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4. Self-Judgment
Self-judgment is to call oneself to account every day regarding the good-deeds as well as the wrongdoings. If the scale of acts of obedience overweighs the scale of acts of disobedience, we must thank God for such success. But if the scale of acts of disobedience overweighs the scale of acts of obedience, we must discipline ourselves by reproach and criticism for the irregularity and going astray from the courses of the obedience to God.
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1. (s) stands for (peace be upon him and his family).
2. The Ahl ul-Bayt (the people of the house), is a term that is dedicated to the family of the Prophet Mohammed (s). Moreover, it is dedicated to definite individuals; namely, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Fatima az-Zahraa (the Prophet Mohammed's daughter and Ali ibn Abi Talib's wife), al-Hassan ibn Ali, and al-Hussein ibn Ali. The nine sinless Imams (namely, Ali ibn al-Hussein as-Sejjad, Mohammed ibn Ali al-Baqir, Ja'far ibn Mohammed as-Sadiq, Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kadhim, Ali ibn Musa ar-Redha, Mohammed ibn Ali al-Jawad, Ali ibn Mohammed al-Hadi, al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Askari, and Al-Mahdi the Awaited) are also within the Ahl ul-Bayt.
3. (a) stands for (peace be upon him/her/ them)
4. Hadith is the body of traditions concerning the sayings and doings of the Prophet Muhammad (s).
5. Quoted from al-kafi.
6. Quoted from al-kafi.
7. Quoted from men la yahdhuruh ul-faqih.
8. Believer stands for every individual who believes in the fundamental beliefs of Islam. It differs from Muslim in the point that a Muslim is everyone who utters the shahada (The Muslim profession of faith-La ilaha illa (A)llah, Muhammadun rasul Allah 'there is no god but Allah, [and] Muhammad is the messenger of God') verbally, even if he does not believe in it, while the believer is the individual who utters the shahada and believe in it in heart.
9. Quoted from al-kafi.
10. Quoted from al-kafi.
11. Mujahid is the performer of jihad.
12. Quoted from al-kafi.
13. Quoted from al-kafi.
14. Quoted from Tuhaf ul-Uqoul.
15. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar
16. Koreish is the tribe that inhabited Mecca in the time of The Prophet Muhammad (s) and to which he belonged.
17. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar.
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18. Amir ul-Mu'minin (the commander of the faithful) is a name that the Prophet (s) gave exclusively to Ali ibn Abi Talib (a). However, all the leaders that ruled the Islamic states had it to themselves.
19. Dinar is the golden currency of the Arabs and the Islamic states.
20. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 6
21. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar.
22. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 10, quoted from Uyoun ul-Mahasin; p. 89
23. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 10, quoted from keshf ul-Ghumma.
24. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; 11/17, quoted from I'lam ul-Wara and al-Irshad.
25. Lat and Uzza are the two major idols the Arabs were regarding as gods before Islam.
26. Dirham is the currency of the Arabs as well as the Islamic states.
27. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 15 part 2 p. 210.
28. Jihad is religious warfare or a war for the propagation or defense of Islam.
29. Sharia: The Islamic code of religious law, based on the teachings of the Koran and the traditional sayings of Prophet Muhammad (s).
30. Sunna is the body of Prophet Mohammed's words, deeds, and confirmations.
31. The Farewell Pilgrimage is the last hajj of the Prophet (s).
32. Quoted from a-Tabirsi; Alihtijaj.
33. Quoted from as-Saduq; al-khissal.
34. Quoted from al-kafi.
35. Quoted from al-kafi.
36. Quoted from al-kafi.
37. Quoted from al-kafi.
38. Quoted from al-kafi.
39. Quoted from al-kafi.
40. Quoted from al-kafi and Mel La Yahdhuruh ul-Faqih.
41. Quoted from al-kafi.
42. Quoted from Ilal ush-Sharayii.
43. Shaitan is the Devil; Satan.
44. Quoted from al-kafi.
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45. Quoted from al-kafi.
46. Quoted from Sheikh al-Mufid; al-majalis.
47. Quoted from Nahj ul-Balagha.
48. Quoted from al-kafi.
49. Quoted from al-kafi.
50. Quoted from al-kafi.
51. Quoted from al-kafi.
52. Quoted from Al-Arbali; keshf ul-Ghumma.
53. Quoted from Sheikh as-Saduq; Me'aani al-Akhbar and Uyounu Akhbar ir-Redha.
54. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar; vol. 1.
