The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.673- Ẓuhr and ‘aṣr prayers each have their own exclusive and common times. The exclusive time for ẓuhr begins from the beginning of ẓuhr and extends until the time enough for offering ẓuhr prayer. The exclusive time for ‘aṣr prayer is the time enough to offer ‘aṣr prayer before the sun sets. If a person has not offered his ẓuhr prayer by this time, his ẓuhr prayer becomes qaḍā, and he should offer ‘aṣr prayer. The time in between is the common time for ẓuhr and ‘aṣr prayers.

Issue No.676- Maghrib and ‘ishā’ prayers each have their own exclusive and common times. The exclusive time for maghrib prayer is from the beginning of maghrib until the time enough to offer three rak‘ats. If a person is a traveller and he offers, though inadvertently, the whole ‘ishā’ prayer in this time, it will be void. The exclusive time for ‘ishā’ prayer is the time enough for offering ‘ishā’ prayer until midnight, and if someone delays offering maghrib prayer until this time, he should offer ‘ishā’ prayer first and then offer the qaḍā of maghrib prayer. The time in between is the common time for maghrib and ‘ishā’ prayers. If a person offers ‘ishā’ prayer before maghrib prayer in this time by mistake and takes notice of it after completing the prayer, his prayer will be valid, and he should offer maghrib prayer thereafter.

Issue No. 1513- If a person borrows money in the beginning of the year to meet his expenses, and makes profit before the year ends, he can deduct the borrowed money from the profit. If he does not make any profit throughout a year, and borrows money to meet his expenses, he can repay the borrowed money from the profit made by him during the following years.

Issue No. 1509- If a person does not make any profit in the beginning of the year, and spends out of his capital, and makes some profit before the year ends, he can deduct the amount spent by him out of his capital from the profit.

Issue No. 1511- If a part of the capital is lost through business, in a manner that it may be counted as a part of the transaction loss, one can deduct the lost amount from the profit made in the same year. However, if the loss is on account of other events such as theft, etc., he cannot deduct it from the profits, unless he will not be able to do a business befitting his status with the remaining capital.

Issue No. 1512- When something else other than the capital is lost from his property due to a breakage, fire or theft, etc., in case one needs the lost thing during that very year, he can acquire it from the profit made during the same year.

Issue No.1846- A person who owes something to another who is supposed to get back the amount after a specified time, can compromise for a less amount, and get his money back sooner. For example, a creditor who expects to receive £1000.00 in six months relinquishes £100.00 of it with the consent of the debtor and gets the rest earlier.

Issue No.1845- If two parties wish to make a compromise on two things of the same kind whose weight is known, the compromise will be in order if it does not entail usury. Therefore, the weight of one commodity should not be more than the other. If their weight is not known, and it is likely that one is more than the other, compromise is not allowed as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No.1877- In order for a doctor or a surgeon to not be responsible for an error or mistake that he may commit, he can tell the patient or his legal guardian that if the patient sustains harm, he will not be responsible, and he accepts it, in such a case, if the doctor or the surgeon exercises the necessary precaution and care in the treatment and the patient sustains harm or dies, he will not be responsible.

Issue No. 2454- It is not necessary in Muzaribah contract that the shares of the two parties be in the form of percentage of the interests (e.g. 1/2, or 1/3 etc.). Rather, it is permissible to fix the amount of the share of one of the two parties. For example, it can be said that if he invests a specific amount of money, one thousand pounds out of the total interest will be given to him provided that the said Muzaribah contract accrues more profit than this amount, otherwise, it will not be in order.

Issue No. 115- One’s body becomes najis if it comes into direct wet contact with a dog or pig.

Issue No. 2214- A wild halal-meat animal becomes halal to eat by hunting if it is capable of escaping or flying away. Hence, the young of a deer or a partridge which cannot escape, will not become halal by hunting.