Jurisprudence & Religious affairs
MONTHLY AHKAM | OCTOBER 2020
This section contains the latest inquiries about the practical laws of islam answered by the istifta' committee of the supreme leader's office. (updated monthly)
MONTHLY AHKAM | SEPTEMBER 2020
This section contains the latest inquiries about the practical laws of islam answered by the istifta' committee of the supreme leader's office. (updated monthly)
MONTHLY AHKAM | May 2020
This section contains the latest inquiries about the practical laws of islam answered by the istifta' committee of the supreme leader's office. (updated monthly)
Reciting from the Qur’an rather than from Memory
There are certain cases where devotional instructions encourage the recitation of one of the longer sūrahs of the Qur’an in an obligatory or supererogatory canonic prayer. If we do not know these sūrahs by heart, can we recite them from the Qur’an?
Swearing as a Measure to Persuade Customer to Undertake a Transaction
Is it permissible to swear in conducting a commercial transaction?
Eating Fish That Dies in Water
Selling fish that are cultivated in fish farms usually involves transferring the fish from the main tank at the farm to a specially-equipped vehicle carrying a water tank whose oxygen level is monitored and replenished by a specific machine designed for this purpose, and from the vehicle they are then transferred to a similar water tank in the store or shop in which they are sold to customers. That is, all precautions are taken to ensure that the fish remain alive until they reach the customers. Now, if a fish dies in the water tank, is it canonically edible?
Consumption of Imported Edible Products
Are the non-animal-based edible products—such as various types of chocolates, chewing gums, and cookies—that are imported from non-Muslim countries canonically edible (ḥalāl)?
Submitting Religious Tax of Zakāt to Charities
Can we offer our zakāt to charitable institutions, such as the Imam Khomeini Relief Organization (kumītih imdād imām khumiynī), if they intend to use it to purchase necessary household items for the newlywed young women under their care?
Women’s Recitation of Qur’anic Sūrahs in Canonic Prayers
Can women, like men, say Sūrat al-Ḥamd and the second sūrah loudly in the Morning, Nightfall, and Night Prayers?
Proper Ḥijāb for Women
What is the proper clothing that women should wear in public?
Hearing the Cries of Non-Maḥram Women in Mourning Ceremonies
Would it be problematic if men participating in the mourning ceremonies held in commemoration of the Ahl al-Bayt hear the cries and moans of the non-maḥram women participating in these programs given that men and women are seated in adjacent rooms?
Spending Remainder of Donations Intended to Fund Muḥarram Ceremonies for Religious Ceremonies during Fāṭimīyyah Season
Is it permissible to spend the remainder of the donations given initially to fund Muḥarram ceremonies for ceremonies held during the Fāṭimīyyah Season?
Spending Money Collected in the Name of ʻAbbās ibn ʻAlī
What is the proper use for a sum of money donated by believers in the name of Imām Ḥusayn’s brother, ʻAbbās ibn ʻAlī?
Performing Prostration of Zīyārat ʻĀshūrā in the Absence of Turbah
What are we supposed to do if we do not have turbah⁎ when performing the prostration of Zīyārat ʻĀshūrā?⁑
Performing One Ablution of Ghusl in place of Several
If there are multiple causes in virtue of which one needs to perform the ablution of ghusl ....
Deducting Khums-Exempt Wealth from Surplus Income
If we spend some money or property whose khums we have already paid or that is given to us as a gift, and is therefore exempt from khums, toward our necessary expenses, are we allowed to deduct the amount of such khums-exempt money or property from our surplus income at the end of our religious fiscal year when calculating the amount of khums we must pay?
The Condition of Virtue vis-à-vis the Validity of Witnessing a Divorce
Given that one of the conditions of a person that witnesses a divorce is that he must partake of the quality of virtue (ʻadālah), what is one to do if the agent (wukalāʼ) of the husband consider one to be virtuous (ʻādil) whereas one knows oneself to be deprived of this quality.
Being Splashed with Liquids That May Be Canonically Impure
While standing or walking in streets we are sometimes splashed with the rainwater that gathers in puddles when passing cars drive through them at high speed, or the liquid that occasionally spills from garbage trucks may get splashed onto our clothes. Are these liquids to be treated as canonically impure?
