Excellence of Son

Resemblance of a Child

Excellence of Daughters

Prayer and Appeal before Allah for a Son

If When Pregnant one Keeps Her Intention to Name the Child Muhammad or Ali the Child will be a Boy: and the Prayer for it

Beginning of the Creation of a Human Being and His Turning in His Mother’s Womb

When a Woman Gives Birth to More than one Child

Discipline to Follow During Childbirth

Congratulation for Childbirth

Names and Titles

Complete Creation

Foods Preferable for a Pregnant or a Woman during Childbirth to Eat

Special Treatments for the Newborn

Al-’Aqiqah and its Being Obligatory

‘Aqiqah for Boys or Girls is the Same

‘Aqiqah is not Obligatory on One who Cannot Find

On the Seventh Day from Birth the Newborn’s Head is Shaved and a Name is Given to Him

‘Aqiqah is not Equal to al-’Adhiyah (animal offered as sacrificial offering during al-Hajj) and it is Sufficient in Place of ‘Aqiqah

Words to Say on ‘Aqiqah

The Mother should not Eat from the Meat of ‘Aqiqah

The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and Fatimah, ‘Alayha al-Salam, Offered ‘Aqiqah for al-Hassan and al-Husayn

Abu Talib Offered ‘Aqiqah for the Holy Prophet, O Allah , Grant Compensation to Muhammad and his Family Worthy of their Services to Your Cause

Cleansing, Circumcision

Lowering for Girls

After Seven Days from Birth Shaving is not Required

The Rare Ahadith

Shaving Certain Parts of the Head of a Newborn and Leaving other Parts

Breastfeeding

The Liability of the Breastfeeder

The Preferable and Non-preferable Milk

The One Who has More Priority for the Custody of a Small Child

Growth of a Child

Disciplines for a Child

The Rights of Children

Kindness to Children

Giving Preference to One Child Over the Others

Intelligence of a Boy and Signs of his Nobility

Rare Ahadith

Detestability of Divorcing a Cooperating Wife

Divorcing an Uncooperative Wife

People Do not Remain Straight in Matters of Divorce without the Sword

The Divorces Not According to the Book and Sunnah

Divorce Does not Take Place unless Once has the Intention to Divorce

There Cannot be Divorce before Marriage

Divorce in Writing

Explanation of Divorce with Waiting Period and what Makes Divorce Binding

The Necessary Expressions to Pronounce with the Decision to Divorce

Three Talaq (Divorce) in Hayd (menses) Free Period in the Presence of Witnesses in One place and Time or More is One Talaq

The Case of One who Arranges Witnesses Separately or Divorces in the Presence of a People but Does not Ask them to Bear Witness

Appointing Witness to Divorce Two Women with One word

Arranging Witness for Revocation of Divorce

Revocation of Divorce without Going to Bed is not Valid

No name

One Who is not Lawful for her Husband without Marriage to another Man

Issues that Validate and Invalidate Divorce

An Absent Man Returns and Divorces at that Time that Divorce Does not Take Place until She Experiences Hayd (menses)

Women who Can be Divorced in all Conditions

Divorce by an Absent Husband

Divorce of a Pregnant Woman

Divorce of a Woman whose Marriage is not Consummated

Divorce of One who is not Mature yet and Divorce of One after Menopause

Women Whose Hayd (menses) is Confusing

The Time when a Divorced Woman in the Manner of Divorce with Waiting Period and Revocable Form Becomes Stranger to him

Meaning of al^Iqra’ (Hayd-free period)

Waiting Period for a Divorced Woman and Where She must have it

The Difference between one Divorced in Non-Sunnah manner and the One who Goes out in her Waiting Period or is Sent out by the Husband

Explanation of the words of Allah, most, High, ‘You must not send them out of their homes and they must not go out. .

