Excellence of Son

Resemblance of a Child

Excellence of Daughters

Prayer and Appeal before Allah for a Son

If When Pregnant one Keeps Her Intention to Name the Child Muhammad or Ali the Child will be a Boy: and the Prayer for it

Beginning of the Creation of a Human Being and His Turning in His Mother’s Womb

When a Woman Gives Birth to More than one Child

Discipline to Follow During Childbirth

Congratulation for Childbirth

Names and Titles

Complete Creation

Foods Preferable for a Pregnant or a Woman during Childbirth to Eat

Special Treatments for the Newborn

Al-’Aqiqah and its Being Obligatory

‘Aqiqah for Boys or Girls is the Same

‘Aqiqah is not Obligatory on One who Cannot Find

On the Seventh Day from Birth the Newborn’s Head is Shaved and a Name is Given to Him

‘Aqiqah is not Equal to al-’Adhiyah (animal offered as sacrificial offering during al-Hajj) and it is Sufficient in Place of ‘Aqiqah

Words to Say on ‘Aqiqah

The Mother should not Eat from the Meat of ‘Aqiqah

The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and Fatimah, ‘Alayha al-Salam, Offered ‘Aqiqah for al-Hassan and al-Husayn

Abu Talib Offered ‘Aqiqah for the Holy Prophet, O Allah , Grant Compensation to Muhammad and his Family Worthy of their Services to Your Cause

Cleansing, Circumcision

Lowering for Girls

After Seven Days from Birth Shaving is not Required

The Rare Ahadith

Shaving Certain Parts of the Head of a Newborn and Leaving other Parts

Breastfeeding

The Liability of the Breastfeeder

The Preferable and Non-preferable Milk

The One Who has More Priority for the Custody of a Small Child

Growth of a Child

Disciplines for a Child

The Rights of Children

Kindness to Children

Giving Preference to One Child Over the Others

Intelligence of a Boy and Signs of his Nobility

Rare Ahadith

Detestability of Divorcing a Cooperating Wife

Divorcing an Uncooperative Wife

People Do not Remain Straight in Matters of Divorce without the Sword

The Divorces Not According to the Book and Sunnah

Divorce Does not Take Place unless Once has the Intention to Divorce

There Cannot be Divorce before Marriage

Divorce in Writing

Explanation of Divorce with Waiting Period and what Makes Divorce Binding

The Necessary Expressions to Pronounce with the Decision to Divorce

Three Talaq (Divorce) in Hayd (menses) Free Period in the Presence of Witnesses in One place and Time or More is One Talaq

The Case of One who Arranges Witnesses Separately or Divorces in the Presence of a People but Does not Ask them to Bear Witness

Appointing Witness to Divorce Two Women with One word

Arranging Witness for Revocation of Divorce

Revocation of Divorce without Going to Bed is not Valid

No name

One Who is not Lawful for her Husband without Marriage to another Man

Issues that Validate and Invalidate Divorce

An Absent Man Returns and Divorces at that Time that Divorce Does not Take Place until She Experiences Hayd (menses)

Women who Can be Divorced in all Conditions

Divorce by an Absent Husband

Divorce of a Pregnant Woman

Divorce of a Woman whose Marriage is not Consummated

Divorce of One who is not Mature yet and Divorce of One after Menopause

Women Whose Hayd (menses) is Confusing

The Time when a Divorced Woman in the Manner of Divorce with Waiting Period and Revocable Form Becomes Stranger to him

Meaning of al^Iqra’ (Hayd-free period)

Waiting Period for a Divorced Woman and Where She must have it

The Difference between one Divorced in Non-Sunnah manner and the One who Goes out in her Waiting Period or is Sent out by the Husband

Explanation of the words of Allah, most, High, ‘You must not send them out of their homes and they must not go out. .

