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CHAPTER VII
DOCTRINAL RESEARCHES 369
1. THE UNITY OF ALLAH 369
A. Full Knowledge of Allah's Essence is Impossible 369
B. Seeing Allah is Impossible 370
Negation of the Like from Allah 372
The Essence of Allah's Oneness 377
The Power of Allah 378
The Great Creator and His Attributes are Eternal 379
The Creator Far Above Space 384
Seeing Allah is Impossible 385
Authorization and Compulsion are Invalid 386
Confuting the Views of the Qadariya 388
THE IMAMATE 389
1. The Importance of the Ima`mate 389
2. The Marks of the Ima`m 398
3. The Ima`ms are the Vicegerents of Allah 399

CHAPTER VIII
ON THE HOLY QUR'AN 401
HIS MENTIONING SOME WORDS 402
AL-BASSMALA 402
EXAMPLES OF HIS INTERPRETING THE QUR'A`N 403
SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF HIS INTERPRETING THE QUR'A`N 420

CHAPTER IX
THE SCIENCE OF ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE 439
EXAMPLES OF HIS JURISPRUDENCE 440
1. The Purity of Well Water 440
2. Things that Invalidate wudu`' 441
3. The Limit of the Face in Wudu`' 441
4. Wudu`' with a Bandage (jabïra) 441
5. The Wudu`' of Man and Woman 442
6. Seeking of Help from others in Wudu`' is Reprehensible 443
7. How Tayammum is Performed 443
8. Tayammum with Mud 444
9. Incapability of Performing the Ghusl of Jana`ba 444
10. The Skins of Dead Animals 444
11. Gold and Silver Containers 445
12. Ghusl On Friday 445
13. Touching the Corpse of other than Man 445
14. The Prayer for the Dead without Wudu`' 446
15. Raising the Hands during the Takbïr for the Prayer for the Dead 446
16. Prayer is the best Act of Worship 447
17. Prayer is the Sacrifice of the Allah- fearing 447
18. Prayer should be performed in its Timing 447
19. Timing of the Evening Prayer 447
20. Timings of the Noon and Afternoon Prayers 448
21. The Compensatory Supererogatory Prayers 448
22. The Late-night Supererogatory Prayers for those who have Excuses 448
23. It is not Permissible to perform Prayer while wearing the Skins of Beasts of Prey 449
24. Prayer when Wearing Silk Clothing 449
25. Performing Prayer on Roads is Reprehensible 450
26. Prayer by the Grave of the Prophet 450
27. Prayer in al-Masjid al-Hara`m 450
28. Prayer at al-Hatïm 451
29. Prayer in the two Mosques 451
30. Supplication during leaving the House is Recommended 451
31. Sitting between al-Adha`n and al-Iqa`ma 452
32. Al-Adha`n 452
33. Al-Iqa`ma 452
34. Raising and Lowering Voice during Prayer 452
35. Postponing some of the Recitation of the Supererogatory Prayer 453
36. Turning the Face during Prayer 454
37. Zaka`t al-Fitra 454
38. Zaka`t due on Deposit and Loan 454
39. Zaka`t on Crops 455
40. 'Alawide's zaka`t is for the 'Alawides 455
41. Zaka`t must be paid when due 455
42. The Fitra on behalf of him who does not belong to the Family 456
43. The One-Fifth Tax (Khums) 456
44. Khums on Treasure 457
45. Khums must be given to the Ima`m 457
46. Khums should be paid to the Ima`m 457
47. Religious Expiation on breaking the fast through the Lawful and Unlawful 458
48. Liquid Enemas 459
49. Brushing Teeth in the Month of Ramada`n 459
50. Intention for Travel at Night 459
51. Recommended Fast is not compensated 460
52. Fast on the Day of Doubt 460
53. If a Fast of Ramada`n is Missed 461
54. Recommended Fasts 462
55. The fast on the Day of 'Id al-Ghadïr 462
56. Summoning the Believers to make a Pilgrim is Recommended 464
57. Hajj on behalf of the Dead 464
58. Hiring Someone to perform the Hajj 464
59. Al-Ihra`m before the appointed Time and Place 465
60. Passing through al-Miqa`t 465
61. How 'Umrat al-Tamattu' is Performed 466
62. Ceasing al-Talbiya 466
63. Al-Muhrim can buy female Salves 466
64. It is Permissible for al-Muhrim to wear a Ring 467
65. Al-Muhrim can walk in Shade 467
66. Religious Expiation for killing a Bird in the Holy Shrine 468
67. Redemption for casting Shadow 468
68. Supplication by al-Rukn al-Yama`ni 468
69. Obligatory Circumambulation 469
70. Stone-Throwing 469
71. Animal for Immolation is sufficient for a Group of People 469