Divorce of a Woman whose Hayd (menses) is Confusing

Divorce of Women Who Hide Their Experiencing Hayd (menses)

The Case of a Woman who Experiences Hayd (menses) after Every Two or Three Months

Waiting Period of a Woman whose Hayd (menses) is Confused

The Word of Women are Accepted in Matters of Hayd (menses)

A Woman Confused about Pregnancy

Maintenance of Pregnant Divorced Women

A Woman Divorcee Three Times Does not have the Right for Lodging or Maintenance

Benefits for a Divorced Woman

The Rights of a Divorced Woman of mahr (dower) with Whom He has not Gone to Bed

The Issue that Completes Mahr (dower)

The Divorced Woman Whose Husband is Absent Commences Her ‘Iddah (waiting period) from the Day She is Divorced

Waiting period of a Widow whose Husband is Absent

Reason for Difference about Waiting Period and Waiting Period of a Widow

Waiting Period of a Pregnant Widow and Her Expenses

Waiting Period of a Widow with whom he has Gone to Bed and where she must Complete her Waiting Period and Her Obligations

The Case of a Woman whose Husband Dies before Going to Bed with her and that there is no Waiting Period and Mahr (dower) for her

The Case of a Man who Divorces his Wife and Dies before her Waiting period Ends

Divorce and Marriage during one’s Illness

About words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, . do not harm them (women) to make it Difficult for them

Divorce of Children

Divorce of People with Mental Condition and Insane Ones and their Guardian

Divorce by a Drunk Man

Divorce of One Compelled and Coerced

Divorce by a Speechless Man

Appointing an Attorney for Divorce

Swearing and Taking an Oath

’Ila’ (swearing) does not Take Place except after Going to Bed with one’s Wife

If a Man Says to his Wife, ‘You are Unlawful for me”

The Free, Cleared and Severed Woman

The Choices

How the Choice originally was

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ الْحَدَّادِ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُرَاجِعْهَا حَتَّى حَاضَتْ ثَلَاثَ حِيَضٍ ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا فَتَرَكَهَا حَتَّى حَاضَتْ ثَلَاثَ حِيَضٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُرَاجِعَهَا يَعْنِي يَمَسَّهَا قَالَ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا أَبَداً مَا لَمْ يُرَاجِعْ وَ يَمَسَّ .

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘ Abd af-Malik ibn al-Mughirah from Shu’ayb al-Haddad from Mu ‘alia’ ibn al-Khunays who has said the following: “There is a man who divorces his wife and does not go back to her until three Hayd (menses) are complete, then marries her then divorces her and leaves until three Hayd (menses) are complete and does not go back to her to touch her. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘He can marry forever as long as he does not go back to her to touch”’ 

حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ الْحَدَّادِ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُرَاجِعْهَا حَتَّى حَاضَتْ ثَلَاثَ حِيَضٍ ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا فَتَرَكَهَا حَتَّى حَاضَتْ ثَلَاثَ حِيَضٍ ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُرَاجِعَهَا ثُمَّ تَرَكَهَا حَتَّى حَاضَتْ ثَلَاثَ حِيَضٍ قَالَ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا أَبَداً مَا لَمْ يُرَاجِعْ وَ يَمَسَّوَ كَانَ ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ يَقُولُونَ هَذَا فَأَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مِنْ أَيْنَ قُلْتَ هَذَا قَالَ قُلْتُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ رِوَايَةِ رِفَاعَةَ رَوَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ يَهْدِمُ مَا مَضَى قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ فَإِنَّ رِفَاعَةَ إِنَّمَا قَالَ طَلَّقَهَا ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَهَا الْأَوَّلُ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَهْدِمُ الطَّلَاقَ الْأَوَّلَ .

2. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Ahmad from ibn ‘Umayr from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mughirah from Shu’ayb al- Hadad from Mu ‘alia’ ibn al-Khunays who has said the following: “There is a man who divorces his wife, then does not go back to her until three cycles of Hayd (menses) are complete, then divorces and leaves her until three cycles of Hayd (menses) are complete then marries her then divorces without going back to her and leaves until three cycles of Hayd (menses) are complete. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘He can marry her forever as long as he does not go back and touch her.’ Ibn Bukayr and his companions were of this opinion and ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mughirah narrated it to me that he asked, ‘On what basis do you say so?’ He replied, ‘I say so on the basis of Hadith narrated by Rifa‘ah who has narrated from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), that it destroys what is passed. He (the narrator) has said, that Rifa‘ah has only said, ‘He divorced, then another man married her, then divorced; then the first man married her and this destroys the first ‘Talaq’ (divorce).”’ 

حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ حَتَّى بَانَتْ مِنْهُ وَ انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَتْ زَوْجاً آخَرَ فَطَلَّقَهَا أَيْضاً ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَهَا زَوْجُهَا الْأَوَّلُ أَ يَهْدِمُ ذَلِكَ الطَّلَاقَ الْأَوَّلَ قَالَ نَعَمْ .

3. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from Sama‘ah from Muhammad ibn Ziyad and Safwan from Rifa‘ah who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who divorces his wife and she becomes a stranger to him because of the expiration of her waiting period; then another man marries her who divorces her also; then she marries the first husband; if it destroys the first divorce. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it destroys the first divorce.’ Ibn Sama‘ah has said that ibn Bukayr would say, ‘If a divorced woman is divorced by her husband, then leaves her until she becomes stranger to him, then marries her, she then can live with him on the basis of a new divorce. Ibn Sama‘ah has said that al-Husayn ibn Hashim has mentioned that he asked ibn Bukayr who gave this answer and he then asked, ‘Have you heard anything about it?’ He replied, ‘No, it is what Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has granted in the form of opinion.’ Ibn Sama‘ah has said, ‘We do not accept the words of ibn Bukayr; in fact Hadith says, ‘If there is a husband between them.’” 

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حُكَيْمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ تَرَكَهَا حَتَّى بَانَتْ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَهَا قَالَ هِيَ مَعَهُ كَمَا كَانَتْ فِي التَّزْوِيجِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ فَإِنَّ رِوَايَةَ رِفَاعَةَ إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا زَوْجٌ فَقَالَ لِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ هَذَا زَوْجٌ وَ هَذَا مِمَّا رَزَقَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الرَّأْيِ وَ مَتَى مَا طَلَّقَهَا وَاحِدَةً فَبَانَتْ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَهَا زَوْجٌ آخَرُ ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا زَوْجُهَا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا الْأَوَّلُ فَهِيَ عِنْدَهُ مُسْتَقْبِلَةٌ كَمَا كَانَتْقَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ هَذَا بِرِوَايَةِ مَنْ فَقَالَ هَذَا مِمَّا رَزَقَ اللَّهُ قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ حُكَيْمٍ رَوَى أَصْحَابُنَا عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ مُوسَى أَنَّ الزَّوْجَ يَهْدِمُ الطَّلَاقَ الْأَوَّلَ فَإِنْ تَزَوَّجَهَا فَهِيَ عِنْدَهُ مُسْتَقْبِلَةٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَهْدِمُ الثَّلَاثَ وَ لَا يَهْدِمُ الْوَاحِدَةَ وَ الثِّنْتَيْنِ .وَ رِوَايَةُ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) هُوَ الَّذِي احْتَجَّ بِهِ ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ .

4. Muhammad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah has narrated from Mu‘awiyah ibn Hakam from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mughirah who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who divorces his wife and leaves until she becomes stranger to him, then marries her. He (the Imam) said, ‘She can live with him just as she did with marriage.’ I then said, ‘Hadith of Rifa‘ah says, “If there is a husband in between.’” Then ‘Abd Allah said to me, ‘This is husband and it is what Allah has granted of opinion. Whenever he divorces once and then she becomes stranger to him, then another man marries her then her husband divorces, then she marries the first husband, she can live with him accepted as she was.’ I then asked ‘Abd Allah, ‘According to whose Hadith is this?’ He replied, ‘It is what Allah has granted.’ Mu‘awiyah ibn Hukaym has said that our people have narrated from Rifa‘ah ibn Musa that husband destroys the first divorce and if he marries her she lives with him accepted.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), then said, ‘Three divorces destroy but not one and two.’ Hadith of Rifa‘ah from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), is the one on the basis of which ibn Bukayr has argued.’” 

Al-Kāfi - Volume 6

Book 2, Chapter 18