Jurisprudence

Q 1008: Some people take the responsibility to pay for the electricity and water bills of some sayyids. Is it possible to include them in one’s annual khums account?A: What they have paid with the intention of paying sayyids’ share is accepted. Howev...

Q 1008: Some people take the responsibility to pay...

Q 1004: My mother is a sayyidah. I would be grateful if you would kindly answer the following questions:Do I qualify as a sayyid?Do my children and grandchildren, etc., identify as sayyids?What is the difference between a sayyid from the father’s sid...

Q 1004: My mother is a sayyidah. I would be gratef...

Q 998: Considering the honorable view of the late Imam Khomeini (q.) and that of yours and of some other mujtahids that khums, zakāt, and the like should be paid to the leader of Muslims, what is the ruling of paying such things to a person other tha...

Q 998: Considering the honorable view of the late ...

Q 989: Is one obliged to specify a date for one’s khums year, although he is certain nothing of his income will exceed his living expenditures at the year’s end? What is the ruling regarding an individual who did not specify a certain date for it bec...

Q 989: Is one obliged to specify a date for one’s ...

Q 971: What is the ruling regarding postponement of paying khums from one year to the next?A: To delay the payment of khums to the next year is impermissible, although paying it at any time will free one’s debt. One does not have any right to use tha...

Q 971: What is the ruling regarding postponement o...

Q 921: Some people have outstanding khums, and at present they are either unable to pay it or its payment would put them to severe hardship. What rule applies to them?A: They are not relieved of the obligation to pay khums due to mere inability to pa...

Q 921: Some people have outstanding khums, and at ...

Q 896: Someone has a personal library whose books he used for a while. For several years he has not used them, but it is likely that he may use them in the future. Does khums apply to the library in the period that he does not use the books? Is there...

Q 896: Someone has a personal library whose books ...

Q 887: What is your opinion concerning buried treasure that someone finds on his own land?A: If he does not suspect that the found treasure belonged to the previous owner of the land, it belongs to him, and he must pay khums on it if it exceeds 20 go...

Q 887: What is your opinion concerning buried trea...

Q 876: Is khums applicable to a house constructed some time ago with the money from which khums had not been paid? Assuming that its khums is obligatory, does the appropriate khums correspond to its current value or to the value of the money spent on...

Q 876: Is khums applicable to a house constructed ...

Q 861: Is it obligatory for employees having a surplus remaining over their annual expenses to pay khums, considering that they owe money which is due or should be paid in installments?A: If the debt incurred during the year was for expenditure of th...

Q 861: Is it obligatory for employees having a sur...

Q 847: Are gifts and ‘īd presents subject to khums?A: Khums does not apply to gifts or ‘īd presents, although it is a caution to pay khums on their remainder after the annual expenditure.Q 848: Is khums applicable to the prizes given by the banks and...

Q 847: Are gifts and ‘īd presents subject to khums...

Q 804: Due to a journey made for an important religious mission, I became liable for the qaḍā’ of eighteen days of Ramadan. What is my duty? Is it obligatory for me to perform qaḍā’ of the missed fasting?A: You must perform qaḍā’ of the Ramadan fa...

Q 804: Due to a journey made for an important reli...

Q 797: Is it sufficient to give a needy person the money to buy one mudd (750 grams) of food instead of giving them the food itself?A: If you are sure that the needy person who receives the money will buy the food on your behalf and then take it as k...

Q 797: Is it sufficient to give a needy person the...

Q 791: Is it permissible to follow Sunnīs in their timings for breaking the fast while one attends public or official gatherings and the like? What is one’s duty if s/he thinks that doing so cannot be counted as one of the instances of dissimulation ...

Q 791: Is it permissible to follow Sunnīs in their...

Q 780: A person breaks his fast by masturbation, ḥarām sexual intercourse, or taking ḥarām food/drink. What is the ruling?A: In the given case, he should fast for sixty days or feed sixty poor persons. It is a mustaḥabb caution to do both.Q 781: S...

Q 780: A person breaks his fast by masturbation, h...

Q 741: A pregnant woman does not know whether fasting will harm the baby or not. Does she have to fast?A: If she has reasonable grounds to fear that fasting would harm her baby, then, it is not obligatory for her to fast, otherwise she must fast.Q 74...

Q 741: A pregnant woman does not know whether fast...

Q 768: If one remains junub (because of some difficulty) until the morning adhān, can he/she fast the following day? A: There is no problem if one is performing a fast other than that of Ramadan or its qaḍā’. However, while performing Ramadan fast, ...

Q 768: If one remains junub (because of some diffi...

Q 713: Should nāfilah prayers be recited loudly or quietly?A: It is mustaḥabb to perform the daytime nāfilahs quietly and the nightly ones loudly.Q 714: Is it permissible to perform night prayers as follows: two four-rak‘ah prayers instead of four t...

Q 713: Should nāfilah prayers be recited loudly or...

Q 705: I am unable to perform prayer. May someone else pray on my behalf? Is there any difference between taking a representative for a wage and without it?A: According to Islamic law, it is obligatory for every living mukallaf themselves to perform ...

Q 705: I am unable to perform prayer. May someone ...

Q 703: What is your opinion concerning large cities with respect to the conditions of the intention of making them a watan or of staying there for ten days?A: There is no difference between a large city and an ordinary one in respect of the traveler’...

Q 703: What is your opinion concerning large citie...

Q 700: Should the wife follow her husband with respect to watan and ten-day stay? A: Matrimony alone does not make the wife follow her husband involuntarily. Therefore, the wife may choose not to follow the husband with respect to the adoption of wat...

Q 700: Should the wife follow her husband with res...