Maulana Mohammad Habeeb

Maulana Mohammad Habeeb
 
Age:
Location: Doha
Nationality: Qatar

Public QnA

I wanted to know is playing with dice considered haram in islam? Like these days we have games like Ludo on our mobiles where we use dice and play, so is that allowed or not?

No problem

4 Is it permissible to play with a dice on its own?

If it is used on its own without gambling it is permissible.


What is the problem with the believe that Allah (azwj) is creating the rizq and the Aimmah (asws) distributing it, as a part of their Wilaya and by the will of Allah? (Like for example Allah orders different angel to do some tasks)

For example based on that narration from al basair

حدثنا محمد بن عبد الجبار عن الحسن بن الحسين اللؤلؤي عن احمد بن الحسن الميثمى عن صالح عن ابى حمزة قال آنت عند على بن الحسين وعصافير على الحايط قبالته يصحنفقال يابا حمزة اتدرى ما يقلن قال يتحدثن ان لهن وقت يسالن فيه قوتهن يا ابا حمزة لاتنامن قبل طلوع الشمس فانى اكرهها لك ان الله يقسم في ذلك الوقت ارزاق العباد وعلى ايدينايجريها


I’m asking as I’m somehow reading sometimes from scholars that this is a belief of the gholat, while I’m not getting the problem with that believe, since it’s based on Ahadith from known books and also it is not making them (asws) independent from Allah (audhubillah), but it is ascribing a special task to them while Allah is the Originator from that

There is no doctrinal harm from this side, but believing in it is not a must, and not believing in it does not harm.
On the other hand, the narration mentioned is weak on the one hand, and it is not suitable for building a faith.

Should we avoid eating in non-muslim restaurants completely ? As they cook non-halal products which may contaminate our own ordering. Or as perhaps, they do not wash their plates 3 times after it touched a najis food such as pork or non-halal meat for example.

Or on the contrary, can we eat in these kind of restaurants because we do not have certainty that our ordering becomes contaminated in the kitchen? And everything is tahir unless proven otherwise.


There is no need to wash the plates 3 times. One time is enough, except for Alcohol drinking glasses.
On the other hand, uncertainty is enough.

If one makes haram money while trading, and without using that money in real life, then one invests it in halal stocks, and withdraws and uses only the money made on the halal stocks, did he commit a sin? What I mean by without using it in real life is one directly puts it into investing without using it to buy things like food or clothes etc…


1- First of all, making haram money it self is haram.
2- He have to give the haram money and the profits made out of it to poor people.

I have some questions concerning Haram money:

1) If one does charity with it, does he get any good deeds?

2) If one builds a Mosque, and people pray in it, is it permissible for them to pray in it? Does he get good deeds?

3) If one gives his family money, and helps them out, without them knowing it’s haram, do they get punished?

Does he get punished twice as much for giving them haram money?

4) If one sends people to Hajj, is it a sin?

All of these are without people knowing that the money was haram.

1- No.
2- It is not allowed to build a mosque with haram money.
It has to be given to needy people.
3- He is punished, not his family, and have to pay again to needy people.
4- Same like 2& 3

My issue is this that i have very severe anger issue that has also diverted me from deen. I have started denying Islam it seems like I have become an atheist. Whenever someone talks to me about Islam I get so angry. Whenever i hear quran recitation somewhere I get angry and frustrated. I have not prayed for past several months. I have even started disrespecting my parents. I know I am doing wrong but I don’t know why I can’t control myself from doing so. Please help me with this and tell me what should I do to come out of it

My dear son, you are going through the stage of refusing guardianship, and this is the reason for what is happening to you. You reject your parents as you reject religion, because you see that they rule you, and you want to be free, do whatever you want. You see religion and parents as shackles, so you try to break free from these shackles. You have to change this view, and look at your parents that they are your safe embrace, and that they are ready to do everything to see you successful and happy, and that their orders and prohibitions for you are only out of love and preservation for you. If you are aware of this, you will know that religion is the true love, which is the love of God Almighty for the servant, and that the legal duties and taboos are the means of human spiritual integration. As no one doubts that this world is not a house of decision, but rather a passage and a bridge to another life that is more important and longer than these few years that we spend on the surface of the earth, so it is necessary to prepare that house to which we will move, whether we like it or not.

Of course, Satan has a great influence in making you look at religion and your parents in this way. His first and last goal is to sabotage a person's relationship with his Lord and his parents, and he dances for joy at that, so do not let him get his wish.

There is no magical things to solve this. It requires controlling your self (Jihad Al Nafs).
By practicing so, you will gradually control your anger.

1) My menses have changed. After my period I experienced that some times I get blood spots brown colored- not menses looke alike, after this are ghusl hayd required? Or can I just make wudhu and pray?

2) Another question I have is, unfortunately I experience liquid coming out when I’m company with certain male figure(colleague), without any type of sexual act or any attraction. The nice feeling and safe feeling makes me body react I think, I’m not sure because I never experienced this before. Does this make me body nijas? Does it require ghusl if yes which one? And also how can I stop my body to react like this, I feel uncomfortable thinking this happens to me.

