Al-Kāfi — Volume 2

Chapters

• The Clay from Which the Believers and Unbelievers Are Made (7)
• Serenity Is Belief (5)
• The Rarity of Believers (7)
• Accepting the Gift of Belief and to Exercise Patience in all Matters Thereafter (6)
• A Believer Finds Comfort With Another Believer (1)
• Things That Allah Removes Through a Believer (3)
• Believing People are of Two Kinds (3)
• The Matters in Which Allah Has Made a Covenant With Believing People in Exchange for Their Exercising Patience in Their Suffering (13)
• The Severity of the Trial of a Believer (30)
• The Excellence of the Poor Muslims (23)
• No name (2)
• The Heart has Two Ears in which Angel and Satan Blow (3)
• Purely Sincere (6)
• The Spirit through Whom a Believer Is Supported (1)
• The Sins (31)
• The Major Sins (24)
• Belittling Sins (3)
• Persistence in Sins (3)
• Roots of Disbelief (14)
• Showing off (18)
• Seeking Leadership (8)
• Abuse of Religion for Worldly Matters (1)
• Preaching Justice without Practice (5)
• On the Shari’ a (System of Laws) (2)
• Disputation, Quarrels and Animosity to Men (12)
• Anger (15)
• Envy (7)
• Racism (7)
• Arrogance (17)
• Feeling of Self-importance (8)
• Love of and Greed for Worldly Things (17)
• Greed (4)
• Harshness (of Manners) (2)
• Evil Behavior (5)
• The Fundamentals of Islam (15)
• Dimwittedness (4)
• Abusiveness (14)
• Those Whose Evil Is Feared (4)
• Tyrannical Transgression (4)
• Pride and Arrogance (6)
• Hardheartedness (3)
• Injustice, Oppression (23)
• Following Desires (4)
• Evil Plans, Treachery and Deceit (6)
• Lies and Forgery (22)
• Islam Is to Spare Lives (and to Keep the Trust) But Reward Comes From Belief (6)
• Duplicity (3)
• Abandonment and Desertion (7)
• Failing to Maintain Good Relations with Relatives (8)
• Causing Suffering and Disappointment to Parents (al-‘Uquq) (9)
• Disowning Lineage (3)
• One Who Causes Suffering to Muslims and Belittles Them (11)
• Those Who Seek to Find Mistakes and (expose) Privacies of the Believers (7)
• Rebuking People (4)
• Backbiting and Accusations (7)
• Narration Against a Believer (3)
• Belief Is Inclusive of Islam but Islam Is Not Inclusive of Belief (5)
• Rejoicing at Others Troubles (1)
• Revilement (9)
• Accusation and Evil Guessing (3)
• Insincerity Toward One’s Brother (in Belief) (6)
• Breach of Promise (2)
• Obstructing One’s Brother (In Belief) (3)
• Refusing to Help a Brother (in Belief) (4)
• Refusing a Believer a Thing of One’s Own or Others (4)
• Frightening a Believer (3)
• Gossip Mongering (3)
• Another Chapter on the Same Issue That Islam Is Before Belief (2)
• Publicity of Confidentialities (12)
• Obeying the Creature in Disobedience to the Creator (5)
• Immediate Punishment of Sins (2)
• Association with Sinful People (16)
• Kinds of People (3)
• Disbelief (21)
• The Aspects of Disbelief (1)
• Pillars and Branches of Disbelief (1)
• Description of Hypocrisy and Hypocrites (6)
• Paganism Considering Things as Partners of Allah (8)
• No name (3)
• Doubt (9)
• Straying (2)
• The Feeble-minded People (12)
• People in Postponement for the Command of Allah (2)
• People of al- A’raf (2)
• Kinds of People Opposed to Shi’a, al-Qadria, al-Khawarij, al-Murji’ah and People of Towns (Names of People of Certain Beliefs) (6)
• People with Inclined Hearts (5)
• Hypocrites, Straying and Satan Addressed by the call to Islam (1)
• About the Words of Allah, the Most High, Certain people worship Allah with deviance (2)
• The Minimum of what Establishes Belief, Disbelief or Straying (1)
• Belief Spreads In all Parts of the Body (8)
• No name (1)
• Establishment of Belief and its Abolishment by Allah (1)
• The Transients (5)
• Signs of Transience (1)
• Confusion of the Heart (7)
