Submission of Intellect and its Excellence

Sign of Perfection of Intellect

Merit of Knowledge and the Scholar and the Obligation of Knowledge

Reward of the Scholar and the Seeker of Knowledge

Attributes of the Scholar

Asking the Scholar and Discussing with Him

Prohibition on Speaking without Knowledge and Ruling based on Opinion

Accountability of the Scholar and its Severity

Miscellaneous from the Book of Intellect and Knowledge‎

Transmitting the Narration Non-Verbatim

Prohibition of Blind Following

Regarding Innovation and Analogical Reasoning

Ruling of Everything is in the Book and the Sunna

Prohibition on Debate and Argumentation

Some of the Reasons for Differences in the Narrations

Fitting Response Appropriate to the Understanding of the Questioner and the Addressee

No Excuse for the Ignorant One who Falls Short

Narration that Contradicts the Qur’an

Prohibition of Giving Fatwa without Knowledge and Evidence

Everything has a Ruling in the Book and the Sunna

Permanence of the Halal and the Haram unto the Day of Judgment

What Can be Used to Infer some General Principles

Authoritativeness of the Book and the Sunna

Principle of Precaution

Authoritativeness of the Solitary Report of a Truthful Narrator

Principle of “Whomsoever it reaches …”

Necessity of Comparing the Hadith with the Qur’an

Judging Conflict between Narrations

Reasons for Differences between Narrations

Invalidation of Analogical Reasoning

Primary Doubts

Principle of Continuity

Legal Injunctions are Predicated on Pubescence

Principle of ’No Harm’

Ijtihad

Lapsing of both Injunctive and Declaratory Rulings in Cases of Necessity

Some Rulings which are Time-Bound

Precedence is Given to what has been Established by the Qur’an over the Sunna

One of the Reasons for Differences between Narrations

Principle of Impartiality

What has been Lifted from the Umma

Aban b. Taghlib

Ibrahim b. Abi Mahmud

Ibrahim b. Abda

Ahmad b. Hammad al-Marwazi and his son Muhammad

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr al-Bazanti

Usama b. Zayd

Ishaq b. Ammar

Ismail b. Ja`far and Abdallah b. Sharik

Bazi`, al-Sarri, Bashshar and Bayan

Bukayr

al-Hakam, Salama, Kathir, Salim and Abu al-Miqdam

Abu Sasan, Ammar, Shatira and Abu Amra

Jabir b. Abdallah al-Ansari and Jabir b. Yazid al-Ju`fi

al-Ash`ath, Jarir and Simak

Ja`far b. Isa, Salih and Abu al-Asad

al-Harith b. al-Mughira

Hariz and Hudhayfa

Hasan al-Muthalath

Abu Ali b. Rashid and Ali b. al-Husayn b. Abd Rabbi

al-Hasan and al-Husayn the two sons of Zurara

al-Husayn b. Qayama

al-Husayn b. Mihran

al-Hakam b. Utayba

Hammad b. Isa

Humran b. A`yan

Hamza b. Bazi`

Hayyan al-Sarraj

Khuzayma b. Thabit

Khayran al-Khadim

Dawud b. Farqad and Harun b. Sa`d

Dharih b. Muhammad al-Muharibi

al-Rayyan b. al-Salt

Zurara b. A`yan

Zakariyya b. Sabur

Ziyad b. Marwan al-Qandi

Ziyad b. al-Mundhir Abu al-Jarud

Zayd b. Ali

Salim b. Mukram

Sukayn al-Nakhai

Simak b. Kharasha

Sahl b. Hunayf

Salih b. Muhammad b. Sahl

Sa`sa`a b. Suhan

Safwan b. Mihran al-Jammal

Safwan b. Yahya

Dhurays b. Abd al-Malik

A`sim b. Umar al-Bajali and Ka`b al-Ahbar

`Amir b. Wathila

`Abbad al-Basri

Abd al-Hamid b. Salim and Muhammad b. Ismail b. Bazi`

Abd al-Khaliq b. Abd Rabbi

Abdallah b. Abi Ya`fur

Abdallah b. al-Imam al-Sadiq

Abdallah b. Jundab

Abdallah b. al-Hasan b. al-Hasan al-Mujtaba

Abdallah b. Saba

Abdallah b. Shubruma

Abdallah b. Ajlan and Muyassir b. Abd al-Aziz

Abdallah b. Umayr al-Laythi

[1/9] الخصال: عن أبيه، عن علي، عن أبيه، عن ابن ميمون، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن آبائه، عن علي عليه السلام قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: فضل العلم أحب إلى الله من فضل العبادة وأفضل دينكم الورع

1. [1/9] al-Khisal: From his father (Ali b. al-Husayn b. Babawayh) from Ali from his father (Ibrahim b. Hashim) from Ibn Maymun from Ja’far b. Muhammad from his forefathers from Ali عليه السلام who said: the messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وآله said: the merit of knowledge is more beloved to Allāh than the merit of worship. The best of your religion is self-restraint (from sins).

