The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1398- Certain things are makrūh for a person who is fasting, some of them are mentioned below:1- Using eye drops. 2- Applying kohl if its taste or smell reaches the throat. 3- Performing an act which causes weakness, like drawing blood from the body or showering. 4- Using snuff or the like if one is not aware that it might reach the throatand if it is known that it will reach the throat it is not permissible.5- Smelling fragrant herbs.6- Sitting in water for women, based on precaution. (Meaning it is better not to do so)7- Using suppository, based on precaution. (Meaning it is better not to do so) 8- Wetting the clothes which one is wearing.9- Pulling out a tooth or every act which leads to weakness and bleeding in the mouth.10- Cleaning the teeth with a fresh wood.11- Kissing the wife without the intention of semen being discharged and every act which arouses lust. However if he does anything with the intention of discharging semen, his fast becomes void.

Issue No. 1430- If a person has to perform qaḍā for Ramadan fasts of several years, he can commence the qaḍā of Ramadan of any year desired. However, if the time for qaḍā fasts of the last Ramadan is short, he should as an obligatory precaution, perform qaḍā fast of the last one.

Issue No. 1455- If there is another woman who may suckle the child without charge or someone pays to a wet nurse without degrading of ones self, it is obligatory on the former woman to observe fast.

Issue No. 1465- If a doctor was to state that fasting is harmful to a person, but he has found out through experience that it is not harmful to him, he should observe fast. However, if it is not known that it is harmful, he can experience fasting for a few days and then act as per the above-mentioned ruling.

Issue No. 1466- If a person who believes that fasting is not harmful to him, observes fast and realises after maghrib that it was harmful to him, he should, as a recommended precaution perform it as qaḍā.

Issue No. 1575- Khums can be given to sayyids whose maintenance is obligatory on somebody who cannot meet their expenses. For example, a sayyid woman whose husband is not able to meet her expenses can receive khums.

Issue No. 1586- It is obligatory to pay zakāt on nine things: wheat, barley, dates, grapes (raisins), gold, silver, sheep, cows and camels, and if a person is the owner of these nine things, he should pay a certain quantity in order to be spent in certain areas in accordance with the conditions which will be mentioned later. However, it is recommended that zakāt also be paid from the capital of business and trade every year. Similarly, it is recommended to pay zakāt on grains other than wheat, barley, dates and raisins.

Issue No. 1589- Payment of zakāt on wheat and barley becomes obligatory when their seeds are formed and are called wheat and barley. Zakāt on grape and raisins become obligatory when they are ripe and can actually be called grapes. Similarly, zakāt on palm-dates becomes obligatory when they are ripe and become eatable. However the time for paying zakāt on wheat and barley is when they are threshed and grains are separated from chaff. The time for paying zakāt on dates and raisins is when they become dry unless they are going to be consumed wet in which case they should pay its zakāt provided that their dried up quantity reaches the prescribed taxable limit.

Issue No. 1590- Zakāt is due on wheat, barley, raisin and palm-date only if the owner is mature when zakāt becomes obligatory.

Issue No. 1601- If a person has paid zakāt on grains, no further zakāt is due on them, even if they remain with him for a few years.

Issue No. 1603- If a crop is irrigated in the two ways explained above, and if one of them is so little that it is not taken into account (for example, it has mostly been irrigated with rain water, and to a lesser extent with well water), the zakāt should be paid in accordance with the way it was irrigated most. In case however, the crop has been irrigated with both rain and well water considerably, for example, the crop has been irrigated for half or one-third of the period with rain water and the rest with well water, in this case, 10%zakāt should be paid on half of the crop and 5% should be paid on the other half.

Issue No. 1604- If a person does not know whether the crop has been irrigated with rainwater or well water, etc., then, only 5%. zakāt is obligatory on the crop.