Letter of Abi Abdillah (a.s) to a group of Shia

The Sahifa of Ali ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam, and his words on restraint from unlawful matters.

The Will of Ameer al-Mumineen (a.s) to his companions

The sermon of ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, called the Sermon of Means and Connections

The sermon of al-Talutiyah

Excellence of Shi’ah and their prominent positions

Hadith of Abu ‘Abd Allah,  'Alayhim al-Salam, with al-Mansur in his procession

Hadith of Musa, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Advice of Abu ‘Abd Allah,  'Alayhim al-Salam

Seven marks of excellence for Banu Hashim

This Book speaks to you in all truth (45:29)

About the words of Allah ‘By the midday sun’ (91:1)

About the words of Allah ‘Has the story of the overwhelming come to you…’ (88:1)

About the words of Allah ‘They swear to Allah earnestly…’ (16:38)

About the words of Allah ‘When they sensed the power of our anger…’ (21:12)

The letter of Abu Ja’far, 'Alayhim al-Salam, to Sa’ad al-Khayr

Another letter to him from him (the imam) also

The letter of Abu Ja’far,  'Alayhim al-Salam, was similar to Jesus,  'Alayhim al-Salam

About the words of Allah ‘Mischief has spread over the land…’ (30:41)

About the words of Allah ‘...Do not spread mischief in the land…’ (7:56)

The Sermon of ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

A Sermon of ‘Amir al Mu’minin, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

A Sermon of ‘Amir al Mu’minin on The Day of Rahba, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

Hadith of Ali ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Signs of the coming of the end of the world

Dealings of ‘Amir al Mu’minin in regards to equitably among muslims

Hadith of the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

Advice ‘Amir al Mu’minin, to his servant

A speech of Ali Ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Haidth of the Shaykh (old man) with Al-Baqr, 'Alayhim al-Salam

The story of the oil sell

The excellence of the Shi’ah

The advice of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi to ‘Amir al-Mu’minin  'Alayhim al-Salam

Criteria of a man’s excellence

Religion is no other thing than love

The excellence of Ahl al Bayt, 'Alayhim al-Salam and their Shi’ah

Revving the cause of Ahlal Bayt, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Another hadith on the excellence of the Shi’ah

The wicked is wicked in his mother’s womb

About the words of Allah ‘...all people were one nation’ (2:213)

Hadith of the ocean with the sun

In every family Allah places His proof

Proof of Allah is in every town

About the words of Allah ‘...He sent upon the swallows…’ (105:3)

The potter and the farmer in-laws

Cure for gases and pain

Hadith of The Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi on good advice

Usurpation of the donkey of the imam

The tax collector harasses the imam

Kindness of the Imam to his servant

Allah has not placed anything good in opposition to Ahl Al-Bayt, ‘Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of the physician

Diseases and the body

Cure with wheat

The hadith of  ‘on what is the whale’

Creation of the Earth

Hadith of dreams and proof of divine authority of the people a given time

Dreams of the believing people

A Question of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi wa-sallam

About the words of Allah ‘...glad news for them…’ (10:64)

Three kinds of dreams

True or false dreams

Hadith of the winds

Wind is a  blessing or torment of Allah

Cure for anxiety, sadness, poverty, and illness

Meaning of relatives

Hadith of the man of al-Sham

Everything was water

Hadith of gardens and camels

Seventy aspects of their (‘A’immah’s) words

The Hadith of  Abu Basir and Umm Khalid

People hostile to ‘A’immah’

Disrespect of a believing person 

The words of ‘Abd al Rahman with Abu ‘Abd Allah, 'Alayhim al-Salam

In Praise of Hassan ibn Thabit

The Words of ‘Umar to Ali,'Alayhim al-Salam

About the words of Allah ‘...Those who change the boutnies of Allah’ (14:28)

About the words of Allah ‘Leave them alone; you are not blamed’ (51:54)

Conditions of the Day of Judgment

Those who love Ahl al Bayt,'Alayhim al-Salam

Is perfection in good food and body?

The five al-haram (the Sacred areas) of Allah on Earth

When a believing man becomes forty years old

A believing person has the chance

Permission to run away from plague

There is no escape from three things

When the Imam was ill

Supplication and charms

Supplication against being choked

In the battle of ‘Uhud

The honorable and disgraceful events of the Arabs

Hadith of Adam,'Alayhim al-Salam with the tree

Hadith Nafi’ mawla of ‘Umar with Abu Ja’far,'Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of Christians from al-Sham with al-Baqir,'Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of Abu al-Hassan Musa, 'Alayhim al-Salam to Ali ibn Suwayd

The rare hadith about Abu Dharr

Armed expedition of Dhat al-Riqa’

Allah does not accept any deed without loving Ahl al-bayt. 'Alayhim al-Salam

The most beloved thing to the Messenger of Allah, Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

