Jurisprudence

Q1399: What is meant by jaws on which growing a beard is obligatory? Do they include the cheeks?A: The criterion is that the common view recognizes it as a beard.Q1400: What should the minimum and maximum length of a beard be?A: There is no definite ...

Q1399: What is meant by jaws on which growing a be...

Q1387: What is the view on smoking in government departments and public places?A: It is not permissible if it is in contravention of the regulations in force in those departments and public places, nor is it permissible if it poses a nuisance to othe...

Q1387: What is the view on smoking in government d...

Q1379: I have received reports regarding the embezzlement of public assets of Muslims by a particular person. Upon investigation, some of these allegations proved to be true. However, when he was questioned, he denied all the charges. Is it permissib...

Q1379: I have received reports regarding the embez...

Q1375: What is the view on seeking political asylum in foreign countries? And is it permissible to fabricate a story to achieve that goal?A: In itself, there is no objection to seeking political asylum in non-Muslim countries provided that it does no...

Q1375: What is the view on seeking political asylu...

Q1365: Is it permissible to wear clothes which bear foreign pictures and inscriptions? And is it considered a means of spreading Western culture? A: There is no objection to it in itself unless it leads to social decay. As for judging it as a way of ...

Q1365: Is it permissible to wear clothes which bea...

Q1349: Is it permissible to work in the government sector in a non-Islamic country?A: The permissibility thereof hinges on the job in being permissible per se. Q1350: A person works for the traffic administration in an Arabic country. Among his resp...

Q1349: Is it permissible to work in the government...

Q1339: Is it permissible to import Israeli goods and advertise them? If it happens out of choice, is it permissible to sell such goods?A: It is forbidden to embark on any dealings that may serve the interests of the usurping state of Israel which har...

Q1339: Is it permissible to import Israeli goods a...

Q1328: What is the ruling in the matter of reproducing books and articles of foreign origin, or those published inside the Islamic Republic, without the permission of the publishers?A: As regards reprinting, or offset, of books printed outside the Is...

Q1328: What is the ruling in the matter of reprodu...

Q1311: Should man be held guilty for abandoning the gaining of knowledge about religious issues which are usually encountered by him?A: He would be considered as a sinner if it results in his neglect of an obligatory deed or committing a ḥarām act.Q...

Q1311: Should man be held guilty for abandoning th...

Question 1: Would you please explain for me the terms ghinā’, music and its instruments in simple and understandable words! Answer: ghinā’ is the singing specific and suitable for gatherings of merrymaking and debauchery. Both singing and listening t...

Question 1: Would you please explain for me the te...

Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) Question: A nā’ib (one hired to perform hajj on behalf of someone else) was able to perform a normal complete hajj when he/she agreed to perform hajj by niyābah, i.e. on behal...

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Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) 1- Istitā‘ah is conditioned by having enough money/property upon return, i.e. on returning from hajj, he would earn his living by trading, farming, industry or the profit gain...

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Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) 1- Question: If a person sells his/her house and buys another house or has another one built, is the proceeds from the sale of the previous house subject to khums, even if a y...

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Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) 1- It is only in a masjid that i‘tikāf is correct. Therefore, if one does i‘tikāf at home, in a takyah, in a ḥusayniyyah or in a ḥaram, it is incorrect. Among masjids, it is...

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Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) 1- A person for whom it is obligatory to perform the kaffārah of Ramadan’s fasting should free a slave, fast for 60 days, feed 60 needy persons to satisfaction or give each of...

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Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) 1- While fasting, one should, by obligatory caution, avoid taking an injection which serves as food, but it is not problematic to have an anesthetic injection or what serves a...

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Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) 1- Those who do not know or have forgotten and then before 'noon' realize that it is Ramadan should intend and their fast is valid in case they have not done anything which in...

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Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) 1- The fifth obligatory prayer is the father’s qaḍā’ prayer which is obligatory for the eldest son to say. 1- It is obligatory for the eldest son to perform the qaḍā’ praye...

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Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) 1- Travelers say their noon, afternoon and ‘ishā’ prayers for two rak‘ahs on eight conditions …The seventh condition: it is not their job to travel. Therefore a shepherd, a dr...

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Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) 1- It is permissible to start Friday prayer sermons before ‘noon’ so that they finish after ‘noon’, although it is a caution to deliver them after ‘noon’. 1- Friday prayer se...

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Fatwās Of Imam Khomeini (q.) Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.) 1- Congregational prayer imam should be mature, sane, just, legitimately born, and Twelver Shī‘ah who reads the prayer correctly. When the follower is male, imam should be mal...

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