The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1215- A person who is hired to offer the qaḍā prayers of a dead person should know the rules of prayer well and should be able to perform a correct recitation.

Issue No. 1205- It is an obligation upon the eldest son who is alive after parents’ death to perform their qaḍā prayers and fasts, provided that they did not leave them due to disobedience, and that they were also able to perform the qaḍā. Even if his parents left them as due to disobedience, the eldest son should, as a recommended precaution, perform their qaḍā. Also, the obligatory precaution is that the eldest son should observe fast that was not observed while they were on a journey, even though they were not able to observe its qaḍā.

Issue No.1119- A traveller should perform two rak‘ats for ẓuhr, ‘aṣr and ‘ishā’ prayers, based on the following eight conditions:

Issue No.1115- If a person intentionally adds something to the obligatory acts of prayer, or omits from them, the prayer becomes void. However, if he adds or omits a foundational element, his prayer is void even though it may be due to not knowing the issue. Nevertheless, adding or omitting a non-foundational element does not harm the prayer provided that he has not come short in learning the issue (i.e. he was able to learn the issue yet he failed to do so).

Issue No. 2145- It is necessary for a woman who has been divorced to observe ‘iddah (waiting period). However, if her husband has not had sexual intercourse with her at all, or if she is in menopause (i.e., she is 50 years old), ‘iddah is not necessary. In these two cases, a woman can get married immediately after divorce.

Issue No. 2151- A woman whose husband has died should observe ‘iddah of four months and ten days, irrespective of whether the marriage is permanent or temporary, or her husband has had sexual intercourse with her or not. Even a woman of menopause age has to observe this ‘iddah. In case, however, a woman is pregnant she should observe the waiting period until the birth of the child. However, if the child is born before the expiry of four months and ten days from the death of her husband she should wait until the expiry of that period.

Issue No.1986- The bail agreement can be pronounced in words, for example, if the bailsman says to the creditor, “I guarantee to turn in the debtor in person as and when demanded by you”, and the creditor also accepts it, or they act in a way that implies the above meaning, whether it is through signing a document or any other way, the kafālah (bail agreement) will be in order.

Issue No.1983- If a person was capable of paying the debt of the creditor at the time he stood as a surety, the creditor cannot cancel his guarantee and demand the payment from the first debtor. The same rule will apply if the guarantor at the time of guaranteeing was not capable of paying the debt, yet the creditor agreed to his becoming the guarantor. However, if the guarantor at the time of guaranteeing was not capable of paying the debt, and the creditor was not aware of it, and he comes to know about it afterwards, he can cancel his guarantee.

Issue No.164- Third: It is haram to make the turbah [1] of Imam al-Husayn (as) najis, and it is obligatory to make it ṭāhir, and if it falls on a najis place it must be treated in the same way as a page of the holy Qur'an as explained in Issue No. 162.

Issue No.165- Fourth: It is haram to make a mosque najis, and it is obligatory to make it ṭāhir. Details of this issue will be explained in the section relating to the rulings of mosques under “place for prayer” inshallah.

Issue No.170- A najis container must be washed three times with less than kurr water to become ṭāhir, but if it is kurr water or flowing water it is sufficient to wash it only once, though three times is better (tap water is treated as flowing water).

Issue No.171- If a dog has licked or has drunk water or any other liquid from a container, it must be first scrubbed with ṭāhir soil mixed with a little water, then it must be washed twice with less than kurr water or once with kurr or flowing water. And if the saliva of a dog falls into a container, as a recommended precaution, the same ruling will apply. However, if other parts of its body touch a container with moisture, it is not obligatory to scrub it with soil; rather, it should be washed three times with less than kurr water or once with kurr or flowing water.