The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.141- If a person suspects that something may have become najis, it is not necessary to investigate or inquire about it. As a matter of fact, it is not permissible to investigate in the case of it causing obsession.

Issue No.565- The person performing the prayer should stand and there should be no curtain or wall between him and the dead body. However, there is no harm if the dead body is in a coffin or in any other similar thing.

Issue No. 1041 - It is not permissible, on the basis of obligatory precaution, to break obligatory prayers purposely. However, it is permissible if one has to break it in order to prevent considerable financial or physical harm. Therefore, if his own life, or the life of a person whose protection is obligatory upon him, is in danger, and he cannot avert the danger without breaking the prayer, he should break his prayer. In addition, one should break his prayer to protect a property that the protection of which is obligatory on him. However, it is makrūh to break one’s prayer for a property, which is not so important.

Issue No. 1423- In the following cases, it is obligatory on a person to observe a qaḍā fast only and it is not obligatory on him to offer kaffāra:1- If a person in the state of janābah during a night of Ramadan sleeps and wakes up, and then sleeps for a second time or third time and does not wake up, in case the obligatory precaution is to perform qaḍā of the fast. However, if he does not wake up in the first sleep, there would be no qaḍā for it and his fast will be in order.2- When he does not commit an act that invalidates the fast, although fasting was not intended; or when he intends to terminate his fast or terminates his fast by showing off [that he is fasting].3- If he forgets to do ghusl of janābah during the months of Ramadan and fasts for one or more days while he is in state of janābah, qaḍā is to be performed as an obligatory precaution.4-When a person in the month of Ramadan commits an invalidator, without investigating as to whether fajr has set in or not but later it becomes clear that fajr has set in, or when after investigating, doubts or presumes that it is fajr and commits an invalidator. However, if he becomes certain after investigation that the fajr has not set in and eats something, and it becomes clear later that it had set in, it is not obligatory on him to perform qaḍā. 5- If someone informs that the fajr has not set in yet, and one, on the basis of his statement, performs an act which invalidates a fast and it becomes known later that the fajr had set in, in such a case, it is also necessary to give qaḍā. However, if one becomes certain about this after investigation and eats something, and it turns out later that it had set in, qaḍā will not become obligatory on him.6- If another person informs that it is fajr, and one does not believe his word and thinks that he is jesting, and commits an invalidator, and later becomes clear that it was fajr.7- If a just person informs that it is maghrib and one terminates his fast, then it becomes clear that it was not.8- When the weather is clear and one believes owing to darkness that maghrib has set it, and, therefore, terminates his fast, but later it becomes clear that maghrib had not set in.9- When one swirls water in his mouth in order to feel coolness or purposelessly and the water goes down involuntarily, he should perform qaḍā of the fast. However, if one forgets that he is fasting and swallows water, it is not obligatory on him to perform qaḍā. Similarly, if he swirls water around his mouth for wuḍū and the water enters his throat involuntarily, it is not obligatory on him to perform qaḍā.10- When a person entertains himself romantically in a sexual manner with his wife without intending to discharge semen; and semen discharges from him. However if he was sure that semen will not discharge as a result of such playing and joking, and accidently semen discharges, his fast is correct and he does not have to perform qaḍā.

Issue No. 1424- Qaḍā of the fast is not obligatory in the following cases: a) When a person who is fasting puts something that is not liquid in his mouth and it goes down the throat involuntarily, or snorts water and it goes down his throat involuntarily.b) When one becomes certain after investigation that the fajr has not set in; and later it becomes clear that the fajr had set in. c) When one forgets that he is fasting and drinks water.d) When he swirls water in his mouth for wuḍū and the water enters his throat involuntarily.e) When one was assure that semen will not discharge as a result of aforementioned [1] playing and joking, and accidently semen discharges. f) When one in Janābah state, sleeps and fails to wake up in his first sleep.

Issue No.1816- If a defect occurs in a property after concluding the transaction and before its delivery, the buyer may terminate the transaction. Similarly, if some defect is found in what is taken in exchange for the property, the seller can cancel the transaction after concluding the transaction and before it is delivered.

Issue No. 1300- It is permissible for one to perform the first rak‘at in accordance with the first method and the second rak‘at observing the second method.

Issue No. 1419- It is not obligatory to offer kaffāra immediately, however, it should not be delayed so much so that it is called an act coming short.

Issue No.719- A recommended prayer can be offered while one is walking or riding, and if a person offers recommended prayer in such conditions, it is not necessary that he should be facing the qiblah.

Issue No.661- It is permissible for a person who cannot perform wuḍū or ghusl, to offer the mustaḥab prayers with tayammum. He can perform even the night prayer with tayammum, if the time is short.

Issue No.704- All nawāfil can be offered in sitting posture, but the recommended precaution in this case is that two rak‘ats of nawāfil offered in the sitting posture are counted to be equal to one rak‘at. For example, if a person wishes to offer ẓuhr nāfilah, which consists of eight rak‘ats, in a sitting posture, he should offer sixteen rak‘ats.

Issue No.703- Night prayer is one of the most important nawāfil on which the Holy Qur’an and the Islamic narrations have laid a great emphasis [1]. It has a profound effect on peoples’ hearts and minds, making them pure, refining their souls and solving their problems. Certain disciplines have been mentioned in famous supplication books [2] for this prayer especially for the qunūt of the Witr prayer. These disciplines are good to observe yet one can offer the night prayer without observing them. He can offer this prayer in the same way as daily prayers are performed. He, who cannot, for some reasons, get up for the night prayer, may offer it before going to bed.