If the total number of days including the spots doesn’t exceed 10 days, then they are considered part of the period.
1- If the total exceeded 10 days, then the days after your period are istehadha.
2- If the quantity of fluids is big, and gets your underwear wet, then you are in janabah, and need to perform ghusl janabah.
Beside this, you have to ban any relationship with any male, as what you are doing is haram, and big sin.


When I was late for salat fajr, I checked what to do in this case and I thought you were supposed to complete 1 rakah then make the intention of ada’, and if you have bit more time to complete qunut and the 2nd rakah, then you make qunut, go in ruku, then after it, you make the intention of Ada’

Is such prayer valid? It was my fault for misunderstanding a ruling in sistani.org

The ruling: https://www.sistani.org/english/book/48/2203/

(Ruling 735.)


If you had time to pray one rakah before sun rise, then your prayer is Ada’, and the intention takes place at the beginning of the prayer, not at the end


What is our responsibility against people who burn the holy Quran in our city? I meant if we should go and try to stop them if they gather or if we have other responsibilty like condemning it in social media for example

Yes. You have to do so


I want to start learning about the inner meanings and tafsir of the quran. We have outer (dahir) and inner (batin) meanings of each verse.

Ibn Arabi, the famous sufi mystic wrote a book about the inner dimension of Quranic verses. I understand that many Shia mystics and scholars studied his books. I want to make sure that it is permissable for me as a Shia to read his books?

Also, do you know the name of his book that explains the inner meaning of Quranic verses? Can you please recommend a book or other books that do this.


As per S. Sistani, it is not permissible to read such books. Ibn Arabi’s books are full of false information, which could lead to wrong path.

Fair enough. I thought the study of esoteric interpretations in general was not allowed according to S. Sistani.
So there is no issue in learning about irfan and esoteric quranic interpretation according to S.sistani right?

Right


In my 3rd rakah, right when I stood up for it, I deeply inhaled in but I forgot that we are not supposed to make sounds in prayer. I made such thing since in my mind, I remembered you shouldn’t stay silent for too long, so I deeply inhaled to get ready to recite dhikr but for some reason, I made the intention to make some sort of sound. Is such prayer valid?


Yes. It is valid

I was in Rukuu and one finger wasn’t entirely touching my body, only a small part of it was touching my pants.


No problem


1) If we have asked some relative earlier and they told they also always buy their meat from muslim supermarket and it is halal.

Hence I assumed it was halal and ate the next time without asking at first. Them I asked them again and one of them told it was from non muslim store at first but then another person told again it was from muslim supermarket and that she hade bought it from there. Was it halal for me to eat? (because I become doubtful)

2) will my prayers be rejected the next 40 days?

1) You should have not eaten it, as long you are in doubt.

2) No

I wanted to ask that if a person have done ghusl e janabat and after ghusl while urinating, a water type sticky liquid comes is that pure or najis and should one do ghusl again.


If he did not urinate before ghusl, then this is considered semen


How much should we bend during ruku? Is it enough if we bend until all the finger tips (including the thumb) reach to the knees?

If we misunderstood earlier his emminence fatwa and we performed ruku while only bending to the extent that only the 4 finger tips (exluding the thumb) reaching to the knee – do we need to repeat those prayers?


It is enough to bend until the four fingers reach the knees

1) Is it obligatory to enjoin good and forbid evil the person whom already someone else have enjoined/forbid and it did not have any effect?

2) If enjoining/forbidding would probably make those people act the opposite and become worse – should we enjoin such people?

1) Knowing that there is no provocation, the obligation falls, and the mustahabb remains

2) No need


I wanted to know if my husband and I are planning to do something as a family and my husband has asked me to not discuss it with anyone, not even my parents, then is it compulsory on me to not do it?


As long as you agree, it is not permissible to violate


I reside in United Arab Emirates and here they have a raffle draw scheme called Mahzooz, in which if we purchase a bottle of water, we get to enter a a draw for which we have to select a few numbers. If we get theť numbers right, we can win a huge sum of money. Many of our shia brothers say that it is not haram since this isn’t gambling and we are buying a bottle of water. The company claims to donate that money collected from buying the bottle in Africa. Please let me know if this is halal since my husband also occasionally buys the bottle in the hope that we might get the winning prize.


Yes, it is permissible.


1) When I am praying behind a Sunni imam, am I doing so with the intention of Jammat or individual? Because I read in Sistani’s Book of Islam Laws – “Ruling 1433. The imam of congregational prayers must be bāligh, sane (ʿāqil), a *Twelver Shia*, just (ʿādil), of legitimate birth, and a person who performs prayers correctly”

2) If I am praying with the intention of Jammat, do I read the Fatiha and the Surahs in Fajr, Maghrib and Isha loudly or quietly?

3) If I am praying with the intention of Jammat, will their Jumuah congregational prayer suffice for Zohr?

1- You just follow him in acts, but recite Quran for your self.
2- No need to recite loudly.
3- If you recite Fatiha and sura for yourself, then yes


There is no threat to my life, property or honour.

1) Is it permissible to pray behind a Sunni imam in congregational prayer?

2) Is it permissible to pray an individual prayer, within the Sunni brothers who are praying their congregational prayer but following their movements, for the sake of unity?

3) Does me praying my individual prayer within their congregational prayer invalidate *their* congregational prayer, according to *Sunni* fiqh?

