The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.958- If there is an abscess or wound, etc., on the forehead of a person, making him unable to place his forehead on the turbah, etc., he should place the turbah on the side of the forehead or both sides of his forehead and should increase the height of the turbah from the ground so much that the abscess will be between the two turbahs, provided that its height is not more than four joined fingers. If the sore or wound has covered the entire forehead, one should perform sajdah on either of the head temples; if this is not possible, he should place his chin on the turbah, and if this is not possible either, he should place any part of his face on the turbah, and if this cannot be done, then he should lower his head as much as he can.

Issue No.1815- If a buyer later finds out that the commodity is defective, for example, the fabric or carpet he has bought were worn out or torn; and if the defect existed before the transaction was made but was not aware, he may either terminate the transaction or determine the proportion of the price of the defective commodity, to the price of the complete one and calculate the price, in proportion, to the money he paid and refund the difference. For example, if he has bought a commodity for $100.00 and finds out that it is defective, and the difference between the value of the complete and defective property in the market is ¼, the buyer may receive ¼of the money that he has paid, i.e., $25.00 from the seller. However, as an obligatory precaution, this should be done with the consent of the party concerned. The same ruling applies if there was a defect in the substitute.

Issue No. 1731- It is obligatory precaution that zakāt of fiṭrah should be spent in the same place. Therefore, unless no deserving person is available there, one cannot send it to his relatives who are living in another town. In case he transfers the fiṭrah to another place, while deserving people are available there in his own town and it perishes, he is responsible for it. However, the Mujtahid or his representative may give permission for the fiṭrah to be transferred to another area or city considering the benefits of the needy.

Issue No. 1607- One can deduct the expenses incurred for farming, such as the value of the seeds, from the produce, and pay zakāt on the remainder, although the recommended precaution is that he doesn’t deduct.

Issue No. 1608- If a person buys a vine or a date-palm tree, its value should not be included in the expenses for sure. If one buys dates or grapes before they are ripe, as an obligatory precaution, he should not deduct its value from the harvest either. Also, the money he pays for purchasing the land is not a part of the expenses.

Issue No. 2435- If the period of the lease of a property on which key money has been paid expires, the landlord is bound to lease it out to the same tenant or to anyone that the first tenant agrees, and the rent should be fixed fairly as per the view of a trustworthy expert.

Issue No. 2436- After the expiry of a lease contract, a person, who has a property on lease and has not paid key money, has no right to reside there without the permission of the landlord, and if he does not evacuate it, he is a usurper and he is responsible for the property and liable to the owner for the rent, irrespective of whether the duration of the first lease is short or long, or whether the value of the property has gone up during the tenancy or not, and if a person takes the property on lease from this person, the lease is not in order, unless the landlord agrees.

Issue No. 1554- Natural gems brought out of big rivers in which gems are found and oysters are produced inside and hunted will be liable to khums.

Issue No. 1550- If a person takes out gems from the sea by means of some apparatus without diving or obtains them from the surface of the sea or from the sea-shore, in case its value, after deducting the costs, reaches the taxable limit, the obligatory precaution is to pay khums on it.

Issue No.714- One should perform all obligatory prayers facing the qiblah.

Issue No.718- Precautionary prayer, forgotten sajdah and forgotten tashahhud should be offered facing the qiblah, and on the basis of obligatory precaution, sajdah al-sahw should also be offered facing the qiblah.

Issue No. 1666- If a person does not pay zakāt willingly, the Mujtahid or his representative may get it from him by force, and it will be reckoned as zakāt, so the intention of qurbah is no longer applied here. However, the Mujtahid or his representative should, as an obligatory precaution, make the intention of qurbah.