Al-Kāfi

The Book of ‘Aqiqah (Offering Animal Sacrifice for a Newborn Child)

• Excellence of Son 1.–12.
• Resemblance of a Child 13.–15.
• Excellence of Daughters 16.–27.
• Prayer and Appeal before Allah for a Son 28.–39.
• If When Pregnant one Keeps Her Intention to Name the Child Muhammad or Ali the Child will be a Boy: and the Prayer for it 40.–43.
• Beginning of the Creation of a Human Being and His Turning in His Mother’s Womb 44.–50.
• When a Woman Gives Birth to More than one Child 51.–52.
• Discipline to Follow During Childbirth 53.
• Congratulation for Childbirth 54.–56.
• Names and Titles 57.–73.
• Complete Creation 74.
• Foods Preferable for a Pregnant or a Woman during Childbirth to Eat 75.–81.
• Special Treatments for the Newborn 82.–87.
• Al-’Aqiqah and its Being Obligatory 88.–96.
• ‘Aqiqah for Boys or Girls is the Same 97.–100.
• ‘Aqiqah is not Obligatory on One who Cannot Find 101.–102.
• On the Seventh Day from Birth the Newborn’s Head is Shaved and a Name is Given to Him 103.–114.
• ‘Aqiqah is not Equal to al-’Adhiyah (animal offered as sacrificial offering during al-Hajj) and it is Sufficient in Place of ‘Aqiqah 115.–116.
• Words to Say on ‘Aqiqah 117.–122.
• The Mother should not Eat from the Meat of ‘Aqiqah 123.–125.
• The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and Fatimah, ‘Alayha al-Salam, Offered ‘Aqiqah for al-Hassan and al-Husayn 126.–131.
• Abu Talib Offered ‘Aqiqah for the Holy Prophet, O Allah , Grant Compensation to Muhammad and his Family Worthy of their Services to Your Cause 132.
• Cleansing, Circumcision 133.–142.
• Lowering for Girls 143.–148.
• After Seven Days from Birth Shaving is not Required 149.–150.
• The Rare Ahadith 151.–153.
• Shaving Certain Parts of the Head of a Newborn and Leaving other Parts 154.–156.
• Breastfeeding 157.–164.
• The Liability of the Breastfeeder 165.–166.
• The Preferable and Non-preferable Milk 167.–179.
• The One Who has More Priority for the Custody of a Small Child 180.–184.
• Growth of a Child 185.–187.
• Disciplines for a Child 188.–195.
• The Rights of Children 196.–201.
• Kindness to Children 202.–210.
• Giving Preference to One Child Over the Others 211.
• Intelligence of a Boy and Signs of his Nobility 212.–214.
• Rare Ahadith 215.–222.