• About the Darkness of the Heart of the Hypocrite Even Though He Has a Tongue and the Light of the Heart of the Believer Even Though His Tongue May Fall Short (3)
• The Changing Conditions of the Heart (1)
• Temptation and Soul’s Tale Telling (5)
• Confessing Sins and Regret for it (8)
• Concealing Sins (2)
• Advancement in Belief (1)
• Intending to Perform a Good or an Evil Deed (4)
• Repentance (13)
• Pleading for Forgiveness (10)
• Things that Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, gave Adam at the Time of Repentance (4)
• Sins Committed From Time to Time (al-Lamam) (6)
• Sins Are of Three Kinds (2)
• Quickness of Punishment for Sins (12)
• Interpretation of Sins (3)
• A Rare Hadith (1)
• Other Rare Ahadith (3)
• The Clay from Which the Believers and Unbelievers Are Made (additional) (3)
• Degrees of Belief (2)
• Allah Defends With Those Who Do Good Deeds From Those Who Do Not Do Good Deeds (1)
• Avoiding Sin Is Easier Than Pleading For Forgiveness (1)
• Gradual Progress (4)
• Evaluation of Deeds (23)
• Those who Find Fault in People (4)
• A Muslim is not Field Responsible for His Acts of the Time of Ignorance (Pre-Islamic Paganism) (2)
• Disbelief Followed By Repentance Does Not Invalidate Deeds (1)
• People Protected from Misfortune (3)
• Nation ’s Exemption From Certain Issues (2)
• Belief is not affected by Evil Deeds and Disbelief Does not Benefit from Good Deeds (6)
• Degrees of Belief (Additional) (4)
• Description of Islam (3)
• Qualities of a Believer (4)
• No name (1)
• Description of Belief (1)
• Superiority of Belief over Islam and Certainty over Belief (6)
• The Essence of Belief and Certainty (4)
• Contemplation (Thinking) (5)
• The Noble Qualities (of Man) (7)
• The Clay from which the Believers and Unbelievers are made (additional) (3)
• Excellence of Certainty (11)
• To Agree With the Decision (of Allah) (13)
• Leaving It to Allah to Be the Person in Charge of Affairs, and Having Trust in Him (8)
• Fear and Hope (13)
• Hopefulness Toward Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy (4)
• To Profess One ’s Shortcomings (4)
• Obedience and Piety (8)
• Restraint from Worldly Matters (Sins) (15)
• Chastity (8)
• Abstaining From Unlawful Matters (6)
• The Messenger of Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, Was the First to Respond to the Call of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, and Testify That He Is the Lord (3)
• Fulfilling Obligations (5)
• Balanced and Continuous Good Deeds (6)
• The Worship (7)
• The Intention (5)
• Part of Previous Chapter (2)
• Moderation in Worship (6)
• One Who Has Learned to Receive Rewards from His Lord for a Certain Deed (2)
• Patience (25)
• Gratitude and Thankfulness (30)
• Excellence in Moral Behaviors (18)
• How They Answered While They Were as Small Particles (1)
• Delightful Appearance (6)
• Truthfulness and Trust (12)
• Bashfulness (7)
• Forgiveness (10)
• Suppressing one ’s Anger (13)
• Forbearance (9)
• Silence and Controlling the Tongue (21)
• Gentleness in Dealings (6)
• Friendliness (16)
• Humbleness (12)
• Creation of the Creatures with Belief in Oneness of Allah in Their Nature (4)
• Love for the Sake of Allah and Hate for the Sake of Allah (16)
• Condemnation of Worldly Matters and Abstaining Thereby (25)
• Additional Ahadith on the Above Subject (2)
• Contentment (11)
• Adequacy (6)
• Promptness in Good Deeds (10)
• Fairness and Justice (20)
• Independence from People (7)
• Good Relation with Relatives (33)
• Kindness to Parents (21)
• Believers as Offspring of Unbelievers (2)
• Concern for the Affairs of the Muslims, Giving Them Good Advice and to Benefit Them (11)
• High Regards for the Elderly (3)
