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The Book on Government
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كتاب الإمارة



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Chapter: The people follow the Quraish and the Caliphate belongs to the Quraish
باب النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ وَالْخِلاَفَةُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ ‏‏
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Chapter: Appointing a successor or not doing so
باب الاِسْتِخْلاَفِ وَتَرْكِهِ ‏‏
3
Chapter: The prohibition of seeking or desiring a position of authority
باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ طَلَبِ الإِمَارَةِ، وَالْحِرْصِ، عَلَيْهَا ‏‏
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Chapter: It is disliked to be appointed to a position of authority unnecessarily
باب كَرَاهَةِ الإِمَارَةِ بِغَيْرِ ضَرُورَةٍ ‏‏
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Chapter: The virtue of a just ruler and the punishment of a tyrant; Encouragement to treat those under one's authority with kindness and the prohibition against causing them hardship
باب فَضِيلَةِ الإِمَامِ الْعَادِلِ وَعُقُوبَةِ الْجَائِرِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَى الرِّفْقِ بِالرَّعِيَّةِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنْ إِدْخَالِ الْمَشَقَّةِ عَلَيْهِمْ
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Chapter: Emphatic prohibition against stealing from the spoils of war (Ghulul)
باب غِلَظِ تَحْرِيمِ الْغُلُولِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The prohibition of giving gifts to agents
باب تَحْرِيمِ هَدَايَا الْعُمَّالِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The obligation of obeying leaders in matters that do not involve sin, but it is forbidden to obey them in sinful matters
باب وُجُوبِ طَاعَةِ الأُمَرَاءِ فِي غَيْرِ مَعْصِيَةٍ وَتَحْرِيمِهَا فِي الْمَعْصِيَةِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The ruler is a shield from behind whom they fight and by whom they are protected
باب فِي الإِمَامِ إِذَا أَمَرَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَعَدَلَ كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ ‏‏
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Chapter: The obligation of fulfilling oaths of allegiance is owed to the first of two Caliphs
باب الْوَفَاءِ بِبَيْعَةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الأَوَّلِ فَالأَوَّلِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The command to be patient in the face of oppressive rulers and their selfishness
باب الأَمْرِ بِالصَّبْرِ عِنْدَ ظُلْمِ الْوُلاَةِ وَاسْتِئْثَارِهِمْ ‏‏
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Chapter: Obeying Rulers even if they withhold the people's rights
باب فِي طَاعَةِ الأُمَرَاءِ وَإِنْ مَنَعُوا الْحُقُوقَ
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Chapter: The obligation of staying with the Jama'ah (main body) of the muslims when Fitn (tribulations) appear, and in all circumstances. The prohibition of refusing to obey and on splitting away from the Jama'ah
باب الأَمْرِ بِلُزُومِ الْجَمَاعَةِ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِ الْفِتَنِ وَتَحْذِيرِ الدُّعَاةِ إِلَى الْكُفْرِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The ruling on one who seeks to divide the muslims when they are united
باب حُكْمِ مَنْ فَرَّقَ أَمْرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَهُوَ مُجْتَمِعٌ ‏‏
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Chapter: When allegiance has been sworn to two caliphs
باب إِذَا بُويِعَ لِخَلِيفَتَيْنِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The obligation to denounce rulers for that in which they go against Shari'ah, but they should not be fought so long as they pray regularly, etc
باب وُجُوبِ الإِنْكَارِ عَلَى الأُمَرَاءِ فِيمَا يُخَالِفُ الشَّرْعَ وَتَرْكِ قِتَالِهِمْ مَا صَلَّوْا وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ
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Chapter: The best and worst of rulers
باب خِيَارِ الأَئِمَّةِ وَشِرَارِهِمْ ‏‏
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Chapter: It is recommended for the army to swear allegiance to the ruler when intending to fight, and an account of Bay'at Ar-Ridwan beneath the tree
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ مُبَايَعَةِ الإِمَامِ الْجَيْشَ عِنْدَ إِرَادَةِ الْقِتَالِ وَبَيَانِ بَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ
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Chapter: The prohibition against a Muhajir returning to settle in his former homeland
باب تَحْرِيمِ رُجُوعِ الْمُهَاجِرِ إِلَى اسْتِيطَانِ وَطَنِهِ ‏‏
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Chapter: Swearing Allegiance and Pledging to adhere to Islam, to engage in Jihad and to do Good, after the conquest of Makkah, and the meaning of the phrase: "There is No Hijrah (migration) after the Conquest."