The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

• Detestability of Divorcing a Cooperating Wife 223.–227.
• Divorcing an Uncooperative Wife 228.–233.
• People Do not Remain Straight in Matters of Divorce without the Sword 234.–238.
• The Divorces Not According to the Book and Sunnah 239.–256.
• Divorce Does not Take Place unless Once has the Intention to Divorce 257.–259.
• There Cannot be Divorce before Marriage 260.–264.
• Divorce in Writing 265.–266.
• Explanation of Divorce with Waiting Period and what Makes Divorce Binding 267.–275.
• The Necessary Expressions to Pronounce with the Decision to Divorce 276.–279.
• Three Talaq (Divorce) in Hayd (menses) Free Period in the Presence of Witnesses in One place and Time or More is One Talaq 280.–283.
• The Case of One who Arranges Witnesses Separately or Divorces in the Presence of a People but Does not Ask them to Bear Witness 284.–287.
• Appointing Witness to Divorce Two Women with One word 288.
• Arranging Witness for Revocation of Divorce 289.–293.
• Revocation of Divorce without Going to Bed is not Valid 294.–298.
• No name 299.–302.
• One Who is not Lawful for her Husband without Marriage to another Man 303.–308.
• Issues that Validate and Invalidate Divorce 309.–312.
• An Absent Man Returns and Divorces at that Time that Divorce Does not Take Place until She Experiences Hayd (menses) 313.–314.
• Women who Can be Divorced in all Conditions 315.–317.
• Divorce by an Absent Husband 318.–326.
• Divorce of a Pregnant Woman 327.–338.
• Divorce of a Woman whose Marriage is not Consummated 339.–345.
• Divorce of One who is not Mature yet and Divorce of One after Menopause 346.–351.
• Women Whose Hayd (menses) is Confusing 352.
• The Time when a Divorced Woman in the Manner of Divorce with Waiting Period and Revocable Form Becomes Stranger to him 353.–363.
• Meaning of al^Iqra’ (Hayd-free period) 364.–367.
• Waiting Period for a Divorced Woman and Where She must have it 368.–381.
• The Difference between one Divorced in Non-Sunnah manner and the One who Goes out in her Waiting Period or is Sent out by the Husband 382.
• Explanation of the words of Allah, most, High, ‘You must not send them out of their homes and they must not go out. . 383.–384.
• Divorce of a Woman whose Hayd (menses) is Confusing 385.
• Divorce of Women Who Hide Their Experiencing Hayd (menses) 386.
• The Case of a Woman who Experiences Hayd (menses) after Every Two or Three Months 387.
• Waiting Period of a Woman whose Hayd (menses) is Confused 388.–398.
• The Word of Women are Accepted in Matters of Hayd (menses) 399.
• A Woman Confused about Pregnancy 400.–404.
• Maintenance of Pregnant Divorced Women 405.–408.
• A Woman Divorcee Three Times Does not have the Right for Lodging or Maintenance 409.–413.
• Benefits for a Divorced Woman 414.–418.
• The Rights of a Divorced Woman of mahr (dower) with Whom He has not Gone to Bed 419.–432.
• The Issue that Completes Mahr (dower) 433.–441.
• The Divorced Woman Whose Husband is Absent Commences Her ‘Iddah (waiting period) from the Day She is Divorced 442.–449.
• Waiting period of a Widow whose Husband is Absent 450.–456.
• Reason for Difference about Waiting Period and Waiting Period of a Widow 457.
• Waiting Period of a Pregnant Widow and Her Expenses 458.–467.
• Waiting Period of a Widow with whom he has Gone to Bed and where she must Complete her Waiting Period and Her Obligations 468.–481.
• The Case of a Woman whose Husband Dies before Going to Bed with her and that there is no Waiting Period and Mahr (dower) for her 482.–492.
• The Case of a Man who Divorces his Wife and Dies before her Waiting period Ends 493.–498.
• Divorce and Marriage during one’s Illness 499.–510.
• About words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, . do not harm them (women) to make it Difficult for them 511.
• Divorce of Children 512.–516.
• Divorce of People with Mental Condition and Insane Ones and their Guardian 517.–523.
• Divorce by a Drunk Man 524.–527.
• Divorce of One Compelled and Coerced 528.–532.
• Divorce by a Speechless Man 533.–536.
• Appointing an Attorney for Divorce 537.–542.
• Swearing and Taking an Oath 543.–555.
• ’Ila’ (swearing) does not Take Place except after Going to Bed with one’s Wife 556.–559.
• If a Man Says to his Wife, ‘You are Unlawful for me” 560.–563.
• The Free, Cleared and Severed Woman 564.–566.
• The Choices 567.–570.
• How the Choice originally was 571.–576.
• Al-Khul* (Divorce for Payment) 577.–586.
• Al-Mubarat (disavowing) or Divorce for Payment 587.–596.
• Waiting Period for al-KhuP and al-Mubarat (disavowing), the Maintenance and Housing for such Women 597.–605.
• Disharmony Between Wife and Husband 606.–608.
• The Two Arbitrators in the case of Discord 609.–613.
• The Absent and Missing 614.–617.
• A Woman Receives News of the Death of her Husband or her Divorce, Counts her Waiting Period then Marries and her Previous Husband Comes 618.–622.
• A Woman’s Receiving News of being Divorced by her husband thus She Marries then her first Husband Comes then She is Separated from Both 623.–624.
• A Woman Waiting Period from a Castrated Husband 625.
• One Who Becomes ill Mentally after Marriage 626.
• Al-Zihar 627.–662.
• Al-Li‘an (Condemnation) 663.–683.