55. Mistress Aisha was the Prophet's widow who mutinied and led an army against Amir
ul-Mu'minin (a) and rode a camel due to which that battle was called the Battle of the Camel. She, however, lost that battle and was captured by Imam Ali's army.
56. Quoted from al-Aqqad, Abbas Mahmoud; The Genius of Imam Ali.
57. Quoted from al-Arbali; keshf ul-Ghumma.
58. Quoted from al-Arbali; keshf ul-Ghumma.
59. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; 11 as quoted from I'lam ul-Wara and al-Irshad.
60. Quoted from al-kafi.
61. Quoted from Nahj ul-Balagha
62. Quoted from Nahj ul-Balagha.
63. Quoted from al-kafi.
64. Son of Adam is a famous expression that refers to man.
65. Quoted from al-kafi.
66. Quoted from Nahj ul-Balagha.
67. Quoted from Qurb ul-Isnad. A similar narrative is recorded in ilal ush-sharaayi.
68. Quoted from Nahj ul-Balagha.
69. Quoted from al-kafi.
70. Quoted from al-kafi.
71. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar; vol. 1 p. 415.
72. Abu Tharr al-Ghefari was one of the heroes of Islam and the four closest friends of Amir ul-Mu'minin (a) who supported him in the tragedy of the usurpation of his leadership. He was well known of his courage and revolutionary. Othman ibn Affan, the third caliph, banished him to a village -
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because of his public protestation against the caliph's policy of preferring his relatives and kinsmen to the others- where he died in a tragic situation, and that was an assertion of the Prophet's prediction to him.
73. Quoted from al-Barqi; al-mahasin.
74. According to the Islamic Sharia, it is unallowable for the Prophet's family to have or possess anything that is given as alms.
75. Quoted from Ibn Shahrashoub; al-Manaqib.
76. Quoted from al-kafi.
77. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 15 part 2 page 209 (quoted from Qurb ul-Isnad.) There is a similar narrative that is recorded in Sheikh as-Saduq'silal ush-sharaayi.
78. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 15 part 3 page 125 (quoted from Sheikh as-Saduq's al-khissal.)
79. Quoted from Nahj ul-Balagha.
80. Quoted from al-wafi; 3:87 (quoted from al-kafi).
81. Quoted from al-wafi; 3:150 (quoted from al-kafi).
82. Salman al-Farsi (born in 7th century) is a great figure in Islam. He was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad (s) and a close friend of Imam Ali Amir ul-Mu'minin (a) who supported him during the tragedy of the usurpation of his right of leadership after the Prophet. During his caliphate, Imam Ali (a) gave him a governmental office.
83. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 15 part 3 page 124 (quoted from Sheikh as-Saduq's al-Amali.)
84. Quoted from ar-Raghib; Muhadharat ul-Udabaa.
85. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 79 (quoted from al-kafi).
86. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 78 (quoted from al-kafi).
87. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 79 (quoted from al-kafi).
88. Quoted from al-Bahaai; al-kashkul page 371.
89. Al-Khalil ibn Ahmed al-Farahidi was the founder of prosody and the compiler of the best Arabic-Arabic dictionary; namely Kitab ul-Ayn.
90. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar; part 1 page 426.
91. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar; part 1 page 483.
92. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar; part 2 page 451.
93. Quoted from al-Bahaai; al-kashkul.
94. Quoted from Nahj ul-Balagha.
95. Eblis is the name of the Devil.
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96. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 152 (quoted from al-kafi.)
97. Quoted from al-wafi; 3/154 (as quoted from as-Saduq's men la yahdhuruh ul-faqih.)
98. Quoted from Mir'aat ul-Uqoul; 2 (The Explanation of al-Majlisi's al-kafi) as quoted from al-kafi; page 303.
99. Quoted from al-wafi; part 6 page 67 (quoted from al-kafi).
100. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 15 part 3 (quoted from al-Imama wat-Tabssira).
101. Quoted from al-wafi; part 6 page 68 (quoted from al-kafi and al-faqih).
102. Quoted from al-wafi; part 6 page 68 (quoted from al-kafi).
103. Quoted from al-kafi.
104. Zakat is the obligatory payment made annually under Islamic law on certain kinds of property and used for charitable and religious objects.