72. Clothes should not be sold for buying an Animal for Immolation 470
73. Visiting the Prophet is Recommended 470
74. Running away from Fighting in the Way of Allah is Prohibited 470
75. Adopting the Bedouin Customs after the Emigration is Prohibited 471
76. Buying Infidel Captives is Permissible 472
77. The Precepts of al-Khra`jj 472
78. Al-Amr bi al-Ma'ru`f and al-Nahy 'an al-Munkar 473
79. Making Use of the fat Tails which are cut off from Living Sheep 474
80. Wage for Writing the Qur'a`n 474
81. Al-Maysar is a Game of Hazard 474
82. Work for Tyrannical Ruler 475
83. Option of Animals 475
84. Changing Coins 476
85. Selling unripe Fruit 476
86. Buying the Children of the protected People is Prohibited 476
87. The Ima`m pays the Debts of the Debtors 477
88. Buying Debt 477
89. The Debtor should not be oppressed 478
90. Employing Worker before Specifying his Wage is Reprehensible 478
91. Rent does not invalidate Selling Property 479
92. Revoking Grant before Receiving it 479
93. A Magian orders his Wealth to be given to the Poor 479
94. A Muslim Woman orders two Beds to be given to the Christians 480
95. The Orphan should take his Wealth when he becomes Adult 481
96. A Man orders a Share of his wealth to be given to the Ima`m 481
97. A Man orders a Sword to be given to a Man 481
98. The Precept of Will concerning Disowning a Child 482
99. Good Wife 482
100. It is Permissible to marry a Woman along with the Slave-wife of her Father 482
101. It is Reprehensible for a Woman to marry an Ill-natured Man 483
102. Marriage at Night 483
103. Giving Food at Marriage 483
104. Looking at the Hair of unrelated Woman is Prohibited 484
105. Looking at the Hair of Sister-in-law is not Permissible 484
106. A Person claims that he has married a Woman 484
107. Marriage Contract with the Intention of Joke is invalid 485
108. It is Permissible for Son to marry the Daughter of his Father's Slave-wife 485
109. It is unlawful to marry two Sisters at the same Time 485
110. It is Lawful to marry Midwife 486
111. Contracting a Fixed-term Marriage with a dhimmi Woman 486
112. If Wife becomes a Muslim 486
113. Choosing Trustworthy Woman 486
114. Man should believe Woman when she denies Husband 487
115. Contracting a Fixed-term Marriage with Bond maid 487
116. The 'Idda of Mutt'a 487
117. The Period of Mutt'a 487
118. No Inheritance in Mutt'a 488
119. Moving the Woman of Fixed-term Marriage from one City to another 488
120. It is Lawful for the Wife to grant her Female Slave to her Husband 488
121. It is Permissible for the man to take Grant from his Salve-wife 488
122. Giving Dower more than that in the Sunna 489
123. A Precept for him who stipulates that he and his Wife should not inherit each other 489
124. Congratulation on Child on the seventh Day 489
125. The Period of Suckling Baby 490
126. Preferring a Child to the rest of the Children 490
127. Keeping Woman in good Fellowship 490
128. Spending generously on Family 490
129. Divorce lacking Conditions is Invalid 491
130 The Divorce of the Drunk 491
131. The Divorce of the Dumb 491
132. The Correctness of Divorce before those Present 492
133. A Three-time Divorce after 'Idda 492
134. Al-Muhalil should be Adult 492
135. The Castrated cannot be Muhalil 493
136. Witnesses for Returning to Wife 493
137. Second Divorce without having Sexual Intercourse 493
138. Driving the Woman with Revocable 'Idda out of her House 493
139. The Difference between the 'Idda of Divorce and that of Death 494
140. If al-Mukhtala'a returns to her Husband 494
141. Al-Zaha`r does not occur due to Anger 495
142. Al-Zaha`r occurs against Bond maid 495
143. Precepts for him who likens the Back of his Wife to that of his Mother 495
144. Abandoning Bond maid for Swearing 495
145. Releasing old Salves 496
146. A Man had anal Sexual Intercourse with his Pregnant Female-slave 496
147. A Precept for unpromissory Oath 496
148. False Oath 497
149. Hunting Birds at Night is lawful 497
150. Hunting Birds belong to someone 497