Divorce of a Woman whose Hayd (menses) is Confusing

Divorce of Women Who Hide Their Experiencing Hayd (menses)

The Case of a Woman who Experiences Hayd (menses) after Every Two or Three Months

Waiting Period of a Woman whose Hayd (menses) is Confused

The Word of Women are Accepted in Matters of Hayd (menses)

A Woman Confused about Pregnancy

Maintenance of Pregnant Divorced Women

A Woman Divorcee Three Times Does not have the Right for Lodging or Maintenance

Benefits for a Divorced Woman

The Rights of a Divorced Woman of mahr (dower) with Whom He has not Gone to Bed

The Issue that Completes Mahr (dower)

The Divorced Woman Whose Husband is Absent Commences Her ‘Iddah (waiting period) from the Day She is Divorced

Waiting period of a Widow whose Husband is Absent

Reason for Difference about Waiting Period and Waiting Period of a Widow

Waiting Period of a Pregnant Widow and Her Expenses

Waiting Period of a Widow with whom he has Gone to Bed and where she must Complete her Waiting Period and Her Obligations

The Case of a Woman whose Husband Dies before Going to Bed with her and that there is no Waiting Period and Mahr (dower) for her

The Case of a Man who Divorces his Wife and Dies before her Waiting period Ends

Divorce and Marriage during one’s Illness

About words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, . do not harm them (women) to make it Difficult for them

Divorce of Children

Divorce of People with Mental Condition and Insane Ones and their Guardian

Divorce by a Drunk Man

Divorce of One Compelled and Coerced

Divorce by a Speechless Man

Appointing an Attorney for Divorce

Swearing and Taking an Oath

’Ila’ (swearing) does not Take Place except after Going to Bed with one’s Wife

If a Man Says to his Wife, ‘You are Unlawful for me”

The Free, Cleared and Severed Woman

The Choices

How the Choice originally was

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِذَا طَلَّقَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ فَادَّعَتْ حَبَلًا انْتَظَرَ تِسْعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فَإِنْ وَلَدَتْ وَ إِلَّا اعْتَدَّتْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ ثُمَّ قَدْ بَانَتْ مِنْهُ .

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from af-Fadf ibn Shadhan from all from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajj aj who has said the following: “I once heard abu Ibrahim (a.s.), saying, ’If one divorces his wife and she claims to be pregnant, he must wait for nine months if she gives birth, otherwise, she counts a waiting period of three months.’” 

حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ الشَّابَّةُ الَّتِي تَحِيضُ مِثْلُهَا يُطَلِّقُهَا زَوْجُهَا فَيَرْتَفِعُ طَمْثُهَا كَمْ عِدَّتُهَا قَالَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا ادَّعَتِ الْحَبَلَ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ عِدَّتُهَا تِسْعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا ادَّعَتِ الْحَبَلَ بَعْدَ تِسْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّمَا الْحَبَلُ تِسْعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ تَزَوَّجُ قَالَ تَحْتَاطُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا ادَّعَتْ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ لَا رِيبَةَ عَلَيْهَا تَزَوَّجُ إِنْ شَاءَتْ .

2. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from ibn Sama‘ah from Muhammad ibn abu Hamzah from Muhammad ibn Hakim who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the case of a woman who is young and other women like her experience Hayd (menses). She is divorced: then her Hayd stops. How long is her waiting period? He (the Imam) said, ‘It is three months.’ I then asked that she has claimed to be pregnant after three months. He (the Imam) said, ‘Her waiting period is nine months.’ I then said that after nine months she has claimed to be pregnant. He (the Imam) said, ‘Pregnancy is for nine months.’ I then asked, ‘Can she marry?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘She must observe precaution for three months.’ I then said that after three months she has claimed. He (the Imam) said, ‘There is no doubt about her, so she can marry if she wants.’” 

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَوْ أَبِيهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي الْمُطَلَّقَةِ يُطَلِّقُهَا زَوْجُهَا فَتَقُولُ أَنَا حُبْلَى فَتَمْكُثُ سَنَةً قَالَ إِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ لِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَنَةٍ لَمْ تُصَدَّقْ وَ لَوْ سَاعَةً وَاحِدَةً فِي دَعْوَاهَا .

3. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla’ ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Aban ibn Hakim who has said the following: “About the case of a woman who is divorced and she claims to be pregnant; so she waits for one year, abu Ibrahim or his father (a.s.), has said, ‘If she comes up with such claim after a year it is not accepted even if it is one hour more.’” 

حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَمَاعَةَ وَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنِ الْعَبْدِ الصَّالِحِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ الشَّابَّةُ الَّتِي تَحِيضُ مِثْلُهَا يُطَلِّقُهَا زَوْجُهَا فَيَرْتَفِعُ طَمْثُهَا مَا عِدَّتُهَا قَالَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَإِنَّهَا تَزَوَّجَتْ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ فَتَبَيَّنَ بِهَا بَعْدَ مَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا أَنَّهَا حَامِلٌ قَالَ هَيْهَاتَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ يَا ابْنَ حَكِيمٍ رَفْعُ الطَّمْثِ ضَرْبَانِ إِمَّا فَسَادٌ مِنْ حَيْضَةٍ فَقَدْ حَلَّ لَهَا الْأَزْوَاجُ وَ لَيْسَ بِحَامِلٍ وَ إِمَّا حَامِلٌ فَهُوَ تَسْتَبِينُ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَدْ جَعَلَهُ وَقْتاً يَسْتَبِينُ فِيهِ الْحَمْلُقَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا ارْتَابَتْ قَالَ عِدَّتُهَا تِسْعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا ارْتَابَتْ بَعْدَ تِسْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّمَا الْحَمْلُ تِسْعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ فَتَزَوَّجُ قَالَ تَحْتَاطُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا ارْتَابَتْ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا رِيبَةٌ تَتَزَوَّجُ .

4. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from ibn Sama‘ah and Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan from Muhammad ibn Hakim who has said the following: “I once asked the virtuous servant (a.s.), about the case of a woman who is young and women like her experience Hayd (menses). Her husband divorces her and her Hayd stops. How long is her waiting period? He (the Imam) said, ‘It is three months.’ I then said that she after three months became married and after going with her husband it was found that she is pregnant. He (the Imam) said, ‘This cannot happen, O ibn Hakim. Stoppage of Hayd is because of two reasons; it is because of disorder in Hayd in which case husbands were lawful for her, but she was not pregnant or that she is pregnant in which case it becomes apparent in three months because Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has set a time for it in which time pregnancy becomes apparent.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if she has doubts?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Her ‘Iddah (waiting period) is nine months.’ I then said that she after nine months has doubts. He (the Imam) said, ‘Pregnancy is for nine months only.’ I then asked if she could marry. He (the Imam) said, ‘She must observe precaution for three months.’ I then said that she has doubts after three months.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘There is no doubt in her case, so she can marry if she wants.’” 

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَلَمَّا مَضَتْ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ ادَّعَتْ حَبَلًا قَالَ يُنْتَظَرُ بِهَا تِسْعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا ادَّعَتْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ حَبَلًا قَالَ هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ إِنَّمَا يَرْتَفِعُ الطَّمْثُ مِنْ ضَرْبَيْنِ إِمَّا حَبَلٍ بَيِّنٍ وَ إِمَّا فَسَادٍ مِنَ الطَّمْثِ وَ لَكِنَّهَا تَحْتَاطُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ بَعْدُوَ قَالَ أَيْضاً فِي الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَطْمَثُ ثُمَّ يَرْتَفِعُ طَمْثُهَا سَنَةً كَيْفَ تُطَلَّقُ قَالَ تُطَلَّقُ بِالشُّهُودِ

5. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from Muhammad ibn Hakim who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah, or abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the case of a man who divorces his wife and after three months she claims to be pregnant. He (the Imam) said, ‘There is a waiting for her for nine months.’ I then said, ‘She has claimed to be pregnant after that. He (the Imam) said, ‘This is far from reality. Hayd (menses) stops for two reasons, because of a clear pregnancy or disorder in Hayd. However, she can remain cautious for three months thereafter.’ “He (the narrator) also asked about a woman who experienced Hayd and then it stopped after one year and about how she is divorced. He (the Imam) said, ‘She is divorced in the presence of witnesses.’” (The following paragraph does not seem to be part of Hadith ) Certain ones have said that if he wants to divorce her, she does not experience Hayd (menses) and he has gone to bed with her; he can place her in quarantine. He must hold back from her for three months from the time a divorced woman becomes stranger to her husband, a woman whose Hayd (menses) is straight if pregnancy becomes clear, otherwise, he can divorce her once in the presence of two witnesses. If he leaves her for three months she becomes stranger by one divorce. If he wants to divorce her three times, he can leave her for one month, then go back to her, then divorce her for the second time, then hold back from her three months to place her in quarantine; if pregnancy becomes clear thereafter he only has to divorce her once.” 

Al-Kāfi - Volume 6

Book 2, Chapter 36