Kitāb al-Ḥujja, the longest part of the Uṣūl. The necessity of a divinely appointed guide, the proofs of the imamate, and reports on each of the Imams in turn.
Chapters
- 1. The necessity of the presence of Divine Authority among the people 5 hadith
- 2. The Imams (a.s.) are the only true guides 4 hadith
- 3. The fountain head of Knowledge is Ala Muhammad (a.s.) 2 hadith
- 4. There is nothing True with People unless it has Come from the Imams and Whatever that has not Come from Them (a.s.) is False 6 hadith
- 5. The Hadith (statements) of Ahl al-Bayt (members of the family of Prophet Muhammad) is Difficult and becomes Difficult 5 hadith
- 6. The Commands of the Holy Prophet to Wish Well for the Imams of Muslims, Remain Close with their Group and as to Who They are. 5 hadith
- 7. The Mutual Rights between the Imam and his Followers 8 hadith
- 8. The Whole Earth belongs to the Imam (a.s.) 8 hadith
- 9. Manners of the Imams in the Matters of Food and Clothes as Leaders with Divine Authority 4 hadith
- 10. The Rare Ahadith in the context 4 hadith
- 11. Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority) 88 hadith
- 12. Notable Points and Comprehensive Ahadith about Wilaya (Leadership with Divine Authority) 7 hadith
- 13. The Imam (a.s.) Possess Divine Authority and the Treasure of Divine Knowledge 6 hadith
- 14. The Imams (a.s.) know their friends and that they are the in charge of their affairs 3 hadith
- 15. The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise 41 hadith
- 16. Climbing over the grave of the Holy Prophet (s.a) prohibited 1 hadith
- 17. The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) 12 hadith
- 18. The birth of al-Zahra’, Fatima (a.s.) 11 hadith
- 19. The Birth of al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.) 7 hadith
- 20. The Birth of al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.) 9 hadith
- 21. The Birth of Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) 7 hadith
- 22. The Birth of Abu Ja‘far, Muhammad ibn Ali (a.s.) 7 hadith
- 23. The Birth of abu ‘Abdullah Ja‘far ibn Muhammad (a.s.) 9 hadith
- 24. The Imams (a.s.) are the Deputies of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, on earth and the Gates through which people go nearer to Allah 3 hadith
- 25. The Birth of abu al-Hassan Musa ibn Ja‘far (a.s.) 10 hadith
- 26. The birth of abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) 12 hadith
- 27. The Birth of Abu Ja‘far, Muhammad ibn Ali, the Second (a.s.) 13 hadith
- 28. The Birth of abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s.) 10 hadith
- 29. The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.) 27 hadith
- 30. The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.) 32 hadith
- 31. The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams (a.s.) 20 hadith
- 32. Something said about a man and it is not in him but is found in his sons or grand sons than it is as if it is in him 3 hadith
- 33. All the Imams (a.s.) rise for and with authority of Allah, the Most High and guide to Him Allah 3 hadith
- 34. Compensation and Imam (a.s.) 7 hadith
- 35. The Imams (a.s.) are the light of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High 6 hadith
- 36. The Fay’, al-Anfal, al-Khums, its rules and the properties subject to al-Khums 29 hadith
- 37. The Imams are the corner stone on earth 3 hadith
- 38. The Unique Ahadith that sums up the Virtue and Qualifications of the Imam (a.s.) 2 hadith
- 39. The Imams (a.s.) possess Divine authority, they are Envied and Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has spoken of them 5 hadith
- 40. The Imams (a.s.) are the Sings of whom Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has spoken in the Holy Quran 3 hadith
- 41. The Signs of which Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has spoken in the Holy Quran are The Imams (a.s.) 3 hadith
- 42. The matters that Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, and His Messenger (s.a.) have sanctioned as obligatory of the beings with the Imams (a.s.) 7 hadith
- 43. The Categories of the Prophets, the Messengers and the Imams (a.s.) 4 hadith
- 44. The people of Dhikr (memory and knowledge) that Allah has commanded the creatures to ask for their questions are the Imams (a.s.) 9 hadith
- 45. Those whom Allah has called people of knowledge they are the Imams (a.s.) 2 hadith
- 46. The People Well-grounded in Knowledge are the Imams (a.s.) alone 3 hadith
- 47. The Imams are those who have received Knowledge and it is firmly Established in their Hearts 5 hadith
- 48. The people whom Allah has Chosen and has Made the Heirs of His Book are the Imams (a.s.) 4 hadith
- 49. Two Kinds of Imam are mentioned in the Holy Quran: the Imams (a.s.) who call to Allah and the Imams who call to Fire 2 hadith
