The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.191- The body becomes ṭāhir with kurr, flowing or tap water immediately when the original najāsah is washed off and it is not necessary to re-enter the water after coming out of it.

Issue No.829- It is also haram to make the carpet of a mosque najis, and if it becomes najis, it should be made ṭāhir. However, if it involves any expenses, the person who has made it najis is liable, as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 1318- It is sufficient that a person makes an intention every night of the holy month of Ramadan that he would be fasting on the following day; in addition, it is better to make an intention on the first night of the Holy month of Ramadan that he would fast throughout that month.

Issue No. 1322- It is necessary to specify when one wants to fast in other than the month of Ramadan. For example, he should specify it as a qaḍā fast or a fast to fulfil a vow (nadhr). But in the holy month of Ramadan it would be sufficient if he intends to fast the following day. Rather if he does not know that it is Ramadan or he knows but he has forgotten it and he makes the intention of another fast, it will be counted as the fast of the month of Ramadan. However, if he knows that it is the month of Ramadan, yet he intentionally makes the intention of fasting other than the fast of the month of Ramadan, his fast will not be considered as the fast of the month of Ramadan, nor will it be counted as the fast for which he had made intention.

Issue No.823- It is haram to make a mosque najis, whether it is the floor, ceiling, roof, or the internal sides of the walls. As an obligatory precaution the external side of the mosque's wall should also not be made najis, unless the endower of the mosque has not considered it as part of the mosque.

Issue No. 1665- If a person or his representative gives zakāt to a poor person without the intention of qurbah, and the owner makes the intention of zakāt before that property perishes, it will be treated to be zakāt.

Issue No.158- Second: It is haram to make the script and pages of the Holy Qur'an najis, and if it becomes najis, it should be made ṭāhir immediately. The same ruling applies to the cover of the Holy Qur'an becoming najis, given that it entails its desecration.

Issue No.828- It is haram to make the shrines of the holy Prophet (ṣ) and Imams (as) najis and when they become najis it is obligatory to make them ṭāhir if it causes desecration. Rather, even if it entails no desecration, they should be made ṭāhir as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No.164- Third: It is haram to make the turbah [1] of Imam al-Husayn (as) najis, and it is obligatory to make it ṭāhir, and if it falls on a najis place it must be treated in the same way as a page of the holy Qur'an as explained in Issue No. 162.

Issue No.85- It is makrūh (disliked) to relieve oneself:1. Under fruit trees.2. On roads where people come and go, even though no one may see him.3. Around houses.4. While facing the sun or the moon, but if one covers the private parts, it would not be makrūh. 5. Taking longer than needed.6. While talking, unless necessary. But remembrance of Allah (swt) through utterance is encouraged at all times.7. To urinate while standing.8. To urinate in water, especially in stationary water.9. To urinate in the burrows of animals.10. To urinate on a hard land that causes splashing, and in the face of the wind.

Issue No. 1286- It is befitting that one should avoid the following with the hope of gaining divine reward:1- If there is space in the rows of the congregation it is makrūh for a person to stand alone.2- It is makrūh that the follower recites the recitations of the prayer in such a way that the imam may hear them.3- It is makrūh for a traveller, who offers ẓuhr, ‘aṣr and ‘ishā’ prayers in qaṣr form (two rak‘ats), to be imam for the people who are not travellers. Similarly, it is makrūh for a traveller to follow a non-traveller in these prayers. (The congregational prayer has its reward in any case and makrūh here denotes less reward).

Issue No.978- It is makrūh to recite the holy Qur’an in sajdah. It is also makrūh to blow off the dust from the place of sajdah, and if, by doing so, a two-letter word is pronounced intentionally, the prayer is void as an obligatory precaution.