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Rawh wa Rayāhīn Sharh Riyād Al-Sālihīn
Biography of the author of Riyād al-Sālihīn, the erudite scholar Yahya ibn Sharaf Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy upon him), 631-676 AH.
His lineage:
Birth and Early Life:
Academic Life:
His Morals and Traits:
His death:
The value of Riyād al-Sālihīn to scholars
Introduction by the compiler, Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy upon him)
1- Chapter on sincerity and mindfulness of intention in all words and deeds, the apparent and the hidden thereof
2- Chapter on Repentance
3- Chapter on Patience
4. Chapter on Truthfulness
5. Chapter on Mindfulness of Allah
6. Chapter on Taqwa (Piety/Fear of Allah)
7. Chapter on Certitude and Reliance
8. Chapter on Steadfastness
9. Chapter on reflecting on the greatness of Allah’s creation, the end of this world,
10. Chapter on Hastening to Good Deeds
11. Chapter on Striving for Reformation
12. Chapter on encouraging doing more good deeds in old age
13. Chapter on the abundance of the means to good deeds
14. Chapter on Moderation in Worship
15. Chapter on Consistency in Doing Good Deeds
16. Chapter on Preserving the Sunnah and its Etiquettes
17. Chapter on Compliance with the Judgment of Allah Almighty and what one says when enjoined to do good or forbidden from doing evil
18. Chapter on Prohibition of Religious Innovations
19. Chapter on the one who introduces a good or a bad practice
20. Chapter on guiding others to what is good and calling to guidance or misguidance
21. Chapter on Cooperating in Goodness and Righteousness
22. Chapter on Nasīhah (Sincere Advice)
23. Chapter on Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
24. Chapter on the Severe Punishment for Whoever Enjoins Good and Forbids Evil and Acts Contrary to That
25. Chapter on Fulfillment of Trusts
26. Chapter on Prohibition of Injustice and the Command to Settle Grievances
Injustice is of two categories:
27. Chapter on Honoring the Sanctity of Muslims; Highlighting Their Rights; and Showing Compassion and Mercy to them
28. Chapter on concealing the ‘Awrahs of Muslims and the forbiddance of publicizing them without necessity.
29. Chapter on fulfilling the needs of Muslim
30. Chapter on Intercession
31. Chapter on reconciliation between people
32. Chapter on the Merit of the Weak, Poor, and Humble Muslims
33. Chapter on gentleness with orphans, daughters, and all those who are weak and poor, showing Kindness and compassion to them, and treating them with humbleness
34. Chapter on enjoining good treatment to women
35. Chapter on the husband’s right over his wife
36. Chapter on spending on one’s dependents
37. Chapter on spending of what one loves and what is good
38. Chapter on the obligation of commanding one’s family, discerning children, and those under his care to obey Allah Almighty and forbidding them from disobedience, disciplining them, and preventing them from committing what is forbidden
39. Chapter on the right of the neighbor and enjoining good treatment of him
40. Chapter on dutifulness to parents and maintaining ties of kinship
41. Chapter on the prohibition of undutifulness to parents and severance of ties of kinship
42. Chapter on kindness to the friends of the father, mother, relatives, wife, and others whom one is recommended to honor
43. Chapter on honoring the household of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) and demonstrating their merit
44. Chapter on revering scholars, the elderly, and dignitaries, and favoring them over others and highlighting their high status
45. Chapter on visiting good people, sitting with them, accompanying them, loving them,
46. Chapter on the virtue of loving for Allah’s sake, urging it, and a man informing the one whom he loves of his love for him, and how the latter should respond.
47. Chapter on the signs that Allah Almighty loves a person, urging Muslims to adopt them and endeavor to fulfill them
48. Chapter on warning against harming the righteous, the weak, and the poor
49. Chapter on judging people according to their apparent aspects and leaving their secret aspects to Allah Almighty
50 - Chapter on fear
51 - Chapter on Hope
52 - Chapter on the virtue of hope
53 - Chapter on combining hope and fear
54 - Chapter on the merit of weeping out of fear from Allah and out of longing for Him.
