Jurisprudence

Q 678: My birthplace is Tehran but my parents are originally from the city of Mahdishahr. They usually travel to Mahdishahr several times a year, and I go with them. As I do not intend to return to my parents’ town to live there, but have decided to ...

Q 678: My birthplace is Tehran but my parents are ...

Q 675: If one knows that they will be engaged in sinful and ḥarām conduct during the journey they are about to make, will their prayer be full or shortened?A: If their journey is not for the sake of neglecting an obligatory act or committing ḥarām,...

Q 675: If one knows that they will be engaged in s...

Q 671: In Germany and some other European countries, the distance between some cities (that is, the distance between the exit sign board of one city and the entry sign board of the other) is not even a hundred meters, and the houses and streets of th...

Q 671: In Germany and some other European countrie...

Q 653: I work in a place which is less than the shar‘ī distance from the nearby city. Since none of the two places is my watan, I make the intent to stay ten days in my place of work in order to perform full prayer and fast there. When I decide to s...

Q 653: I work in a place which is less than the sh...

Q 637: A person travels as a preliminary to his job, should he perform his prayer complete, or does this rule apply only to someone whose job is traveling? What do marji‘s such as Imam Khomeini mean by the phrase "one whose job is traveling". Is ther...

Q 637: A person travels as a preliminary to his jo...

Q 595: Is it permissible to perform one’s prayer behind a Sunnī imam?A: It is permissible to perform one’s prayer in congregation behind them for the sake of maintaining Muslim’s unity.Q 596: I work in an area which is predominately Kurdish. Most Fri...

Q 595: Is it permissible to perform one’s prayer b...

Q 591: Has the Divine Legislator encouraged women to take part in congregational and Friday prayers in masjids in the same way as it has done in the case of men? Or is it considered more preferable for women to perform prayers at home?A: There is no ...

Q 591: Has the Divine Legislator encouraged women ...

Q 583: Is there any difference in the ruling regarding the correctness of recitation undertaken by the imam, the followers, or a person praying individually? Or do the rules apply to the cases in the same manner with regards to its correctness?A: Whe...

Q 583: Is there any difference in the ruling regar...

Q 535: My father had a brain stroke. As a result, he remained ill for two years and was unable to distinguish between good and bad. That is to say, he lost his mental senses. During this two year period, he was not able to perform his prayers or fast...

Q 535: My father had a brain stroke. As a result, ...

Q 512: A person in the third rak‘ah of his prayer doubts whether he has performed the qunūt or not. What should they do? Should he complete the prayer or should he break it when the doubt occurs?A: The doubt should be ignored. His prayer is correct a...

Q 512: A person in the third rak‘ah of his prayer ...

Q 485: What is the ruling on performing prostration and tayammum on cement or concrete tiles?A: There is no problem in doing prostration, and tayammum on it, although it is a caution to refrain from doing tayammum on cement and concrete tiles.Q 486: ...

Q 485: What is the ruling on performing prostratio...

Q 454: What is the rule regarding the prayers in which our recitation of al-Fātiḥah and the other chapter is not loud?A: It is obligatory for men to recite the chapter the Fātiḥah and the other chapter loudly in the morning, maghrib, and ‘ishā’ pra...

Q 454: What is the rule regarding the prayers in w...

Q 438: What is the rule of wearing gold rings by men, (particularly during prayers)?A: A man is not allowed to wear a gold ring at all, and the prayer he performs while wearing it is void as per obligatory caution.Q 439: What is the rule of wearing w...

Q 438: What is the rule of wearing gold rings by m...

Q 337: What is the rule concerning a person who intentionally refrains from performing prayers or someone who belittles prayer?A: The five daily obligatory prayers are among the most important obligations in Islamic law; rather, they constitute the p...

Q 337: What is the rule concerning a person who in...

Q 310: It is several years that I am suffering from the problem of obsessive doubting, and it has really been tormenting me. Day by day this state is becoming more severe and has reached such a point that I suspect everything and my whole life is aff...

Q 310: It is several years that I am suffering fro...

Q 300: Are alcoholic beverages najis?A: By obligatory caution, intoxicating drinks are najis.Q 301: What is the rule applicable to grape juice that boils over a fire and two-thirds of which has not yet evaporated, although it is not intoxicating?A: D...

Q 300: Are alcoholic beverages najis?A: By obligat...

Q 265: Is blood pure?A: The blood of an animal, whose blood gushes out when its body is cut, is najis.Q 266: During a mourning ceremony for Imam Ḥusayn (a.) a person strikes his head forcefully against the wall and blood gushes out splashing on the ...

Q 265: Is blood pure?A: The blood of an animal, wh...

Q 215: My mother is a descendant of the Noble Prophet (s.), am I also considered as a sayyid? Can I consider the blood I see until the age of sixty as menses and abstain from praying and fasting during it?A: A woman, whose father is not hāshimī, shou...

Q 215: My mother is a descendant of the Noble Prop...

Q 193: Someone reaches the age of shar‘ī puberty but does not know that ghusl is obligatory and how to make it; and in this way he passes about ten years before coming to know about taqlīd and that ghusl is obligatory? What is his duty concerning qad...

Q 193: Someone reaches the age of shar‘ī puberty b...

Q 146: What is the rule concerning the pronouns referring to Allah, the Exalted, such as in the expression, " bismihī ta‘ālā"?A: The rule concerning His Names does not apply to pronouns.Q 147: It has been usual to write ‘A.’ instead of the name of ‘A...

Q 146: What is the rule concerning the pronouns re...

Q 88: The nomadic tribes do not have sufficient water, especially during the days of their migration, for purifying the urinary outlet. Is it sufficient to purify it with wood or pebbles? And can they offer their prayers in such a situation?A: The ur...

Q 88: The nomadic tribes do not have sufficient wa...