The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.440- If one wants to pay the value of the gold, he should calculate the kaffāra according to the current market value upon payment.

Issue No. 1410- If a person vows to fast on a particular day, in case he does not observe it intentionally or terminates it on that day, he should offer kaffāra (its kaffāra is like the kaffāra of the fast of the month of Ramadan).

Issue No. 1409- If a person who is fasting belches and something enters his mouth, he should not swallow it, otherwise, his fast will be void, and he should offer qaḍā and kaffāra but it would not be necessary to offer collective kaffāra.

Issue No. 2302- If a person does not act upon his oath intentionally, he should give kaffāra for it, which means he should feed ten indigent persons to their fill or should provide them with clothes, or should set a slave free (One is able to choose between either of the two first options, acknowledging that slaves no longer exist). And if he is not able to perform these acts, he should fast for three days.

Issue No. 2286- If a person intentionally breaks his vow, he has committed a sin and should offer kaffāra for it. The kaffāra for breaking a vow is either feeding sixty poor persons or fasting consecutively for two months or setting free a slave. One is able to choose between either of the first two options, acknowledging that slaves no longer exist.

Issue No. 122- It is not permissible, as an obligatory precaution, to keep dogs for entertainment or as a pet, if they do not have any benefits such as guarding a house or flock, hunting or similar purposes.

Issue No. 121- There is no problem in keeping a dog for different purposes such as hunting, guarding a house, an orchard, or a flock, and for police purposes, although they are still najis.

Issue No. 2433- Key money is the right of priority that a tenant gets on the property against the money that he pays to the landlord at the beginning. As per this transaction, the tenant who has paid key money in renting that property has the priority over others. Key money did not exist in the past but nowadays it is a common practice and it is in order under the following circumstances: The amount of key money should be known and the parties involved should perform the transaction on their own volition and accord. They should be adult, sane and mature, and they should know the meaning of key money and its necessities.

Issue No. 1563- If a dhimmī disbeliever (a disbeliever who is living peacefully as a minority alongside Muslims and has accepted the conditions of being a dhimmī), purchases land from a Muslim, the former should pay one-fifth of the land’s produce instead of one-tenth; meaning double the usual zakāt.

Issue No. 1555- Ambergris is a sweet smelling thing obtained from the sea, and if it is obtained by diving into the sea, khums would be due on it. In case it is obtained from the surface of the sea or from the seashore, the obligatory precaution is that khums should be paid on it also.

Issue No. 1525- The prizes given to savings accounts in banks will be halal, if there is no agreement between the depositor and the bank with regard to the prize then if a year passes on the prize, the obligatory precaution is to pay its khums. This is when the depositor does not consider himself entitled to the prize; rather the depositary himself gives prizes to encourage the depositors.

Issue No. 1510- Capital is subject to khums unless one pays khums on it even gradually he cannot run his life in a way befitting his social status with the remainder. Therefore, if paying khums does not harm his job he should pay khums on the capital. It makes no difference whether the capital is land and water for farming or tools or capital for business.