55 - Chapter on the virtue of asceticism in the worldly life and the merit of poverty
56 - Chapter on the merit of hunger, austerity, having little food, drink, clothes, and other worldly possessions, and shunning lusts
57 - Chapter on contentment, modesty, and frugality in living and spending, and the dispraise of begging without necessity
58 - Chapter on the permissibility of taking something without asking for it or coveting it
59 - Chapter on urging people to earn from their labor and be self-sufficient beyond asking from others or displaying their need
60 - Chapter on generosity and spending in charitable ways out of trust in Allah Almighty
Damage is of two types:
61 - Chapter on the prohibition of miserliness and avarice
62 - Chapter on altruism and consolation
Altruism falls under three categories:
63 - Chapter on vying over matters of the Hereafter and increasing such things that bring blessing
64 - Chapter on the merit of the grateful rich person, who earns the money lawfully and spends it properly
65 - Chapter on remembering death and having modest aspirations
66 - Chapter on the desirability of visiting the graves by men and what the visitor should say
67 - Chapter on the dislike of wishing to die due to some affliction and the permissibility of doing so in case one fears temptation in one’s religion
68 - Chapter on Wara‘ (God-fearing) and avoidance of suspicions
69 - Chapter on the desirability of seclusion when people and times are evil, temptations regarding one’s religion are feared, or it is feared one may fall into prohibitions or suspicious matters or the like
70 - Chapter on the merit of mixing with people, attending the Friday prayer, the congregational prayers, the good events, and the gatherings of Dhikr, visiting the sick, following funeral processions, helping the needy among them, guiding the ignorant among them, as well as doing other good things with them - in case one is able to enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, refrains from harming others, and patiently endures harm by others
71 - Chapter on humbleness and showing kindness to the believers
72 - Chapter on the prohibition of arrogance and self-conceit
73 - Chapter on good manners
74 - Chapter on forbearance, deliberateness, and gentleness
75 - Chapter on forgiveness and turning away from the ignorant
76 - Chapter on enduring harm
77 - Chapter on getting angry when Islamic prohibitions are violated and supporting the religion of Allah
78 - Chapter on commanding the rulers to be kind, sincere, and compassionate towards their subjects and prohibiting them from deceiving them, making things hard for them, neglecting their interests, or paying no attention to them or their needs
79 - Chapter on the just ruler
80 - Chapter on the obligation to obey the rulers where no sin is involved and the prohibition to obey them in sins
81 - Chapter on the prohibition of asking for a leadership post and the preference to refrain from it unless it is incumbent or necessitated by some need.
82 - Chapter on urging the ruler and the judge and other people in authority to appoint a good adviser, and warning them of evil companions and of listening to them
83 - Chapter on the prohibition of giving public, judiciary, or other posts to those who ask for them or show keenness to assume them
Book of Good Manners
84 - Chapter on modesty and its excellence and encouraging to adopt this manner
85 - Chapter on keeping secrets
86 - Chapter on fulfillment of covenants and keeping promises
87 - Chapter on maintaining the good deeds one habitually performs
88 - Chapter on the desirability of good speech and cheerfulness upon meeting others
89 - Chapter on the desirability of making one’s speech clear to the addressee
90 - Chapter on listening to the lawful speech of one’s companion, and the scholar and preacher asking those attending their gathering to keep quiet and listen
91- Chapter on preaching and doing so moderately
92 - Chapter on calmness and tranquility
93 - Chapter on the desirability of going to prayer, knowledge, and other acts of worship in calm and tranquility
94 - Chapter on honoring the guest
95 - Chapter on the desirability of giving glad tidings and offering congratulations for good things
96 - Chapter on bidding farewell to one’s companion and giving him advice as he departs for travel and the like, and supplicating for him and asking him to supplicate
97 - Chapter on Istikhārah (seeking guidance from Allah) and consultation
98 - Chapter of the desirability of going to Eid prayer, visiting the sick, going to Hajj, battle, funeral, and the like from one route and returning from another, to multiply the places witnessing worship
99 - Chapter on the desirability of beginning with the right side in everything regarded as honorable
The Book of the Etiquette of Eating and Drinking
100 - Chapter on Basmalah in its beginning and praise in its end
101 - Chapter on not finding fault with food and the desirability of praising it
102 - Chapter on what should be said by someone who attends a meal while fasting
103 - Chapter on what a person invited to food should say if another one follows him
104 - Chapter on eating from what is near one and reminding or disciplining someone who eats in an improper manner
105 - Chapter on the prohibition to eat two dates and the like at a time if one is eating with a group, unless the others give permission
106 - Chapter on what a person should say and do who eats and is not satisfied
107 - Chapter on the command to eat from the side of the bowl and the prohibition to eat from its middle
108 - Chapter on the dislike of eating while reclining
109 - Chapter on the desirability to eat with three fingers, desirability to lick one’s fingers, and the disliking to wipe them before licking, the desirability to lick the bowl and to pick up a morsel falling from it and to eat it, and the permissibility to wipe it after licking with one’s forearm or so.
