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

حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الدِّهْقَانِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الطَّاطَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِيسَى بَيَّاعِ السَّابِرِيِّ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي فُضَيْلٌ الْبُرْجُمِيُّ قَالَ كُنْتُ بِمَكَّةَ وَ خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَمِيرٌ وَ كَانَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عِنْدَ زَمْزَمَ فَقَالَ ادْعُوا لِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ فَجَاءَ شَيْخٌ أَحْمَرُ الرَّأْسِ وَ اللِّحْيَةِ فَدَنَوْتُ لِأَسْمَعَ فَقَالَ خَالِدٌ يَا قَتَادَةُ أَخْبِرْنِي بِأَكْرَمِ وَقْعَةٍ كَانَتْ فِي الْعَرَبِ وَ أَعَزِّ وَقْعَةٍ كَانَتْ فِي الْعَرَبِ وَ أَذَلِّ وَقْعَةٍ كَانَتْ فِي الْعَرَبِ فَقَالَ أَصْلَحَ اللَّهُ الْأَمِيرَ أُخْبِرُكَ بِأَكْرَمِ وَقْعَةٍ كَانَتْ فِي الْعَرَبِ وَ أَعَزِّ وَقْعَةٍ كَانَتْ فِي الْعَرَبِ وَ أَذَلِّ وَقْعَةٍ كَانَتْ فِي الْعَرَبِ وَاحِدَةٌ قَالَ خَالِدٌ وَيْحَكَ وَاحِدَةٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَصْلَحَ اللَّهُ الْأَمِيرَ قَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي قَالَ بَدْرٌ قَالَ وَ كَيْفَ ذَا قَالَ إِنَّ بَدْراً أَكْرَمُ وَقْعَةٍ كَانَتْ فِي الْعَرَبِ بِهَا أَكْرَمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْإِسْلَامَ وَ أَهْلَهُ وَ هِيَ أَعَزُّ وَقْعَةٍ كَانَتْ فِي الْعَرَبِ بِهَا أَعَزَّ اللَّهُ الْإِسْلَامَ وَ أَهْلَهُ وَ هِيَ أَذَلُّ وَقْعَةٍ كَانَتْ فِي الْعَرَبِ فَلَمَّا قُتِلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ ذَلَّتِ الْعَرَبُ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَالِدٌ كَذَبْتَ لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ إِنْ كَانَ فِي الْعَرَبِ يَوْمَئِذٍ مَنْ هُوَ أَعَزُّ مِنْهُمْ وَيْلَكَ يَا قَتَادَةُ أَخْبِرْنِي بِبَعْضِ أَشْعَارِهِمْ قَالَ خَرَجَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَ قَدْ أَعْلَمَ لِيُرَى مَكَانُهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ عِمَامَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ وَ بِيَدِهِ تُرْسٌ مُذَهَّبٌ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ : مَا تَنْقِمُ الْحَرْبُ الشَّمُوسُ مِنِّي بَازِلُ عَامَيْنِ حَدِيثُ السِّنّ ‏لِمِثْلِ هَذَا وَلَدَتْنِي أُمِّي فَقَالَ كَذَبَ عَدُوُّ اللَّهِ إِنْ كَانَ ابْنُ أَخِي لَأَفْرَسَ مِنْهُ يَعْنِي خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ وَ كَانَتْ أُمُّهُ قُشَيْرِيَّةً وَيْلَكَ يَا قَتَادَةُ مَنِ الَّذِي يَقُولُ أُوفِي بِمِيعَادِي وَ أَحْمِي عَنْ حَسَبْ فَقَالَ أَصْلَحَ اللَّهُ الْأَمِيرَ لَيْسَ هَذَا يَوْمَئِذٍ هَذَا يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ خَرَجَ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَ هُوَ يُنَادِي مَنْ يُبَارِزُ فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّكُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّكُمْ تُجَهِّزُونَّا بِأَسْيَافِكُمْ إِلَى النَّارِ وَ نَحْنُ نُجَهِّزُكُمْ بِأَسْيَافِنَا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَبْرُزَنَّ إِلَيَّ رَجُلٌ يُجَهِّزُنِي بِسَيْفِهِ إِلَى النَّارِ وَ أُجَهِّزُهُ بِسَيْفِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (عليه السلام) وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ : أَنَا ابْنُ ذِي الْحَوْضَيْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبْ وَ هَاشِمِ المُطْعِمِ فِي الْعَامِ السَّغِبْ‏ أُوفِي بِمِيعَادِي وَ أَحْمِي عَنْ حَسَبْ فَقَالَ خَالِدٌ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ كَذَبَ لَعَمْرِي وَ اللَّهِ أَبُو تُرَابٍ مَا كَانَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ أَيُّهَا الْأَمِيرُ ائْذَنْ لِي فِي الِانْصِرَافِ قَالَ فَقَامَ الشَّيْخُ يُفَرِّجُ النَّاسَ بِيَدِهِ وَ خَرَجَ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ زِنْدِيقٌ وَ رَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ زِنْدِيقٌ وَ رَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ.

91. Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Ubeydullah Bin Ahmad Al-Dahqaan, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al-Tatary, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad Bin Isa Bayya Al-Sabiry, from Aban Biin Usman said: ‘Fuzyl Al-Barjumy narrated to me saying, ‘I was at Mecca and Khalid Bin Abdull Ameer was the governor, and he was in Al-Masjid near Zamzam. He said, ‘Call Qatada for me’. An old man with a red beard came up, and I went near them to listen. Khalid said, ‘O Qatada, inform me of the most prestigious event that has transpired among the Arabs, and the most honourable event that has transpired among the Arabs, and the most disgraceful event that has transpired among the Arabs’. So he said, ‘May Allah (azwj) Keep the Emir well. I hereby inform you that the most honourable event that has transpired among the Arabs, and the most disgraceful event that has transpired among the Arabs, is one’. He said, ‘Woe be unto you, one?’ He said, ‘Yes, may Allah (azwj) Keep the Emir well’. He said, ‘Inform me’. He said, ‘Badr’. He said, ‘And how is that?’ He said, ‘Badr was the most prestigious event that has transpired among the Arabs because Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Gave prestige to Al-Islam and its people, and it is the most honourable event to have transpired among the Arabs because Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic gave Honour to Al-Islam and its people, and it is the most disgraceful event to have transpired among the Arabs, for Qureysh were killed on that Day and the Arabs were humiliated’. Khalid said to him, ‘You have lied, by the Life of Allah (azwj) for there was no day more honourable for the Arabs than that Day. Woe be unto you, O Qatada, inform me of some of their poems’. He said, ‘Abu Jahl came out on that Day, so that his status may be seen, and upon him was a red turban, and in his hand was a golden shield and he was saying, ‘A detestable war like this cannot take its revenge against me as I am like a two year old camel at the peak of its strength, and it is for the like of this that my mother has borne me’. He said, ‘The enemy of Allah (azwj) has lied, the son of my brother was more of a horse than him, meaning Khalid Bin Waleed, and his mother was Qushayriyya’. Woe be unto you, O Qatada, who is the one who said, ‘I fulfil my promise and defend my status’. He said, ‘May Allah (azwj) Keep the Emir well, this was not on that Day. This was on the Day of Ohad. Talha Bin Abu Talha came out and he was calling out, ‘Who will come out for the duel?’ No one came out against him’. So he said, ‘You all are alleging that you will exit us by way of your swords to the Fire, and we would dispatch you by our swords to the Paradise, so let a man duel with me to exit me by his sword to the Fire and I will dispatch him by my sword to the Paradise’. So Ali (asws) Bin Abu Talib (asws) came out against him and he (asws) was saying: ‘I (asws) am the son (asws) the owner of the two Fountains Abdul Muttalib (as) and Hashim (as) the feeders in the year of the famine. I (asws) fulfil my (asws) promise and defend my (asws) status’. Khalid said, ‘May Allah (azwj) Curse him (asws). He (asws) has lied, by the Life of Allah (azwj). Abu Turab (asws) was not like that’. The old man said, ‘O Emir, allow me to leave’. He (the narrator) said, ‘The old man stood up to leave, opening the way through the crowd of people by his hands and he was saying, ‘An atheist (Zindeeq), by the Lord (azwj) of the Kaaba! An atheist (Zindeeq), by the Lord (azwj) of the Kaaba’.

Al-Kāfi - Volume 8

Book 1, Chapter 91