105. Khums is obligatory payment of one-fifth of the wealth made once under Islamic laws.
106. Quoted from al-wafi; part 6 page 67 (as quoted from al-faqih).
107. Quoted from al-wafi; part 6 page 61 (as quoted from al-kafi and al-faqih).
108. Quoted from al-wafi; part 6 page 61 (as quoted from al-kafi and al-faqih).
109. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; 16 quoted from Kitab ul-Ahsara; 116 and ilal ush-sharaayi .
110. Quoted from al-wafi; part 6 page 58 (as quoted from al-faqih).
111. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar; 1/607 (as quoted from Ilal ush-Sharayi). Jirana is a place between Mecca and Ta'if.
112. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar; part 1 page 194 (as quoted from al-kafi).
113. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 9 page 538 (as quoted from al-kafi).
114. Quoted from Sayyid A. Sharafuddin's al-kalimat ul-Gharraa; page 29.
115. Quoted from al-wafi; part 6 page 69 (as quoted from al-kafi).
116. Quoted from Nahj ul-Balagha.
117. Quoted from Nahj ul-Balagha.
118. Quoted from al-wafi; part 6 page 69 (as quoted from al-kafi
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and al-faqih).
119. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar; part 1 page 467.
120. Umma stands for the Islamic community.
121. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 15 part 2 page 183 (as quoted from al-kafi).
122. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 65 (as quoted from al-kafi).
123. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 15 part 2 page 184 (as quoted from al-Barqi's al-mahasin. In al-kafi, there is a similar narration).
124. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar; 2/79 (as quoted from ar-Rawandi's ad-Dawaat).
125. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 14 page 545 (as quoted from Tibb ul-Ayimma).
126. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar; vol. 1 page 27.
127. Quoted from al-wafi; part 11 page 67 (as quoted from al-kafi).
128. Quoted from al-wafi; part 11 page 67 (as quoted from al-faqih).
129. Quoted from al-wafi; part 11 page 67 (as quoted from al-kafi).
130. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; 14/876 (as quoted from al-Barqi's al-mahasin).
131. Quoted from as-Saduq's Thawab ul-A'mal.
132. Quoted from al-wafi; part 10 page 112 (as quoted from al-kafi).
133. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 82 (as quoted from al-kafi).
134. Quoted from al-wafi; part 10 page 112 (as quoted from al-kafi and Tahdhib).
135. Quoted from the holy Quran; 3:110.
136. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 89 (as quoted from al-kafi).
137. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 15 part 1 page 283 (as quoted from al-kafi).
138. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 90 (as quoted from al-kafi).
139. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 89 (as quoted from al-kafi).
140. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 90 (as quoted from al-kafi).
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141. Muhajirs: The emigrants. The early Muslims of Mecca who had to flee their homeland to Medina.
142. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 99 (as quoted from al-kafi).
143. Hajj is the pilgrimage to the Sacred Mosque at Mecca undertaken in the twelfth month of the Hijri year and constituting one of the religious duties of Islam.
144. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 99 (as quoted from al-kafi).
145. Quoted from al-wafi; part 14 page 48 (as quoted from al-faqih).
146. Quoted from al-wafi; part 14 page 48 (as quoted from al-faqih).
147. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 15 part 2 page 95 (as quoted from Sheikh at-Tusi's al-Amali).
148. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 149 (as quoted from al-kafi).
149. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 16 (as quoted from Kitab ul-Ahsara; page 116 and as-Saduq's al-khissal).
150. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 89 (as quoted from al-kafi).
151. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 16 (as quoted from Kitab ul-Ahsara; page 116 and uyounu Akhbar ir-Ridha).
152. These two narratives are quoted from Sheikh as-Saduq's men la yahdhuruh ul-faqih.
153. Quoted from safinat ul-Bihar; part 1 page 671.
154. Quoted from Fadhaail ul-Khamsa Mines Sihah is-Sitteh, part 1 page 122 (as quoted from Ibn Madgeh's Sahih).
155. Aqil ibn Abi Talib is the brother of Imam Ali, peace be upon him.
156. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 9 page 539 (as quoted from al-kafi).
157. Quoted from Fadhaail ul-Khamsa Mines Sihah is-Sitteh, part 3 page 15.
158. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 2 page 570.
159. Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 2 page 606.
160. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 162 (as quoted from al-kafi).
161. Quoted from al-wafi; part 3 page 162 (as quoted from al-