110 - Chapter on getting together over food
111 - Chapter on the etiquette of drinking, the desirability of breathing thrice outside the vessel and the dislike of breathing inside the vessel, and the desirability of giving the vessel to people in turn beginning from the right side of the first drinker
112 - Chapter on the dislike of drinking from the bottle’s mouth and explaining that this is only disliked, not prohibited
113 - Chapter on the dislike of blowing into drink
114 - Chapter on permissibility to drink while standing and clarifying that it is better and more perfect to drink while sitting
115 - Chapter of the desirability that a person who gives people to drink be the last one to drink
116 - Chapter on the permissibility to drink from all types of pure vessels except gold and silver, and to drink from the river and other sources directly without a bottle or using the hand, and the prohibition of using gold and silver vessels for drinking, eating, purification, or any other purposes
Book of Clothing
117 - Chapter on the desirability of white clothing; the permissibility of red, green, yellow, and black clothes; and the permissibility of clothes made of cotton, linen, hair, wool, etc., except silk
118 - Chapter on the desirability of wearing Qamīs
119 - Chapter on the description of the length of the Qamīs, sleeves, waist-wrapper, and ends of the turban, and the prohibition of making any of these too long by way of boastfulness, and the dislike of doing so without boastfulness
120 - Chapter on the desirability of abandoning elegant clothes out of humbleness
121 - Chapter on the desirability of wearing average clothing, not only modest clothing without need or an Islamic purpose
122 - Chapter on the prohibition of men wearing silk or sitting or reclining upon it and its permissibility for women to wear it
123 - Chapter on the permissibility to wear silk by a man suffering from itch
124 - Chapter on the prohibition of sitting or riding on leopard skin
125 - Chapter on what is said upon wearing new clothing, shoes, or the like
126 - Chapter on the desirability of starting from the right side when wearing clothes
Book of the Etiquettes of Sleep
127 - Chapter on the etiquettes of sleeping and reclining
128 - Chapter on the permissibility of lying flat on one’s back and putting one leg over the other unless the ‘Awrah is feared to be uncovered and the permissibility of sitting cross-legged and squatting
129 - Chapter on the etiquette of gatherings and those gathered
130 - Chapter on dreams and what is related to them
Book of the Greeting of Peace
131 - Chapter on the merit of the greeting of peace and the command to spread it
132 - Chapter on the manner of greeting
133 - Chapter on the etiquettes of the greeting of peace
134 - Chapter on the desirability of repeating the greeting when people meet repeatedly in closeness, like when one enters a place and goes out and then enters right away, or when two persons are separated by a tree or the like
135 - Chapter on the desirability of giving the greeting of peace upon entering one’s house
136 - Chapter on greeting children
137 - Chapter on man greeting his wife and close female relatives, and his greeting an unrelated woman or group of women provided no temptation is feared
138 - Chapter on the prohibition of initiating the greeting of peace to disbelievers and how to return their greeting, and the desirability of giving the greeting to a gathering wherein there are Muslims and disbelievers
139 - Chapter on the desirability of saying the greeting of peace upon leaving a gathering
140 - Chapter on seeking permission and the related etiquettes
141 - Chapter on pointing out that the Sunnah when the seeker of permission is asked “who are you?” is to introduce himself by his name or nickname and that it is disliked to say ‘It’s me’ and the like
142 - Chapter on the desirability of Tashmīt (praying for mercy) for the sneezer if he praises Allah Almighty after sneezing, and the dislike of Tashmīt if he does not praise Allah Almighty after sneezing, and demonstrating the etiquettes of Tashmīt, sneezing, and yawning
143 - Chapter on the desirability of shaking hands upon meeting, putting on a cheerful a face, kissing the hand of righteous men, kissing one’s children out of compassion, and hugging those returning from travel, and the dislike of bowing
The Book of visiting the sick, following the funeral procession, praying over the deceased, attending his burial, and staying at the grave after burial
144 - Chapter on visiting the sick
145 - Chapter on the supplication for the sick
146 - Chapter on the desirability of asking the sick person’s family about his condition
147 - Chapter on what a desperate person of his life should say
148 - Chapter on th desirability of advising the family of a sick person and those who serve him to be kind to him and endure patiently anything difficult in this regard and also enjoining kindness to those whose death is near due to legal retribution and the like
149 - Chapter on the permissibility of a sick person saying: I am in pain; I am in extreme pain; It hurts; O my head, and the like, and clarifying that this is not disliked, provided it is not said as an expression of indignation or impatience
150 - Chapter on exhorting the dying person to say: La Ilaha illa Allah (There is no god but Allah)
151 - Chapter on what should be said after closing the dead person’s eyes
152 - Chapter on what should be said around the dead person and what his relatives should say
153 - Chapter on the permissibility of weeping over the dead without wailing
154 - Chapter on refraining from revealing the unpleasant things one sees in a dead person
155 - Chapter on offering the funeral prayer, following the funeral procession, and attending burial, and the dislike of women following the funeral procession
