Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh - He who is without Jurist
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
He who is without Jurist
Volume 1 of 5
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruhū al-Faqīh, compiled by Shaykh al-Ṣadūq (Ibn Baḅawayh, d. 381 AH), is the second of the Four Main Shīʿī Ḥadīth collections and was expressly assembled as a practical handbook for any believer “who has no access to a jurist.” Unlike larger compendia, it presents each tradition succinctly—often omitting full chains of transmission—to focus squarely on the legal rulings and devotional practices essential to daily life. In its classical form it is a single work; modern printed editions typically span four volumes, comprising just under a thousand chapters arranged by topic.
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruhū al-Faqīh, compiled by Shaykh al-Ṣadūq (Ibn Baḅawayh, d. 381 AH), is the second of the Four Main Shīʿī Ḥadīth collections and was expressly assembled as a practical handbook for any believer “who has no access to a jurist.” Unlike larger compendia, it presents each tradition succinctly—often omitting full chains of transmission—to focus squarely on the legal rulings and devotional practices essential to daily life. In its classical form it is a single work; modern printed editions typically span four volumes, comprising just under a thousand chapters arranged by topic.
Chapter 1
1 commentary, 1 hadithPrelude
Chapter 2
18 commentaries, 36 hadithsWater; Its Purity and Impurity
Chapter 3
11 commentaries, 30 hadithsSeeking the Place to Relieve Oneself and the Etiquettes of Entering and Exiting
Chapter 4
1 hadithSections of Salat
Chapter 5
1 hadithThe Times When Purification is an Obligation
Chapter 6
1 hadithThe Initiation of Salat, Its Prohibitions and Dissolution
Chapter 7
1 commentary, 1 hadithObligations of Salat
Chapter 8
1 commentary, 5 hadithsThe Amount of Water for Ablution and Ghusl
Chapter 9
5 commentaries, 10 hadithsThe Description of the Ablution of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم
Chapter 10
4 hadithsThe Description of the Ablution of the Ameer Ul Momineen
Chapter 11
8 commentaries, 20 hadithsThe Limits of Ablution, Its Order and Reward
Chapter 12
1 commentary, 19 hadithsThe Chapter of Siwak
Chapter 13
2 hadithsThe Reason for Ablution
Chapter 14
1 commentary, 1 hadithThe Ruling on the Drying of Some Parts of the Ablution Before Its Completion
Chapter 15
2 commentaries, 8 hadithsOn Those Who Omit Wudu or Part of it, or Doubts in Its Completion
Chapter 16
3 commentaries, 12 hadithsWhat Nullifies Ablution
Chapter 17
6 commentaries, 21 hadithsWhat Defiles Clothing and the Body
Chapter 18
2 hadithsThe Reason Why Ghusl (Ritual Bath) is Obligatory for Janabah (Ritual Impurity) but Not Urine and Feces
Chapter 19
2 commentaries, 7 hadithsThe Chapter of Ritual Baths (Ghusl)
Chapter 20
3 commentaries, 15 hadithsThe Method of Ghusl for Janabah (Ritual Bath for Sexual Impurity)
Chapter 21
9 commentaries, 21 hadithsGhusl for Menstruation and Postpartum
Chapter 22
6 commentaries, 15 hadithsThe Chapter on Tayammum (Dry Ablution)
Chapter 23
19 commentaries, 117 hadithsThe Ritual Bath of Jumu’ah, Entering the Bathhouse, Its Etiquette, and Teachings on Cleanliness and Beautification
Chapter 24
5 commentaries, 57 hadithsWashing of the Deceased
Chapter 25
16 commentaries, 52 hadithsChapter on Touching the Deceased
Chapter 26
14 commentaries, 51 hadithsThe Funeral Prayer (Salat Al-Janazah)
Chapter 27
2 commentaries, 58 hadithsThe Chapter of Condolences and Grief During Calamities, Visiting Graves, Lamentation and Mourning Gatherings
Chapter 28
3 commentaries, 39 hadithsOn Miscellaneous Topics
Chapter 29
2 hadithsThe Chapter on Prayer and Its Limits
Chapter 30
5 commentaries, 22 hadithsThe Chapter on Obligatory Prayers
Chapter 31
3 commentaries, 22 hadithsThe Chapter on the Virtues of Prayer
Chapter 32
1 commentary, 3 hadithsThe Reason for Obligation of Five Prayers at Five Specific Times
Chapter 33
6 commentaries, 28 hadithsPrayer Times
Chapter 34
2 hadithsKnowing the Decline of the Sun
Chapter 35
3 hadithsThe Sun's Stillness
Chapter 36
1 hadithThe Recognition of the End of the Night
Chapter 37
1 hadithThe Prayer of the Messenger, at the Time of His Passing
Chapter 38
6 commentaries, 44 hadithsThe Virtue of Mosques, Their Sanctity and the Reward for Those Who Pray in Them
