Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh - He who is without Jurist
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh(Vol. 3)
He who is without Jurist
Volume 3 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, 3 hadithsChapter on the Beginning of Marriage and Its Origin
Chapter 2
1 hadithChapter on the Types of Marriage
Chapter 3
6 hadithsChapter on the Virtue of Marriage
Chapter 4
4 hadithsChapter on the Superiority of the Married Person Over the Unmarried Person
Chapter 5
2 hadithsChapter on the Affection for Women
Chapter 6
1 hadithChapter on the Abundance of Goodness in Women
Chapter 7
2 hadithsChapter on One Who Avoids Marriage Due to Fear of Poverty
Chapter 8
2 hadithsChapter on One Who Marries for the Sake of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, and to Uphold Family Ties
Chapter 9
1 commentary, 2 hadithsChapter on the Categories of Women
Chapter 10
3 hadithsChapter on the Blessing and Omen of a Woman
Chapter 11
1 commentary, 8 hadithsChapter on the Recommended and Praiseworthy Traits and Characteristics of Women
Chapter 12
9 hadithsChapter on the Blameworthy Traits and Characteristics of Women
Chapter 13
1 commentary, 1 hadithChapter on the Admonition Regarding Women
Chapter 14
1 hadithChapter on Marrying a Woman for Her Wealth, Beauty, or Religion
Chapter 15
6 hadithsChapter on Compatibility in Marriage
Chapter 16
1 hadithChapter on the Recommended Supplications and Prayers for One Who Intends to Marry
Chapter 17
2 hadithsChapter on the Time When Marriage is Disliked
Chapter 18
2 commentaries, 12 hadithsChapter on the Guardian, Witnesses, Proposal, and Dowry
Chapter 19
2 hadithsChapter on Scattering Gifts and the Wedding Ceremony
Chapter 20
1 hadithChapter on the Wedding Feast (Walimah)
Chapter 21
1 hadithChapter on What a Man Should Do When His Wife is Brought to Him
Chapter 22
8 hadithsChapter on the Times When Intercourse is Disliked
Chapter 23
1 hadithChapter on Saying the Name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Before Intercourse
Chapter 24
1 hadithChapter on the Permissible Duration for Abstaining From Intercourse for One Who Has a Young Free Wife
Chapter 25
5 commentaries, 79 hadithsChapter on What Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, Has Made Permissible and Prohibited in Marriage
Chapter 26
5 hadithsChapter on Cases in Which Marriage is Invalidated
Chapter 27
1 hadithChapter on Separation Between Husband and Wife Due to the Demand for Dowry
Chapter 28
4 hadithsChapter on a Child Being Between Both Parents - Who Has More Right to Custody
Chapter 29
6 hadithsChapter on the Age at Which Children Should No Longer Be Touched Affectionately or Carried, and the Obligation to Separate Them in Their Beds
Chapter 30
2 hadithsChapter on Legal Marital Protection (Ihsan)
Chapter 31
12 hadithsChapter on the Husband's Rights Over His Wife
Chapter 32
14 hadithsChapter on the Wife's Rights Over Her Husband
Chapter 33
1 hadithChapter on Coitus Interruptus (ʿazl)
Chapter 34
4 hadithsChapter on Protective Jealousy
Chapter 35
1 hadithChapter on the Punishment of a Woman for Practicing Magic on Her Husband
Chapter 36
3 hadithsChapter on Ensuring the Absence of Pregnancy in Bondwomen (Istibra)
Chapter 37
2 hadithsChapter on a Slave Marrying Without His Master's Permission
Chapter 38
1 hadithChapter on a Man Who Buys a Bondwoman While She is Pregnant and Then is Intimate with Her
Chapter 39
2 hadithsChapter on Marrying Two Bondwomen Sisters at the Same Time
Chapter 40
1 hadithChapter on How a Man Marries His Male Slave to His Bondwoman
Chapter 41
