Topic Chapter No. Page
16 – Book of Supplications 503
Chapter: The command to supplicate, its virtue, and a selection of its formulas 250 503
Chapter: Supplicating for one’s brother in his absence 251 509
Chapter: Various issues concerning supplication 252 510
Chapter: The miracles of the saints and their merit 253 512
17 – Book of Prohibited Matters 519
Chapter: The prohibition of backbiting and the command to guard the tongue 254 519
Chapter: The prohibition of listening to backbiting 255 524
Chapter: What is exempted from backbiting 256 525
Chapter: The prohibition of tale-bearing 257 528
Chapter: The prohibition of transmitting people’s speech 258 529
Chapter: Condemnation of the two-faced person 259 530
Chapter: The prohibition of lying 260 530
Chapter: Clarifying those instances where lying is permissible 261 535
Chapter: The encouragement to verify what one reports or relates 262 536
Chapter: Explaining the severity of the prohibition of bearing false witness 263 537
Chapter: The prohibition of cursing a specific individual or an animal 264 537
Chapter: The permissibility of cursing sinners in general without naming anyone 265 539
Chapter: The prohibition of reviling a Muslim without right 266 540
Chapter: The prohibition of reviling the dead without right or a legitimate shar‘i interest 267 541
Chapter: The prohibition of causing harm 268 542
Chapter: The prohibition of mutual hatred, severing ties, and turning away from one another 269 542
Chapter: The prohibition of envy 270 543
Chapter: The prohibition of spying 271 544
Chapter: The prohibition of harboring suspicion about Muslims without necessity 272 545
Chapter: The prohibition of despising Muslims 273 545