Transliteration Table . x Preface . xi Before You Read . xiii BOOK OF GOVERNMENT Chapter 50: Keeping Watch for God''s Cause. 3 Chapter 51: Types of Martyrs. 5 Chapter 52: Encouragement for Learning Archery. 10 Chapter 53: Defenders of the Truth. 13 Chapter 54: Taking Care of Mounts When Travelling.
20 Chapter 55: Travel is a Piece of Suffering. 23 Chapter 56: Discouragement From Returning Home at Night. 25 THE BOOK OF GAME AND SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS Chapter 1: Hunting with Trained Dogs. 33 Chapter 2: Finding Game After Having Missed it. 48 Chapter 3: Predator Beasts and Birds of Prey Are Forbidden. 51 Chapter 4: Dead Maritime Animals Are Permissible. 57 Chapter 5: The Prohibition of Domestic Donkey Meat. 68 Chapter 6: Horse Meat Is Permissible.
79 Chapter 7: The Permissibility of Eating Lizards. 83 Chapter 8: Eating Locusts. 96 Chapter 9: Eating Rabbit. 98 Chapter 10: The Permissibility of What Helps in Hunting and Against the Enemy. 100 Chapter 11: Proper Slaughter and Killing. 104 Chapter 12: The Prohibition of Using Animals as Targets. 106 THE BOOK OF SACRIFICE Chapter 1: The Time of Sacrifice. 113 Chapter 2: The Age of a Sacrificial Animal.
127 Chapter 3: The Desirability of Sacrifice and Its Recommended Practice. 133 Chapter 4: What Tools Should Be Used for Slaughter?. 139 Chapter 5: The Abrogation of Restricting Eating Sacrificial Meat to Three Days Only. 148 Chapter 6: The Prohibition of Idolatrous Sacrifice. 163 Chapter 7: The Time When No Hair May Be Cut. 167 Chapter 8: Sacrifice for Anyone Other Than God is Forbidden. 173 THE BOOK OF DRINKS Chapter 1: The Prohibition of Intoxicating Drinks. 179 Chapter 2: The Prohibition of Making Vinegar Out of Wine.
194 Chapter 3: Wine May Not Be Used as a Medicine. 196 Chapter 4: All Fermented Grapes and Dates Are Wine. 198 Chapter 5: Fermenting Dates and Raisins Together. 200 Chapter 6: Fermentation in Certain Containers. 209 Chapter 7: Whatever Intoxicates Is Wine and Forbidden. 235 Chapter 8: Punishment for Alcohol Addiction. 243 Chapter 9: Fermented Non-intoxicating Drink Is Permissible. 246 Chapter 10: Drinking Milk.
257 Chapter 11: Drinking and Covering Containers. 263 Chapter 12: Useful Precautions. 267 Chapter 13: Table Manners. 275 Chapter 14: The Discouragement of Drinking Whilst Standing. 288 Chapter 15: Drinking Zamzam Water Standing. 291 Chapter 16: Drinking With Three Breaths. 296 Chapter 17: Go Right When Circulating Drinks. 299 THE BOOK OF FOOD Chapter 1: Licking Fingers and Plates, Eating Dropped Morsels.
309 Chapter 2: When an Uninvited Guest Joins. 318 Chapter 3: Taking Someone Else to One''s Host. 323 Chapter 4: Eating Food With Sauce, Pumpkin, etc. 344 Chapter 5: A Guest Prays for His Host. 347 Chapter 6: Eating Cucumber With Dates. 350 Chapter 7: Humility When Eating. 351 Chapter 8: When Eating With Others. 353 Chapter 9: Storing Dates and Similar Foods for One''s Children.
356 Chapter 10: The Excellence of Madinah Dates. 358 Chapter 11: Truffles and Their Benefit. 361 Chapter 12: The Black Fruit of the Arak Tree. 365 Chapter 13: Vinegar as Seasoning. 367 Chapter 14: Garlic Is Permissible, but to Be Avoided Socially. 372 Chapter 15: Giving Priority to One''s Guest. 377 Chapter 16: When Food Is Scarce. 395 Chapter 17: A Believer''s Approach to Eating.
398 Chapter 18: No Criticism of Food. 403 THE BOOK OF CLOTHES AND ADORNMENT Chapter 1: The Prohibition of Gold and Silver Utensils. 409 Chapter 2: What Is Forbidden of Gold, Silver, Silk, etc?. 415 Chapter 3: Wearing Silk Is Forbidden for Men. 427 Chapter 4: Wearing Silk for a Skin Complaint. 453 Chapter 5: No Clothes With Red Dye for Men. 456 Chapter 6: Adorned Clothes. 461 Chapter 7: Humility Reflected in Dress.
463 Chapter 8: Using a Bedcover. 468 Chapter 9: No Need to Keep What Is Surplus. 471 Chapter 10: Trailing One''s Garment in Arrogance. 473 Chapter 11: The Prohibition Against Walking Proudly. 481 Chapter 12: Gold Rings Are Forbidden for Men. 484 Chapter 13: The Prophet''s Silver Ring. 489 Chapter 14: The Prophet''s Use of His Ring. 494 Chapter 15: Discarding Rings.
496 Chapter 16: Wearing a Silver Ring With a Stone. 499 Chapter 17: Wearing a Ring on the Little Finger. 501 Chapter 18: No Ring on the Middle Fingers. 503 Chapter 19: The Desirability of Footwear. 506 Chapter 20: How to Wear Sandals. 507 Chapter 21: Disapproved Ways of Wearing Clothes. 511 Chapter 22: No Lying on One''s Back With One Leg Over the Other. 514 Chapter 23: Lying Down With One Leg Over the Other.
516 Chapter 24: No Garment Dyed With Saffron for Men. 519 Chapter 25: Dying Grey Hair. 521 Chapter 26: Using Hair Dye. 522 Chapter 27: The Prohibition of Making Images of Animals, etc. 525 Chapter 28: Taking Dogs and Bells on a Journey. 552 Chapter 29: The Disapproval of a Necklace for Camels. 554 Chapter 30: The Prohibition of Hitting and Branding an Animal on the Face. 556 Chapter 31: Branding Animals.
559 Chapter 32: Partial Shaving of a Boy''s Head. 563 Chapter 33: The Right of the Road. 566 Chapter 34: No Alteration of God''s Creation. 568 Chapter 35: Women Who Are Clothed and Unclothed. 582 Chapter 36: The Prohibition of All False Claims. 584 THE BOOK OF GOOD MANNERS Chapter 1: Lawful and Unlawful Names and Appellations. 589 Chapter 2: The Disapproval of Certain Types of Names. 600 Chapter 3: Changing Foul Names.
605 Chapter 4: Forbidden Names and Titles. 609 Chapter 5: Rubbing the Palate and Naming a Newborn.