2 hadithsChapter on a Free Woman Marrying Herself to a Slave Without the Permission of His Masters and the Dislike of Marrying a Bondwoman Owned by Two Partners
Chapter 42
2 commentaries, 26 hadithsChapter on the Rulings Regarding Male Slaves and Female Bondwoman
Chapter 43
1 hadithChapter on a Dhimmi Man Marrying a Dhimmi Woman and Then Both Converting to Islam
Chapter 44
2 commentaries, 34 hadithsChapter on Temporary Marriage (Mutʿah)
Chapter 45
3 commentaries, 43 hadithsChapter on Miscellaneous Matters
Chapter 46
1 hadithChapter on Supplication for Seeking Offspring
Chapter 47
2 commentaries, 26 hadithsChapter on Breastfeeding
Chapter 48
1 hadithChapter on Congratulating for the Birth of a Child
Chapter 49
22 hadithsChapter on the Virtue of Children
Chapter 50
2 commentaries, 21 hadithsChapter on Aqiqah, Tahnik, Naming, Kunyah, Shaving the Newborn's Head, Piercing the Ears, and Circumcision
Chapter 51
8 hadithsChapter on the State of Believers' Children Who Pass Away
Chapter 52
1 commentary, 4 hadithsChapter on the State of the Children of Polytheists and Disbelievers Who Pass Away
Chapter 53
1 commentary, 8 hadithsChapter on Disciplining and Testing a Child
Chapter 1
1 commentary, 1 hadithChapter on the Types of Divorce
Chapter 2
3 commentaries, 17 hadithsChapter on Divorce According to the Sunnah
Chapter 3
1 commentary, 3 hadithsChapter on the Divorce of an Absent Person
Chapter 4
1 hadithChapter on the Divorce by a Young Boy
Chapter 5
1 commentary, 3 hadithsChapter on the Divorce by an Insane Person
Chapter 6
2 commentaries, 14 hadithsChapter on the Divorce of a Woman Who Has Not Been Consummated and the Ruling on a Woman Whose Husband Passes Away Before or After Consummation
Chapter 7
2 commentaries, 9 hadithsChapter on the Divorce of a Pregnant Woman
Chapter 8
1 commentary, 10 hadithsChapter on the Divorce of a Woman Who Has Not Reached Menstruation, One Reached Menopausal Age, One with Irregular Menstruation, and One with Uncertain Menstruation
Chapter 9
1 commentary, 1 hadithChapter on the Divorce of a Mute Person
Chapter 10
1 hadithChapter on Secret Divorce
Chapter 11
2 hadithsChapter on Women Who Can Be Divorced in Any Condition
Chapter 12
1 commentary, 7 hadithsChapter on Giving the Choice (To the Wife)
Chapter 13
1 hadithChapter on Mutual Dissolution of Marriage (Mubaraʾah)
Chapter 14
1 commentary, 1 hadithChapter on Marital Rebellion (Nushuz)
Chapter 15
2 commentaries, 4 hadithsChapter on Marital Discord (Shiqaq)
Chapter 16
1 commentary, 4 hadithsChapter on Divorce by Mutual Consent (Khul)
Chapter 17
1 commentary, 2 hadithsChapter on Oath of Abstinence (Ila)
Chapter 18
4 commentaries, 25 hadithsChapter on Zihar (Declaring One's Wife Unlawful Like a Mother)
Chapter 19
3 commentaries, 8 hadithsChapter on Mutual Cursing (Li'an)
Chapter 20
1 commentary, 16 hadithsChapter on the Divorce by a Slave
Chapter 21
8 hadithsChapter on the Divorce by a Sick Person
Chapter 22
1 commentary, 6 hadithsChapter on the Divorce of a Missing Person
Chapter 23
2 hadithsChapter on the Terms: Khaliyah, Bariah, Batta, Bain, and Haram in Divorce
Chapter 24
8 hadithsChapter on the Ruling Regarding an Impotent Husband
Chapter 25
1 commentary, 32 hadithsChapter on Miscellaneous Matters
Chapter 26
2 commentaries, 37 hadithsChapter on Recognizing the Major Sins for Which Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, Has Threatened with Hellfire
Chapter 1
5 hadithsChapter on Those to Whom Judgment is Permissible and Those to Whom it is Not Permissible
Chapter 2
1 hadithChapter on the Categories of Judges and the Methods of Ruling
