Book Introduction: Ilalus Sharaaye

The laws of shariat have been framed by our creator, Allah. All of us worship Allah and obey His commands without any ifs and buts. There are many things whose rationale we do not understand and would like to know. Sometimes, some laws may even seem to be irrational or leading towards injustice. In other words, though we submit to the command of Allah, we want to know about the reason behind the various rules of the shariat.

The laws of the shariat are made keeping in mind the physical as well as spiritual well being of humans. The question of knowing our spiritual needs do not rise since most of our physical needs too are beyond our comprehension.

The proof of Allah, the pure Ahle Bait (a.s.) have helped us understand these rationale by unrevealing the reasons and rationale behind many such laws. These traditions help us to have more confidence in the laws of shariat. It also reiterates for us, the love and care of Allah for its creatures.

These traditions have been narrated from Aimmah (a.s.) through various companions are scattered in various books and are classified into relevant chapters. But, one author has successfully tried to gather all such traditions in one book and has named the book as Ilalus Sharaaye – Reasons for Laws of Shariat. This gigantic task was done our revered Scholar Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawaih al-Qummi famous as Shaikh Saduq (a.r.) who was born in 305 A.H. He was one the extraordinary scholars  during the early days of Ghaibat.

This book is in two volumes printed together in a single volume. The book has headings and traditions under those headings with no explanation or comments from the author. This approach helps in keeping the book pure from all kinds of non-masoom interpretations. This book is available in Arabic, Persian, Urdu and an extract in gujrati.

Volume 1 - There are 262 sub-topics concerning the reasons for various historical events and belief.

Volume 2 - There are 385 sub-topics concerning the reasons for various rules (ahkam) like namaz, roza, hajj, zakat, khums etc.

We present a small chart of some topics from both volumes. We pray to Allah to give us the Taufeeq to refer to this book.

Volume 1		Volume 2
That reason due to which idols were worshipped.		Causes and Reasons of Wuzu, Azan and Namaz.
What is the reason, for there are among peoples who are better than angles and there are among peoples who are worst then animals.		That reason due to which Allah has made Namaz Wajib.
That reason due to which for the son of Hazrat Noah (a.s.), Allah (The High) said that he is not from your progeny.		That reason due to which two Namaz can be recited together.
That reason due to which Najaf was given the name of Najaf.		That reason due to which in all Namaz of the day only the Namaz of Fajr is recited loudly and rest of the Namazs are not recited loudly.
That reason due to which among peoples the birth of `Sudani', `Tarak' and `Sakaliyah' and `Yajooj' (Gog) and `Maajooj' (Magog) took place.		That reason due to which Namaz-e-Maghrib is always recited 3 rakats and rest of the Namaz are shorten to two rakats in journey.
That reason due to which Allah (The High) took the test of Hazrat Yaqoob (a.s.) and test of Hazrat Yusuf (a.s.) due to his dreams and incidents related to it.		That reason due to which Namaz of Maghrib & its Nawaafil is not shorten in any condition whether at home or in Journey.
That reason due to which there was no Apostle from the generation of Hazrat Yusuf (a.s.).		That reason due to which the person reciting Namaz behind the Imam should not recite Qiraat.
That reason due to which Hazrat Yusuf (a.s.)  married with Zulekha.		That reason due to which at the time of Dua both the hands should be raise up towards the direction of sky. Although Allah is present everywhere.
That reason due to which Hazrat Ameerul Momeneen (a.s.) didn't dye his hair.		Reason for Tasbih of Janabe Fatimah Zahra (s.a.)
That reason due to which Hazrat Fatema Zehra (s.a.) was buried in the night time not in the day time.		That reason due to which Shab-e-Qadr  comes every year.
That reason due to which Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) had send somebody with sura `Baraat' or `Taubaah' but called him back and send Hazrat Ali (a.s.) in his place.		That reason due to which the grief of Aal-e-Muhammad becomes fresh on every Eid.
That reason due to which Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) closed all the doors of people which was opening in masjid except the door of  Ali ibn Abu Talib (a.s.).		That reason due to which Allah (s.w.t.) made Greater Sins haraam.
That reason due to which Imamat came in the generation of Imam Husain (a.s.) and not Imam Hasan (a.s.).		That reason due to which the House of Allah was made.
That reason due to which Imam Qaem (a.s.) will kill the discendents of the killers of Imam Husain (a.s.) for their ancestors crime.		That reason due to which Kaabah is called as Kaabah.
Reason for why Allah (The High) is not sending chastisement on sinners.		That reason due to which Tawaaf was Fixed at seven circumbulation.
Reason for summer and winter.		Reason for doing Ghusl before entering the Holy Kaabah.