The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1283- In all the cases where the follower should return, if he does not return intentionally, there would be problem in his prayer.

Issue No. 1272- A person who suffers from leprosy or vitiligo cannot, as an obligatory precaution, lead congregational prayers even for someone suffering from the same diseases.

Issue No. 1315- Fasting is to refrain from acts which invalidate one's fast from fajr adhān to maghrib in obedience to commands of Allah; as will be explained in the coming issues.

Issue No. 1337- If while eating or drinking, a person realizes that it is fajr, he should remove whatever is in his mouth, and if he swallows it intentionally, his fast is void and he must offer kaffāra (atonement).

Issue No. 1349- If a person who is fasting, wakes up from sleeping while ejaculation is taking place, it is not obligatory on him to stop it from being discharged.

Issue No. 1350- A fasting person who had a seminal discharge while sleeping may urinate and perform istibrā although, he may know that as a result of his urinating, the remaining semen will exit his body; even if he has performed ghusl, the discharge of semen will not harm his fast. In this case however, repeating the ghusl is obligatory.

Issue No. 1351- If a fasting person who had a seminal discharge while sleeping knows that there is semen left in the urethra while knowing that not urinating before performing ghusl will result in semen discharging after performing ghusl, it would be better for him to urinate before performing ghusl; however, it is not obligatory to do so.

Issue No. 1352- If a person who is fasting masturbates with the intention of discharging semen, his fast will become void, even though no semen is discharged from him.

Issue No. 1355- If a person who is fasting wishes to quote something which he does not know whether it is true or false, he should give a reference of the person who reported it, or of the book in which it is written. For example, he should say that such and such narrator says so, or it has been written in such and such books that the Holy Prophet (pbuh) has said that...

Issue No. 1356- If a person quotes something as the word of Allah or of the Holy Prophet with the belief that it is true, but realises later that it was untrue, his fast does not become void. But, on the contrary, if he ascribes something to Almighty Allah or the Holy Prophet (pbuh) knowing it to be false and understands later that it was true, his fast is void as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 1356- If a person quotes something as the word of Allah or of the Holy Prophet with the belief that it is true, but realises later that it was untrue, his fast does not become void. But, on the contrary, if he ascribes something to Almighty Allah or the Holy Prophet (pbuh) knowing it to be false and understands later that it was true, his fast is void as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 1357- If a person intentionally ascribes to Allah or the Holy Prophet (pbuh) a falsehood fabricated by someone else, his fast is void as an obligatory precaution.