The Book of Hunting

• Hunting Dog and Cheetah 684.–703.
• Hunting of Falcons, Hawks and Others 704.–714.
• Hunting of Zoroastrian and Taxpayer’s Dogs 715.–717.
• Hunting with Weapons 718.–729.
• Al-Mi‘Rad (Flareless Arrows) 730.–734.
• Hunting with Stone and Clay-ball 735.–741.
• Hunting with a Snare 742.–746.
• A Man Shoots a Prey, Hits it and it Falls in Water or Rolls Down the Mountain 747.–748.
• A Man Shoots a Prey, Misses it but Hits another 749.
• Hunting During the Night 750.–752.
• Fishing 753.–770.
• Another Chapter on the Same Topic 771.–783.
• Locusts 784.–786.
• Hunting Domestic Birds 787.–792.
• Al-Khuttaf the Bird of Black Color, a kind of Crow 793.–795.
• Hoopoe and Shrike 796.–798.
• The Lark 799.–802.

The Book of Slaughtering Animals for Food

• Tools for Slaughtering 803.–806.
• Another Chapter on the above Subject in an Emergency 807.–809.
• The Manner of Slaughtering and al-Nahr 810.–817.
• The Case of a Man who Wants to Slaughter an Animal and the Knife by Mistake Cuts off the Head 818.–819.
• The Camel and Bull Resist Slaughtering 820.–823.
• The Case of an Animal Slaughtered from a Part other than the Proper Place 824.
• How Proper Slaughtering is Achieved 825.–830.
• The Case of an Animal Slaughtered without Facing al-Qiblah (al-Ka‘bah), Mentioning the name of Allah or one after Sexual Intercourse Slaughters 831.–836.
• The Unborn Young that is Found inside the Animal Slaughtered 837.–841.
• Slaughtering of Animals butted by other Animals Fall or Eaten by Predators 842.–843.
• Blood that Falls in the Cooking Pot 844.
• The Time in which Slaughtering is not Desirable 845.–847.
• Another Chapter on the above Issue 848.–849.
• The Case of Animal Slaughtered by Children, Women and a Blind Person 850.–857.
• Slaughtering by the People of the Book 858.–874.