باب الْمُبَايَعَةِ بَعْدَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ عَلَى الإِسْلاَمِ وَالْجِهَادِ وَالْخَيْرِ وَبَيَانِ مَعْنَى: «لاَ هِجْرَةَ بَعْدَ الْفَتْحِ»
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Chapter: How women gave their oath of allegiance
باب كَيْفِيَّةِ بَيْعَةِ النِّسَاءِ ‏‏
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Chapter: Oath of allegiance pledging to hear and obey as much as possible
باب الْبَيْعَةِ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فِيمَا اسْتَطَاعَ ‏‏
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Chapter: The age of responsibility
باب بَيَانِ سِنِّ الْبُلُوغِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The prohibition of travelling with the Mushaf to the land of the disbelievers if there is the fear that it may fall into their hands.
باب النَّهْىِ أَنْ يُسَافَرَ بِالْمُصْحَفِ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْكُفَّارِ إِذَا خِيفَ وُقُوعُهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ
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Chapter: Horse Races and Training Horses for Racing
باب الْمُسَابَقَةِ بَيْنَ الْخَيْلِ وَتَضْمِيرِهَا ‏‏
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Chapter: The virtue of horses; "Goodness is tied to their Forelocks."
باب الْخَيْلُ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ‏‏
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Chapter: Disliked qualities in Horses
باب مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنْ صِفَاتِ الْخَيْلِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The virtue of Jihad and going out (to fight) in the cause of Allah
باب فَضْلِ الْجِهَادِ وَالْخُرُوجِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The virtue of Martyrdom in the cause of Allah
باب فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ‏‏
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Chapter: The virtue of going out in the morning or the evening in the cause of Allah
باب فَضْلِ الْغَدْوَةِ وَالرَّوْحَةِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The High Positions that Allah has prepared for the Mujahid in Paradise
باب بَيَانِ مَا أَعَدَّهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِلْمُجَاهِدِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِنَ الدَّرَجَاتِ ‏‏
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Chapter: If a person is killed in the cause of Allah, all his sins will be expiated except debt
باب مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كُفِّرَتْ خَطَايَاهُ إِلاَّ الدَّيْنَ ‏‏
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Chapter: The souls of the martyrs are in Paradise, and they are alive with their Lord and they have provision
باب فِي بَيَانِ أَنَّ أَرْوَاحَ الشُّهَدَاءِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَأَنَّهُمْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ
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Chapter: The virtue of Jihad and keeping watch over the frontier
باب فَضْلِ الْجِهَادِ وَالرِّبَاطِ ‏‏
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Chapter: Two Men, one of whom kills the other, and both will enter Paradise
باب بَيَانِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ يَقْتُلُ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ يَدْخُلاَنِ الْجَنَّةَ ‏‏
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Chapter: One who kills a disbeliever then keeps to the right path
باب مَنْ قَتَلَ كَافِرًا ثُمَّ سَدَّدَ ‏‏
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Chapter: The virtue of Charity in the Cause of Allah, and its Manifold reward
باب فَضْلِ الصَّدَقَةِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَتَضْعِيفِهَا ‏‏
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Chapter: The virtue of helping the warrior who is fighting in the cause of Allah with mounts etc., and looking after his family in his absence
باب فَضْلِ إِعَانَةِ الْغَازِي فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِمَرْكُوبٍ وَغَيْرِهِ وَخِلاَفَتِهِ فِي أَهْلِهِ بِخَيْرٍ
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Chapter: The sanctity of the wives of the Mujahidin, and the sin of the one who betrays them with regard to them
باب حُرْمَةِ نِسَاءِ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ وَإِثْمِ مَنْ خَانَهُمْ فِيهِنَّ ‏‏