151. Rabïtha` is Lawful 498
152. The Meat of Vulture is Prohibited 498
153. Mutton 498
154. Wine is Prohibited 498
155. Beer is Prohibited 499
156. Selling the Pasture within a Personal Property 499
157. The nearest Woman inherits Property when there is none except her 499
158. The Testimony of Women 499
159. The prescribed Punishment for him who wars against Allah 500
160. Banishing the anti-Islam Warrior 500
161. The Blood of a Thief is not protected by the Law 501
162. Precept for him who helps and kills a person 502

CHAPTER X
REASONS FOR SOME RELIGIOUS PRECEPTS AND OTHERS 503
THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS 504
A. The Reason for ordering the 504
creation to profess Allah 504
B. Professing Allah's Oneness 506
C. There is Nothing like Allah 507
D. The Cause for Charging Servants 508
(with Religious Duties) 508
E. The Cause for Knowledge of the 508
Messengers 508
F. The Reason for Obeying Rulers 509
G. The Ima`m is from among the 510
Progeny of the Prophet 510
THE CAUSES OF THE RELIGIOUS PRECEPTS 511
The Ghusl of Jana`ba 512
A. Cleanness 512
B. Returning Vitality to the Body 512
The ghusl for the two 'Ids and Friday 512
Ghusl al-Maiyit 513
Ghusl for Touching a Corpse 514
Ghusl for Urine and Feces is not 515
obligatory 515
Wudu` 515
The Acts of Wudu`' 516
The Prayer 518
The Adha`n of Prayer 519
The Phrases which make up the adha`n 519
The Phrases which make up the Prayer 523
The Traveler's Shortened Prayer 534
The distance making shortening prayer obligatory 534
Daytime supererogatory prayers are canceled 535
The Prayer for the Dead 536
The five takkbïrs over the Dead 536
The Prayer for the Dead without wudu`' 537
The Prayer for the Dead is at all Times 537
Ghusl al-maiyit 537
Shrouding the Dead 537
The Burial of the Dead 538
The Prayer for an eclipse of the Sun 538
The Reason for the Performance of the Prayer for Unusual Natural Events (Aya`t) 539
'Id al-Fitr 539
The 'Id Prayers 540
Fasting 540
The Month of Ramada`n 541
Fasting is confined to the Month of Ramada`n 542
The menstruating Women leave Fasting and Prayer 542
The menstruating Women have to compensate for Fasting 543
Compensating for the Month of Ramada`n 543
Fasting instead of Releasing a Salve 545
Fasting two successive Months 545
The Succession in fasting two Months 545
The Hajj 546
The Hajj is obligatory 546
The Hajj is one Time 547
The Ihram 548
The Procession round the Ka'ba 548
Kissing and Touching the Black Stone 549
The Hajj in Dhu al-Hijja 550
Philip Hatti's Statement regarding the Hajj 550
Zaka`t 551
THE REASONS FOR SOME UNLAWFUL THINGS 552
1. Killing the Soul 552
2. The Disobedience of Parents 552
3. Adultery 552
The Punishment for Adulterer 553
The Testimony which establishes Adultery 553
3. Sodomy and Lesbianism 554
5. Looking at the hair of women 554
6. Usury 555
7. Swallowing the Property of the 556
Orphans 556
8. Theft 557
Amputating the right hand of the Thief 558
9. Wine 558
10. Dead Animals 559
11. The Blood 559
12. The Spleen 560
13. Pigs and Apes 560
14. Rabbits 561
15. Beasts and Birds of Prey 561
16. That over which any other (Name) than that of Allah has been invoked 562
17. Eating the Meat of Mules 563
is Reprehensible 563
18. Man may marry up to four Women 563
19. Repeating the Divorce Statement 563
thrice 563
20. The Woman divorced nine times 564
21. The Inheritance of Woman 564
THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROPHETS AND BYGONE COMMUNITIES 565
The Drowning of Pharaoh 565
The Drowning of the World during the 566
Days of Nu`h 566
The Miracle of Mu`sa` 567
Ulu` al-'Azm 568
Al-Hawariyu`n (the Disciples) 568
Ibra`him, the Bosom Friend of Allah 569
Isma`'il, the Truthful in his Promise 569
THE REASONS FOR SOME ISLAMIC AFFAIRS 569
The Qur'a`n is always new 569
'Ali is the Divider of Paradise and of 570
Hell 570
'Ali does not restore Fadak 571
The Companions of the Prophet 571
The People desert 'Ali 572
Ima`m 'Ali does not take his own Right 573

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