Jurisprudence & Religious affairs
To recite a surah of obligatory prostration in prayer Someone recites a surah of obligatory prostration in prayer intentionally/unintentionally, what should he do? Is his prayer valid?
Buying/selling sarqoflī of an endowed property
A shop was built on a piece of land that forms part of the precinct of a masjid. Is it permissible to ask for the payment of sarqoflī?
How to calculate a ten-day stay
Considering that I follow your Eminence in taqlīd, in your opinion in order to intend staying in a place for ten days, is it necessary to be there for 240 hours or it suffices to be there for ten complete days?
To spend khums on charity
Is one permitted to use sayyids’ share of the khums for a good deed like the marriage of a sayyid?
To touch the faucet during wuḍū’
During wuḍū’, may one shut the taps with the same hand one is washing?
A nijis thing coming in contact with a wet thing
A part of a cloth – of which an unknown part is najis - comes in contact with a wet thing. Does it make the wet object najis?
How to calculate khums of a shop's goods
I hope you will explain the easiest way a shopkeeper may calculate and pay his annual khums?
Liability for depreciation of price
I had an accident for which I was blamed. The insurance company paid for repair of the other car. However, the car depreciated, am I liable only for repair which the insurance compay pays or should I compensate for depreciation of the other party's car?
Masjid’s turbah left in one’s pocket
What should an individual do if a masjid’s turbah (mohr) remains in his pocket absent-mindedly?
To change khums year
A person says that his khums year starts from the 10th month of the year. He forgot about that date and in the 12th month he purchased a rug, a clock, etc. before calculating the khums. Now he wants to change his khums year’s date to Ramadan. What would your ruling be as regards the two (Imam’s and sayyids’) shares of khums which would apply to the rug, clock, etc?
Impossibility of facing qiblah
What is our duty if during the time of prayer we cannot face qiblah?
The criterion for work travel
For saying full prayer, is it necessary to travel to one's work place at least one every ten days or it suffices not to stay in a place for ten days?
To recite and to listen to a verse of prostration simultaneously
In a Qur'anic gatering, a person recites a verse of obligatory prostration and others recite it themselves. Should they make two prostrations?
A humor lie
Is it a sin to tell a lie as a joke/fun?