Chapter 3
2 hadithsChapter on Avoiding Judgments
Chapter 4
1 commentary, 3 hadithsChapter on the Dislike of Sitting with Judges in Their Gatherings
Chapter 5
1 hadithChapter on the Dislike of Receiving Payment for Judging
Chapter 6
1 hadithChapter on Injustice in Judgment
Chapter 7
2 hadithsChapter on Error in Judgment
Chapter 8
1 hadithChapter on Compensation for Judges' Errors
Chapter 9
2 hadithsChapter on Agreement Upon Two Just Individuals in Judgment
Chapter 10
2 commentaries, 10 hadithsChapter on the Etiquettes of Judgment
Chapter 11
1 hadithChapter on the Obligation to Adhere to the Apparent Ruling
Chapter 12
1 commentary, 13 hadithsChapter on Legal Stratagems in Rulings
Chapter 13
2 hadithsChapter on Legal Restriction and Bankruptcy
Chapter 14
1 hadithChapter on Intercessions in Rulings
Chapter 15
6 hadithsChapter on Imprisonment Due to the Implementation of Rulings
Chapter 16
13 hadithsChapter on Reconciliation
Chapter 17
1 hadithChapter on Justice
Chapter 18
3 commentaries, 37 hadithsChapter on Whose Testimony Must Be Rejected and Whose Testimony Must Be Accepted
Chapter 19
1 commentary, 2 hadithsChapter on Judging by the Testimony of One Witness and the Oath of the Claimant
Chapter 20
2 hadithsChapter on Judging by the Testimony of Two Women and the Oath of the Claimant
Chapter 21
1 commentary, 4 hadithsChapter on Establishing Testimony Based on Knowledge Without Formal Witnessing
Chapter 22
5 hadithsChapter on Refraining From Testimony, What Has Been Mentioned About Establishing it, Emphasizing it, and Concealing it
Chapter 23
9 hadithsChapter on False Testimony and What Has Been Reported Regarding it
Chapter 24
1 commentary, 2 hadithsChapter on the Invalidation of the Claimant's Right by Administering an Oath Even if They Have Evidence
Chapter 25
1 hadithChapter on Judging by Reversing the Oath and the Invalidation of the Right Due to Refusal
Chapter 26
1 commentary, 3 hadithsChapter on Judging by Administering an Oath to the Claimant Against the Deceased After Presenting Evidence
Chapter 27
1 commentary, 1 hadithChapter on Judgment in All Claims
Chapter 28
2 commentaries, 2 hadithsChapter on Testimony Against a Woman
Chapter 29
3 hadithsChapter on Invalidating Testimony Regarding Injustice, Usury, and Contradiction to the Sunnah
Chapter 30
8 hadithsChapter on Testimony Based on Testimony
Chapter 31
2 commentaries, 3 hadithsChapter on Precaution in Giving Testimony
Chapter 32
1 hadithChapter on the Testimony of the Executor for the Deceased Who Has a Debt
Chapter 33
1 commentary, 1 hadithChapter on the Prohibition of Reviving Rights Through False Testimonies
Chapter 34
1 commentary, 3 hadithsChapter on Miscellaneous Matters Related to Testimonies
Chapter 35
2 commentaries, 14 hadithsChapter on Pre-Emption
Chapter 36
7 hadithsChapter on Agency
Chapter 37
12 hadithsChapter on Judgment by Lot
Chapter 38
10 hadithsChapter on Guarantee
Chapter 39
1 commentary, 2 hadithsChapter on Judgment Regarding the Flood of the Mahzur Valley
Chapter 40
1 commentary, 2 hadithsChapter on Judgment Regarding the Enclosure Between Two Houses
Chapter 41
2 hadithsChapter on Judgment Regarding Sheep Grazing in a Cultivated Field
Chapter 42
1 commentary, 8 hadithsChapter on the Ruling Regarding Reserved Areas
Chapter 43
1 hadithChapter on the Ruling of Forcing a Man to Provide for His Relatives
Chapter 44
2 commentaries, 6 hadithsChapter on Claims That Are Accepted Without Evidence
Chapter 45
2 hadithsChapter of Rarities
Chapter 46
1 commentary, 23 hadithsChapter on Emancipation and Its Rulings
Chapter 47