I pray my Zohr prayers at school with the intention of individual prayer, but I pray it among the Sunni brothers in their congregational prayer and following the movements of their imam.

I used to pray in the corner of the room on my own, however, I opted to pray amongst them for the sake of unity. I also join their gatherings and discussions. Alhamdulillaah, upon making this decision I have helped my Sunni brothers to have a much more positive view about the Shi’a, resolved some of their misconceptions in certain issues, and overall gained a strong bond and connection with them.

However, recently someone has asked me why I have decided to join them instead of praying on my own as before, and I don’t wish to invalidate their prayers according their fiqh.


1- Yes, but you recite the Fatiha and Sura, because they are not reciting Bismillah
2- Answered.
3- No.

What is the ruling of umbilical cord blood. As it is medically recommended to save it. But Islamically can we?

Yes, you can

May I see some sources, videos or links on the blessings of Jannah and the punishment of Jahannam, so I may perhaps become better in my acts of worship, and the true power and might of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’AAla) for focus and fear in Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’AAla) in prayer?


No problem,as long these videos does not contain bad things like naked people.

1) When can I ignore the doubt about having done qiyam before ruku

2) In jamaat, In 1st rakaat after coming back from sajdah I see the Imam beginning to do bihaw lilah is my jamaat in order ?

3) When making a mistake that needs sajdah sahv – example I talked by mistake do I need to do 2 sajdah sahv per mistake or one sajdah
-As in 2 regular sujood = 1 sajdah sahv or 4 regular

4) How do I treat doubt about having recited tasbihate arba 3 times already both in furada and jamaat

5) How do I treat doubt after salah time has passed about having prayed earlier or later

1- Once you are in Rukoo

2- The question is not clear. Do you mean that he starts standing up after the first Sajdah?If it is the case, then you need to do the second sojood, not to follow him.

3- For each mistake you need separate sojood Sahw
4- Do not pay attention to all this. One time tasbehht is enough.

What is the difference between culpable and inculpable ignorance? Is one considered culpable ignorant if he thought what he was doing was correct and he was maybe capable of aquering the knowledge but he didn’t know where or how?

The inculpable ignorant who is not held accountable for his ignorance is the one who could not bear that what he did was wrong, because it was a current custom, for example, or that he asked someone he trusted and told him that it was permissible. As for the culpable ignorant is the one who assumes that what he is doing or wants to do is forbidden, or he does not know that it is permissible or not, and he does the act without asking, then this is ignorant and negligent, and he is held accountable for his action.

If we have the choice to study Hawza part time (to aquire essential knowledge that we need) while being satisfied with a career with more monotonic and not so rewarding work or a more rewarding career with more income and maybe building family also while studying on ones own some islamic knowledge – which one would be best to choose?

You do not need to leave your job to learn the necessary rulings of religion, you can learn them from the scholars in your area, and thus maintain your standard of living, and be satiated in terms of religious knowledge

When I was performing salatul Isha, I stood up and near the end of my 3 tasbihat al arba’A (the 4 dhikrs), I started having doubts whether if this was my 4th or 5th rakah, so then as I went to sajda, I was somewhat certain it was my 5th in my ruku, then somewhat certain it was my 4th in my sujood, but again I wasn’t sure, I did sajdata sahw, then I checked sistani’s website and it said I needed to sit back down and do salatul ihtiyat, so I did it, but I didn’t sit down in my prayer, instead I kept going, is my prayer valid for not knowing such thing?

No. It’s invalid..
You need to remake it

If one’s prayer, let’s say dhuhr is invalid which he found out past the prayer time, but his asr prayer is (insha’allah) valid, must he make up dhuhr and asr or can he only make up dhuhr while his asr prayer is valid? Same thing goes with maghrib and isha, if his maghrib prayer is invalid, and he found out past prayer time, but his isha (insha’allah) is valid, can he only make up maghrib or must he also make up isha as well?

He has to pray four rak'ahs with the intention of what he owes. This is for noon and afternoon, as for Maghrib and Isha, he only repeats Maghrib

My sister recieved a marriage prospect which was supposedly good from all aspects and our family was looking forward for the wedding. But after a few days we revieved some pictures where the man was with his friends in several bars. His friends did drink alcohol but he didnt and the alcohol was obviously served on the table. What are we supposed to do in this situation? is an istikhara valid here? Since my sister was previously in a haram relationship my parents think that we should give the man a chance too since my sister has also done bad deeds

If he is not drinking, but was just sitting with them, this does not mean he is bad. You can ask him, and know the truth from him. If the girl wants to marry him, there is no grounds for istikhara

When I was praying salatul fajr, at my last sajda, while being in sajda, I was thinking of some thought, which somehow got me to laugh, however the laugh was in a whisper and was about only an ء sound, I checked sistani’s website and said if I have enough time to perform the prayer then I should, however I was doing sajda al sahw and time for prayer ended then, but I didn’t know you had to repeat such prayer if you laughed and if there is time for it. Is such prayer valid?

You need to remake it

In Haiz days only 3 days blood shows and rest of the days some times a drop seen otherwise no blood. Is it allowed to do intercose when there is no blood after three days

As long there are drops, and the total number of days does not exceed 10 days, then no

If I have a male best friend who has been with me since playgroup and is just like my brother, is it permissible to meet him and joke with him provided I am in hijab and keep boundaries while meeting?

