The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1244- If a person knows that the prayer of one of the front rows is void, and if the front row is a barrier, the back rows cannot follow the imam.

Issue No. 1080 - If initially the presumption of a person is inclined to one side, and later both sides [of the doubt] become equal bearing the situation of doubt, he should act according to the rules of doubt. On the contrary, if initially the situation of doubt existed but later was inclined to one side, he should act according to his presumption. However, if the doubt is among invalidator doubts and if it persisted at first, one should start the prayer afresh even though it may have changed into a presumption of the other side.

Issue No. 2186- If a person changes the thing usurped by him in such a way that it becomes better than its original form, but its owner demands him, for whatever reason, to change it back to its original form, it will be obligatory on him to do so. However, if on account of the change it becomes defective and its value decreases to the lower than the original price, he should pay the difference in the value to the owner.

Issue No. 2351- If a person makes a Will that something out of his property is for a particular person, and that beneficiary dies before accepting or rejecting it, his heirs can accept the Will, whether he (the beneficiary) has died before the testator or after him, provided that the testator does not revoke his Will.

Issue No.550- If the shroud becomes najis owing to a najis substance from the dead body or from external najāsah, the najis part should be washed or cut off if it does not ruin the shroud, and if it is not possible to do so, the shroud should be replaced, if possible.

Issue No. 2289- If a person vows that he/she will observe fast every week on a particular day (e.g., Friday), in case Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha falls on one of the Fridays or an excuse like menses in the case of women occurs, he/she should not observe fast on that day.

Issue No. 2296- If a person vows that if his patient recovers or his traveller returns home safe he will perform a certain good act, if it transpires later that his patient had already recovered or the traveller had already returned before he made the vow, it will not be necessary for him to act upon his vow.

Issue No. 2201- If after announcing for one year, the owner of the property does not show up, in case he keeps it as a trust for its owner and it perishes, he will not be responsible for the loss if he has not been negligent or extravagant in looking after it. However, if he gives it as ṣadaqa on behalf of the owner and if the owner turns up and does not give consent to the giving of it as ṣadaqa, he should give its replacement.

Issue No.972- If the turbah sticks to the forehead in the first sajdah, it should be removed from the forehead for the second sajdah; otherwise, the prayer will be void as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 2182- When two or more persons usurp a property jointly, each of them will be responsible for a part of it, (if they are two, each of them will be responsible for half of it, and if they are three, each of them will be responsible for one-third of it), whether one of them single-handedly might have been able to usurp it or not.

Issue No.2402- If a woman marries a man during her illness and dies in that illness, her husband inherits from her even though he may not have had sexual intercourse with her.

Issue No. 2348- If a person makes many Wills for various tasks and if 1/3 of his property does not suffice, they should act upon what is mentioned in the Will till it reaches 1/3 of the property, and the remainder of the Will (which exceeds the expenditure of 1/3) is void, except for when the heirs give their consent. However, if in his Will he has also mentioned obligatory religious dues, like ḥajj, khums, zakāt and maẓālim, this portion will be deducted from his entire estate and the rest from 1⁄3.