The Ninety-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Thirteenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

On this day, the people of his assembly and the elders convened to the Shaykh al-Faqih, Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babuwayh al-Qummi (ra), and they asked him to dictate to them and describe the…

The pillars upon which Islam is built are five: prayer, alms, fasting, Hajj, and the walaya of the Prophet and the Imams (s) after him. There are twelve Imams. The first of them is Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib,…

It is the confirmation that Islam is the confirmation of the two testimonies. Faith (al-iman) is confirmation by the tongue, agreement by the heart, and action by the limbs. Faith is not but as this. Whoever testifies to…

It is the confirmation that the prayer is a pillar of the religion, and that it is first of what the servant will be reckoned by of his acts on the Day of the Resurrection, and the first of what the servant will be asked…

As to the voluntary prayers, then they are twice the like of obligation at thirty-four units: eight units prior to Thuhr, eight units after it prior to `Asr, four units after Maghrib, two units while sitting after the…

The adhan and the iqama are dual (i.e. each sentence being said twice as opposed to once). The obligations of the prayer are seven: the time, the purification, the tawajjuh, the qibla, the ruku`, the sujud, and the…

The takbirat al-iftitah (i.e. takbirat al-ihram) is once, and seven (times) is best. Jahr (recitation aloud) with bismillaahi ‘r-rahmani ‘r-rahim is obligatory in the salat at the opening of al-Fatiha and at the opening…

The qira’at in the first two [units] of the obligatory prayer is al-Hamd and a surah. It is not to be of the `aza’im in which one does sujud. And they are: sajda Luqman (32), hameem as-sajda (41), an-najm (53) and sura…

The saying in the ruku` and the sujud is three tasbihat (saying subhanAllah), and five is better, and seven is best, and the [single] complete tasbiha suffices in the unit and the sujud for the person who is sick and the…

It befits the praying person to do tasbih with the tasbih of Fatima al-Zahra (as) after every obligatory prayer. It is: thirty-four takbira, thirty-three tasbiha, and thirty-three tahmida (saying alhamdulillah). So, if…

Takfir (folding the hands) and saying “ameen” after the Fatiha of the Book is not permissible, nor putting the knees upon the ground in the sujud prior to the hands. It is not permissible to do sujud but upon the earth…

Prayer is broken by wind (i.e. flatulence) when it comes out from the prayer, or other than it of what breaks the wudu, or that he remember that he is not upon wudu, or he finds an injury, or a [severe] wound for which…

There is no sahw (forgetfulness, i.e. doubts in regards to how many units one has performed) in the voluntary prayer, so whoever has sahw in a voluntary prayer then he is to build upon whatever he wants (i.e. in terms of…

As to the sajda of the `aza’im, then it is said in it: “la ilaha illAllahu Haqqan Haqqan, la ilaha illAllahu imanan wa tasdiqan, la ilaha illAllahu `ubudiyyatan wa riqqan, sajadtu laka ya rabbi ta`abbudan wa riqqan la…

Nothing is accepted of the prayer of the servant but what one devotes oneself to with one’s heart, to the point that sometimes a fourth of one’s prayer is accepted or a third of it or less than that or more. However,…

The most rightful of the people in advancing forward (i.e. to lead the prayer) in the jama`a are: the most recite-ful of them of the Quran, so if they are equal in recitation then the senior-most of them in hijra, so if…

The jama`a on the day of Jum`a is a wajib farida, and in the rest of the days [it is] a sunna. One who abandons it out of disdain of it and of the jama`a of the Muslims without a reason (or, illness), then there is no…

The obligatory prayer of travel is two units, except for Maghrib, for surely, the Messenger of Allah (s) left it upon its state in travel and residence. One does not pray anything of the voluntary prayers of the day in…

The bound of travel in which taqsir (shortening) is obligatory in the prayer and the iftar in the fast is eight parasangs. So, if the man’s travel is four parasangs, and he did not want to return on the same day, then he…

kurr is that which is three hand spans in length and three hand spans in width and three hand spans in depth. Well water is a purifier, all of it, so long as nothing falls into making it najis. Seawater is a purifier,…

The most severe in regret of mankind on the Day of the Resurrection will be the one who sees his wudu upon the skin of [someone/something] other than himself. `A’isha said: That I should wipe upon the back of a wild…

the man wipes his forehead and his eyebrows, and wipes upon the back of his hands, and [this is how] our elders (ra) have performed it.