The Book of Food

• The Plum 875.
• The Citron 876.–881.
• The Bananas 882.–884.
• Reason for Unlawfulness 885.
• Comprehensive Chapter on Animals that are not Edible 886.–901.
• Another Chapter; Signs of Edible and Inedible Birds 902.–907.
• Signs of Edible and Inedible Eggs 908.–912.
• Lamb and Young Goats Fed with the Milk of Pigs 913.–917.
• Flesh of Animals that Feed on Human Feces, their Eggs and the Sheep that Drinks Wine 918.–929.
• Things Inedible in Sheep and other Animals 930.–935.
• The Case of the Tails of Sheep Cut off into two and the Animal Hunted 936.–942.
• Things that can be Used from a Dead Animal and things that Cannot be Used 943.–949.
• Unlawful to use for Food the Flesh of Animals Sexually Molested by Human Beings 950.
• About the Flesh of a Sexually Active Ram 951.
• Mixing of Dead Animals with Slaughtered Clean 952.–953.
• Another Chapter on the Above Issue 954.
• The Rat that Dies in Food or Drinks 955.–957.
• Mixing of Lawful Things with others in Something 958.–959.
• The Food of Taxpayers’ Eating with them and their Utensils 960.–969.
• A Mention of Transgressors and Rebels 970.
• Eating Clay 971.–979.
• Eating and drinking in Gold and Silver Utensils 980.–986.
• Undesirability of Eating and Drinking on the Table where Wine is Served 987.–988.
• Undesirability of Over-Eating 989.–999.
• Walking to a Feast without Being Invited 1000.–1001.
• Eating when Leaning Against Something 1002.–1011.
• Eating with the Right Hand 1012.–1014.
• Eating while Walking 1015.–1016.
• Several Hands Should Come Together for Food 1017.–1018.
• The Inviolability of Food 1019.
• Accepting the Invitation of a Muslim 1020.–1025.
• Offering Food and Showing Courtesy 1026.–1027.
• A Man’s Finding Comfort in the House of His Brother (in belief) 1028.–1033.
• A Man’s Eating in the House of his Brother (in belief) without his Permission 1034.–1038.
• Without Title 1039.–1044.
• Another Chapter about Measurement and that there is no Accounting for Food 1045.–1050.
• Preparation of Food for a Ceremony, like Wedding and so forth 1051.–1056.
• When a Man Enters a Town he is a Guest of his Brothers (in belief) who Live there 1057.–1058.
• Guest is for Three Days Only 1059.–1060.
• Undesirability of Making the Guest Work 1061.–1063.
• The Sustenance of a Guest Comes with Him 1064.–1067.
• The Right of Guest and Honoring Him 1068.–1070.
• Eating with the Guest 1071.–1074.
• The Child of Adam is Hollow; thus He must Eat Food 1075.–1081.
• Lunch and Dinner 1082.–1083.
• Excellence of Dinner and Undesirability of Ignoring it 1084.–1095.
• Wudu (washing hands clean) before and after Food 1096.–1100.
• Description of Wudu before Eating Food 1101.–1103.
• Using a Towel to Wipe one’s Face after Wudu (Washing) 1104.–1108.
• Mentioning the name of Allah and Tahmid (All Praise Belongs to Allah) over the Food 1109.–1133.
• The Rare Ahadith 1134.–1154.
• Eating Pieces of Food that Fall on the Table-spread 1155.–1163.
• The Excellence of Bread 1164.–1177.
• Barley Bread 1178.
• Bread of Rice 1179.–1181.
• Kinds of Sawiq (roasted flour) and the Excellence of Sawiq of Wheat 1182.–1195.
• Sawiq of Lintels 1196.–1198.
• Excellence of Meat 1199.–1207.
• One who Does not Eat Meat for Forty Days his Manners Change 1208.–1210.
• The Excellence of the Meat of Sheep Over Goats 1211.–1213.
• The Meat of Cows and their Fat 1214.–1220.
• Meat of Camels and Camels of Khurasan 1221.–1222.
• The Meat of Birds 1223.–1228.
• The Meat of Deer and Wild Donkeys 1229.
• The Meat of Buffalo 1230.–1231.
• Undesirability of Eating Fresh (Raw)Meat 1232.–1233.
• About Qadid (Dried Meat) 1234.–1240.
• The Excellence of Shoulder Over other Parts 1241.–1243.
• Mixed Dish 1244.–1251.
• Tharid (Pieces of Bread in Broth) 1252.–1261.
• Roast, al-Kabab and Heads 1262.–1266.
• Al-Harisah (Mashed Grains and Meat) 1267.–1270.
• Al-Muthallathah (Preparation of three Kinds of Grains) Al-Hasa’ Flour Cooked with Oil Sweet or without 1271.–1273.
• Al-Halwa’ (Sweet) 1274.–1277.
• Hot Food 1278.–1282.
• Making the Bones Bare 1283.
• About Fish 1284.–1293.
• Eggs and Chicken 1294.–1300.
• Excellence of Salt 1301.–1310.
• The Vinegar and Oil 1311.–1319.
• The Khali (Wine Turned to Vinegar) 1320.–1331.
• Al-Mury (a certain sauce) 1332.
• Oil and the Olive 1333.–1339.
• Honey 1340.–1344.
• Sugar 1345.–1355.
• The Ghee 1356.–1361.
• The Milk Products 1362.–1370.
• The Milk Products from Cows 1371.–1373.
• Yogurt 1374.
• The Milk Products from Camels 1375.–1376.
• Yogurt Water 1377.–1380.
• Cheese 1381.–1383.
• Cheese with Walnut 1384.–1386.
• Rice 1387.–1393.
• The Chickpea (Garbanzo Bean) 1394.–1397.
• The Lintels 1398.–1401.
• The Broad Beans and the Kidney Beans 1402.–1405.
• Al-Mash (Peeled Black beans) 1406.
• Al-Jawars 1407.–1408.
• The Dates 1409.–1428.
• Chapters on fruits 1429.–1432.
• Grapes 1433.–1438.
• The Raisins 1439.–1442.
• The Pomegranate 1443.–1460.
• The Apple 1461.–1471.
• Quince 1472.–1478.
• The Fig 1479.
• The Pear 1480.–1481.
• The Rowan, Mountain Ash 1482.
• The Melons 1483.–1487.
• The Herbs 1488.–1489.
• The Endives 1490.–1499.
• The Sweet Basil 1500.–1503.
• The Leek 1504.–1511.
• The Celery 1512.–1513.
• Coriander 1514.
• Purslane 1515.–1516.
• The Lettuce 1517.
• Al-Sadab (Rue Herb of Grace) 1518.–1519.
• The Watercress 1520.–1523.
• The White Beet 1524.–1528.
• The Truffle 1529.–1530.
• Squash 1531.–1537.
• The Radish 1538.–1539.
• The Carrot 1540.–1542.
• The Turnip 1543.–1546.
• The Cucumbers 1547.–1548.
• The Eggplant (Aubergine) 1549.–1551.
• The Onions 1552.–1556.
• The Garlic 1557.–1559.
• The Wild Thyme 1560.–1561.
• The Toothpick 1562.–1572.
• Throwing away what Comes out with Toothpicks from Between the Teeth 1573.–1576.
• The Saltwort and Cyperus 1577.–1582.

