The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.2404- If a husband divorces his wife during his illness and dies before the lapse of twelve lunar months, the wife inherits from him on the fulfilment of three conditions:1) That the husband dies during the illness in which he divorced her.2) That the woman does not marry after the divorce and completion of the ‘iddah.3) The divorce should not have been of the woman’s accord, and if it had been so, she would not inherit as per obligatory precaution.

Issue No.2405- The dress, ornaments and other similar things that a husband buys for his wife belong to her, unless it is proved that he had not given them to her with a possessory intention, rather they had been lent to her for temporary use.

Issue No.2406- The Holy Qur’an, ring, and sword of the deceased and the clothes worn by him or the clothes which he had prepared to wear, are the property of the eldest son. And if out of the four things the deceased has left more than one, for example, he has left two copies of the Holy Qur’an, or two rings and if he had been using all of them, then all of them belong to the eldest son.

Issue No.2407- If the deceased has a debt equal to his property or more, the four things which were mentioned in the preceding issue do not belong to the eldest son, and should be given for the repayment of the debt. However, if his property is more than the debt, and his debt can be paid off and even considerable amount is also left for the heirs, then those four things should be given to the eldest son.

Issue No.2408- A Muslim inherits from a non-Muslim but a non-Muslim does not inherit from a deceased Muslim, even if he is his father or son.

Issue No.2409- If a person kills one of his relatives intentionally and unjustly, he does not inherit from him. However, if it was due to inadvertence, for example, if he threw a stone in the air and it accidentally hit one of his relatives and killed him, in this case he inherits from him.

Issue No.2410- If a deceased has a child in the mother’s womb and there are also, in its group, other heirs such as children and parents, at the time of dividing the inheritance, the shares of two sons should be set aside for the child in the womb. If the child is born alive, it inherits, and if, for example, one boy and one girl are born, then other heirs should divide the surplus amongst themselves. If there is no other heir in the category of the child and it is born alive, it will inherit the entire property, otherwise it will be divided among other heirs.

Issue No.2411- It is obligatory upon all Muslims to defend against the invasion of enemies upon Muslim countries and their borders. The rule of defence does not apply only to the country in which one is living. Rather, all Muslims of the world should defend one another against the aggression of enemies on Islamic countries or on their sanctities by way of giving generously their wealth or lives or any other means. It will not be necessary in doing so, to obtain the permission of the Mujtahid. However, in order to organise and coordinate the defence programmes, it is necessary, if possible, that a vigilant and trustworthy commander or commanders be appointed under the supervision of the Mujtahid or his representative.

Issue No.2412- If Muslims fear that the enemies have plotted to conquer the Muslim countries directly, or indirectly through their agents inside or outside of the Islamic territory, it is obligatory upon all mature [1] persons to stand up against them and use every available means to defend Muslim countries.

Issue No.2413- If there is fear that through the expansion of political, economical and commercial influence, the enemies might dominate Islamic countries, it is incumbent on all Muslims to stop their influence and prevent their agents. Also in establishing political relationship with non-Muslim countries, it is necessary that it should be in a manner that it would not result in the weakness and incapability of Muslims, or their captivity at the hand of enemies, nor should it result in economic and trade dependency.

Issue No.2414- Enjoining good deeds and forbidding from evil actions are incumbent on all sane and mature persons based on the following conditions:1) A person wishing to enjoin good and forbid evil must be certain that the other party is committing a haram act or abandoning an obligatory act.2) He should consider it probable that the enjoining good and forbidding from bad are effective, should the effect be immediate or slow and complete or partial. Hence, if he knows that it would not have any effect, it is not obligatory.3) There should not be any corruption and harm in the enjoining good and forbidding from bad. Therefore, if one knows or fears that enjoining and forbidding will harm his life or his honour or it will cause substantial financial damage to him or to someone else, then it is not obligatory to do so. However, if good deeds and evil acts are among the things that are of paramount importance in Islam, like safeguarding Islam and the Holy Qur'an, the independence of Islamic countries or the protection of the indisputable Islamic laws, then in such cases, one should pay no heed to the harm or the loss and he should endeavour to guard and protect them by sacrificing his life and devoting his wealth.

Issue No.2415- If a bid‘ah (innovation) is laid in Islam (such as mischiefs committed by some corrupt governments under the banner of Islam), it is obligatory upon all Muslims especially the scholars (‘ulamā) to declare the truth and to denounce the falsehood. And if the silence of the scholars leads to degradation of the position of ‘ilm (knowledge) or it may cause others to have suspicion towards Muslim scholars, expressing the truth, in any way possible, is obligatory, though they may know that it would not be effective.