Issue No.896- One should recite Surah al-Hamd in the first and second Rak’at of the daily obligatory prayers after Takbiratul Ehram, and thereafter one should recite, on the basis of obligatory precaution, a complete Surah of the Holy Qur’an, and reciting one or a few verses will not suffice. It should be noted that Surah az Zuha and Surah inshirah are treated to be one surah, and the same is the case with Surah al-Fil and Quraysh.
Issue No.715- The holy Ka‘bah, which is situated in Makkah, is the qiblah of all Muslims of the world and wherever one might be, he should offer his prayers facing it. However, if a person is away from it and stands in such a manner that people say that he is offering his prayer facing the qiblah, it is sufficient. Therefore, in the lines of congregational prayer whose length is more than the length of the Ka‘bah, all can be towards the qiblah.
Issue No. 2137- It is necessary that at the time of divorce, the woman is pure from ḥayḍ (menstrual blood) and nifās (lochia or birth bleeding), and that the husband should not have had sexual intercourse with her during that period of purity, and if he had sexual intercourse with his wife while she was in ḥayḍ or nifās preceded by purity, the divorce is not sufficient as an obligatory precaution, rather she should enter ḥayḍ once again and become pure, and then she can be divorced. (The details of these two conditions will be given in the succeeding issues).
Issue No.3- It is necessary for the Mujtahid who is followed to be male, mature [1], sane, a Twelver Shi‘a and of legitimate birth. As an obligatory precaution (al-iḥtīyāṭ al-wājib), he should be alive and just (‘ādil) [2].
Issue No. 2127- It has been narrated from the Infallibles (as) that the wet-nurse chosen for a child should be sane, faithful, chaste and good looking, and one should refrain from hiring an insane, unfaithful, ugly, ill-tempered or illegitimately born wet-nurse. One should also avoid entrusting a child with a wet-nurse whose milk is due to giving birth to an illegitimate child [1].
Issue No. 2224- The person who slaughters an animal can be a man or a woman, or even an immature child who knows the rules of slaughtering. However, as long as there is access to men, it would be better to exempt women and children from such tasks.
Issue No.1994- Both trustee and the person who deposits some property through trust should be mature and sane. Therefore, if a minor or an insane person deposits some property with someone, it will not be in order. Similarly, one cannot deposit some property with a minor or an insane person. However, a discerning child can accept a deposit with the permission of his legal guardian.
Issue No. 1267- The imam of a congregational prayer should be mature [1], sane, just (‘ādil), of legitimate birth, a Twelver Shi‘a and his recitation should be correct. Furthermore, if the follower is a male, the imam also should be a male. There is no problem in a woman leading congregational prayer for women; every human being, whether Muslim or non-Muslim is of legitimate birth, unless proven otherwise.
Issue No. 1572- One can give khums to a sayyid who is not just but the obligatory precaution is that it should be given to one who does not commit sin openly, and if one wants to give it to a sayyid who has become indigent on a journey, his journey should not be a journey of sin. However, if he repents and does not commit a sin for the remainder of his journey, it is permissible to give him the portion of sayyids.
Issue No.562- Wuḍū, ghusl, tayammum and also ṭahārah of the body or clothes are not required for performing the prayer for the dead individual. However, the recommended precaution is to observe all the rules required for other prayers.
Issue No.528- A person who performs ghusl on a dead body should be Muslim, mature and sane and should know the necessary rulings of ghusl, and as a recommended precaution, he should be a twelver Shi‘a.
Issue No. 2326- A person making a Will should be mature and sane. However, if a ten-year-old boy who distinguishes between good and bad makes a Will for charitable tasks, like construction of a mosque, a school or a hospital, etc., or makes an appropriate and reasonable Will for his blood relatives, the Will is in order. Also, a person making a Will should not be a mentally incompetent person, and the Islamic judge should not have prevented him from having discretion over his properties, and he should make a Will with his own free will and intention, and no force or compulsion should be involved.