The Book of Drinks

• The Excellence of Water 1583.–1589.
• Another Chapter on the same Issue 1590.–1593.
• Drinking Water Excessively 1594.–1597.
• Drinking Water Standing and Drinking it in One Breath 1598.–1606.
• The Words to Say When Drinking Water 1607.–1610.
• The Utensils, Pots, Pans, Bowls and Cups 1611.–1619.
• Excellence of the Water of Zamzam and the Water of al-Mizab 1620.–1625.
• Water from the Sky 1626.–1628.
• Excellence of the Water of al-Furat (Euphrates) 1629.–1634.
• The Prohibited Waters 1635.–1638.
• The Rare Ahadith 1639.–1644.
• Substances from which Wine is Made 1645.–1647.
• The Origin of the Prohibition on Wine 1648.–1651.
• Wine is Still Unlawful 1652.–1654.
• The Wine Drinker 1655.–1673.
• Another Chapter on the above Topic 1674.–1685.
• Wine is the Head of all Sins and Evil 1686.–1694.
• The Wine Addict 1695.–1704.
• Another Chapter on the above Topic 1705.–1707.
• Unlawfulness of Wine in the Book 1708.–1709.
• The Messenger of Allah, O Allah , grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause , has Prohibited all Intoxicating Liquor of a Small or Large Quantity 1710.–1726.
• Wine is Prohibited because of its Effects; whatever has an Effect as the Effect of Wine, it is Wine 1727.–1731.
• Compulsion to Drink Wine as Medicine, in Thirst or in Fear (Taqiyah) 1732.–1743.
• Al-Nabidh (A kind of Wine) 1744.–1750.
• The Utensils 1751.–1753.
• The Juice (grape juice) 1754.–1757.
• The Juice which Fire has Touched 1758.–1759.
• Al-Tila’ (The One-Third Juice (grape juice) that has Remained after the Evaporation of the other Two-Thirds) 1760.–1770.
• The Drops of Intoxicating Substances in Food 1771.
• AI-Fuqa’ (Beer) 1772.–1786.
• The Quality of Lawful Drinks 1787.–1790.
• Also about Drinks 1791.–1793.
• The Utensils in which Wine is Kept, then Vinegar is poured in it or is used for Drink 1794.–1795.
• The Wine Placed in Vinegar 1796.–1799.
• The Rare Ahadith 1800.–1808.
• Music and Singing 1809.–1833.
• Dice and Chess 1834.–1850.