No.
You can not joke with him.

I have a very difficult situation I’ve been having for past several years regarding my older brother and his treatment of me, and I’m not sure what to do anymore about it in terms of coping or regarding Allahs will with handling it.

My brother is very abusive – incredibly mentally abusive and had been physically abusive with me for years but Alhamdulillah has not laid a hand on me in few months. I have great accumulated trauma because of him and I am incredibly scared of him. I cannot explain the amount of mental exhaustion I have been having to the point where it is affecting every minute of my life. I would also like to know what I can take out of the situation, because he is somone who prays right on time, always reads Quran and listens to latmyat and cries over Imam Husain (A.S), but when he is home treats me and my little sister with the worst treatment I have ever experienced.

I would like to know, how can I deal with this in the way that Allah approves of? What duas or Amaal can I do to help with this? Any feedback can help.

Some people think that religion is prayer, fasting, and weeping for Imam Al-Hussein, peace be upon him, so they do all of this, but on the other hand, they oppress others, and mistreat them, and they do not know that this makes their good deeds worthless, and that their reward goes to the oppressed, and they will come on the Day of Resurrection and find their book devoid of good deeds, full of bad deeds, so one of them will be surprised and say, “O Lord, I have worked and worked and worshiped you sincerely.” So why do I find my book full of bad deeds?
He is told: It is true that you did good deeds, but you wronged people and eroded their rights, so your good deeds went to them, and their bad deeds were placed on you, then he will be commanded to the fire.

Show this to your brother

I have a question regarding wudu:

1) If I happen to accidentally go slightly from bottom to top, will that render my wudu invalid or only if it were to be intentional?

2) If I were to start slightly lower accidentally, does that render my wudu invalid?

3) If a limb accidentally touched another limb required for wudu (let’s say the right hand accidentally touched the left arm when wiping the right arm), does that render the wudu invalid?

1- No. It will not as long it is not intentionally done.
2- Yes.
3- No.

If someone was not aware of the ruling on spitting out food that was stuck between the teeth and would swallow the food on occasion, but now they are aware of the ruling, do they have to keep qadha fast of all years as a precaution as they do not know when they would have swallowed something or not?

If he is certain he did it, but does not know how many times, and it is between two numbers, he can build on the lower number.

Is it permissible to travel to from Doha to Jeddah without tying the ihram (as we plan on going to Madina first)? I’m concerned about entering in the boundaries of Mecca without ihram.

Yes, you can perform Ihram through a vow from Jeddah airport, according to the fatwa of His Eminence Sayyid al-Sistani.
However, since you are going to Medina, you do not have to perform ihram from Jeddah, rather you perform it from the meeqaat of Medina, which is Al-Shajarah Mosque (Dhu Al-Hulayfah).

Is my fast still valid if I purposefully don’t do any prayers? And is it the same rule for both Ramadan and qada prayers?

From the jurisprudential point of view, fasting is valid, and it is not obligatory to repeat it, but from the point of view of worship, it has no value, because prayer is the pillar of religion, and if it is accepted, everything else is accepted, and if it is rejected, everything else is rejected, so how about if you are not praying?!

I intend to do umrah with my wife and son
And we are travelling from Madina in train to Makah
Where can we wear ihram as the train does not stop at meakat ?

You can go to the meeqat, perform ihram,then go too train station

I have few questions related to beliefs:

1. We say that Allah loves us more than our parents but whenever we do something wrong, our parents don’t punish us to the severity like you would speak badly, I’ll burn you. So if someone asks how can we justify his love and the extent of the physical punishments he has for us in the hereafter, how should we reply?

2. We say that the human beings are manifestations of Allah’s attributes, then from where do we get greed, jealousy and other negative attributes?

3. Allah has promised Adl (justice) then where’s the justice in eternal fire? How can someone be punished for a single act for eternity?

4. We say that Allah created humans with perfection (ahsn e taqweem), then how are kids and people born with different defects in bodies, how are they mentally retarded?

1- There is no doubt that the mind rules that the punishment must be commensurate with the offense committed by the person, so sometimes the offense is simple, so its punishment is simple, it may be a financial fine, or imprisonment for a short period, or a reprimand.

And sometimes the crime is serious, so the punishment is severe, such as the death penalty for betraying the country and revealing its secrets that may lead to severe harm to people, or cutting off the hand of the thief, to be a deterrent to others from stealing.

And no one says that applying the death penalty to the murderer, the traitor, or the rapist of women is a harsh punishment, rather they view it as an application of justice and a protection for society.

There is also no doubt that the one who sentences them to death or cut off the hand of the thief does not judge that out of hatred, but out of love for the good for them, because it is assumed that if a person knows that he will face such a punishment, he will not commit the crime.

