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

[1/23] الكافي: محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن محبوب عن معاوية بن وهب قال: سمعت أبا عبدالله عليه السلام يقول: اطلبوا العلم وتزينوا معه بالحلم والوقار، وتواضعوا لمن تعلمونه العلم، وتواضعوا لمن طلبتم منه العلم، ولا تكونوا علماء جبارين فيذهب باطلكم بحقكم

1. [1/23] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Yahya al-Attar from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Isa from al-Hasan b. Mahbub from Muawiya b. Wahb who said: I heard Aba Abdillah عليه السلام saying: seek knowledge and adorn yourself with forbearance and dignity together with it (knowledge), and humble yourself to the one you teach knowledge, and humble yourself to the one from whom you seek knowledge, and do not be tyrannical scholars so that your falsehood drives away your truth.

[2/24] الكافي: علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن حماد بن عثمان، عن الحارث بن المغيرة النصري، عن أبي عبدالله عليه السلام في قول الله عزوجل: ” إنما يخشى الله من عباده العلماء ” قال: يعني بالعلماء من صدق فعله قوله، ومن لم يصدق فعله قوله فليس بعالم

2. [2/24] al-Kafi: Ali b. Ibrahim from Muhammad b. Isa from Yunus from Hammad b. Uthman from al-Harith b. al-Mughira al-Nasri from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام in regards the words of Allāh Mighty and Majestic: “Verily they truly fear Allāh from among his slaves – the scholars” (35:28) he said: He means by the scholars the one whose deeds conform with his words, as for the one whose deeds are contrary to his words then he is not a scholar.

[3/25] الكافي: عدة من أصحابنا، عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن إسماعيل بن مهران، عن أبي سعيد القماط وصالح بن سعيد، عن أبان بن تغلب، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام أنه سئل عن مسألة فأجاب فيها، قال: فقال الرجل: إن الفقهاء لا يقولون هذا، فقال: يا ويحك وهل رأيت فقيها قط؟! إن الفقيه حق الفقيه الزاهد في الدنيا، الراغب في الآخرة، المتمسك بسنة النبي صلى الله عليه وآله

3. [3/25] al-Kafi: A number of our companions from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid from Ismail b. Mihran from Abi Said al-Qammat and Salih b. Said from Aban b. Taghlib from Abi Ja’far عليه السلام, that he (the Imam) was asked a question about a matter and he answered it, so the man (who asked the question) said: the Fuqaha do not say this, he said: woe be upon you – and have you ever seen a Faqih?! A true Faqih is one who renounces the Dunya and covets the Akhera and holds onto the Sunnah of the prophet صلى الله عليه وآله

[4/26] الكافي: محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، ومحمد بن إسماعيل، عن الفضل بن شاذان جميعا، عن صفوان بن يحيى، عن أبي الحسن الرضا عليه السلام قال: إن من علامات الفقه الحلم والصمت

4. [4/26] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Yahya from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Isa AND Muhammad b. Ismail from al-Fadhl b. Shadhan all together from Safwan b. Yahya from Abi al-Hasan al-Ridha عليه السلام who said: From among the signs of understanding are forbearance and silence.

[5/27] العيون: بالاسانيد الثلاثة عن الرضا عن ابائه عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله قال: من حسن فقهه فله حسنة

5. [5/27] al-Uyun: Via the three chains from al-Ridha from his forefathers from the messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وآله who said: whomsoever’s understanding is good then for him will be good.

[6/28] الخصال: ابن مسرور، عن ابن عامر، عن عمه عبد الله، عن ابن محبوب، عن ابن صهيب قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: لا يجمع الله لمنافق ولا فاسق حسن السمت والفقه وحسن الخلق أبدا

6. [6/28] al-Khisal: Ibn Masrur from Ibn A’mir from his uncle Abdallah from Ibn Mahbub from Ibn Suhayb who said: I heard Aba Abdillah عليه السلام saying: Allāh never grants the hypocrite or the corrupt sinner the following (attributes) together: goodness of conduct, understanding and goodness of character.

Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara

Book 1, Chapter 5