156 - Chapter on the desirability of increasing the number of those offering the funeral prayer and lining them in three or more rows
157 - Chapter on what should be recited in the funeral prayer
158 - Chapter on hastening with the funeral
159 - Chapter on the quick repayment of debt on behalf of the dead person and hastening to prepare him; except if he dies suddenly, in which case he should be left for a while to ascertain his death
160 - Chapter on the admonition given at the grave
161 - Chapter on supplication for the dead person after burial and remaining at the grave after burying him for a while to supplicate Allah and seek His forgiveness for him and recite
162 - Chapter on giving charity on behalf of the dead person and supplicating for him
163 - Chapter on people speaking in praise of the dead person
164 - Chapter on the merit of a person whose young children die
165 - Chapter on weeping and fear upon passing by the graves of wrongful people and the places of their destruction, showing humility before Allah Almighty, and warning people against heedlessness of this
166 - Chapter on the desirability of setting out on Thursday and doing that early in daytime
167 - Chapter on the desirability of seeking company in travel and appointing one as their leader whom they obey
168 - Chapter on the etiquettes of moving forward, stopping, passing the night, and sleeping during travel; the desirability of walking by night and showing kindness to and taking care of riding animals; commanding those who neglect their rights to fulfill them; and the permissibility of more than one person riding on one animal, if it can bear that
169 - Chapter on helping one’s companions
170 - Chapter on what should be said upon riding a mount for travel
171 - Chapter on travelers saying Takbīr (Allahu Akbar) when they go up high ground and the like and saying Tasbīh (Subhān Allah) when they descend to valleys and the like; and the forbiddance of raising the voice too loud with Takbīr and the like
172 - Chapter on the desirability of supplication during travel
173 - Chapter on the supplication a person should say when he fears some people or other things
174 - Chapter on what a person should say when he stops at a place
175 - Chapter on the desirability of a traveler hastening to return to his family if the purpose of the journey is fulfilled
176 - Chapter on the desirability of a man returning to his family by daytime and the dislike of doing so by night needlessly
177 - Chapter what a person should say when he returns and when he sees his town
178 - Chapter on the desirability of heading to the nearby mosque upon arrival and offering two Rak‘ahs therein
179 - Chapter on the prohibition of a woman traveling alone
Book of Merits
180 - Chapter on the merit of reciting the Qur’an
181 - Chapter on the command to frequently recite the Qur’an and the warning against letting it be forgotten
182 - Chapter on the desirability of reciting the Qur’an with a melodious voice and asking those who have a melodious voice to recite it and listening attentively to it
183 - Chapter on urging recitation of certain Surahs and verses
184 - Chapter on the desirability of gathering to recite the Qur’an
185 - Chapter on the merit of ablution
186 - Chapter on the merit of Adhān (call to prayer)
187 - Chapter on the merit of prayers
188 - Chapter on the merit of the Fajr (dawn) and ‘Asr (afternoon) prayers
189 - Chapter on the merit of walking to mosques
190 - Chapter on the merit of waiting for prayer
191 - Chapter on the merit of congregational prayer
192 - Chapter on urging people to attend the Fajr and ‘Ishā’ prayers in congregation
193 - Chapter on the command to regularly perform the obligatory prayers and the emphatic prohibition and stern warning against abandoning them
194 - Chapter on the merit of the first row and the command to complete the first rows and straighten them well
195 - Chapter on the merit of the Rawātib (regular) Sunnahs along with the obligatory prayers and specifying the least and most amongst them and what lies in between
196 - Chapter on stressing the two-Rak‘ah Sunnah of the Fajr prayer
197 - Chapter on making the two-Rak‘ah Sunnah of Fajr brief, what should be recited in it, and its time
198 - Chapter on the desirability of lying down on the right side after offering the two-Rak‘ah Sunnah prayer of Fajr, whether one has prayed at night or not
199 - Chapter on the Sunnah of the Zhuhr prayer
200 - Chapter on the Sunnah of the ‘Asr prayer
201 - Chapter on the Sunnah before and after the Maghrib prayer
202 - Chapter on the Sunnah before and after the ‘Ishā’ prayer
A comprehensive summary of supererogatory prayers:
203 - Chapter on the Sunnah of the Friday (Jumu‘ah) prayer
204 - Chapter on the desirability of offering supererogatory prayers, whether Rawātib or others, at home; and the command to move from the place of offering the obligatory prayer to offer a supererogatory one or to separate between them with talk
205 - Chapter on urging people to observe Witr prayer and demonstrating its time and that it is a confirmed Sunnah
206 - Chapter on the merit of the Duha (forenoon) prayer, demonstrating its minimum, maximum, and average number of Rak‘ahs, and urging people to perform it
207 - Chapter on the permissibility of offering the Duha prayer from the time the sun has risen until it reaches its zenith; and it is preferable to perform it when it becomes very hot
208 - Chapter on urging the performance of the two-Rak‘ah greeting of the mosque and the dislike of sitting before offering two Rak‘ahs at any time he enters, whether the two Rak‘ahs are intended as a greeting of the mosque, an obligatory prayer, a Rawātib Sunnah, etc.
