Virtue and Excellence of Serving in the Army

Jihad of Man and Woman

Kinds of Jihad (struggle)

To Whom Does the Obligation of Jihad Apply, and to Whom it Does not Apply

Mobilization Along with People when there is Fear for al-Islam

Under Whose Command Obligatory Jihad Takes Place?

‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd and al-Mu’taziliy Groups’ Visiting abu ‘Abd Allah ‘Alayhi al-Salam

The Recommendations of the Messenger of Allah and Amir al-Mu’minin, about Smaller Armed Expeditions

Chapter 9(a) - Granting Immunity

Chapter 9(b)

Chapter 9(c)

Challenging the Enemy for a Fight

Kindness to the Prisoners and Providing Him Food

Calling to al-Islam before Fighting

Chapter 13(a) - Matters about which Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s), Recommended at the Time of War

Chapter 13(b)

It is not Lawful for a Muslim to Reside in a War Zone

Chapter 15(a) - Distribution of the Properties Captured from the Enemy

Chapter 15(b)

Chapter 15(c)

The Slogan

The Virtue of Maintaining Horses, Racing and Sharp Shooting Contests

Man’s Defending Himself Against the Thief

The Case of one Murdered over His Stolen Property

Chapter 20(a) - The Excellence of Martyrdom

Chapter 20(b)

Chapter 20(c)

Commanding others what is Obligatory and to Prohibit them from doing Evil

Chapter 22(a) - Rejecting Evil in one’s Heart

Chapter 22(b)

The Case of those who Displease the Creator to Please the Creatures

It is Detestable to Expose One’s Self to What He Cannot Endure

Al-Sufiy People’s Visiting Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

The Meaning of Zuhd (Asceticism)

Using the Worldly Resources as Means for Success in the Hereafter

The Degree Of Efforts Which One Must Make In Search For One’s Sustenance To Follow In the Footsteps of ‘A’immah ‘Alayhim al-Salam

Promoting The Quest For Sustenance And Work To Make A Living

Al^Ibla’ (Trying) in the Work for Living

Meticulous Effort to Make a Living

Receiving Sustenance from Unexpected Sources

The Detestability of Sleeping and Passing Time without Work

Detestability of Laziness

One’s Working in His House

Amending one’s Properties and Planning for one’s Living

Hard Work for the Family

Earning Lawful kind of Sustenance

Saving for One’s Living Expenses

Detestability of Offering Oneself for Hire

Performing Personally one’s Business Tasks

Buying and Selling Real Estate

Debts and Borrowing

Payment of Debts

To Retaliate and Offset for Debts

When a Man Dies Payment of his Debts becomes Due

The Case of One Who Borrows But Does Not Intend To Pay Back

Sell off Debts in Exchange for Debts

Etiquette of Asking for Payment

The Case of Delaying Due Payment

Lodging With a Borrower When Demanding Payment

Chapter 28(a) - The Case of Gift to a Creditor

Chapter 28(b) - Bail out and Assignment or Referral

Working for al-Sultan and his Rewards

The Conditions to Work for al-Sultan

Selling Arms to al- Sultan

The Crafts (Technologies)

The Legal Status of Income from Cupping Operation

Income from Eulogizing Someone to Make People Mourn

The Legal Status of Income from Hairdressing and Circumcising

The Legal Status of the Income of Female Singer from Singing and Selling Singers (Slave-girls)

The Legal Status of Income from Teaching

The legal Status of Income from Selling Copies of the Holy Quran

Gambling and Looting

Earning in Unlawful ways

Unlawful Earnings in the form of al-Suht such as Buying and Selling of Intoxicating Liquors . . .

