Letter of Abi Abdillah (a.s) to a group of Shia

The Sahifa of Ali ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam, and his words on restraint from unlawful matters.

The Will of Ameer al-Mumineen (a.s) to his companions

The sermon of ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, called the Sermon of Means and Connections

The sermon of al-Talutiyah

Excellence of Shi’ah and their prominent positions

Hadith of Abu ‘Abd Allah,  'Alayhim al-Salam, with al-Mansur in his procession

Hadith of Musa, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Advice of Abu ‘Abd Allah,  'Alayhim al-Salam

Seven marks of excellence for Banu Hashim

This Book speaks to you in all truth (45:29)

About the words of Allah ‘By the midday sun’ (91:1)

About the words of Allah ‘Has the story of the overwhelming come to you…’ (88:1)

About the words of Allah ‘They swear to Allah earnestly…’ (16:38)

About the words of Allah ‘When they sensed the power of our anger…’ (21:12)

The letter of Abu Ja’far, 'Alayhim al-Salam, to Sa’ad al-Khayr

Another letter to him from him (the imam) also

The letter of Abu Ja’far,  'Alayhim al-Salam, was similar to Jesus,  'Alayhim al-Salam

About the words of Allah ‘Mischief has spread over the land…’ (30:41)

About the words of Allah ‘...Do not spread mischief in the land…’ (7:56)

The Sermon of ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

A Sermon of ‘Amir al Mu’minin, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

A Sermon of ‘Amir al Mu’minin on The Day of Rahba, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

Hadith of Ali ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Signs of the coming of the end of the world

Dealings of ‘Amir al Mu’minin in regards to equitably among muslims

Hadith of the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

Advice ‘Amir al Mu’minin, to his servant

A speech of Ali Ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Haidth of the Shaykh (old man) with Al-Baqr, 'Alayhim al-Salam

The story of the oil sell

The excellence of the Shi’ah

The advice of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi to ‘Amir al-Mu’minin  'Alayhim al-Salam

Criteria of a man’s excellence

Religion is no other thing than love

The excellence of Ahl al Bayt, 'Alayhim al-Salam and their Shi’ah

Revving the cause of Ahlal Bayt, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Another hadith on the excellence of the Shi’ah

The wicked is wicked in his mother’s womb

About the words of Allah ‘...all people were one nation’ (2:213)

Hadith of the ocean with the sun

In every family Allah places His proof

Proof of Allah is in every town

About the words of Allah ‘...He sent upon the swallows…’ (105:3)

The potter and the farmer in-laws

Cure for gases and pain

Hadith of The Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi on good advice

Usurpation of the donkey of the imam

The tax collector harasses the imam

Kindness of the Imam to his servant

Allah has not placed anything good in opposition to Ahl Al-Bayt, ‘Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of the physician

Diseases and the body

Cure with wheat

The hadith of  ‘on what is the whale’

Creation of the Earth

Hadith of dreams and proof of divine authority of the people a given time

Dreams of the believing people

A Question of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi wa-sallam

About the words of Allah ‘...glad news for them…’ (10:64)

Three kinds of dreams

True or false dreams

Hadith of the winds

Wind is a  blessing or torment of Allah

Cure for anxiety, sadness, poverty, and illness

Meaning of relatives

Hadith of the man of al-Sham

Everything was water

Hadith of gardens and camels

Seventy aspects of their (‘A’immah’s) words

The Hadith of  Abu Basir and Umm Khalid

People hostile to ‘A’immah’

Disrespect of a believing person 

The words of ‘Abd al Rahman with Abu ‘Abd Allah, 'Alayhim al-Salam

In Praise of Hassan ibn Thabit

The Words of ‘Umar to Ali,'Alayhim al-Salam

About the words of Allah ‘...Those who change the boutnies of Allah’ (14:28)

About the words of Allah ‘Leave them alone; you are not blamed’ (51:54)

Conditions of the Day of Judgment

Those who love Ahl al Bayt,'Alayhim al-Salam

Is perfection in good food and body?

The five al-haram (the Sacred areas) of Allah on Earth

When a believing man becomes forty years old

A believing person has the chance

Permission to run away from plague

There is no escape from three things

When the Imam was ill

Supplication and charms

Supplication against being choked

In the battle of ‘Uhud

The honorable and disgraceful events of the Arabs

Hadith of Adam,'Alayhim al-Salam with the tree

Hadith Nafi’ mawla of ‘Umar with Abu Ja’far,'Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of Christians from al-Sham with al-Baqir,'Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of Abu al-Hassan Musa, 'Alayhim al-Salam to Ali ibn Suwayd

The rare hadith about Abu Dharr

Armed expedition of Dhat al-Riqa’

Allah does not accept any deed without loving Ahl al-bayt. 'Alayhim al-Salam

The most beloved thing to the Messenger of Allah, Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