Zuhd of the Holy Prophet,Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَخِي أَبِي شِبْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي شِبْلٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) ابْتِدَاءً مِنْهُ أَحْبَبْتُمُونَا وَ أَبْغَضَنَا النَّاسُ وَ صَدَّقْتُمُونَا وَ كَذَّبَنَا النَّاسُ وَ وَصَلْتُمُونَا وَ جَفَانَا النَّاسُ فَجَعَلَ اللَّهُ مَحْيَاكُمْ مَحْيَانَا وَ مَمَاتَكُمْ مَمَاتَنَا أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَ بَيْنَ أَنْ يُقِرَّ اللَّهُ عَيْنَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَبْلُغَ نَفْسُهُ هَذَا الْمَكَانَ وَ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى حَلْقِهِ فَمَدَّ الْجِلْدَةَ ثُمَّ أَعَادَ ذَلِكَ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا رَضِيَ حَتَّى حَلَفَ لِي فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ (عليه السلام) بِذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا شِبْلٍ أَ مَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تُصَلُّوا وَ يُصَلُّوا فَيُقْبَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَ لَا يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ أَ مَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تُزَكُّوا وَ يُزَكُّوا فَيُقْبَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَ لَا يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ أَ مَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَحُجُّوا وَ يَحُجُّوا فَيَقْبَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ مِنْكُمْ وَ لَا يَقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ وَ اللَّهِ مَا تُقْبَلُ الصَّلَاةُ إِلَّا مِنْكُمْ وَ لَا الزَّكَاةُ إِلَّا مِنْكُمْ وَ لَا الْحَجُّ إِلَّا مِنْكُمْ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِنَّكُمْ فِي هُدْنَةٍ وَ أَدُّوا الْأَمَانَةَ فَإِذَا تَمَيَّزَ النَّاسُ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ ذَهَبَ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ بِهَوَاهُمْ وَ ذَهَبْتُمْ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أَطَعْتُمُونَا أَ لَيْسَ الْقُضَاةُ وَ الْأُمَرَاءُ وَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَسَائِلِ مِنْهُمْ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ (عليه السلام) فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تُطِيقُونَ النَّاسَ كُلَّهُمْ إِنَّ النَّاسَ أَخَذُوا هَاهُنَا وَ هَاهُنَا وَ إِنَّكُمْ أَخَذْتُمْ حَيْثُ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اخْتَارَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ مُحَمَّداً (صلى الله عليه وآله) فَاخْتَرْتُمْ خِيَرَةَ اللَّهِ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَى الْأَسْوَدِ وَ الْأَبْيَضِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ حَرُورِيّاً وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَامِيّاً.

316. Abu Ali Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbaar, from Ibn Fazaal, from Ibrahim Bin Akhay Abu Shabl, from Abu Shabl who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said to me initiating a conversation: ‘You have loved us (asws) whilst the people have hated us (asws), and you have ratified us (asws) whilst the people have belied us (asws), and you have submitted to us (asws) whilst the people have been disloyal to us (asws). So Allah (azwj) has Made your lives to be our (asws), and your deaths to be like our (asws) passing away. But, by Allah (azwj), there is nothing between the man and the delight which Allah (azwj) has kept for him except for the soul to reach this place’ – and he (asws) gestured with his (asws) to his (asws) throat and extended the skin. Then he (asws) repeated that, so by Allah (azwj), he (asws) was not happy until he (asws) took an oath to me, so he (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj) besides Whom there is no god except for Him (azwj), my (asws) father (asws) Muhammad Bin Ali (asws) narrated that to me. O Abu Shabl! Are you not happy that you pray, and they pray, so it is accepted from you and it’s not accepted from them? Are you not happy that you give zakat, and they give zakat, so it is accepted from you and it’s not accepted from them? Are you not happy that you perform the pilgrimage and they perform the pilgrimage, so Allah (azwj) Accepts from you and does not Accept from them? By Allah (azwj)! The prayer is not accepted except from you, nor the zakat except from you, nor the pilgrimage except from you’. So fear Allah (azwj) for you are in a truce and fulfil the trusts for it is an excellent (merit) of the people. So fulfil that. All the people went according to their desires and you went with the truth in what you obeyed us (asws). Is it not that the judges, and the rulers, and the problem solvers (those who would give fatwa) are among them?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He (asws) said: ‘So fear Allah (azwj) for you will not be able to tolerate all these people. The people take from here and there, and you are taking from where Allah (azwj) has Told you to take from. Allah (azwj) Chose Muhammad (saww) from His (azwj) servants, so you have chosen the Choice of Allah (azwj). So fear Allah (azwj) and fulfil the trusts to the black and the white, even if he was a Haruriyya (a sect) or if he was a Syrian’.

Al-Kāfi - Volume 8

Book 1, Chapter 316