And this is what we see in divine punishments. God Almighty says the punishment for polytheism is fire, because polytheism is a great injustice, as Luqman al-Hakim, peace be upon him, said.
God Almighty threatens fire for shirk and for committing major sins, and this is like the law that says if you run a red light, you will face imprisonment for a year and a fine of 10 thousand dollars - for example -.
The mind says: Do not commit this violation, in order not to face this punishment, and does not say: The legislator of this law does not love us, so he imposes this severe punishment.
Therefore, do not associate partners with God and do not commit sins, so that you do not face punishment. On the other hand, why do we neglect the rewards and prizes that God Almighty has prepared for His servants in exchange for some small acts of worship?
He promised them gardens beneath which rivers flow, and what no eye has seen and no ear has heard of everlasting bliss?
Why do we look at the punishment and magnify it, when we deserve it for violating the laws, and we do not look at the prize and the great reward that we do not deserve in reality, because what we do of good deeds does not deserve this great reward, like the one who does a job for which he deserves 100 dollars, but he is given 10 thousand dollars.

2- Man is created from clay, and God Almighty has combined two things in him, the intellect and the instinct. The intellect leads to the divine attributes and makes them manifest, and elevates him to perfection, while instinct drags him to negligence, and makes him lower than the beasts.
The installation of instinct in man is from divine wisdom, as if it were not for instincts, man would not have sought to earn sustenance, mate, reproduce and reconstruct the earth.
However, God Almighty has established laws and laws to govern and discipline these instincts, so that they do not become tyrannical and become a cause of corruption instead of reform.
If instinct overwhelms a person, negative traits such as greed, miserliness, and others appear.

3- I hope this has been covered in 1.

4- With regard to this question, you can direct it to specialized doctors and geneticists, and you will find a satisfactory answer, which is that the cause of deformed children is due to parents in the first place, and to the calamities that befall humanity from wars, contaminated foods, and nuclear radiation... etc. God Almighty has set a universal law, but we have broken these laws, and breaking the laws has its negative effects.
And to bring you closer to the matter, we notice that many countries require a medical examination for the fiancés before marriage, to ensure that they are suitable for each other, and that they do not carry genetic diseases that appear in children. If we suppose that the medical examination proves that the fiancées carry a disease that leads to deformation of the fetus or that it is infected with a disease, and they insist on getting married and have an infected child, then who is responsible here, God, or the parents?

I was wondering if smoking is haram on me since i was smoking before I converted to tashayyu because I have read Ayatollah Sistani’s ruling that if you had been smoking before the ruling then it is not haram on you to continue to smoke

If you did not quit smoking in between,then it is not haram.
However, for sure,it is better to quit it.

I have heard it is permissible to do money exchange business for example you can change dollars to pounds and if one currency goes up you can sell it and make a profit. I’ve also heard that you have to do the transaction hand to hand and that the same currency can’t be exchanged.

Now my question is if the exchange has to take place hand to hand, how can I change a big sum of money for example a million dollars because its not safe to carry out money like this and its not feasible to carry a big amount of money in your hands. So my question is, if i do it through a bank is it halal? Since the bank will exchange the money instantly and convert it but i wont be there to receive it by hand but i will still get it immediately and the money will be available in my bank account

No need for hand to hand exchange

Is there any hadees on spending money on fragrance and footwear. I have heard that amount spent on these two things will not have any accountability by Allah.

Yes, but without extravagance. As per the narrations, only fragrances only are exempted, provided that he use them

Can we use donor sperm for IVF treatment if husband is infertile?

It is not permissible to insert the water of a foreign man into the vagina of a woman, and as for the fertilization of the extraction of the egg from it, it is not permissible because it requires exposure to the foreigner, whether man or woman, but if the woman commits this forbidden, then the fertilization of the egg externally with the sperm of a man other than her husband, then implanting the fertilized egg in Her womb is a matter of disagreement among the jurists, and Sayyid al-Sistani, may God protect him, says that it is permissible because there is no evidence of inviolability.
However, the child born from this process does not join the woman's husband, nor is he attributed to him, nor are they inherited.

I am a 22 year old female that wants to get married but I hear so many things about guys that are in a relationship, drinks/smokes, doesn’t work, or not in the straight path. I want to know how can I get to know someone the Islamic way to make sure they are a person with deen and akhlaq. I have made a list of characteristics that I want in that person. I don’t know how am I supposed to meet someone or even talk to someone. I don’t want to do anything haram or go against Allah’s way in finding a spouse.

You don’t need to get into relationships with males to know whether they are good or not.
Your family should ask and investigate about the man who wants to marry you, and ensure that he is good and trustworthy person.

I wanted to ask if Jafar e Kadhab only lied about his Imamat for the sake of saving Imam’s life or was he actually a liar?

Some scholars from the pulpit claim that he indeed was under TAQIYYAH and was trying to SAVE Imam somewhat similar to what Muhammed Hanafiyah did.

I’ve also heard that the direct blood/child/offspring of Imam cannot be bad, all of the children of Imams were good.

Can you please clarify both sides whether he was indeed a liar or are there any sources that says he was trying to save the Imam.
(If possible please provide sources too)

There is no evidence that he used to practice Taqiyya to protect the Imam, peace be upon him. Rather, it is known that he was a deviant since the time of Imam Al-Askari, peace be upon him. There is no evidence for what they claim that the crusading son of the Imam cannot be a deviant.

1) Khums : Sehme Sadaat – which should be given to Sayyid only.
So I gave some amount of my Khums Sehme Sadaat to a person which I thought was Sayyid but later found out that he was not Sayyid. So what to do in this case ? Do I need to repay that amount of Khums to a Sayyid again ?