Zuhd of the Holy Prophet,Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَ هُوَ يَأْكُلُ مُتَّكِئاً قَالَ وَ قَدْ كَانَ يَبْلُغُنَا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ يُكْرَهُ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَدَعَانِي إِلَى طَعَامِهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَعَلَّكَ تَرَى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) مَا رَأَتْهُ عَيْنٌ وَ هُوَ يَأْكُلُ وَ هُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ مِنْ أَنْ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَنْ قَبَضَهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ رَدَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا رَأَتْهُ عَيْنٌ يَأْكُلُ وَ هُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ مِنْ أَنْ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَنْ قَبَضَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَعَلَّكَ تَرَى أَنَّهُ شَبِعَ مِنْ خُبْزِ الْبُرِّ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مُتَوَالِيَةً مِنْ أَنْ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَنْ قَبَضَهُ ثُمَّ رَدَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا شَبِعَ مِنْ خُبْزِ الْبُرِّ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مُتَوَالِيَةً مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَنْ قَبَضَهُ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أَقُولُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَجِدُ لَقَدْ كَانَ يُجِيزُ الرَّجُلَ الْوَاحِدَ بِالْمِائَةِ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ فَلَوْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَأَكَلَ وَ لَقَدْ أَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ (عليه السلام) بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يُخَيِّرُهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مِمَّا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شَيْئاً فَيَخْتَارُ التَّوَاضُعَ لِرَبِّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ وَ مَا سُئِلَ شَيْئاً قَطُّ فَيَقُولَ لَا إِنْ كَانَ أَعْطَى وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَالَ يَكُونُ وَ مَا أَعْطَى عَلَى اللَّهِ شَيْئاً قَطُّ إِلَّا سَلَّمَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَ لَيُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَيُسَلِّمُ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ ثُمَّ تَنَاوَلَنِي بِيَدِهِ وَ قَالَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ صَاحِبُكُمْ لَيَجْلِسُ جِلْسَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَأْكُلُ إِكْلَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يُطْعِمُ النَّاسَ خُبْزَ الْبُرِّ وَ اللَّحْمَ وَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَيَأْكُلُ الْخُبْزَ وَ الزَّيْتَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَيَشْتَرِي الْقَمِيصَ السُّنْبُلَانِيَّ ثُمَّ يُخَيِّرُ غُلَامَهُ خَيْرَهُمَا ثُمَّ يَلْبَسُ الْبَاقِيَ فَإِذَا جَازَ أَصَابِعَهُ قَطَعَهُ وَ إِذَا جَازَ كَعْبَهُ حَذَفَهُ وَ مَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَانِ قَطُّ كِلَاهُمَا لِلَّهِ رِضًا إِلَّا أَخَذَ بِأَشَدِّهِمَا عَلَى بَدَنِهِ وَ لَقَدْ وُلِّيَ النَّاسَ خَمْسَ سِنِينَ فَمَا وَضَعَ آجُرَّةً عَلَى آجُرَّةٍ وَ لَا لَبِنَةً عَلَى لَبِنَةٍ وَ لَا أَقْطَعَ قَطِيعَةً وَ لَا أَوْرَثَ بَيْضَاءَ وَ لَا حَمْرَاءَ إِلَّا سَبْعَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَضَلَتْ مِنْ عَطَايَاهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَبْتَاعَ لِأَهْلِهِ بِهَا خَادِماً وَ مَا أَطَاقَ أَحَدٌ عَمَلَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عليه السلام) لَيَنْظُرُ فِي الْكِتَابِ مِنْ كُتُبِ عَلِيٍّ (عليه السلام) فَيَضْرِبُ بِهِ الْأَرْضَ وَ يَقُولُ مَنْ يُطِيقُ هَذَا.

100. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Abu Ali Al-Ashari, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar altogether from Ibn Fadhal, from Ali Bin Uqba, from Sa'id Bin Amro and Al-Ju’fi, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said: ‘I came up to Abu Ja’far (asws) one day and (I felt that) he was resting (upon something) whilst eating, and he had been telling us that it is undesirable. So I looked at him, so he called me over to eat with him. When he had finished, he said: ‘O Muhammad, you had been thinking that no eye had seen the Rasulallah (saww) eating whilst leaning (upon something) from the time Allah (azwj) Sent him up to his passing away’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he referred to himself and said: ‘No! By Allah (azwj), no eye had seen his eating whilst leaning (upon something) from the time Allah (azwj) Sent him up to his passing away. Then said: ‘O Muhammad! Perhaps you think that he satiated himself from good bread for three continuous days from the time Allah (azwj) Sent him up to his passing away’. Then he referred to himself, then said: ‘No! By Allah, he did not satiate himself from good bread for three continuous days since Allah sent him up to his passing away. But, I am not saying that he could not find it, for he used to gift one man a hundred camels. Had he intended to eat it he would have eaten. And Jibra'il had come to him with the Keys of the treasures of the earth three times giving him the option without any reduction of anything from Allah from what Allah (azwj) had Prepared for him for the Day of Judgement. He chose the modesty to his Lord (azwj). And when asked for anything he never said, ‘No’, at all. He would say: ‘If I had it I would give it’. And if was not available, he would say: ‘It would come’, and whenever Allah (azwj) Gave anything at all he would hand it over to him, to the extent that if the man has been Given the Paradise, which Allah (azwj) would submit to him, then he would give it to him by his own hands’. And said: ‘Your Master (Amir-ul-Muminin) used to sit like the sitting of the slave, and eat like the eating of the slave, and would feed the people good bread and the meat, and would return to his family to eat bread with oil. And if he were to buy Al-Sunbulani shirt, then he would give his slave the choice of the better one, then would wear the remaining one. So if he would find a little excess he would withdraw it, and if his would feel that his heel had exceeded he would have removed it. No two matters would be referred to him at all for the sake of Allah except that he would opt for the more difficult one upon his body, and he was the ruler of the people for five years but did not place a brick upon a brick, and did not build a construction upon a construction, and did not acquire a piece of land, and did not leave a legacy behind him, white or red except for seven hundred Dirhams as a gifts, intending that he would buy a servant for his Family. No one could bear any of his works, and Ali Bin Al-Husayn (a.s.) used to look into a Book from the Books of Ali, so he would strike the ground with it and would say: ‘Who can endure this?’

Al-Kāfi - Volume 8

Book 1, Chapter 100