[2/10] اصول الكافي: عن علي، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، وعن محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد ابن محمد، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن سيف بن عميرة، عن أبي حمزة، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: عالم ينتفع بعلمه أفضل من سبعين ألف عابد

2. [2/10] Usul al-Kafi: From Ali from his father from Ibn Abi Umayr AND Muhammad b. Yahya from Ahmad b. Muhammad from Ibn Abi Umayr from Sayf b. Umayra from Abi Hamza from Abi Ja’far عليه السلام who said: the scholar whose knowledge benefits others is better than seventy thousand worshippers.

[3/11] الكافي: عن علي، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن جميل، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: يغدو الناس على ثلاثة أصناف عالم ومتعلم وغثاء فنحن العلماء وشيعتنا المتعلمون وسائر الناس غثاء

3. [3/11] al-Kafi: From Ali from Muhammad b. Isa from Yunus from Jamil from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام – he (Jamil) said: I heard him saying: The people rise up (every morning) being in one of three categories: knowledgeable scholar, student seeking knowledge or scum. So we are the scholars and our Shia are the students and the rest of the people are scum.

[4/12] الخصال: عن ابن الوليد، عن الصفار، عن ابن عيسى، عن الوشاء، عن احمد بن عائذ، عن ابي خديجة، عن ابي عبدالله عليه السلام قال: الناس يغدون على ثلاثة (ثم ذكر مثله)

4. [4/12] al-Khisal: From Ibn al-Walid from al-Saffar from Ibn Isa from al-Washsha from Ahmad b. Aidh from Abi Khadija from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: The people rise up (every morning) being in one of three categories: (then he mentioned its like) …

[5/13] الكافي: عن محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد، عن ابن محبوب، عن أبي أيوب الخزاز، عن سليمان بن خالد، عن أبي عبدالله عليه السلام قال: ما من أحد يموت من المؤمنين أحب إلى إبليس من موت فقيه

5. [5/13] al-Kafi: From Muhammad b. Yahya from Ahmad from Ibn Mahbub from Abi Ayyub al-Khazzaz from Sulayman b. Khalid from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: no one dies from among the believers whose death is more pleasing to Iblis than the death of a Faqih.

[6/14] الخصال: عن ابن الوليد، عن الصفار، عن ابن عيسى، عن ابن محبوب، عن عبد الله بن سنان قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: إني لارحم ثلاثة وحق لهم أن يرحموا: عزير أصابته مذلة بعد العز، وغني أصابته حاجة بعد الغنى، وعالم يستخف به أهله والجهلة

6. [6/14] al-Khisal: From Ibn al-Walid from al-Saffar from Ibn Isa from Ibn Mahbub from Abdallah b. Sinan who said: I heard Aba Abdillah عليه السلام saying: I do have mercy on three and they do indeed deserve mercy: a man of standing who has been stricken with lowliness after his former high position, a man of riches who has been stricken with need after his former self-sufficiency, and a scholar who is belittled by his family and the ignorant.

[7/15] الكافي: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: طلب العلم فريضة على كل مسلم

7. [7/15] al-Kafi: The messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وآله said: seeking knowledge is compulsory on every Muslim.

[8/16] الخصال: أبي، عن سعد، عن البرقي، عن أبيه، عن صفوان، عن الخزاز، عن محمد بن مسلم وغيره، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: اغد عالما أو متعلما أو أحب العلماء ولا تكن رابعا فتهلك ببغضهم

8. [8/16] al-Khisal: My father from Sa’d from al-Barqi from his father from Safwan from al-Khazzaz from Muhammad b. Muslim and others apart from him from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: the messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وآله said: start the day either as a scholar or as a student or loving the scholars and do not be a fourth for you will perish because of your hatred towards them (i.e. the scholars).

[9/17] الكافي: محمد بن إسماعيل، عن الفضل بن شاذان، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن جميل بن دراج، عن أبان بن تغلب، عن أبي عبدالله عليه السلام قال: لوددت أن أصحابي ضربت رؤوسهم بالسياط حتى يتفقهوا

9. [9/17] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Ismail from al-Fadhl b. Shadhan from Ibn Abi Umayr from Jamil b. Salih from Aban b. Taghlib from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: I would have even liked it that my companions’ heads are lashed with whips for them to gain a comprehensive understanding (of the religion).

[-/10] الخصال: في حديث الأربعمائة: قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: علموا صبيانكم ما ينفعهم به، لا يغلب عليهم المرجئة برأيها

10. [10/-] al-Khisal: In the ‘Four Hundred’ Narration: the commander of the faithful عليه السلام said: teach your children that which will benefit them – the Murjia should not overpower them with their speculative opinions.

Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara

Book 1, Chapter 3