Jurisprudence & Religious affairs
Placing Hands on the Knees during Rukūʻ Is it required for one to place the palms of one’s hands on one’s knees in the bowing position (rukūʻ) of a canonic prayer?
Purification of the Interior of Body Parts
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Transformation of an Impurity
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Inability to Execute the Penalty for the Deliberate Failure to Fast
Q.| If one has failed to fast during the month of Ramadan without a legitimate reason and is now financially incapable of providing food to 60 needy persons for every day one failed to fast[1] or to alternatively observe 60 days of punitive fasting,[2] what is one’s obligation?
Paying a Dependent’s Kaffārah without His Knowledge
Should a father pay his child’s kaffārah without his knowledge or a husband his wife’s without her knowledge, would the child or woman in question be relieved of the duty to pay kaffārah?
Refraining from Fasting per Professional Medical Instruction
If someone is told by his physician that he should not fast, but partially disregarding his physician’s instructions, he fasts every other day, is he obligated to observe compensational fasting for those days he heeded his physician’s instruction and did not fast?
Paying Khums on One’s Second House
If someone buys a second house in a place other than his hometown or primary area of residence to spend the summers and holidays there, is he obligated to pay khums on the value of the second house?
Praying behind an Imam Performing a Compensational Prayer
If a congregational leader, or imam, is performing a compensational prayer, can we join him in prayer, given that it is possible that he may be performing a potential compensational prayer, not a definitive one?
Prostration for Those Incapable of Performing the Standard Form
Believers who are incapable of performing the prostrations of the canonic prayers in their normal form (e.g. due to old age or physical impairment) typically sit on a chair and perform their prostrations by placing their heads on a table in front of them. First of all, does this count as a valid prostration? Second, how should they position the seven body parts integral to the validity of a proper prostration?
Traveling during the Month of Ramadan
Is it permissible to travel during the month of Ramadan with the intention to evade the obligation to fast?
Making Up for Days of Fasting Missed during the Month of Ramadan due to Travel
Q.| If someone misses several days of fasting during the month of Ramadan due to traveling, does he need to pay a financial penalty (kaffārah) in addition to the days of compensational fasting that he has to observe?
Traveling in the Afternoon while Fasting
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Joining a Congregational Prayer in the Final Attestation of the Prayer
Is it valid to join a congregational prayer when the congregants are in the final attestation (tashahhud) of the prayer?
