The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1637- If some persons are partners, the one whose share reaches the taxable limit should pay zakāt.

Issue No. 274- While wiping one’s head and feet, it is necessary for one to move the hand on them, and therefore wuḍū will be void, as an obligatory precaution, if he keeps the hand stationary and moves the head or feet beneath the hand. However, there is no harm if the head and feet move slightly while the hand is being drawn on them.

Issue No.271- The wiping of the head can be performed either on the scalp or on the hair that has grown on it. However, if the hairs are so long that when combed they fall on the face, or on other parts of the head, one should wipe the hand on the lower part of his hairs, and it is better that he parts the hair before performing wuḍū so that after washing the left hand, he can easily wipe the lower part of the hair or the scalp.

Issue No.951- As an obligatory precaution, the place where a person places his forehead for sajdah should not be more than four joined fingers lower or higher than the place where he places his knees and the tips of his toes, whether it is a sloping ground or not.

Issue No. 8- If one suspects that the verdict of the Mujtahid might have changed, he can keep acting according to the previous one and investigation is not necessary.

Issue No.1950- If a person takes some wheat or any other similar seeds as an interest bearing loan, and cultivates with it, the loaner becomes the owner of the harvest, not the loan taker.

Issue No. 1671- If some profit accrues from a property, which a person has set apart as zakāt, for example, if a sheep, which is set apart for zakāt, gives birth to a lamb, it will also be included in zakāt.

Issue No. 2105- If an illegitimate person marries and a child is born to him, that child is legitimate.

Issue No. 1561- The spoils of war on which khums should be given include only the movable properties, which after payment of their khums will be possessed by the combatants. However, the lands seized through fighting against the disbelievers, belong to all Muslims and khums is not payable on them.

Issue No. 1498- Whatever a person spends on vow (nadhr) and kaffāra is a part of his annual expenditure. Similarly, what he gives away as a gift or a prize is included in his annual expenditure, provided that it is not beyond his social status.

Issue No. 2181- If a person usurps something belonging to a child or an insane person, he should return it to his legal guardian, and if he gives it to the child or the insane person, he will be responsible if it perishes.

Issue No.1898- Musāqāt is also valid in respect of trees like rose trees, which are used for extracting rose water, etc. from their flowers, or Henna or cedar trees whose leaves are used, or some other trees whose sap and gum are used. However, a musāqāt transaction in respect of trees, which have none of these uses, is not in order.