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

[359/1] الكافي: محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحجال، عن أبي إسحاق ثعلبة، عن زرارة بن أعين، عن أحدهما عليهما السلام قال: ما عبد الله بشئ مثل البداء 

1. [1/359] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Yahya from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Isa from al-Hajjal from Abi Ishaq Tha’laba from Zurara b. A’yan from One of the two عليهما السلام who said: Allah has not been worshipped by something like Bada’  

[360/2] الكافي: علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن هشام بن سالم وحفص بن البختري وغيرهما، عن أبى عبدالله عليه السلام قال في هذه الآية: يَمْحُوا اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيُثْبِتُ قال: فقال: وهل يمحى إلا ما كان ثابتا؟ وهل يثبت إلا ما لم يكن؟ 

2. [2/360] al-Kafi: Ali b. Ibrahim from his father from Ibn Abi Umayr from Hisham b. Salim and Hafs b. al-Bakhtari and others apart from them both from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام that he (the Imam) said concerning the verse: “Allah erases what He wills and establishes” (13:39) - Does He erase other than that which was established (before)? And does He establish other than that which was not there (at all)?

[361/3] الكافي: علي، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن هشام بن سالم، عن محمد بن مسلم، عن أبي عبدالله عليه السلام قال: ما بعث الله نبيا حتى ياخذ عليه ثلاث خصال: الاقرار له بالعبودية، وخلع الانداد، وأن الله يقدم ما يشاء ويؤخر ما يشاء

3. [3/361] al-Kafi: Ali from his father from Ibn Abi Umayr from Hisham b. Salim from Muhammad b. Muslim from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: Allah did not appoint a prophet unless He takes from him (a commitment to) three properties: Affirming worship as due only to Him, renouncing the rivals (idols set up besides Allah), and that Allah brings forward what He wills and puts back what He wills.

[362/4] الكافي: محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن ابن فضال، عن ابن بكير، عن زرارة عن حمران، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: سألته عن قول الله عز وجل: قَضَى أَجَلاً وَأَجَلٌ مُّسمًّى عِندَهُ قال: هما أجلان: أجل محتوم وأجل موقوف

4. [4/362] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Yahya from Ahmad b. Muhammad from Ibn Fadhal from Ibn Bukayr from Zurara from Humram from Abi Ja’far. He said: I asked him about the words of Allah Mighty and Majestic: “He decreed a term and the appointed term is with Him” (6:2). He said: There are two terms. A term that is final and another term which is deferred.    

[363/5] الكافي: عدة من أصحابنا، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن ابن ابي عمير، عن جعفر ابن عثمان، عن سماعة، عن ابي بصير، ووهيب بن حفص، عن ابي بصير، عن أبي عبدالله عليه السلام قال: إن لله علمين: علم مكنون مخزون، لا يعلمه إلا هو، من ذلك يكون البداء وعلم علمه ملائكته ورسله وأنبياءه فنحن نعلمه

5. [5/363] al-Kafi: A number of our companions from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Isa from Ibn Abi Umayr from Ja’far b. Uthman from Sama’a from Abi Basir (and Wuhayb b. Hafs from Abi Basir) from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: Allah has two kinds of knowledge. A knowledge which is hidden and stored-up. No one knows it but Him. From that does Bada’ happen. And a knowledge which He taught His angels, messengers and prophets. So we too do know it.     

[364/6] الكافي: محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن عبدالله بن سنان، عن أبي عبدالله عليه السلام قال: ما بدا لله في شئ إلا كان في علمه قبل أن يبدو له

6. [6/364] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Yahya from Ahmad b. Muhammad from al-Husayn b. Sa’id from al-Hasan b. Mahbub from Abdallah b. Sinan from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: Nothing becomes apparent to Allah concerning something (to make Him change His decree) except that it was in His knowledge before it appears to Him (to change it). 

