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FORTY
HADITH
An Exposition on Forty Ahadith Narrated through
the Prophet and His Ahl al-Bayt, may peace be upon
them
By
Imam Ruhullah al-Musawi AL-
KHUMAYNI
Translated by
Mahliqa Qara’i (late) and Ali Quli Qara’i
Al-Khomeini, Ruhullah al-Musawi,
ثيدح لهچ
Forty Hadith
Author:
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
Edition 1380 – 1422
Ofuq Press
Pages: 152
Copies: 2000 Size: 143 x 205 mm
ISBN: 964-438-363-X
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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,
MOST GRACIOUS, MOST
MERCIFUL
The original work in Persian, recently published under the title “Arba’in,
ya chihil hadith” was written by Imam al-Khumayni forty-six years ago and
was completed in the month of Muharram 1358 (April-May, 1939). The
manuscript of this work, together with that of two other unpublished works
of the author, Sharh Du’ae sahar, and Adab al-salat, were recovered from the
library of the late Ayatullah Akhund al-Hamadani. All the three works have
now been published by the Institute. The English translation of the letter has
also undergone its second edition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ...................................................................... 25
CHILDHOOD AND EARLY EDUCATION ............................ 26
THE YEARS OF SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL
FORMATION IN QUM, 1923 TO 1962 ............................... 29
THE YEARS OF STRUGGLE AND EXILE, 1962-1978 . 33
THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION, 1978-79 ............................. 41
1979-89: FIRST DECADE OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC,
LAST DECADE OF THE IMAM’S LIFE................................. 46
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 57
PURPOSE OF WRITING THE BOOK .................................... 57
FIRST HADITH: JIHAD OF THE SELF ........................................... 59
VERBAL TRANSLATION ........................................................ 59
EXPOSITION ............................................................................... 59
FIRST GRADE ............................................................................ 60
CONTEMPLATION .................................................................... 61
WILL AND RESOLUTION ........................................................ 62
EFFORT AND STRUGGLE (SPIRITUAL) ............................. 63
SELF-EXAMINATION AND STIPULATION
(MUSHARATAH) ....................................................................... 63
GUARDING AGAINST EVIL (MURAQABAH) ..................... 64
REMEMBRANCE (TADHAKKUR) ........................................ 64
REMEMBRANCE OF GOD, REMEMBERING THE
GRACES BESTOWED BY HIM ............................................... 65
THE SECOND STAGE .............................................................. 66
HIDDEN OR INNER POWERS (QUWWA-E BATINI) ....... 68
HOW TO REGULATE HUMAN INSTINCTS ......................... 70
HOW TO BRIDLE FANCY AND IMAGINATION ................ 71
ESTIMATION AND APPRAISAL ........................................... 72
HOW TO CURE MORAL MALADIES ................................... 78
CONCLUSION ............................................................................. 80
SECOND HADITH: OSTENTATION (RIYA’) ................................ 81
RIYA’ IN FAITH OR CREED .................................................. 82
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF .... 83
DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF RIYA’ ......................................... 85
AN ADVICE FOR GETTING RID OF THE CURSE OF
RIYA’ ............................................................................................ 86
SINCERITY IN ACTION ............................................................ 89
THE SECOND STAGE OF RIYA’ ............................................ 91
THE VALUE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE AS A TRUSTEE OF
DIVINE HONOR ......................................................................... 93
RIYA’ IN WORSHIP ................................................................... 94
SECTION I ................................................................................... 94
HOW TO COMBAT RIYA’? ...................................................... 95
RIYA’ IN CONGREGATIONAL PRAYERS ........................... 97
HOW DOES RIYA’ INFILTRATE THE RANKS OF THE
CONGREGATION? ..................................................................... 98
AN INVITATION TO SINCERITY ........................................... 98
A TRADITION OF IMAM ‘ALI (A) ..................................... 102
VARIATION IN GRADES AND DEGREES OF QUALITIES
AMONG DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS .................................. 104
WHAT IS SUM’AH ? ............................................................... 106
THIRD HADITH: SELF-CONCEIT (‘UJB) ................................. 107
Description:Forty Hadith is the mystical and ethical explanation of forty selected hadithes by Imam Khomeini (ra). This great masterpiece of Islamic mysticism and ethics is yet another wonder of Imam Khomeini (ra). Written in a relatively easier language and practical style, Forty Hadith explains self-disciplin