- 50. The Holy Quran guides people to the Imam (a.s.) 2 hadith
- 51. The Bounty and Blessings that Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High has mentioned in His book, the Holy Quran are the Imams (a.s.) 4 hadith
- 52. The People whom Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has called Mutawassimin (distinguished) in His book are the Imams (a.s.) who are also the straight path 5 hadith
- 53. The deeds of the people are presented before the Holy Prophet (s.a.) and the Imams (a.s.) 6 hadith
- 54. The Difference among he Messengers, the Prophets and the al-Muhaddath 4 hadith
- 55. The Path, Urged to be Maintained Steadfastly is Acknowledgement of the Divine Authority of Imam Ali (a.s.) 2 hadith
- 56. The Imams (a.s.) are the Mines of Knowledge, the Tree of Prophet-hood and the Centers wherein angels Interchange 3 hadith
- 57. The Imams (a.s.) are the Heirs of Knowledge to Inherit it one from the other 8 hadith
- 58. The Imams (a.s.) inherited the knowledge of the Holy prophet (s.a.) and all the prophets and their successors before them 7 hadith
- 59. The Imams (a.s.) have with all the books that Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has revealed and that they know them even the language in them are different 2 hadith
- 60. No one collect all of the Holy Quran except the Imams (a.s.) and that they have the knowledge of all of the Holy Quran 6 hadith
- 61. The degree of the Great Names of Allah that are given to the Imams (a.s.) 3 hadith
- 62. Sacred objects of the Prophets transferred to the Imams (a.s.) 5 hadith
- 63. The Armaments and Sacred Items belonging to the Holy Prophet (s.a.) that transferred to the Imam (a.s.) 9 hadith
- 64. The case of the Arms of the Messenger of Allah is like the Ark among the Israelites 4 hadith
- 65. The issue that Allah’s holding people accountable remains unjustified without the Imam 4 hadith
- 66. Statements about al-Jafr al-Jami‘ and the Book of Fatima (a.s.) 8 hadith
- 67. Chapter Ninety Seven of the Holy Quran and its interpretation 9 hadith
- 68. The Imams (a.s.) Receive additional (knowledge) every Friday night 3 hadith
- 69. Would the Imams (a.s.) not receive new knowledge their previous know would be Exhausted 4 hadith
- 70. The Imams know all the knowledge that has come to the angels, the prophets and the Messenger 4 hadith
- 71. The Unique Ahadith about the hidden facts 4 hadith
- 72. Would the Imams (a.s.) like to know they would know 3 hadith
- 73. The Imams (a.s.) know when they will die and they die voluntarily 8 hadith
- 74. The Imams (a.s.) do have the knowledge of what was and will be, and that nothing is unknown to them (a.s.) 6 hadith
- 75. Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, did not teach anything to His Messenger but that He commanded him to teach such knowledge to Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) and he was his partner in Knowledge 3 hadith
- 76. The Issue that the Earth at no time is without a Person with Divine Authority 13 hadith
- 77. Aspects of the Knowledge of the Imams (a.s.) 3 hadith
- 78. If Secrets would be kept the Imams (a.s.) can tell everyone what is for and against them 2 hadith
- 79. Giving Charge of the Religious matters to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.) and to the Imams (a.s.) 10 hadith
- 80. The Imams are Similar to those before them and the Dislikeability of Calling them Prophets 7 hadith
- 81. The Imams (a.s.) hear from the angels as Muhaddathun and are of Perfect Understanding 5 hadith
- 82. The Spirits that exist in the Imams (a.s.) 3 hadith
- 83. The Spirit with which the Imams (a.s.) are Protected 6 hadith
- 84. The Time When the Imam Learns the Knowledge of the Imam before him (a.s.) 3 hadith
- 85. The Imams (a.s.) are all Equal in Knowledge, Courage and Obedience 3 hadith
- 86. Each Imam knows the succeeding Imam (a.s.) The words of Allah, the Most High, “Allah commands you to deliver the trust to its people,”(4:58) is a reference to the Imams (a.s.) 7 hadith
- 87. The Issue that even if only two people would remain on earth one of them would certainly be the Imam, the person with divine authority 5 hadith
- 88. The Imamat (Leadership with Divine Authority) is a Covenant from Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, Delivered as such by the preceding Imam to the succeeding Imam (a.s.) one after the other 4 hadith
- 89. The Imams (a.s.) never did and would not do anything except because of the covenant of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, and a command from Him and they did not go beyond such limits 5 hadith
- 90. Evidence of Imam’s Possessing Divine Authority 7 hadith