The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness

• Beautification and Showing the Bounty 1851.–1865.
• The Dress 1866.–1881.
• Dress Causing Public Abhorrence 1882.–1885.
• The Cotton White Dress 1886.–1889.
• Clothes Dyed with al-MiCasfar (dye with safflower) 1890.–1902.
• Wearing Black 1903.–1905.
• Al-Kattan (Linen) 1906.
• Wearing Wool, Hairs and Fur 1907.–1911.
• Wearing al-Khazz (fur or skin of an animal that lives in water) 1912.–1921.
• Garments made entirely of al-Washy (al-Khazz, garments made of skin or fur of an animal that lives in water) 1922.–1924.
• Wearing Silk and al-Dibaj (Silk Brocade) 1925.–1938.
• Lifting up Garments 1939.–1951.
• The Words to Say when Wearing New clothes 1952.–1957.
• Wearing Old clothes 1958.–1960.
• The Turbans 1961.–1967.
• The cape 1968.–1971.
• The Footgear 1972.–1986.
• The Color of shoes 1987.–1993.
• Al-Khuff (the half-Boot) 1994.–1999.
• The Tradition about Wearing al-Khuff (half-boot), al-Na‘l (Shoes) and Taking them off 2000.–2005.
• The Rings (Insignia) 2006.–2022.
• The Carnelian (al-‘Aqiq) 2023.–2030.
• The Ruby and Emerald 2031.–2035.
• The Turquoise 2036.–2037.
• The Yemenite al-Jaza‘ (Carnelian) and The Crystals 2038.–2039.
• The Engraving on the Ring 2040.–2048.
• The Ornaments 2049.–2058.
• The Spreading, Furniture 2059.–2066.
• The Rare Ahadith 2067.–2078.
• The Dyes 2079.–2090.
• The Black Dye and Woad 2091.–2097.
• Dyeing Hairs with Henna 2098.–2103.
• Clipping and Shaving Hairs 2104.–2111.
• Keeping Hairs and Parting them 2112.–2116.
• The Beard and Mustache 2117.–2128.
• Removing Hairs from the Nostrils 2129.
• Combing 2130.–2140.
• Clipping the finger Nails 2141.–2157.
• Clipping or Pulling out Gray Hairs 2158.–2163.
• To Bury the Hairs and Fingernails 2164.
• Al-Kohl (The Eye Powder): Antimony 2165.–2176.
• Brushing the Teeth 2177.–2186.
• Taking Shower or Bath 2187.–2224.
• Washing the Head 2225.–2231.
• Applying Lime Paste 2232.–2246.
• The Under arms 2247.–2253.
• Applying henna after Lime Paste 2254.–2258.
• The Perfumes 2259.–2276.
• The Detestability of Rejecting Perfume 2277.–2280.
• Kinds of Perfumes 2281.
• The Origin of Perfumes 2282.–2284.
• The Musk 2285.–2292.
• Al-Ghaliyah (A Perfume that is a Mix of Musk, Camphor and Ambergris) 2293.–2297.
• Al-Khuluq (a kind of Perfume of Yellow Color) 2298.–2303.
• The Incense 2304.–2308.
• Applying Oil 2309.–2315.
• Undesirability of Applying oil all the Time 2316.–2318.
• The Viola Oil 2319.–2329.
• The Oil of Gillyflower 2330.–2331.
• The Oil of Frankincense 2332.–2334.
• The Oil of Gladiola (Lily) 2335.–2336.
• The Sesame Oil 2337.–2338.
• The Oil of Sweet Basil 2339.–2343.
• The Spaciousness of the House 2344.–2351.
• Decorating the Houses 2352.–2365.
• Construction of Buildings 2366.–2372.
• Fencing Wall Around a Flat Roof of the House 2373.–2378.
• The Rare Ahadith 2379.–2393.
• The Undesirable Case of One’s Sleeping Alone and the Characteristics Prohibited because of its Frightfulness 2394.–2403.

The Book of Domestic Animals

• The Relation between a Stumper and the Rider 2404.–2413.
• The Rare Ahadith about the Stumpers 2414.–2432.
• The Tools for the Stumpers 2433.–2438.
• Choosing the Camel 2439.–2449.
• The Sheep 2450.–2458.
• The Marked Domestic Animals 2459.–2460.
• The Pigeons 2461.–2479.
• Setting Birds Free 2480.–2483.
• The Rooster 2484.–2489.
• Al-Warshan (a kind of Pigeon) 2490.–2492.
• Al-Fakhtah and AI-SuIsul 2493.–2495.
• The Dogs 2496.–2507.
• Instigating Animals against each other 2508.–2509.