Jurisprudence & Religious affairs
Scope of ribā prohibition
Is ribā ḥarām across the board, i.e. for all legal/personal entities, or are there special cases?
Local dance
What is the ruling in the matter of traditional dancing in either mixed groups of men and women, men only, or women only?
Plastic surgery by a male surgeon for a female patient
Is it permissible for the male doctor to carry out plastic surgery for a woman which entails touching and looking at her body?
Wearing neck tie
What is the view on wearing a necktie?
Khums on savings from yearly income
I am not yet married. Is it permitted for me to save money from my present income for my future needs?
Aborting a congenitally defected baby
With the help of modern technology, doctors can now identify the congenital deformities of the fetus during pregnancy. Because of the difficulties babies born with deformities face in life, is it permissible to terminate the pregnancy if it is found by a reliable specialist that the fetus has developed any deformity?
Revoking a transaction without a right of revocation
Is the vendor justified in canceling the contract without his enjoying the right of withdrawal? And has he the right to increase the price of the thing sold after the sale has been concluded?
Applying the ruling of a traveler after passing tarakhkhuṣ limit
After leaving his waṭan, a traveler passes by a place where he can hear the adhān of his waṭan or see the walls of its houses, will it affect the distance covered?
Method of touching opposite gender by a nurse
To take the pulse count of a patient there has to be some sort of direct contact with the body. If it is feasible for a nurse from the opposite sex to do these wearing gloves, can he/she still do it without the gloves?
Delaying fasting qaḍā’ out of ignorance about the ruling
What is the duty of a person who did not know that performing qaḍā’ of missed fasts is required before the next Ramadan, and so did not do it?
How to calculate khums of salaried married couple
Is it possible for a husband and wife to specify a single common date for khums, when they both use their incomes together for their costs?
Observing imām’s place level in comparison to that of ma‘mūms
Do the prayers of the followers become void when the imam is at a higher position than them?
Surgery for making a hermaphrodite male or female
What is the ruling in the matter of undergoing an operation for a hermaphrodite person to become either man or woman?
Obligation of leaving a will
Is leaving a will obligatory so much so that one could be sinful if they do not do it?
To doubt whether a garment worn during prayer is najis or not
Will my prayer be invalid if I perform them in clothes that I doubt are najis?
Not reciting Ḥamd and sūrah thinking that it is the 1st imām’s rak‘ah
A person joins a congregational prayer in the third rak‘ah. However, he does not read anything, thinking that the imam is in the first. Does this person have to repeat the prayer?
Concluding waqf formula
In order for an endowment trust to be valid, is it conditional that the special words should be pronounced?
Committing a practice absent-mindedly during prayer
Does the prayer of a person become void if he mistakenly performs some parts of his prayer in the place of other parts, or looks away at some point during the prayer, or speaks by mistake?