- 91. Proof that Imamat (leadership with Divine Authority) Continues in the Descendents of the Preceding Imam but not through his Brother or Paternal Uncle or other such Relatives 5 hadith
- 92. The Specific words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High and the Messenger of Allah that Grant Divine Authority to Everyone of the Imams (a.s.) 7 hadith
- 93. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah 9 hadith
- 94. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of al-Hassan ibn Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) 7 hadith
- 95. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of al-Husayn ibn Ali’s (a.s.) (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after al-Hassan (a.s.) 3 hadith
- 96. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Ali ibn al-Husayn’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after al-Husayn (a.s.) 4 hadith
- 97. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu Ja‘far’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) 5 hadith
- 98. Knowing the Imam (a.s.) and Belief in His Divine Authority 14 hadith
- 99. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu ‘Abdallah Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) 8 hadith
- 100. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu al-Hassan Musa’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) 16 hadith
- 101. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu al-Hassan al-Rida’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after abu al-Hassan Musa (a.s.) 16 hadith
- 102. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu Ja‘far al-Thani’s (the second) (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) 14 hadith
- 103. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu al-Hassan’s, al-Thalith (the third) (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Muhammad ibn Ali al-Rida (a.s.) 3 hadith
- 104. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ‘s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s.) 13 hadith
- 105. Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of the owner of the House’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people abu Muhammad al-Hassan (a.s.) 6 hadith
- 106. The list of the Names of those who saw the Twelfth Imam (a.s.) 15 hadith
- 107. The Prohibition on Mentioning his Name 4 hadith
- 108. Precious Ahadith on Conditions of Disappearance from Public Sight of (the Twelfth Imam (a.s.) 3 hadith
- 109. The obligation to obey the Imams (a.s.) 17 hadith
- 110. The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight 31 hadith
- 111. The Criterion to Discern the Truthful and False Claims of Entitlement to Imamat (Leadership with Divine Authority) 18 hadith
- 112. Setting-up a Time Limit for the Reappearance of the Twelfth Imam (a.s.) an Antipathetic Issue 7 hadith
- 113. Refinement and Trial 6 hadith
- 114. The rise of al-Mahdi with Divine Authority earlier or later will not affect one who has learned who his Imam is 7 hadith
- 115. The case of those who would claim to be the Imam but is not qualified, the case of those who would reject all or some of the Imams and the case of those who argue in support of one who is not a qualified Imam. 12 hadith
- 116. The case of those who would accept the religion of Allah but without accepting the Imam, Leader with Divine Authority 5 hadith
- 117. The Case of those who would Die without having an Imam from the Imams of Guidance 4 hadith
- 118. The case of those who have recognized Ahl al-Bayt and those who have ignored them 4 hadith
- 119. The Obligation and Duty of the People at the Time of the Passing away of the Imam (a.s.) 3 hadith
- 120. The Imams (a.s.) are witness for Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, over His creature 5 hadith
- 121. When the Imam learns that Leadership with Divine Authority has come to him? 6 hadith
- 122. The Conditions of the Imams in the Matters of Age 8 hadith
- 123. Only an Imam has the Authority to Wash the Body of an Imam for Burial 2 hadith
- 124. The Birth of the Imams (a.s.) 8 hadith
- 125. The Creation of the bodies, spirits and the Hearts of the Imam (a.s.) 4 hadith
- 126. Submission and the Virtue of the Muslims 8 hadith
- 127. People’s obligation after Hajj to Meet the Imam, Ask them Religious Instructions, Declare and Pledge to them Allegiance and Express their Love 3 hadith
- 128. The Angels come to the Houses of the Imams, Step on their Furnishings and Bring them News 4 hadith
- 129. The Jinns Come to the Imam for Religious Instructions and for Dealing with their Affairs 7 hadith
- 130. When the Imams will Rise with Divine Authority They will Judge Among People as David and his People had Done that They will not Ask any Witness to Testify (May the peace and blessings of Allah be up on them) 5 hadith