Consuming the Properties of Orphans

The Amount a Supervisor of the Properties of Orphans Can Lawfully Use

Using the Properties of Orphans in Business and Lending

Safe Return of Trust

A Father and Son’s Using Each Others Properties

A Husband and Wife’s Using Each Other’s Properties

Found and Lost Properties

Gifts and Presents

Rule about Unlawful Interest

Unlawful Interest Does Not Apply Between a Father and Son

The Excellence of Doing Business and Giving It Proper Attention

Etiquettes of Doing Business

Excellence of Keeping Accounts and Books

Entering the Market Before Others

Speaking of Allah, Most High, in the Market

Words to Say When Buying for Resale Purposes

People With Whom Doing Business Is Not Recommended

Using Proper and Improper Measurements in Business

Cheating in Business

Swearing at the Time of Buying and Selling

The Case of Prices of Goods

The Case of Monopolization (Hoarding) Goods in Public Demand

Another Chapter

Excellence of Buying Wheat and Food

Detestability of Estimating and Preferability of Using Measurements

Continuing Profitable Businesses

1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَذَوَاتِ الأزْوَاجِ الْمُطَلَّقَاتِ عَلَى غَيْرِ السُّنَّةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ فَرَجُلٌ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ هَؤُلاءِ وَلِي بِهَا حَاجَةٌ قَالَ فَتَلْقَاهُ بَعْدَ مَا طَلَّقَهَا وَانْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا عِنْدَ صَاحِبِهَا فَتَقُولُ لَهُ طَلَّقْتَ فُلانَةَ فَإِذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَدْ صَارَ تَطْلِيقَةً عَلَى طُهْرٍ فَدَعْهَا مِنْ حِينَ طَلَّقَهَا تِلْكَ التَّطْلِيقَةَ حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجْهَا فَقَدْ صَارَتْ تَطْلِيقَةً بَائِنَةً.

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from certain persons of our people who have said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must remain on your guard in the case of married women who are divorced against the Sunnah.’ I asked him (the Imam) that a man has divorced his wife and I am interested. He (the Imam) said, ‘Meet him after he divorces her and waiting period is complete with him then ask him, ‘Have you divorced so and so?’ If he said, ‘Yes, I have divorced her’, this is one divorce during a menses free period. From the time he has divorced her until waiting period is complete then you can marry and divorce has made them complete strangers to each other.’” 

2- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ الْحَدَّادِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) رَجُلٌ مِنْ مَوَالِيكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلامَ وَقَدْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً قَدْ وَافَقَتْهُ وَأَعْجَبَهُ بَعْضُ شَأْنِهَا وَقَدْ كَانَ لَهَا زَوْجٌ فَطَلَّقَهَا ثَلاثاً عَلَى غَيْرِ السُّنَّةِ وَقَدْ كَرِهَ أَنْ يُقْدِمَ عَلَى تَزْوِيجِهَا حَتَّى يَسْتَأْمِرَكَ فَتَكُونَ أَنْتَ تَأْمُرُهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) هُوَ الْفَرْجُ وَأَمْرُ الْفَرْجِ شَدِيدٌ وَمِنْهُ يَكُونُ الْوَلَدُ وَنَحْنُ نَحْتَاطُ فَلا يَتَزَوَّجْهَا.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Muhammad ibn abu Hamzah from Shu’ayb al-Hadad who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘One of your followers offers greetings of peace to you and he wants to marry a woman who has agreed and he likes her due to certain matters about her and she has a husband who has divorced her three times on non-Sunnah basis. He dislikes marrying her without your instruction so you command him to do so. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘It is an issue of marriage and the matter of marriage is severe because from marriage are children and we maintain precaution, so he must not marry her.’” 

3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلاثاً فَأَرَادَ رَجُلٌ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ يَدَعُهَا حَتَّى تَحِيضَ وَتَطْهُرَ ثُمَّ يَأْتِيهِ وَمَعَهُ رَجُلانِ شَاهِدَانِ فَيَقُولُ أَطَلَّقْتَ فُلانَةَ فَإِذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ تَرَكَهَا ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ ثُمَّ خَطَبَهَا إِلَى نَفْسِهَا.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtariy from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “About the case of a man who divorces his wife three times and then another man wants to marry her and about what he must do, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘He must wait until she experiences one cycle of menses; then he must go to the man who has divorced her and ask him in the presence of two people, ‘Have you divorced so and so?’ If he said, ‘Yes, I have divorced her, then he must leave her alone for three months, then propose to her for marriage.’” 

4- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِيَّاكَ وَالْمُطَلَّقَاتِ ثَلاثاً فِي مَجْلِسٍ فَإِنَّهُنَّ ذَوَاتُ أَزْوَاجٍ. 

4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Musa ibn Bakr from Ali ibn Hanzalah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Beware of the case of a woman divorced three times in one meeting; they are married women.” 

Al-Kāfi - Volume 5

Book 3, Chapter 79