The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.793- If a person usurps the place of someone who is sitting in the mosque and offers prayer there, he should repeat his prayer, as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 2190- If the property usurped by a person is usurped from him by another person and it perishes, the owner of the property can claim its compensation from any one of them and he (either of the usurpers) should give it to him.

Issue No.1769- Commodities which are not sold by weight and volume, but by numbers and by measuring in metres, like eggs, fabric, and most utensils, or by visualization like most animals, there is no harm if less numbers are sold for more.

Issue No.1948- If a person who offers a loan makes a condition that he will take back more than what he gives, it will be usury and haram, irrespective of whether it is a commodity which is purchased and sold by weight, volume, or calculation. Rather, if he stipulates that the debtor should, apart from the repayment, do some work for him, or repay the loan along with a quantity of another commodity, for example, if he lays down the condition that the debtor should return the money taken on loan along with a quantity of another commodity (e.g., wheat) or if the creditor gives as loan a quantity of unmanufactured gold, and imposes the condition that the debtor should return him the same quantity but of manufactured gold, all these are usury and haram. However, if no condition is imposed by the creditor and the debtor himself decides to repay something more than what he borrowed, there is no problem in it, and it is rather recommended to do so.

Issue No.246- It is not permissible to eat and drink or perform wuḍū or ghusl using containers, utensils and water-skins which are made of dead animal hide or of an original najis animal like the dog and pig. However, there is no problem in using those containers for other purposes in which ṭahārah is not required (such as irrigation and watering animals), though they should not be used at all as a recommended precaution.

Issue No.305- It is not necessary that one utters the intention of performing wuḍū or has it in his mind and it is enough for one having intention to know what he is doing when asked so.

Issue No.1748- Working and striving for life through business, farming, industry, etc., is obligatory for those who do not possess the expenses of their wives and children. It is also obligatory for the maintenance of the Islamic system and for meeting the Islamic society's needs otherwise, it is strongly recommended particularly for helping the poor or to extend to one's family life.

Issue No. 1718- One should give zakāt of fiṭrah with the intention of proximity to Allah (swt), i.e., complying with the orders of the Almighty Allah, and should have the intention of fiṭrah while giving it.

Issue No. 1540- If a person purchases an animal, and finds some wealth in its belly, and if he considers it probable that it could belong to the seller, he should, as an obligatory precaution, inform him about it, and if it turns out that it is not his, he should inform the previous owners, and if it turns out that it does not belong to any of them, it will become his own property and the recommended precaution is that he should pay its khums according to the rules prescribed for the khums of minerals, whether its value reaches a taxable limit or not.

Issue No.1749- It is recommended that the seller does not discriminate between various buyers while charging for the commodities, and he should not be strict and should not take oath, and if the buyer regrets having purchased something, and wishes to return it, the seller should accept it back.

Issue No.1752- Transactions in the following cases are void:1) To sell and purchase original najis things, i.e., things which are originally najis, like urine, faeces and blood, as an obligatory precaution. Therefore, it is not permissible as an obligatory precaution to sell and purchase najis manure, however there is no harm in using them. Though the sale and purchase of blood which is used to save the life of the injured and the sick in our time, is permissible. Similarly, the sale and purchase of hunting and guard dogs are permitted.2) Sale and purchase of usurped properties. [There would be no problem if the owner permits the transaction]3) Sale and purchase of things which are usually utilised for haram acts, like musical instruments and gambling instruments.4) Sale and purchase of things that among people, are not considered to possess the value of transaction, though they may be of some value to a particular person, like many insects.5) Any transaction which involves usury.6) A transaction which involves fraud or adulteration and the buyer is not informed about it, like selling milk mixed with water, or oil mixed with fat or another thing. This act is called cheating (ghish) or fraud, and it is considered as one of the major sins. It has been narrated that the Holy Prophet of Islam (ṣ) said, “If a person cheats the Muslims in a transaction or harms them, or deceives them, he is not one of us. And when a person cheats his fellow Muslim Allah deprives him of His blessing in that person’s livelihood, closes the means of his earnings and leaves him to himself ”.7) No one can take the possession of isolated lands by registering and it is not permissible to purchase or sell them unless one prepares them for cultivation.

Issue No. 1389- If a person who is fasting vomits intentionally his fast becomes void, although he may do that on account of ailment or food poisoning. However, the fast does not become void, if one vomits involuntarily or inadvertently.