2) What are the conditions and rulings regarding Sadaqat ?

3) Normal Sadaqat and Sadaqah which we take out for our safety – give to anyone or specific people and cause ?

4) Sadaqah for the The Safety Of Imam az-Zaman (aj) ( daily Salamti Sadaqah ) – give to anyone or specific people and cause ?

5) Are there some Wajib Sadaqat ? If yes what are these and what are it’s rules and whom to give ?

6) Also are some sadaqat haram for Sayyids and should not be given to them ? If yes which ones and then whom to give ?

1- Yes, except if this person was really needy person. In this case we give you the permission to consider what you gave him part of sahm Imam, and you need to compensate for sahm sadat.

2- They have to be needy. ie, they do not have there annual needs actual in hand, or by by monthly earnings.

3- Yes, but not to Sadat.

4- yes, to any one

I wanted to know if a kaafir provides services for you in the salon (waxing, facial, hair cut etc) do you have to perform ghusl after coming back or just taking a bath is sufficient? Is showering okay or one should take a full bath (washing hair)?

You just need to wash the places that he touched with moisture with his hand, but if he wears gloves, for example, then washing is not necessary.

If the source of the water of the modern day showers is Kurr, is all the water coming out of the shower head considered to be Kurr irrespective of water pressure?

Yes, provided that the water in the reservoir does not go below Kurr

If nauzobillah a woman is raped and impregnated, if the father is killed as per Hudud, who would be responsible for the living and caring of the child? Would the child receive inheritance?

If the father is killed, the grand father is responsible for raising the child and all his expenses.
If the grand fathers are all dead, then it is the mother’s responsibility.
However, the child would not inherit his biological father.

1) Is it permissible for one to go to a party with the intention of mu’tah if he is certain he will be safe from any immorality?

2) If one can hypothetically ensure that he will not look at women with lust is simply being in that environment a sin in and of itself?

1) If it entails forbidden looking at women, then it is not permissible, even if he is reassured that he will not fall into another forbidden thing.

2) If it is an immoral party in which forbidden things are committed, then it is not permissible to go to it

Is shellac halal?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac

Eating insects or what is taken from them is forbidden, unless it is a little consumed in the food item, as if its percentage is less than 1%.

If one is certain he missed a part of the body whilst preforming ghusl does he have to re preform ghusl or can he just wash that body part? If yes does this ruling have a time limit? Can he rewash that body part a day after his initial ghusl?

No need to re perform ghusl again. Just wash that part, regardless of time, but he need to perform wudu and repeat the prayers which he prayed during this period

When one uses the toilet he flushes it to remove any waste. Once he does istinja of his rear end he is sure the ghusalah of the water has changed colour owning to najasah hence it is najis. When he is purifying himself the ghusalah that has collected at the bottom of the toilet splashes on to his hand.

What is his duty in this instance? If he continues to attempt purification can his hand be restored to purity whilst he is washing his rear end if he is sure water flows from it or does it have to be washed separately?

If he is using kurr water(tank supply), no need to care about the splashed water, as long no najasat parts are there on his hand. (If it is little water (qaleel)) It becomes najis.

How does one correctly purify something that has become najis with urine? Is this method correct?

1.) Remove intrinsic najasah with wet tissue paper.

2.) Pour qalil water over najis area once.

3.) Remove used water with towel.

Q1.) Is the area now pure even if there is residual wetness?

Q2.) Is the towel third muttanajis?

Q3.) Is it sufficient to purify the towel by wringing it then wetting it under the tap then wringing it again?

If the affected area is solid, then what mentioned is enough.
If it is carpet, then it needsto be washed once more after wiping it.
The used towel is second mutanajjis while it is wet.
After it gets dried,it becomes third.
Q3. Just wetting it is not enough, it must be washed

Did we have Imams before Prophet Muhammad?

Were the apostles of Christ considered Imams too? Did they commit sins?

There is no evidence that the guardians of the previous messengers were infallible with the same infallibility of our Imams, peace be upon them, and that does not necessitate that they commit sins, because infallibility for committing sins is something that is possible for every human being, even you and me.

I have a close, Muslim cousin who does not perform salah, and does not fast during the holy month of Ramadan. In secret, he does not accept the verdicts of the scholar, but prefers to follow his intellect. He is not concerned with whether his wealth is brought through halal means. He suspects the Qur’an is distorted, and questions a lot of the prophet’s actions, and believes that the Islam that ISIS came with is the same as the one the holy prophet brought. However, openly, if you would meet him, he would seem like any average Muslim, and seem very agreeable to Islamic discourse. He says God-willing, and makes dua to Allah in times of need, praises Allah in good times, and respects the Imams and Ahul-bayt, and he cares about his reputation.

I am very perplexed about this matter. I have no hope of guiding him, as he often lets you hear what you like to hear, but at the same time, he is a cousin of mine, and I know how much Allah puts emphasis on kinship. Please guide me to that which is best

If he do not believe in Quran or Prophet PBUH &F, then on which basis he considers him self Muslim, and on what basis he respects Imams?
You need to make him changehis mind first of all, and realize that he is wrong in his thoughts about Islam, so that he starts to listen.
Otherwise, do not bother your self with him.