• The Believer’s Mutual Brotherhood (11)
• The Rights of One Who Accepts the Belief and Then Severs Away (1)
• Brotherhood in Belief is not Due to Religion it only is a Way of Recognition (2)
• The Rights of a Believer on his Brother (in belief) and his duty to observe Such Rights (16)
• Compassion and Leniency (4)
• Visiting Brothers (in belief) (16)
• Greeting with Handshake (21)
• Holding in One ’s Arm (2)
• When Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, Wills to Create a Believer (1)
• Kissing (6)
• Speak of and Remember the Brothers (in belief) (7)
• To Please the Believers (16)
• Assisting a Believer in his Needs (14)
• Endeavor to help a Believer (11)
• Relief for the Suffering of a Believer (5)
• Providing Food for a Believer (20)
• Providing Clothes for a Believer (5)
• To Show Kindness to and Honor a Believer (9)
• In the Sen’ice of Believing People (1)
• The Coloring (referred to in the Holy Quran) Is Islam (3)
• Giving Good Advice to the Believers (6)
• Improving Good Relations Among People (7)
• To Revive the Believer (3)
• Inviting one ’s Own People to Belief (1)
• Not to Invite People to Belief (7)
• Allah Grants Religion only to Whomever He Loves (4)
• Sound Religion (4)
• Al-Taqiyyah, Guarding and Cautiousness (23)
• Silence and Restraint against Publicity (16)
• A Believer’s Signs and Qualities (39)
• The Necessary Part of Social Manners (5)
• Offering Greeting of Peace to Women (1)
• Greeting of Peace and Non-Muslims (12)
• Correspondence with Non-Muslim Taxpayers (2)
• Overlooking (2)
• Rare AHadith (5)
• Response to Sneezing (27)
• The Necessity to Honor an Old Muslim (6)
• Honoring the Honorable (3)
• The Right of a Newcomer (1)
• Safe Guarding the Trust of a Meeting (3)
• Proper Social Relations (5)
• Private Conversations (3)
• Manner of Sitting (9)
• Sitting in a Leaning or Folded Posture in the Mosque (5)
• Funny Stories and Laughing (20)
• Rights of Neighbors (16)
• Boundaries of Neighborhood (2)
• Good Companionship and the Rights of a Travel Mate (5)
• Correspondence (2)
• The Rare Ahadith (7)
• No name (9)
• People Whose Friendship and Association is Necessary (6)
• Prohibition of Burning Papers With Writings on Them (5)
• Those Whose Association and Friendship Is Undesirable (11)
• Finding Love and Affection among People (7)
• One’s Telling His Brother of His Love (2)
• Offering the Greeting of Peace (15)
• The One Who Must Offer the Greeting of Peace (5)
• Offer or Answer of Greetings of Peace by one Person From a Group Is Sufficient (3)
• The Excellence of Prayers and Strong Recommendation about it (8)
• Insistence in Prayer and Waiting for Answers (6)
• Describing One’s Needs (1)
• Secrecy in Prayer (1)
• The Times and Conditions in which there is Hope for Acceptance (10)
• Al-Raghbah (Fondness), al-Rahbah (Anxiety), al-Tadarru’ (Imploration), al-Tabattul (Sincerity), al-‘Ibtihal (Appealing), al-Isti’adha (Begging for refuge), al-Mas’alah (Requesting) (7)
• Weeping (11)
• Praising Allah Before Praying and Pleading for Help (9)
• Praying Collectively (4)
• Inclusiveness in Prayer (1)
• Delay in the Acceptance of Prayer (9)
• Pleading Before Allah for Help Is a Believing Person’s Weapon (7)
• Asking Favors from Allah for the Holy Prophet, Muhammad and his Family, recipient of divine supreme covenant (21)
• The Necessary Mention of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, in Every Gathering (13)
• Speaking of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, Very Often (5)
• Lightning Does Not Affect One Who Speaks of Allah (3)
• Busy in Speaking of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious (2)
• Speaking of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, Secretly (4)
