Issue No.572- It is recommended to perform the prayer for the dead individual in congregation, however if one offers it in congregation, he should recite all the takbīrs and supplications himself, and as was mentioned before, the detailed supplications mentioned above are recommended. However, in case someone does not know them by heart, he may recite them from a book.
Issue No. 1450- The elderly can leave fasting if it is hard for them to observe fast. However, they should give one mudd (750 grams) of wheat, barley, etc., to an indigent for every fast. It would be better to give bread instead of wheat or barley. In this case, the obligatory precaution is that the net weight of the wheat of the bread be equal to one mudd.
Issue No.636- If a person has enough time to only perform wuḍū or ghusl and offer prayer without its recommended acts, like iqāmah and qunūt, he should do so. Rather, if he does not have time even to recite the sūrah (second sūrah after sūrah al-fātiḥa in prayer) he must avoid reciting it, and offer the prayer with wuḍū.
Issue No. 1078 - A person that has any of the above valid doubts should not dismiss the prayer; rather he should act according to the rules stated previously. One who faces one of the aforementioned situations should first ponder a little about the risen doubt. However, if one could not obtain certainty regarding either sides (of doubt) or even a presumption, [where having a presumption is sufficient]; he should dismiss the prayer if the doubt is among those doubts that are invalidators. Nevertheless, if they are among the valid doubts, he should act according to its prescribed rules.
Issue No.965- When performing sajdah, one’s forehead should be on earth or those things which grow from earth, e.g., wood and leaves of trees. However, sajdah on edibles or clothes, though they may grow from earth, is not permissible. Similarly, sajdah on metals such as gold and silver is invalid, but sajdah on mineral stones such as marbles, white and black stones and even on agate is correct.
Issue No. 1495- If a person has a number of sources of income, for example, he has farming, industry and labour income, he should calculate the benefits of all these at the end of the khums year, and if it exceeds his annual expenditure, he should pay khums from the surplus.
Issue No.1967- A person can mortgage the property which he can legally utilise, and if he mortgages the property of another person, it will not be in order, unless the owner of the property permits it. Therefore, in case the owner of the property says to the creditor, “I mortgage this property against the debts of that fellow”, and the creditor accepts it, the mortgage will be in order.
Issue No. 1530- If several persons are involved in extracting from a mine, they should, as an obligatory precaution, pay khums on it after deducting the expenditure from it irrespective of whether the extracted material is less or more.
Issue No. 1284- If, owing to mistake, the imam recites tashahhud in a rak‘at which does not have tashahhud, or recites qunūt in a rak‘at which does not have qunūt, the follower should not recite tashahhud or qunūt. But, he cannot rise before the imam or go into rukū‘ before the imam. In fact, he should make the imam realise his mistake by making a sign, and if this is not possible, he should wait until the qunūt or tashahhud of the imam comes to an end, and should offer the remainder of the prayer with him.
Issue No. 1195- If a person has qaḍā prayer on him, he should not be negligent in offering it though it is not obligatory for him to offer it immediately. However, if a person has missed one or two prayers just before the prayer he is going to offer, he should, as an obligatory precaution, offer the qaḍā of those prayers before the prayer of the same day.
Issue No. 1714- One cannot give fiṭrah, half a ṣā‘ of one commodity (e.g., wheat) and half a ṣā‘ of another commodity (e.g., barley), unless the mixture of the two is the common food of the people of that place.
Issue No.866- When a person is making intention, he should specify that he is, for example, offering ẓuhr or ‘aṣr prayer or any other prayer. And if he makes intention that he is offering four rak‘ats, it is not sufficient, rather, he should specify in his intention the prayer he is going to offer and as an obligatory precaution; he should also specify whether it is adā or qaḍā.
