GO TO CHAPTER: What’s New Front Matter    Foreword to the Fourth Edition    Translator’s Preface to the Third Edition    Translator’s Preface to the Fourth Edition    Transliteration Purification and Prayer    2. Purification (Ṭahārah)    3. Prayer (Ṣalāh) Ritual Acts of Worship    4. Fasting (Ṣawm)    5. Spiritual Retreat (Iʿtikāf )    6. The One-Fifth Tax (Khums)    7. Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil    8. Alms Tax (Zakat)    9. Hajj    1. Following a Jurist (Taqlīd) Marriage and Divorce    28. Breastfeeding    29. Divorce    27. Marriage Will and Inheritance    37. Will (Waṣiyyah)    38. Inheritance (Irth) Other Transactions    10. Buying and Selling    11. Partnership (Shirkah)    12. Settlement (Ṣulḥ)    13. Hiring/Renting (Ijārah)    14. Sleeping Partnership (Muḍārabah)    15. Reward (Juʿālah)    16. Sharecropping (Muzāraʿah)    17. Tree Tending Contract (Musāqāh) and Tree Planting Contract (Mughārasah)    18. Those Prohibited from Having Disposal over their Property    19. Agency (Wikālah)    20. Loan (Qarḍ)    21. Transfer of Debt (Ḥawālah)    22. Security (Rahn)    23. Suretyship (Ḍamān)    24. Surety for the Appearance of a Debtor (Kafālah)    25. Deposit (Wadīʿah) and Trust (Amānah)    26. Gratuitous Loan (ʿĀriyah)    30. Usurpation (Ghaṣb)    31. Found Property    32. Slaughtering and Hunting Animals    33. Eating and Drinking    34. Vow (Nadhr) and Covenant (ʿAhd)    35. Oath (Qasam)    36. Charitable Endowment (Waqf ) End Matter    Glossary    Appendix 1: Table of Weights, and Measures, Values, and Quantities    Appendix 2: Biography of His Eminence al-Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani    Appendix 3: List of Updated Rulings    Works Consulted

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