• Speaking of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy Among Indifferent People (2)
• Praise and Glorification (7)
• Plea for Forgiveness (6)
• Al-Tasbih, saying, ‘Glory belongs to Allah,’ Al-Tahlil, saying, ‘No one deserves to be worshipped except Allah,’ Al-Takbir, saying, ‘Allah is greater than can be described’ (5)
• Prayer Diverts Misfortune and Allah ’s Decision (9)
• Praying for Brothers (in Belief) in Their Absence (7)
• The One Whose Prayer is Accepted (8)
• One Whose Prayer is not Accepted (3)
• Prayer Against the Enemy (5)
• Al-Mubahalah (Pleading Before Allah for Help Against the Enemy) (5)
• The Expressions with Which the Lord, the Most Blessed, the Most High, Has Glorified Himself (2)
• One’s Saying, No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah (2)
• One’s Saying: No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah, Allah is Greater than Every ones Description (1)
• One’s Saying: ‘No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah, Allah Alone, Allah Alone, Allah Alone (1)
• One’s Saying: ‘No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah, Alone, No One is His Partner; Ten Times (2)
• Prayer and Pleading before Allah for Help Is Cure to all Disease (1)
• One’s Saying: I Testify That No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah Alone Who Has No Partner and I Testify That Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger (1)
• One’s Saying ten Times Everyday: I Testify That No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah Alone Who Has No Partner, One Lord, the Only Self- Sufficient, Who Has Not Taken any Companion and Nor any Children (1)
• One’s Saying: O Allah, O Allah Ten Times (1)
• One’s Saying: No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah Indeed and in Truth (1)
• One’s Saying: “O Lord, O Lord” (3)
• One’s Sincerely Saying: ‘‘No one Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah” (1)
• One’s Saying: “As Allah Wills, There are No Means And No Power Without the Help of Allah” (2)
• One’s Saying: I Plead Before Allah for Forgiveness, No One Deserves to be Worshipped Except Allah, the Living, the Guardian, the Possessor of Glory and Honor and to Him I Return (1)
• The Word in the Morning and Evening (38)
• Prayer Before Sleeping and After Waking Up (18)
• Whoever Prays, it is Answered (2)
• Prayer When Leaving One ’s Home (12)
• Supplications before Prayer (Daily Prayers) (3)
• Supplications After the Prayer (Daily Prayers) (12)
• Supplications for Sustenance (13)
• Supplications for Debts (4)
• Supplication for Pain, Worries, Sadness and Fear (23)
• Supplications for Healing Ailments and Diseases (19)
• (Supplication for) Fortification and Protection (14)
• Supplication Before the Recitation of the Holy Quran (1)
• Supplication for Memorizing the Holy Quran (2)
• When One is Inspired to Pray (2)
• Concise Supplications for Worldly Needs and the Hereafter (35)
• Prayer before the fall of Misfortune (6)
• Certainty in (the Effectiveness of) Prayer (1)
• Praying Attentively (5)
• No name (14)
• People Fainting (Reading the Holy Quran) (1)
• Within What Period of Time the Holy Quran Should be Read and Completed? (5)
• The Holy Quran will be Raised as it Was Sent Down (2)
• The Excellence of the Holy Quran (24)
• The Rare Ahadith (28)
• The Excellence of the Carriers of the Holy Quran (11)
• Those Who Memorize the Holy Quran with Difficulties (3)
• One Who Memorizes the Holy Quran Then Forgets (6)
• Reciting the Holy Quran (2)
• The Houses Wherein the Holy Quran is Read (3)
• The Reward for Reading the Holy Quran (7)
• Reading the Holy Quran from a Copy (5)
• Reading the Holy Quran with Elocution and Attractive Tone of Voice (13)