[365/7] الكافي: علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن الريان بن الصلت قال: سمعت الرضا عليه السلام يقول: ما بعث الله نبيا قط إلا بتحريم الخمر وأن يقر لله بالبداء

7. [7/365] al-Kafi: Ali b. Ibrahim from his father from al-Rayyan b. al-Salt who said: I heard al-Ridha عليه السلام: Allah has never appointed a prophet except with the prohibition of wine and that he (the prophet) accept from Allah the Bada’

[366/8] الكافي: علي بن محمد بن عبدالله، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن غير واحد، عن علي بن أسباط، عن الحسن بن الجهم قال: قال أبو الحسن عليه السلام: قال أبوجعفر عليه السلام: إن رجلا من بني إسرائيل كان له ابن وكان له محبا فاتي في منامه فقيل له: إن ابنك ليلة يدخل بأهله يموت، قال: فلما كان تلك الليلة وبنى عليه أبوه توقع أبوه ذلك فأصبح ابنه سليما فأتاه أبوه فقال له: يا بني هل عملت البارحة شيئا من الخير؟ قال: لا إلا أن سائلا أتى الباب وقد كانوا ادخروا لي طعاما فأعطيته السائل، فقال: بهذا دفع الله عنك

8. [8/366] al-Kafi: Ali b. Muhammad b. Abdallah from Ahmad b. Muhammad from more than one from Ali b. Asbat from al-Hasan b. Jahm who said: Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام said: Abu Ja’farعليه السلام said: A man from the Children of Israel had a son whom he used to love very much. He had a vision in his sleep and it was said to him: ‘Your son will die the very night that he enters upon his wife (i.e. on the wedding night)’. He (the Imam) said: when it was that night, and he consummated with her, the father believed that will happen, but he woke up finding his son well. His father came to him and said: O my son did you do anything of the good yesterday? He said: No. Except that a beggar came to the door and they had kept preserved for me some food and I gave it to the beggar. He (the father) said: Through this did Allah avert it (death) from you.     

[367/9] التوحيد: ابن الوليد، عن الصفار، عن أيوب بن نوح، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن هشام بن سالم، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: ما عظم الله عز وجل بمثل البداء

9. [9/367] al-Tawhid: Ibn al-Walid from al-Saffar from Ayyub b. Nuh from Ibn Abi Umayr from Hisham b. Salim from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: Allah Mighty and Majestic has not been magnified with the like of Bada’  

[368/10] الكافي: محمد بن إسماعيل، عن الفضل بن شاذان، عن حماد بن عيسى، عن ربعي بن عبدالله، عن الفضيل بن يسار قال: سمعت أبا جعفر عليه السلام يقول: العلم علمان: فعلم عند الله مخزون لم يطلع عليه أحدا من خلقه وعلم علمه وملائكته ورسله، فما علمه ملائكته ورسله فإنه سيكون، لا يكذب نفسه ولا ملائكته ولا رسله، وعلم عنده مخزون يقدم منه ما يشاء، ويؤخر منه ما يشاء، ويثبت ما يشاء

10. [10/368] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Ismail from al-Fadhl b. Shadhan from Hammad b. Isa from Rib’i b. Abdallah from al-Fudhayl b. Yasar who said: I heard Aba Ja’far عليه السلام saying: Knowledge is of two kinds. A knowledge with Allah which is hidden. No one has seen into it among his creation. And a knowledge which He taught His angels and messengers. So as for that which He taught His angels and messengers then it must occur. He does not belie Himself, nor His angels, nor His messengers. As for the hidden knowledge with Him then He brings forward from it what He wills and puts back from it what He wills, and He establishes what He wills.        

[369/11] الكافي: محمد بن إسماعيل، عن الفضل بن شاذان، عن حماد، عن ربعي، عن الفضيل قال: سمعت أبا جعفر عليه السلام يقول: من الامور امور موقوفة عند الله يقدم منها ما يشاء ويؤخر منها ما يشاء

11. [11/369] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Ismail from al-Fadhl b. Shadhan from Hammad from Rib’i from al-Fudhayl who said: I heard Aba Ja’far عليه السلام saying: From the matters are matters which are deferred with Allah. He brings forward from them what He wills and puts back from them what He wills.    

[370/12] الكافي: علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن منصور بن حازم قال: سألت أبا عبدالله عليه السلام هل يكون اليوم شئ لم يكن في علم الله بالامس؟ قال: لا، من قال هذا فأخزاه الله، قلت: أرأيت ما كان وما هو كائن إلى يوم القيامة أليس في علم الله؟ قال: بلى قبل أن يخلق الخلق

12. [12/370] al-Kafi: Ali b. Ibrahim from Muhammad b. Isa from Yunus from Mansur b. Hazim who said: I asked Aba Abdillah عليه السلام - Does there happen something today that was not in the knowledge of Allah yesterday? He said: No. May the one who says this be abased by Allah! I said: Consider - whatever has happened and whatever will happen up to the Day of Judgment is it not in the knowledge of Allah? He said: Yes. Before He created the creation.      

Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara

Book 4, Chapter 7