209 - Chapter on the desirability of offering two Rak‘ahs after ablution
210 - Chapter on the merit of Friday and obligation of the Friday (Jumu‘ah) prayer, taking a bath and applying perfume for it, going to it early, making supplication on Friday and invoking Allah’s blessings upon the Prophet; pointing out the time when supplications are readily answered; and the desirability of remembering Allah a lot after the Jumu‘ah prayer
211 - Chapter on the desirability of offering prostration of gratitude upon the occurrence of a blessing or relief from an affliction
212 - Chapter on the merit of Qiyām al-Layl (voluntary night prayer)
213 - Chapter on the desirability of performing Qiyām al-Layl in Ramadan, known as Tarāwīh
214 - Chapter on the merit of Qiyām during the Night of Qadr (Decree) and demonstrating which nights are more likely to be this night
215 - Chapter on the merit of Siwāk (tooth-stick) and the traits of Fitrah (innate nature)
216 - Chapter on affirming the obligation of Zakah and demonstrating its merit and matters related to it
217 - Chapter on the obligation of fasting Ramadan and demonstrating the merit of fasting and matters relevant to it
218 - Chapter on generosity, doing good, and performing lots of pious acts in Ramadan and more so in the last ten days thereof
219 - Chapter on the prohibition of fasting before Ramadan after mid-Sha‘bān, except if it is observed as continuation of previous fasting or as a habit, like someone who usually fasts on Mondays and Thursdays
220 - Chapter on what should be said upon sighting the new moon
221 - Chapter on the merit of Suhūr (pre-dawn meal) and its delay unless it is feared dawn is imminent
222 - Chapter on hastening Iftār (breaking the fast), what is eaten in Iftār, and what should be said after Iftār
223 - Chapter on commanding the fasting person to restrain his tongue and all his body parts and senses from wrongdoing, reviling, and so on
224 - Chapter on matters related to fasting
225 - Chapter on the merit of fasting during Muharram, Sha‘bān, and the sacred months
226 - Chapter on the merit of fasting and other deeds during the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah
227 - Chapter on the merit of fasting the days of ‘Arafah, ‘Āshūrā’, and Tāsū‘ā’
228 - Chapter on the desirability of fasting six days in Shawwāl
229 - Chapter on the desirability of fasting Mondays and Thursdays
230 - Chapter on the desirability of fasting three days every (Hijri) month
231 - Chapter on the merit of he who provides a fasting person with something to break his fast; the merit of the fasting person who hosts others; and the supplication to be made by the guest for the host
Book of I‘tikāf
232 - Chapter on the merit of I‘tikāf (retirement in the mosque)
Book of Hajj
233 - Chapter on the obligation and merit of Hajj
Book of Jihad
234 - Chapter on the merit of Jihad
235 - Chapter on demonstrating some types of martyrs in terms of the reward in the Hereafter; and that they should be washed and the funeral prayer offered for them, unlike the martyrs in the fight against the disbelievers
236 - Chapter on the merit of freeing slaves
237 - Chapter on the merit of treating slaves kindly
238 - Chapter on the merit of a slave who fulfills the right of Allah and the right of his master
239 - Chapter on the merit of worshiping at times of turmoil, i.e. confusion, trials, and the like
240 - Chapter on the merit of leniency in buying and selling and taking and giving; repaying debts and demanding them in a good way; the merit of giving full measure and weight and the forbiddance of fraudulence in weighing and measuring; and the merit of granting respite or relief to a debtor in financial straits
Book of Knowledge
241 - Chapter on the merit of knowledge
Book on Praising Allah Almighty and Gratefulness to Him
242. Chapter on the merit of praise and gratefulness
243. Chapter on the virtue of invoking peace and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)
244. Chapter on the Virtue of Remembrance and Encouraging it
245. Chapter on Remembering Allah Almighty While Standing, Sitting, Lying Down, Being in a State of Minor or Major Impurity, and During Menstruation, Except in the Case of Reciting the Qur’an Which is Unlawful in the State of Major Impurity and Menstruation
246. Chapter on What Should Be Said Upon Going to Bed and Upon Waking up
247. Chapter on the Merit of Dhikr Circles, Encouraging Constant Attendance of Them and Discouraging Abandoning Them Without Excuse
