The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1521- If a minor owns some capital and profit accrues on it which exceeds his annual expenditure, he should, as an obligatory precaution, pay its khums when he becomes mature.

Issue No. 1527- If chalk, lime, red clay, etc., are called minerals, khums should be paid on them. This rule also applies to different kinds of stones.

Issue No. 1534- Treasure denotes property hidden in the earth or in a tree or mountain or wall, that common perception sees as treasure.

Issue No. 1538- If a person spends on the extraction of a treasure, he should deduct it and pay khums on the remainder.

Issue No. 1573- Khums cannot be given to a sayyid who is not a Twelver Shi‘a, nor can it be given to a person whose maintenance is obligatory on the giver, like his own wife who is sayyid. However, if it is obligatory for the woman to pay the expenses of others [whose maintenance is not obligatory on the husband] it is permissible for the husband to give khums to her, so that she may meet their expenses.

Issue No.38- Springs and qanats that are active sometimes and inactive at other times will be treated as flowing water only when they are active.

Issue No.578- If it is feared that an enemy may exhume the body or harm it, it should be lowered into the sea, if possible, as stated in the previous issue.

Issue No.587- If a woman dies and there is a living child in her womb, it should be brought out immediately from any side that is the safest possible way by the persons pointed out in the previous issue, and the body of the mother should then be sewn up. This should be performed as far as possible under the supervision of a skilled person, and if there is no such a person available, the left side of the mother is cut open and the child is brought out immediately.

Issue No.620- If a person is in the state of wuḍū and knows that if he makes his wuḍū void, he will not be able to perform wuḍūagain, he should try to preserve his wuḍū for prayer, provided that it entails no extraordinary harm or hardship. Even if it is considerably likely that he will not be able to find water for wuḍū, or if he has wuḍū before prayer time and knows that later he will not have access to water, the obligatory precaution is that he should preserve his wuḍū.

Issue No.814- As an obligatory precaution, one cannot be alone with a non-maḥram in a place where no one can enter. Prayer in such a place is void as well, as an obligatory precaution. The same rule applies to performing prayer in a sinful gathering, like where people drink alcoholic beverages, gamble, or engage in backbiting.

Issue No.882- If, while standing for al-fātiḥa and sūrah, a person forgetfully moves his body and feet or inclines towards one side or lean on something, the prayer is not void. However, if it is at the time of takbīrat-ul-iḥrām or qīyām connected to rukū‘, he should, as an obligatory precaution, finish the prayer and then offer it again.

Issue No.969- It is permissible to perform sajdah on all types of paper.