The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.792- The place where one can offer his prayer should bear the following conditions: First: being permissibleThe place on which a person offers his prayer should, as an obligatory precaution, be permissible. Therefore, if a person is offering prayer on a usurped property, a usurped carpet or bench, his prayer is void as an obligatory precaution. Similarly the prayer on a property which its benefits belong to someone else (like a rented house) without the beneficiary's consent, is void as an obligatory precaution. And the same rule applies when somebody's right is included in some property. For instance if a person made a will before his death that one-third of his property should be used in a particular manner, prayer cannot be offered in that property if the will has not been executed.

Issue No.815- Obligatory prayers should not be offered in the Holy Ka‘bah as an obligatory precaution. However, there is no problem in performing mustaḥab prayer in the Ka‘bah. In fact, it is recommended that two rak‘ats should be offered before every corner within the Holy House. However, prayer, obligatory or mustaḥab, on the roof of the, Ka‘bah is void as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No.806- It is permissible to perform prayer on a heap of wheat or barley or any other similar things which have a slight motion, provided that one can perform the obligatory parts of prayer.

Issue No.805- If the place on which a person offers prayer is in motion in such a way that he cannot perform the acts of prayer in a normal way, his prayer is void. Therefore, there is no harm in performing prayer in ship and train, etc. as long as one can perform the acts of prayer correctly. If it is inevitable for a person on account of shortage of time or for some other excuses, to offer prayer on a ship or car, etc., and the direction of the qiblah frequently changes, he should, as much as possible, keep his body towards the qiblah and while turning to the direction of the qiblah, he should not recite anything.

Issue No. 135- If a person who is junub out of haram janābah makes tayammum instead of ghusl due to not having water or due to the shortage of time or any other circumstances, and performs prayer his prayer is valid. However, as an obligatory precaution, he should not offer prayer so long as perspiration exists on his body or clothes but there is no problem with the perspiration after he has done tayammum.

Issue No. 1672- If a person entitled to zakāt is present when one separates zakāt from his property, it is better that he give the zakāt to him, except if he has a person in mind who is preferable for some reason, to receive zakāt.

Issue No. 1453- Fasting is not obligatory on women if fasting is injurious to their child in the womb. But they should give the kaffāra as explained in the previous issue and also perform the qaḍā fasts later. However, fasting is not obligatory on them if it is harmful to their own selves and there is no kaffāra either, and later they should observe the qaḍā only.

A) The time for Friday prayer starts from the ẓuhr adhān for as much time it takes usually to recite the adhān, deliver the sermons and offer the prayer. Therefore, after this time frame, the time of Friday prayer will be over, and ẓuhr prayer must be offered.

Issue No. 1079 - Presumption [1] in the rak‘ats of prayer is treated as certainty. Meaning, one should take the side that he presumes to be correct and continue the prayer. However, if the doubt occurs in the first or the second rak‘at of prayer, he should also perform the prayer again as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 2176- If a person does not allow the people to benefit from a mosque, a school, a bridge and other places which have been constructed for public use, he would then be usurping their rights. The position is similar whereby a person reserves a place in the mosque or such other places for himself and another person does not allow him to make use of it.

Issue No.334- A person who has urinary and faecal incontinence should use a bag or similar things to prevent other parts of the body from becoming najis, and as an obligatory precaution, he should wash the outlet with water before every prayer.

Issue No.367- If semen moves, but one prevents it from being discharged or for any other reason, it does not discharge, or if a person doubts whether or not semen has been ejaculated, ghusl will not be obligatory on him.