Chapter 39
5 commentaries, 25 hadithsPlaces Where Prayer is Permissible and Where it is Not Permissible
Chapter 40
15 commentaries, 79 hadithsWhat Garments Are Permissible for Prayer and What Garments Are Not
Chapter 41
6 commentaries, 15 hadithsWhat Can and Cannot Be Used for Prostration
Chapter 42
1 hadithThe Reason for the Prohibition of Prostration on Food, Clothing, and Other Materials Except for Earth and What it Grows
Chapter 43
6 commentaries, 17 hadithsThe Chapter of the Qibla
Chapter 44
3 hadithsThe Age at Which Children Are Required to Pray
Chapter 45
7 commentaries, 51 hadithsThe Call to Prayer and the Establishment of Prayer and the Reward of the Muezzins
Chapter 46
17 commentaries, 34 hadithsDescription of the Prayer from Its Beginning to Its End
Chapter 47
18 hadithsChapter of Ta'qeeb (Prayer Supplications)
Chapter 48
2 commentaries, 13 hadithsThe Prostration of Gratitude (Sujood Al-Shukr) and What to Say in it
Chapter 49
4 hadithsWhat is Recommended of Supplications in the Morning and Evening
Chapter 50
8 commentaries, 49 hadithsThe Rules of Forgetfulness (Sahw) in Prayer
Chapter 51
2 commentaries, 30 hadithsPrayer of the Sick, the Unconscious, the Weak and the Infirm, the Elderly and Others
Chapter 52
4 hadithsGreeting the Worshipper
Chapter 53
7 hadithsThe One Praying Encounters Predatory Animals and Harmful Creatures and He Kills Them
Chapter 54
7 hadithsThe One Praying Who Needs to Relieve Himself
Chapter 55
2 commentaries, 10 hadithsThe Etiquette of Women in Prayer
Chapter 56
1 hadithThe Etiquette of Departing from Prayer
Chapter 57
18 commentaries, 129 hadithsCongregational Prayer and Its Virtue
Chapter 58
8 commentaries, 47 hadithsThe Obligation of the Jumu’ah Prayer, Its Virtue, Who is Exempt from it, and the Prayer and Sermon Therein
Chapter 59
11 commentaries, 52 hadithsPrayer During Travel
Chapter 60
1 hadithThe Reason for Which the One Praying Does Not Shorten the Maghrib Prayer and Its Voluntary Prayers During Travel and Residence
Chapter 61
2 hadithsThe Reason for Shortening Prayers During Travel
Chapter 62
14 hadithsPrayer on a Ship
Chapter 63
4 commentaries, 16 hadithsThe Prayer of Fear, Pursuit, Encounter, and Competition
Chapter 64
10 hadithsWhat a Person Should Say When They Lie Down to Sleep
Chapter 65
2 commentaries, 15 hadithsThe Reward of the Night Prayer
Chapter 66
2 commentaries, 12 hadithsThe Time for Night Prayer
Chapter 67
1 commentary, 5 hadithsWhat a Person Should Say Upon Waking from Sleep
Chapter 68
6 hadithsThe Saying When the Rooster Crows
Chapter 69
1 hadithThe Saying When Standing up for the Night Prayer
Chapter 70
1 commentary, 1 hadithThe Prayers in Which the Sunnah Has Prescribed Facing a Specific Direction
Chapter 71
4 commentaries, 4 hadithsThe Night Prayer
Chapter 72
4 commentaries, 21 hadithsThe Supplication of Qunoot in Witr Prayer
Chapter 73
1 commentary, 2 hadithsThe Discussion on Reclining Between the Two Units of Fajr Prayer and the Morning Prayer
Chapter 74
1 hadithPlaces Where it is Recommended to Recite Surah Al-Ikhlas and Surah Al Kafirun
Chapter 75
1 commentary, 1 hadithThe Best of the Voluntary Prayers (Nawafil)
Chapter 76
2 commentaries, 11 hadithsMaking up the Night Prayer
Chapter 77
1 commentary, 3 hadithsRecognizing the Dawn and the Saying Upon Seeing it
Chapter 78
1 commentary, 14 hadithsThe Dislike of Sleeping After the Fajr Prayer
Chapter 79
6 commentaries, 35 hadithsThe Prayer of the Two Eids
Chapter 80
1 commentary, 18 hadithsThe Prayer for Seeking Rain (Salat Al-Istisqa)
Chapter 81
5 commentaries, 27 hadithsThe Prayer for Eclipses, Earthquakes, Winds, and Oppression and Their Causes
Chapter 82
1 commentary, 9 hadithsThe Prayer of Sitting and Glorification, Which is the Prayer of Ja'far Ibn Abi Talib
Chapter 83
2 commentaries, 8 hadithsThe Prayer of Need
Chapter 84
1 commentary, 6 hadithsThe Prayer of Seeking Guidance (Istikhara)
Chapter 85
2 commentaries, 3 hadithsThe Reward of the Prayer Known Among People as the Prayer of Sayyida Fatimah Al-Zahra صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, Also Called the Prayer of the Devout (Awabeen)
Chapter 86
1 hadithThe Reward of Two Rak'ahs with the Recitation of Surah Al-Ikhlas 120 Times
Chapter 87
1 commentary, 3 hadithsThe Reward of Voluntary Prayers During the Time of Heedlessness
Chapter 88
1 commentary, 13 hadithsRare Prayers