I know looking at a na mahram with zinah is haram in person, but is it also haram through a television if without lust. Like watching a tv show. Also if it is haram is it permissible for one to watch the show if everytime a na mahram with zinah comes up they put their hands in front of their eyes to cover part of the screen. Sometimes they may mistime putting their hands and so they may see a glimpse but they look away immediately. What is the ruling?

It is not permissible to watch such prono shows

Sayed sistani says:
"All kinds of relations with a non-mahram including joking, expressing mutual love, talking with the intention of deriving pleasure, looking at the body of a girl (except her face and hands up to the wrists) and at her hair or looking at her face with pleasure are Haram (forbidden). In fact, if it is feared that they might fall into a sin, it is forbidden for them to have any kind of relationship with each other."

What is meant by talking with the intention of deriving pleasure. Is it sexual pleasure? For example one might enjoy talking with a na mahram cousin within shari’i boundaries because they have a kind of innate familial affection for them, but they have no sexual intention. What’s the ruling for this? One might also talk about a scientific field with a colleague and enjoy the discussion without lust. Is this prohibited?

What is meant is that the conversation should not stimulate the instinct, even if it is about religious matters, as if they both enjoy each other voice, for example.

I’m working with special need kids, ages from 1 to 12 years. During my sessions, at times I’m required to take them to the toilet. As they are mentally or physically disabled, so I need to assist them in the toilet. I was wondering if my wudhu breaks when I’m assisting a kid 5 years plus in the toilet

No. But for kids with such age, you are not allowed to look at or touch their private parts

I wanted to know is it permissible to lie to conceal one’s past sins? My husband is always questioning me about my past, I have not committed zina but I have been friends with men which I know is haram. Free mixing is not allowed in islam I understand this, however in my past I was not practising islam and would keep male friends. I have stopped and also repented for my past sins. My husband still asks me about this and says it is haram to lie in order to conceal your sins. Is this true? What must I do in this situation?

If speaking the truth is harmful and embarrassing, then it is permissible for you to lie.

I was wondering if a person prays for whatever reason while not pure or janub, is that a sin itself to stand before Allah and pray in janub or impure state? of course the prayer won’t be accepted and is void but i was wondering if the act itself is also a sin to do such thing.

Example: a person who has been negligence of his salah into his adulthood all of a sudden find himself being religious and want to change but developing habits of it is a struggle especially when he procrastinates and is lazy about taking ghusl to be pure so he can pray. now instead of doing everything at once to be good muslim and burdening himself and then fall off track again and giving up. This time, he instead wants to take a different approach to reform himself which is to focus on one thing at a time and once that becomes habit move to fix another bad stuff in the hopes as time goes by in a year or 2 or 3 he will be proper decent muslim doing all his wajib acts daily without procrastinating and after that he can start doing the lapse prayer along with wajib prayers. The book atomic habits explain this methodology better and I believe this type of baby steps reformation is what Allah used for the arabs. Allah through the course of the Prophet’s mission slowly reform the arab. I mean Allah didn’t just tell the muslims from day 1 to pray fast and do everything. So this is what the niyyah of the person is and the objective to give himself absolutely zero excuses to not pray. In other words even if shaytan whispers and make him lazy to do ghusl, regardless stand for salah even in janabat state. The goal is to go 100 days daily standing for salah to make it an habit to the point where you have subconscious need to do it past the 100 days which then becomes the habit. after or along those 100 days add the fact try to offer more of the salah in state tahira eventually that too becomes always in state of tahira and inshallah conquer this and become a better muslim.

This is another way of Satan's ways to play with him, so he tells him to pray now without purification, so that she can get used to praying. You are now not in a state to wash. These are the tricks of the devil. Trust 100% that he will never be able to succeed, but will remain in this situation until he dies, then he will bite the fingers of remorse.

Can anyone guarantee that he will live one day, to say I will take it easy until I get used to the duties and then I will do them properly?

As for man measuring himself today, after the completion of the Sharia, with those who lived at the beginning of the Sharia, then this is meaningless. Moreover, it is ignorant that a person brings work in a form that he knows is invalid, and that he will be forced to repeat it under the pretext of laziness.
The sane person does not waste his time and expose himself to the wrath of God, and he does not guarantee survival for one moment. There is no doubt that performing the prayer without ablution is forbidden and sinful

I reverted to islam so of course before then I didn’t wear hijab. Alhumdulilah now I do wear it …Most of my family has been so accepting of my conversion and respect my boundaries of not having especially my hair, but also my face on social media. However my dad has an old picture of me as his lock screen before i was Muslim. I asked him many times to change it because the public can easily see this picture of my hair. For example, his friends his age he hangs out with, he doesn’t try to hide his phone from them or anything. I sent him different photos of me from when i was a baby or me as a hijabi now and he refuses to change it. I feel like my honor has been taken away from me and it is really humiliating. Do you have any advice on if maybe I could convince him to change it?

My dear daughter.
I salute this conscious and pure spirit of faith in you, and I ask Allah Almighty to strengthen and steadfast you, and to guide you to all that is good.
With regard to the matter you mentioned, of course you are not guilty of what your father is doing, rather you are rewarded for asking him to change the image, and my advice to you is to take it with kindness.
Say to him: My dear father, I know how much you love me, how proud you are of me, and your disapproval of hurting me, and I ask you with all your love to change this image, for it hurts me.