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Chapter: The duty of Jihad is waived for those who have excuses
باب سُقُوطِ فَرْضِ الْجِهَادِ عَنِ الْمَعْذُورِينَ، ‏‏
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Chapter: Affirmation of Paradise for the Martyr
باب ثُبُوتِ الْجَنَّةِ لِلشَّهِيدِ ‏‏
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Chapter: One who fights so that the word of Allah will be supreme is fighting in the cause of Allah
باب مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللَّهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا فَهُوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ‏‏
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Chapter: One who fights to show off and gain a reputation deserves Hell
باب مَنَ قَاتَلَ لِلرِّيَاءِ وَالسُّمْعَةِ اسْتَحَقَّ النَّارَ ‏‏
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Chapter: The reward of those who fought and acquired spoils of war and those who did not acquire spoils of war
باب بَيَانِ قَدْرِ ثَوَابِ مَنْ غَزَا فَغَنِمَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَغْنَمْ ‏‏
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Chapter: The words of the prophets saws: "Deeds are but with intentions" which includes fighting and other deeds
باب قَوْلِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ.‏"‏ وَأَنَّهُ يَدْخُلُ فِيهِ الْغَزْوُ وَغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ
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Chapter: It is recommended to seek Martyrdom in the Cause of Allah, Exalted is He.
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ طَلَبِ الشَّهَادَةِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ‏‏
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Chapter: Criticism of one who dies without having fought (in Jihad) or having thought of fighting
باب ذَمِّ مَنْ مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَغْزُ وَلَمْ يُحَدِّثْ نَفْسَهُ بِالْغَزْوِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The reward of one who is kept from fighting by sickness or any other excuse
باب ثَوَابِ مَنْ حَبَسَهُ عَنِ الْغَزْوِ، مَرَضٌ أَوْ عُذْرٌ آخَرُ ‏‏
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Chapter: The virtue of campaigning by sea
باب فَضْلِ الْغَزْوِ فِي الْبَحْرِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The virtue of guarding the frontier in the cause of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)
باب فَضْلِ الرِّبَاطِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏‏
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Chapter: About the Martyrs
باب بَيَانِ الشُّهَدَاءِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The virtue of Shooting and Encouragement to learn it, and criticism of the one who learns it and then forgets it
باب فَضْلِ الرَّمْىِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَيْهِ وَذَمِّ مَنْ عَلِمَهُ ثُمَّ نَسِيَهُ ‏‏
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Chapter: The words of the prophet saws: "A Group of my Ummah will continue to Prevail on the basis of the Truth, and They will not be Harmed by those who oppose them."
باب قَوْلِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لاَ تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ لاَ يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ»
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Chapter: Keeping animals' well being in mind when traveling, and the prohibition of halting in the road at the end of the night.
باب مُرَاعَاةِ مَصْلَحَةِ الدَّوَابِّ فِي السَّيْرِ وَالنَّهْىِ عَنِ التَّعْرِيسِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ ‏‏
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Chapter: Travel is a kind of torment, and it is recommended for the traveler to hasten back to his family after finishing his business
باب السَّفَرِ قِطْعَةٌ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَاسْتِحْبَابِ تَعْجِيلِ الْمُسَافِرِ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ بَعْدَ قَضَاءِ شُغْلِهِ
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Chapter: It is disliked to enter at night when coming home from a journey
باب كَرَاهَةِ الطُّرُوقِ وَهُوَ الدُّخُولُ لَيْلاً لِمَنْ وَرَدَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ ‏‏