248. Chapter on Reciting Dhikr in the Morning and Evening
249. Chapter on What to Say Upon Going to Bed
250. Chapter on the Virtue of Du‘ā’ (supplication)
251. Chapter on the virtue of supplicating for others in their absence
252. Chapter on matters related to supplication
253. Chapter on the Karāmāt (extraordinary matters) related to the Awliyā’ (allies of Allah) and their merit
254. Chapter on the Prohibition of Backbiting and Commanding Restraint of the Tongue
255. Chapter on the prohibition of listening to backbiting and the command to the one who listens to it to reject it and forbid the one who promotes it and to leave the gathering, if he can, when he cannot do this or when the doer does not accept his advice.
256. Chapter on Cases Where Backbiting Is Allowed
257. Chapter on the Prohibition of Malicious Gossip
258. Chapter on Forbidding Reporting Speech and People’s Talk to the Ruler When There Is no Need for That, Like Fearing an Evil Thing to Occur or the Like
259. Chapter on Dispraising the Two-Faced Person
260. Chapter on the Prohibition of Lying
261. Chapter on Permissible Lying
262. Chapter on Urging Muslims to Verify the Truthfulness of What They Say and Report
263. Chapter on Highlighting the Strict Prohibition of False Testimony
264. Chapter on the Prohibition of Cursing a Specific Person or an Animal
265. Chapter on the Permissibility of Invoking Allah’s Curse on Sinners Without Identifying Them by Name
266. Chapter on the Prohibition of Insulting a Muslim Without a Rightful Cause
267. Chapter on the Prohibition of Cursing the Dead Without Right or a Shariah-Approved Interest
268. Chapter on Forbidding Causing Harm to Others
269. Chapter on Forbidding Mutual Hatred, Desertion, and Turning Backs to One Another
270. Chapter on the Prohibition of Envy
271. Chapter on the Prohibition of Spying and Eavesdropping on Someone Who Dislikes to Be Heard
272. Chapter on Forbidding to Have Ill Assumption of Muslims Without Necessity
273. Chapter on the Prohibition of Despising Muslims
274. Chapter on Forbidding Gloating Openly for a Muslim’s Misfortune
275. Chapter on Prohibition of Casting Doubt on Lineages Established By the Apparent Statements of Shariah
276. Chapter on Forbidding Cheating and Deceit
277. Chapter on the Prohibition of Treachery
278. Chapter on Forbidding Reminding Others of Gifts Given to them and Similar Things
279. Chapter on Forbidding Boastfulness and All Kinds of Oppression
280. Chapter on the Prohibition for Muslims to Desert One Another for More Than Three Days Except if the Deserted is a Follower of a Religious Innovation or Showing Signs of Fisq or a Similar Reason
281. Chapter on forbidding two persons from speaking privately in the presence of a third person except for a need. The same applies when they speak in a language he does not understand
282. Chapter on Forbidding to Punish a Slave, Animal, Woman, Son Without a Sharia-approved Reason or Beyond the Limit of Discipline
283. Chapter on the Prohibition of Torturing Animals, Even Ants and the Like, With Fire
284. Chapter on the Prohibition of the Rich Procrastinating in Giving Back a Right Claimed by the Owner
285. Chapter on the dislike that a person takes back a gift that he has not yet delivered to its recipient, and a gift that he made to his child and delivered it or has not yet delivered it, and the dislike of buying something he gave in charity from the person to whom he gave it in charity or that he gave out as Zakah or expiation and the like, and the permissibility of buying it from someone else to whom it was transferred
286- Chapter on Confirming the Prohibition of Devouring the Orphan’s Property
287. Chapter on the Strict Prohibition of Riba (Interst)
288. Chapter on the Prohibition of Ostentation
289. Chapter on what is mistakenly thought to be ostentation when it is not
290. Chapter on the prohibition of looking at a non-Mahram woman and a handsome beardless without a Shariah-approved need
291. Chapter on the prohibition of seclusion between a man and a non-Mahram woman
292. Prohibition of Men Imitating Women and Women Imitating Men in Clothes and Actions and Others
293. Chapter on the forbiddance of imitating the devil or the disbelievers
294. Chapter on forbidding men and women from dying their hair in black
295. Chapter on the forbiddance of Qaza‘ which is to shave parts of the head apart from others and the permissibility of shaving the whole head for men but not for women
269 - Chapter on the prohibition of adding hair extensions, tattooing, and making artificial spaces between teeth
