The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1489- It is not necessary for a person who has no surplus income to have a khums year.

Issue No. 2303- If a person does not act upon his oath on account of forgetfulness, helplessness or is forced not to act upon his oath, he is not liable for kaffāra. And if an obsessive person takes an oath like, if he says,” By Allah, I am going to offer prayers now,” and then does not offer prayers owing to the whims haunting him, which renders him incapable of acting according to the oath, and if his obsession is in such a way that he does not act according to his oath involuntarily, it is not necessary for him to give kaffāra.

Issue No.1020- If a person in prayer does not respond to Salām, his prayer is correct, though he has committed a sin.

Issue No. 1238- If the persons standing at the two ends of row cannot see the imam due to the line being very long, they can still follow him. Similarly, if one of the rows is very long, and persons standing at the far end cannot see the row in front, their prayers in congregation will be in order.

Issue No.1959- If the debt is really specified, but the debtor and the creditor do not know its quantity or category at the time of assigning the transfer, the transaction is in order. For example, if a person has recorded the debt he owes to someone in his notebook, assigns a transfer of debt before checking the notebook, and later, after consulting his records, informs the creditor about the quantity of his debt, the transfer is in order, provided that the approximate amount of the debt is known.

Issue No. 2062- A woman with whom permanent marriage is contracted, should not as an obligatory precaution, go out of the house without the permission of her husband, or to choose a job outside the house (whether it is a verbal permission or it is clear from the contexts that he consents to it), and she should not prevent him from having sexual intercourse with her without a religiously valid excuse. It is also obligatory upon the husband to provide her with food, clothes and housing and other essential things as usual, and also medical expenses, medicines, etc., and if he does not provide the foresaid accommodations and provisions, regardless of whether he is able to provide them or not, he remains, indebted to the wife.

Issue No.1997- If a person tells the owner of some property that he is not prepared to look after that property yet the owner of the property leaves it there and goes away and the property perishes, the person who has declined to accept the trust is not responsible for it. However, it is better to look after it if possible.

Issue No. 2073- The woman in temporary marriage may make a condition that her husband will not have sexual intercourse with her, though other enjoyments would be of no problem. However, if she agrees to sexual intercourse later, the husband may have sexual intercourse with her.

Issue No. 2231- The head of the animal should not be severed from its body before it has completely died as a recommended precaution. Therefore, if there is some equipment for slaughtering animals which sever the head of the animal, though the animal does not become haram but it would be better that they work in a way that the head is not cut off completely. In any case, all the conditions prescribed for slaughtering should be observed in machines. It is also a recommended precaution that the spinal cord of the animal which is in the middle of the vertebral column, should not be cut before the animal dies, nor should the animal be skinned before it dies.

Issue No. 2231- The head of the animal should not be severed from its body before it has completely died as a recommended precaution. Therefore, if there is some equipment for slaughtering animals which sever the head of the animal, though the animal does not become haram but it would be better that they work in a way that the head is not cut off completely. In any case, all the conditions prescribed for slaughtering should be observed in machines. It is also a recommended precaution that the spinal cord of the animal which is in the middle of the vertebral column, should not be cut before the animal dies, nor should the animal be skinned before it dies.

Issue No. 1046 - There are 23 kinds of doubts, which one may experience during prayer:1- Doubts which invalidate one's prayer and are a total of eight.2- Doubts which should be ignored and they are six (invalid doubts)3- The other nine doubts are valid doubts.inshallah the listed doubts shall be explained in the coming issues.

Issue No.864- The foundational elements of prayer are five: 1- Nīyyat (intention).2- Takbīrat-ul-iḥrām .3- Standing at the time of saying takbīrat-ul-iḥrām and before the rukū‘.4- Rukū‘.5- Two sajdahs in every rak‘at. (Of course, no addition is possible with respect to the intention, and also, if one utters an undue takbīrat-ul-iḥrām by mistake, the prayer does not become void. However, the recommended precaution in this case is to repeat the prayer).