CONTENTS

CHAPTER

PAGE

PREFACE

i

I.

How Divine Revelation came to the Holy Prophet

1

II.

Īmān and Islām

16

III.

Knowledge

31

IV.

Purification

40

Sec. 1. Natural Evacuations.

41

Sec. 2. The Tooth-Brush

48

Sec. 3. Ablution

50

Sec. 4. Bath

58

Sec. 5. Tayammum

64

V.

The Mosque

68

VI.

Adhān and Iqāmah

89

VII.

Jamā'ah (congregation)

102

VIII.

The Imām

110

IX.

Institution of Prayer

119

X.

Prayer-Service

132

XI.

Friday Service

158

XII.

'Īd Service

165

XIII.

Supererogatory Prayers

177

XIV.

Miscellaneous Prayers

184

XV.

Burial Service

188

XVI.

Charity and Zakāt

208

XVII.

Fasting

222

XVIII.

Pilgrimage

232

XIX.

Jihād

252

XX.

Marriage

266

XXI.

Divorce

282

XXII.

Buying and Selling

292

XXIII.

Cultivation of Land

302

XXIV.

Matters relating to Service

308

XXV.

Debts and Mortgage

316

XXVI.

Gifts

325

XXVII.

Wills and Inheritance

333

XXVIII.

Foods and Drinks

343

XXIX.

Toilet

359

XXX.

Ethics (Adab)

371

XXXI.

The State

394