297 - Chapter on the prohibition of plucking gray hair from the beard, the head, and other areas; and the prohibition of a beardless man plucking the hair of his beard at the beginning of its growth
298 - Chapter on the dislike of cleaning or touching private parts with the right hand without a valid excuse
299 - Chapter on the dislike of walking while wearing one shoe or one leather sock without excuse and the dislike of wearing shoes and leather socks while standing without excuse
300 - Chapter on the prohibition of sleeping or the like while there is a fire in the house, be it in a lamp or the like
301 - Chapter on the prohibition of pretension which is saying or doing useless things with unnecessary difficulty
302 - Chapter on the prohibition of wailing over the dead and slapping cheeks, tearing clothes, plucking and shaving hair, and supplicating for ruin and destruction
303 - Chapter on the prohibition of going to soothsayers, fortune-tellers, diviners, and the like
304 - Chapter on the prohibition of taking bad omens
305 - Chapter on the prohibition of putting the images of animals on mats, stones, money, pillows, etc; and the prohibition of putting images on walls, curtains, turbans, garments, and the like; and the command to tear up images
306 - Chapter on the prohibition of using dogs except for hunting or guarding livestock or plantation
307 - Chapter on the dislike of hanging bells on camels and other animals and the dislike of taking dogs and bells during travel
308 - Chapter on the dislike of riding a camel that feeds on dung; but if it is fed with pure fodder and its meat becomes good, it is no longer disliked to ride it
309 - Chapter on the prohibition of spitting in the mosque; the command to remove it, if any; and the command to keep filthy things away from the mosque
310 - Chapter on the dislike of engaging in dispute in the mosque, speaking loudly therein, inquiring about a lost item, or engaging in buying, selling, hiring, and so on
311 - Chapter on prohibiting one who has eaten garlic, onion, leek or the like from entering the mosque before the bad smell goes away, unless it is necessary
312 - Chapter on the dislike of sitting in the position of Habwah on Friday while the Imām is delivering the sermon, for this position causes sleepiness and thus the person will miss the sermon and his ablution may be broken
313 - Chapter on prohibiting one who, after the advent of Dhul-Hijjah, wants to offer a sacrifice from cutting anything from his hair or nails before offering the sacrifice
314 - Chapter on the prohibition of swearing by a creature, like the Prophet, the Ka‘bah, the angels, the heaven, the forefathers, life, the spirit, the head, the gift of the ruler, the grave of so-and-so, and the trust, which is the most firmly prohibited
315 - Chapter on affirming the gravity of the intentional false oath
316 - Chapter on advising one who takes an oath and then sees a better course of action, to engage in what is better and expiate for his broken oath
317 - Chapter on pardoning idle oaths and that they entail no expiation; an idle oath is what is uttered by the tongue without the intent of swearing, like when a person habitually says: No, by Allah and yes, by Allah, and so on
318 - Chapter on the dislike of swearing in sale transactions, even if truthfully
319 - Chapter on the dislike of asking by the Face of Allah for anything except Paradise and the dislike of not granting the request of one who asks by Allah Almighty
320 - Chapter on the prohibition of saying Shāhinshāh to the ruler or anyone else, as it means “the king of kings”, and none should be described as such except Allah Almighty
321 - Chapter on the prohibition of addressing a defiantly disobedient person or a religious innovator using the word “master” or the like
322 - Chapter on the dislike of cursing fever
323 - Chapter on the prohibition of cursing the wind and pointing out what should be said when the wind blows
324 - Chapter on the dislike of cursing the rooster
325 - Chapter on the prohibition of saying “We had a rainfall due to such-and-such stars”
326 - Chapter on the prohibition of saying to a Muslim: O disbeliever
327 - Chapter on the prohibition of indecency and obscenity
328 - Chapter on the dislike of pompous speech, affected eloquence, and the use of redundancy and strict grammatical rules while speaking to ordinary people
329 - Chapter on the dislike of saying: My soul has become evil
