinn and man and I denounce them before Allah. O Allah, grant salawat (favors and compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause).’ This much is enough to say when visiting any one of the shrines. You should say, ‘O Allah, grant salawat (favors and compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause) many times and mention them one by one by their names. Denounce before Allah their enemies and choose for yourself of the prayers whatever you like and for the believing men and women.’” 

Al-Kāfi - Volume 4

Book 3, Chapter 231