The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.1998- A person who gives something to another person as a deposit, can take it back whenever he wishes, and similarly, one who accepts the deposit can do the same whenever he likes.

Issue No.2006- If the owner of the deposit dies and he has a number of heirs, the trustee should give the property to all the heirs or the person who has been authorised by all. Hence, if he gives the entire property to one of them without the consent of others, he will be responsible for the shares of the others.

Issue No.2007- If the trustee dies or becomes insane his heir or legal guardian, respectively, should inform the owner of the property or give the property to him as early as possible.

Issue No.2008- If the trustee observes in himself the signs of death, he should, if possible, deliver the deposit entrusted to him to its owner, or his agent, and if it is not possible, the obligatory precaution is that he should hand it over to the Mujtahid, and if he has no access to the Mujtahid, he should make a will and should call a person to witness on it, and should inform the executor of the will and the witness about the name of the owner of the property, and the kind of property, and its particulars, and its location.

Issue No. 2017- It is not permissible to lend an object which may be used in both halal and haram ways, with the intention of its haram use.

Issue No. 2019- If a person lends a najis utensil for the use of eating or drinking, the obligatory precaution is that he should inform the borrower of its being najis. The same holds when he lends najis clothes to be used for prayer.

Issue No. 2020- If an object is borrowed, and then it is lent to another person with the consent of its owner, and the first borrower dies or becomes insane, in case its original owner is alive, the second lending does not become invalid.

Issue No. 2034- If a woman is married out to a man without their permission, but later they consent to the marriage and give their permission, the marriage is in order.

Issue No. 2054- If a married woman commits adultery, she does not become haram to her husband. However, if she does not repent and persists in her action, it would be better for the husband to divorce her, but he should pay her mahr. Moreover, if she is known for committing adultery, the obligatory precaution is to divorce her.

Issue No. 2055- If a man (We seek refuge to Allah) commits adultery with a married woman, in order for him to repent, it is not necessary to tell the husband, rather he should repent genuinely before Allah.

Issue No. 2063- If the wife does not obey the husband in respect to the things which were mentioned in the previous issue, she is sinful, and the husband is not obliged to provide her with food, clothes, housing and the right of sexual intercourse, however, he still is indebted to her with respect to the mahr.

Issue No. 2093- It is permissible for a man to look at a non-maḥram woman in order to identify her when she is required to testify in a court of law, and such other important and necessary matters.