Whatever breaks the wudu breaks the tayammum. Looking at water breaks the tayammum. Someone who did tayammum and prayed, then found water while he is [still] in the time of prayer or has exited the time, then there is no…

And the ghusl is in seventeen places: the ghusl of the seventeenth night of the month of Ramadan, and the nineteenth night, the twenty first night, and the twenty third night, and for the two Eids, for entering the two…

Someone who wants to do ghusl from janaba is to make an effort to urinate so that whatever is left in his urethra of semen exits out. Then, he washes his hands thrice before entering them into the vessel. Then, he does…

The least number of days of menstruation (al-hayd) is three, and the maximum of it is ten days. The least number of purity is ten days, and its maximum has no limit. The maximum number of days of the woman in post-partum…

Zakat is upon nine things: upon wheat, barley, dates, raisins, camels, cattle, sheep, gold and silver, and the Messenger of Allah (s) pardoned what was apart from that. It is not permissible to pay the zakat to anyone…

The khums is obligatory in everything that reaches a gold coin in value from treasure, metals/minerals, diving, and profit/spoils (al-ghanima). It is for Allah, for His Messenger (s), and for the near kin from the…

One the eve of al-Fitr, a man should pray the three [units of] Maghrib, then perform a sujud, then say in his sujud: ya dhal tawl, ya dhal hawl, ya mustafi Muhammad wa nasirah, salli `ala muhammadan wa alih Muhammad,…

The zakat al-fitr is obligatory for every man – he must pay it on behalf of himself and on behalf of his dependants, from the young to the old, the free and the slave, the male and the female. [He should pay] one sa`a of…

There are three types of Hajj pilgrims: a qarin (one who performs `Umra and Hajj at the same time), a mufrad (one who only performs Hajj), and a mutamati` bil `umra ilal Hajj (one who performs `Umra, then takes a break,…

The obligations of Hajj are seven: (1) ihram, (2) the four talbiyat – which are labbayk Allahumma labbayk, labbayka la shareeka laka labbark, innal hamda wan-ni`mata laka wal mulk, la sharika lak labbayk (I am at Your…

Whoever reaches the Day of Tarwiyya at the zawal of the Sun until night has reached the mut`a. Whoever reaches the Day of Sacrifice in Muzdalifa has attained the Hajj.

It is not permissible to sacrifice except a grown camel – that which has completed five years and has entered its sixth. It is permissible to sacrifice a grown cow and goat that has completed one year and entered its…

Fasting is not permissible during the days of tashriq, for they are days of eating, drinking, and bathing. The sunna is to break your fast on the [Eid] day of sacrifice after coming back from prayer; and before going out…

Intercourse becomes permissible in three scenarios: marriage with inheritance, marriage without inheritance, and intercourse with concubines. No one has a right to a woman except through her father when she is a virgin.…

Bequeathal [in a will] does not exceed one third. Whoever bequeaths more than one third, it is returned to one third. A Muslim [in such a situation] should bequeath something of his wealth – small or large in sum – to…

Among the conditions of the religion of the Imamiyya are: certainty, sincerity, reliance [on Allah], contentedness [with Allah and His will], submission [to Allah], piety, striving, asceticism, worship, honesty,…

This is what is agreed upon with regards to his dictation briefly describing the religion of the Imamiyya. I will dictate an explanation and an interpretation of it if Allah eases my return from my destination to…

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. From Abi `Abdillah Ja`far b. Muhammad al-Sadiq (as). He said: When the month of Ramadan comes, then recite inna anzalnahu one thousand times every night. Then, when the…

He said: A man said to Abi Ja`far (as): O son of the Messenger of Allah! How will I know that the Night of Power occurs every year? He said: When the month of Ramadan comes, recite Surat al-Dukhan once every night. Then,…

The morning of the day of the Night of Power is like the Night of Power, so act and strive [in worship].