330 - Chapter on the dislike of calling grapes as Karm
331 - Chapter on the prohibition of describing the charms of a woman to a man except for a Shariah-approved purpose, like the desire of marriage
332 - Chapter on the dislike of saying: O Allah, forgive me if You will. Rather, he should make his request firmly
333 - Chapter on the dislike of saying: What Allah wills and as so-and-so wills
334 - Chapter on the dislike of talk after the ‘Ishā’ prayer
335 - Chapter on the prohibition of a woman refusing to come to her husband’s bed if he invites her, unless she has a Shariah-approved excuse
336 - Chapter on the prohibition of a woman observing fast while her husband is present without his permission
337 - Chapter on the prohibition of those led in prayer from raising their heads from bowing or prostration before the Imam
338 - Chapter on the dislike of putting the hand upon the waist during prayer
339 - Chapter on the dislike of praying while food is being served and the person is craving it or while he badly needs to answer the call of nature
340 - Chapter on the prohibition of gazing at the sky during prayer
341 - Chapter on the dislike of looking around during prayer without an excuse
342 - Chapter on the prohibition of praying towards the graves
343 - Chapter on the prohibition of passing in front of a praying person
344 - Chapter on the dislike of embarking upon a supererogatory prayer after the Muezzin has begun to proclaim the Iqāmah for prayer, regardless of whether the supererogatory prayer is the Sunnah of this very prayer or otherwise
344 - Chapter on the dislike of singling out Friday for fasting or night prayer
346 - Chapter on the prohibition of uninterrupted fast, i.e. fasting for two or more days without breaking the fast
347 - Chapter on the prohibition of sitting on a grave
348 - Chapter on the prohibition of plastering graves or building on them
349 - Chapter on the firm prohibition of slaves running away from their masters
350 - Chapter on the prohibition of intercession over legal punishments
351 - Chapter on the prohibition of defecating on people’s road, in their shades, and in their sources of water
352 - Chapter on the prohibition of urinating in stagnant water
353 - Chapter on the dislike of a father favoring some of his children over the others in terms of gifts
354 - Chapter on the prohibition of a woman mourning over the death of anyone beyond three days, except her husband, for whom she should mourn for four months and ten days
355 - Chapter on the prohibition of a town-dweller selling for a desert-dweller, going to meet the caravan before it reaches the market, entering into a sale transaction already entered into by someone else, and proposing marriage while another person has proposed to the same girl - unless the other person permits it
356 - Chapter on the prohibition of wasting money in ways not sanctioned by the Shariah
357 - Chapter on the prohibition of brandishing a weapon or the like before a Muslim, whether seriously or jokingly; and the prohibition of handing over an unsheathed sword
358 - Chapter on the dislike of leaving the mosque after the Adhān, before performing the obligatory prayer, except for a valid excuse
359 - Chapter on the dislike of declining basil without an excuse
360 - Chapter on the dislike of praising a person to his face, if it is feared that he will be self-conceited; and the permissibility of doing so with a person immune to self-conceit
361 - Chapter on the dislike of leaving some afflicted land to flee therefrom and the dislike of going to an afflicted land
362 - Chapter on the stern prohibition of magic
363 - Chapter on the prohibition of taking a copy of the Qur’an to the land of disbelievers if it is likely to fall into the hands of the enemies
364 - Chapter on the prohibition of the use of gold and silver vessels for eating, drinking, purification, etc.
365 - Chapter on the prohibition of men wearing saffron clothes
366 - Chapter on the prohibition of keeping silent for the whole day till the night
367 - Chapter on the prohibition of attributing a person to other than his father or a slave to other than his masters
368 - Chapter on warning against committing the prohibitions laid down by Allah and His Messenger
369 - Chapter on what should be said by a person who says or does something prohibited
Book of Miscellaneous Matters
370 - Chapter on miscellaneous matters
371 - Chapter on asking for Allah’s forgiveness
372 - Chapter on mentioning what Allah has prepared for the believers in Paradise