13 hadithsChapter on Conditional Emancipation (Tadbir)
Chapter 48
25 hadithsChapter on the Contract of Manumission (Mukataba)
Chapter 49
13 hadithsChapter on the Allegiance of the Freed Slave
Chapter 50
8 hadithsChapter on Mothers of Offspring
Chapter 51
13 hadithsChapter on Freedom
Chapter 52
6 hadithsChapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding the Child of Adultery and the Foundling
Chapter 53
12 hadithsChapter on Absconding Slaves
Chapter 54
2 commentaries, 11 hadithsChapter on Apostasy
Chapter 55
9 hadithsChapter on Miscellaneous Matters Related to Emancipation
Chapter 1
4 commentaries, 113 hadithsChapter on Livelihoods, Earnings, Profits, and Professions
Chapter 2
4 commentaries, 38 hadithsChapter on Debt and Loan
Chapter 3
2 commentaries, 34 hadithsChapter on Trade, Its Etiquettes, Virtues, and Jurisprudence
Chapter 4
2 hadithsChapter on the Marketplace
Chapter 5
1 commentary, 4 hadithsChapter on the Reward of Supplication in Marketplaces
Chapter 6
2 hadithsChapter on Supplication When Purchasing Goods for Trade
Chapter 7
2 hadithsChapter on Supplication When Purchasing Animals
Chapter 8
1 commentary, 7 hadithsChapter on Conditions and Options in Sales
Chapter 9
2 hadithsChapter on the Separation That Concludes a Sale, Whether it is by Physical Departure or Verbal Agreement
Chapter 10
1 commentary, 2 hadithsChapter on the Ruling of a Balanced Partnership Agreement Between Two Men with a Known Condition and a Specified Term
Chapter 11
3 commentaries, 89 hadithsChapter on Sales
Chapter 12
1 commentary, 15 hadithsChapter on the Sale of Pasture, Crops, Trees, Lands, Servants, Water Rights, and Real Estate
Chapter 13
2 commentaries, 14 hadithsChapter on Reviving Barren Lands and Properties
Chapter 14
2 commentaries, 27 hadithsChapter on Sharecropping and Leasing
Chapter 15
3 hadithsChapter on Liability for Those Who Take Payment for Repairing Something but Cause Damage Instead
Chapter 16
14 hadithsChapter on the Liability of One Who Carried Something and Claimed Its Loss
Chapter 17
20 hadithsChapter on Advance Payment in Food, Animals, and Other Goods
Chapter 18
1 commentary, 21 hadithsChapter on Hoarding and Pricing
Chapter 19
1 hadithChapter on Judgment in the Dispute Between Buyer and Seller
Chapter 20
3 hadithsChapter on the Obligation to Return the Sold Item Due to the Option of Inspection
Chapter 21
1 hadithChapter on Announcing the Sale of Goods
Chapter 22
1 hadithChapter on Selling in the Shade
Chapter 23
1 hadithChapter on Selling Milk Mixed with Water
Chapter 24
3 hadithsChapter on Defrauding the Unaware Buyer
Chapter 25
3 hadithsChapter on Kindness and Avoiding Deception in Sales
Chapter 26
3 hadithsChapter on Intercepting Trade Goods
Chapter 27
1 commentary, 41 hadithsChapter on Usury (Riba)
Chapter 28
1 commentary, 4 hadithsChapter on Barter and Transaction with Immediate Buyback (Inah)
Chapter 29
11 hadithsChapter on Currency Exchange and Its Forms
Chapter 30
3 commentaries, 18 hadithsChapter on Lost Property and Stray Animals
Chapter 31
1 hadithChapter on What Falls Under the Ruling of Lost Property
Chapter 32
17 hadithsChapter on Gifts
Chapter 33
1 commentary, 4 hadithsChapter on Borrowing (Ariyyah)
Chapter 34
1 commentary, 7 hadithsChapter on Deposits (Wadi'ah)
Chapter 35
2 commentaries, 27 hadithsChapter on Pledging (Rahn)
Chapter 36
9 commentaries, 116 hadithsChapter on Hunting and Slaughtering
Chapter 37
1 commentary, 37 hadithsChapter on Eating and Drinking From Gold and Silver Utensils and Other Etiquettes of Eating
Chapter 38
5 commentaries, 63 hadithsChapter on Oaths, Vows, and Expiations