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

[1/192] اقبال السيد رضي الدين علي بن طاوس: باسانيده إلى أبي جعفر الطوسي، عن المفيد محمد بن محمد بن النعمان والحسين بن عبيد الله، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن بابويه، عن محمد بن الحسن بن الوليد، عن محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن محمد ابن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن إسحاق بن قال: إن أبا عبد الله جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام كتب إلى عبد الله بن الحسن رضي الله عنه حين حمل هو وأهل بيته يعزيه عما صار إليه: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إلى الخلف الصالح والذرية الطيبة من ولد أخيه وابن عمه: أما بعد فلإن كنت تفردت أنت وأهل بيتك ممن حمل معك بما أصابكم ما انفردت بالحزن والغيظة والكآبة وأليم وجع القلب دوني، فلقد نالني من ذلك من الجزع، والقلق وحر المصيبة مثل ما نالك … فعليكم ياعم وابن عم وبني عمومتي وإخوتي بالصبر والرضا والتسليم والتفويض إلى الله عزوجل والرضا بالصبر على قضائه ، والتمسك بطاعته ، والنزول عند أمره أفرغ الله علينا وعليكم الصبر ، وختم لنا ولكم بالاجر والسعادة ، وأنقذنا وإياكم من كل هلكة ، بحوله وقوته إنه سميع قريب ، وصلى الله عليه صفوته من خلقه محمد النبي وأهل بيته

1. [1/192] Iqbal of Sayyid Radhi al-Diin Ali b. Tawus: Via a number of his chains to Abi Ja’far al-Tusi from al-Mufid Muhammad b. Muhammad b. al-Nu’man and al-Husayn b. Ubaydallah from Abi Ja’far Muhammad b. Ali b. al-Husayn b. Babawayh from Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. al-Walid from Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar from Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abi al-Khattab from Muhammad b. Abi Umayr from Ishaq b. Ammar who said: Aba Abdillah Ja’far b. Muhammad عليهما السلام wrote a letter of condolence to Abdallah b. al-Hasan – may Allah be pleased with him – for what had happened to him when he was deported together with the people of his household: In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful, to the righteous successor and the pure descendant from the son of his brother and uncle: now then, if you and the people of your house who were deported together with you are alone in that which has befallen you, then know that you are not alone in grief, anger, sadness and pain of a suffering heart, for I too have been touched with anxiety, worry and the heat of tribulation [for what has happened to you] as has touched you … So I recommend you – O uncle and the son of an uncle, the children of my uncles and my brothers – towards patience, acceptance, submission and leaving the matter to Allah Mighty and Majestic. Be accepting and patient over His decree, holding on to His obedience, alighting as per His order. May Allah pour upon you and us patience. May He conclude for you and us with reward and felicity. May He save you and us from every peril. By His Might and Power. Verily He is All-Hearing Near. May Allah send blessings on his select among his creation Muhammad the prophet and the people of his House. 

Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara

Book 3, Chapter 55