The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.432- The period of ḥayḍ is no less than 3 days and no more than 10 days and if the blood discharged is less than 3 days even by a little, it will not be considered as ḥayḍ.

Issue No. 1439- If the legal guardian of a dead individual does not know whether the dead person had qaḍā fasts or not, it will not be obligatory on him to perform qaḍā fast. However, if he knows that he has some qaḍā fasts due from him but does not know their amount, then he should perform the number of qaḍā fasts that he is certain about, and he is not obliged more.

Issue No.478-If menarcheal women, women with irregular periods, nāsīyah women and the women with a numerically fixed period, see blood with the signs of ḥayḍ, they must abandon acts of worship immediately, and if it becomes clear that it was not menses, they should make up those acts as qaḍā. However, if the blood does not bear the signs of ḥayḍ, they should act in accordance with the rules of istiḥāḍah until it is established that it is the blood of menses. However, women with a timely fixed period and those with a regular period must stop performing the acts of worship upon seeing blood during the days of their periods.

Issue No.386- If somebody does not have sufficient time for sequential ghusl, he must perform ghusl by immersion if possible.

Issue No.616- If a person makes search for water before prayer time, and does not find it, and stays there until the time for prayer, it is not necessary for him to go in search of water again, unless there has been a change in the circumstances of the place. Also if he makes search for water for one prayer, it is not necessary to do it again for other prayers when there is no change in the circumstances.

Issue No.493- If a woman who menstruates for less than ten days every month, sees lochia for more than ten days, she should consider the time equal to the duration of her menstruation as nifās and as an obligatory precaution, abandon all acts of worship until the tenth day. If however, the lochia exceeds ten days, only the time equal to the duration of her menstruation should be considered as nifās and the rest as istiḥāḍah. Therefore, she must perform the acts of worship abandoned during these few days as qaḍā.

Issue No.611- One ghusl with the intention of performing all will suffice if one wants to perform a number of mustaḥab ghusls, or a number of ghusls, some of which are mustaḥab and some obligatory, or when all are obligatory [on him].

Issue No.67-As an obligatory precaution, elders should not sit their children towards or backwards to the qiblah when relieving themselves, however, if a child sits that way himself, it is not obligatory to prevent him from doing so, although it is preferable.

Issue No.258- If the fingers of a person are larger or smaller than normal, he should see how much of their faces ordinary people normally wash and follow accordingly. Similarly, if he has hair on his forehead, or the frontal part of his head is bald, he should wash his forehead as is usually washed by people.

Issue No.285- If a person does not have any water to perform wuḍū except mixed water, he should perform tayammum. However, if the water is mixed with clay and he has enough time, as an obligatory precaution, he should wait until the clay settles and the water becomes clear.

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.471- Women with a numeric fixed period, meaning those women who see blood for a fixed number of days in two consecutive months with the commencing time of their menses differing, should act, in those days, according to the rules of ḥā’iḍ.