Lantern of the Path

A collection of Hadith by the 6th Imam on knowledge, behavior, remembrance, prayer, and fear of God.

• Publisher’s Note
• Translator’s Note and Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Bondage ('Ubudiyah)
• More on Bondage
• On Lowering the Gaze
• On Walking
• On Knowledge
• Giving Judgement
• Enjoining what is Good and Forbidding what is Evil
• How the Men of Knowledge are Ruined
• Guarding Oneself (Ri'ayah)
• Thankfulness
• On Leaving your Home
• On Reciting the Qur'an
• Dress
• Showing Off
• Truthfulness
• Sincerity
• Precaution
• Fearing Allah
• Social Interactions
• Sleep
• Pilgrimage
• Charity
• Intention
• Remembrance
• The Ruin of the Reciters
• Clarification of Truth and Falsehood
• The Gnosis of the Prophets
• The Recognition of the Imams
• Recognition of the Companions
• The Honour and Sanctity of the Believers
• Dutifulness to Parents
• Humility
• Ignorance
• Eating
• Evil Whispering
• Pride
• Generosity
• Self-Reckoning
• Opening the Prayer
• Bowing in Prayer
• Prostration in Prayer
• The Tashahhud
• Salam
• Repentance
• Retreat
• Silence
• Intellect and Passion
• Envy
• Greed
• Corruption
• Well-being
• Worship
• Reflection
• Rest
• Avarice
• Clarification
• Judgements
• Siwak
• Using the Lavatory
• Purification
• Entering the Mosque
• Supplication
• Fasting
• Abstinence
• A Description of this World
• Reluctance to Act
• Delusion
• A Description of the Hypocrite
• Proper Social Transaction
• Taking and Giving
• Brotherhood
• Consultation
• Forbearance
• Following Another's Example
• Pardon
• Exhortation
• Advice (wasiyah)
• Trustful Reliance
• Respect for One's Brothers
• Striving and Discipline
• Contemplation of Death
• Good Opinion
• Entrusting Oneself to Allah
• Certainty
• Fear and Hope
• Contentment
• Affliction
• Patience
• Sorrow
• Modesty
• Gnosis (ma 'rifah)
• Love of Allah
• Love for the Sake of Allah
• Yearning
• Wisdom
• Making Claims
• Taking Heed
• Contentedness
• Slander