Jurisprudence

Q1605: A driver was interested in buying a truck. He approached another person to give him the money. The driver bought the truck in his capacity as agent for the money owner. The latter sold the truck to the driver by installments. What is the rulin...

Q1605: A driver was interested in buying a truck. ...

Q1595: If a finished product has been assembled, using different components then put for sale as the product of a particular foreign country, does this amount to cheating and deception? Assuming that it is, would the deal concluded between the seller...

Q1595: If a finished product has been assembled, u...

Q1587: If the buyer and seller are agreed, is it permissible to sell gold bullion on credit, for a price higher than the present market price? And is the profit made from such a deal ḥalāl?A: Specifying the price, i.e. cash or credit, in the sale co...

Q1587: If the buyer and seller are agreed, is it p...

Q1583: I bought a residential flat as a salaf transaction. I paid a part of the price by installments for which I received a receipt. I’m still indebted for the remaining amount of the sale price. The vendors changed their minds and sold the flat to ...

Q1583: I bought a residential flat as a salaf tran...

Q1578: What is the view on buying goods on credit for a price that is higher than the cash price? And what is the view on exchanging a check, due after a while, for an amount that is less than the amount written in the check itself?A: There is no obj...

Q1578: What is the view on buying goods on credit ...

Q1572: A relative of mine needed a kidney transplant. A person came forward to donate one of his kidneys in return for money. After medical tests to ascertain compatibility, it was found that the donor’s kidney was not suitable for transplantation. I...

Q1572: A relative of mine needed a kidney transpla...

Q1569: A person sold some property. After the sale was concluded, he took away the electric bulbs, the boiler, and the like. What is the ruling in this matter?A: If the chattel was, according to common view, not part of the property and the buyer did...

Q1569: A person sold some property. After the sale...

Q1558: Should sitting idly by, i.e. not taking action to restore one’s right, or delaying it for, say, two years, be a cause for losing a right?A: Not taking action to restore one’s right, or delaying it for a while, should not entail losing the righ...

Q1558: Should sitting idly by, i.e. not taking act...

Q1526: Some people sell their property with the condition of buying the same later from the buyer at a higher price. Are such deals valid?A: Such fraudulent deals are ḥarām and void because they are not really intended and they serve as a means to o...

Q1526: Some people sell their property with the co...

Q1519: Someone sold his orchard to someone else. The seller made a provision in the sale contract that the yield of the orchard belongs to him during his lifetime. Is such a deal valid?A: There is no objection to selling some property without the ret...

Q1519: Someone sold his orchard to someone else. T...

Q1507: Can one sell an organ of his body, such as kidney, to a patient who is in need of a transplant?A: If removing the organ does not endanger the life of the donating person, there is no objection to his selling the said organ.Q1508: Certain thing...

Q1507: Can one sell an organ of his body, such as ...

Q1473. A father bought some property for his minor children. Having satisfied the legal requirements for the sale, can the sale be deemed concluded by the father’s taking possession of the property, as the guardian of the children?A: After legally co...

Q1473. A father bought some property for his minor...

Q1467: I bought an arable plot of land from my brother through a revocable transaction. My brother changed his mind and sold the land to another person. Has he the right to do so?A: Should the first sale have gone through in a proper shar‘ī manner, t...

Q1467: I bought an arable plot of land from my bro...

Q1464: If the government or Islamic court injunction forced someone to sell their land and household effects, is it permissible for those who know that the person has been compelled to sell his/her belongings to buy them?A: If they have been forced t...

Q1464: If the government or Islamic court injuncti...

Q1459: Is de facto transaction binding as the one which is done through utterance of the formula?A: Insofar as their binding powers are concerned, both de facto transaction and that done through utterance of the formula are the same.Q1460: Members of...

Q1459: Is de facto transaction binding as the one ...

Q1353: What is the criterion for what are called “conspicuous clothes”?A: They are the types of clothes that are not suitable for wearing, be it for their color, design, being worn, or any other reason. The yardstick is that when the person wears suc...

Q1353: What is the criterion for what are called “...

Q1457: What are the things that are ḥarām to hoard? And do you authorize the imposition of financial penalties on hoarders?A: According to transmitted traditions and the most famous view, things that are forbidden to be hoarded are confined to the f...

Q1457: What are the things that are ḥarām to hoar...

Q1453: Is it permissible to strike "The pact of brotherhood" on days other than the ‘Īd of Ghadīr Khum?A: It is not known that concluding such a pact is confined to the occasion of celebrating "the ‘Īd of Ghadīr Khum", although it is advisable and, a...

Q1453: Is it permissible to strike "The pact of br...

Q1429: What is the view on the traditional re-enactment of the martyrdom of Imam Ḥusayn (a.s.) which may have some positive effect on the minds of people?A: There is no harm in it provided that it is bereft of lies and falsehoods, does not lead to v...

Q1429: What is the view on the traditional re-enac...

Q1421: Is it permissible to pay or receive money in return for writing supplications?A: There is no harm in paying or receiving money for writing authentic supplications.Q1422: What is the ruling in the matter of supplications whose writers allege th...

Q1421: Is it permissible to pay or receive money i...

Q1414: From time to time parties, attended by professors and students alike, are held in the universities in foreign countries. It goes without saying that alcoholic drinks are served in such parties. What should be the position of the students who w...

Q1414: From time to time parties, attended by prof...