For men living in the west, where almost all women are all immodestly dressed in revealing clothing while in public- what is the best course of action in fulfilling the obligation of lowering the gaze?

Should a believing man be looking down as soon as he leaves his house in order to be fulfilling the best ethics and requirements of his religion?

Please if you could provide some guidance towards the code of conduct for men in this regard it would be appreciated greatly.

Forbidden looking is looking with lust, but a fleeting look, or one that is not lustful, is not forbidden.
Of course, life in these societies is difficult, and requires a great deal of piety and self-striving. The best solution is marriage.
If you can get a permanent marriage, then this is excellent, and if it is not possible, then a temporary marriage. This is if you fear yourself from falling into the forbidden.
I pray to Allah Almighty to protect you and increase you in faith and piety

1. During the olden days, when women are taken as war captives, did the Muslim men take them as ‘what their right hand possess’ regardless of their beliefs ( i.e. pagans, Christians etc) or marital status (they were married women)?
2. if suppose a war happens nowadays, where an Islamic nation conquers another, and take the women as war captives, would they consider these women as what their right hand posess?
3. Are these women war captives just the women that are on the battlefield, or any women of the country conquered? Can you please kindly explain.

The captive who is owned is considered to be a fighting infidel, so it is not permissible to enslave the dhimmi, and it is the covenant between him and the Muslims.
And in the case of captivity, the woman becomes owned, whether she is married or not, and if her master wants to have intercourse with her, he waits for her to observe the ‘iddah of her husband’s water, then he can do that.
If the aggression of the infidels is against the Muslims, and the Muslims prevail, then it is permissible to take the women of the infidels, whether they are in the battlefield or not.

I would like to ask the morality behind the women of war ( infidels) being owned and given to men ( they are allowed to have sex etc). I am disturbed by this knowledge hence wish to understand. Doesn’t this make it seem like women being objects or properties of men and can be *owned* ?! Please help me understand this. Doesn’t Islam treat war captives fairly and not humiliate them etc

The issue of prisoners of war is not an issue specific to Islamic law, but it is found in all divine laws. If you review the Torah with its covenants, you will find the issue of prisoners of war, slaves, and slavery in its details. Rather, you will find that the provisions there are very harsh, as males are separated from females, and males are killed, and virgin females are taken as concubines, while non-virgins are killed. You can refer to the sources and read the rulings on slave girls and slaves in the Torah. Whereas in Islamic law, we note the necessity of being kind to the captive and the slave girl, and treating them well, and the inadmissibility of attacking them. We also note that Islam took slavery as a means to teach the slave and slave girl the values ​​of Islam, and put in place many ways to liberate the slaves, while ensuring a decent life for them after liberation. Our problem is that we do not read, but we repeat the saying of the enemies of Islam who try to undermine Islam by every means, and hide their shame. I am satisfied with this amount, and you can review what the whites did to the Africans in Europe and America of the types of enslavement, where they used to kidnap people from their homes and children from their mothers, and put them in cages and abandon them to Europe and America, while Islam did not allow enslavement except for the infidel warrior.

Is it allowed for a woman who converted to Shi’ism to marry a shi’i man without the permission of the father because the father won’t allow a marriage with a shi’i man?

If this is the only reason, then she do not need his permission.

I have found a suitable match for marriage, however my parents are unwilling to support me as she is not from the same culture as I am. I have explain there are innumerable narrations regarding the permissibility of Inter-cultural marriages and the impermissibility of denying marriage on the grounds of culture and race. I would like some advice on how to approach this, in order to help convince my parents that there isn’t an issue in the marriage, and to accept it – I am aware marriage without the permission of a male’s parents is permissible, but I would still like their support

In fact, this is a real problem faced in many or most Islamic communities, where every one has the idea that his community is the superior, and should not be downgraded through marrying a man or a woman from inferior category.
There is no way to overcome this problem except by the efforts of the Scholars and wise social active people.
Hence, my advice is that you go to such people and ask them to enlighten your family about the subject, and that it is very essential to let you choose your wife.

What is the Fiqhi reasoning for why it is allowed to pray with socks and forbidden with shoes?

Praying with shoes is not prohibited, provided that they are pure and that they are not made from the leather of an animal that is not eatable, or an animal that has not been slaughtered according to the Islamic way.
The only problem you might have after that is the tip of your thumb not hitting the ground.

Ive been reading many books these days and some on the topic of tawheed as well

I’ve been trying finding the answer to my questions in the books I’ve read so far but I couldn’t

Its a difficult thing for me but you can help me

I want to ask that when we say that Allah is everywhere and he is non physical so we all believe this with our sense and proofs

1. But when he is everywhere so does he touches things?

2. If he is everywhere so is it that everything is in him? Obviously he is not hollow or leaves some space.

3. If we believe that he is everywhere so how de we define them because when he is everywhere and non physical so nothing can touch him or neither he touches anything so it that everything is in him but he is not empty,

4.If he is with things than how?

5. And if he is apart from them than how?

No, As Imam Ali said: (Indeed, Allah Almighty, is the where of the where, there is nowhere for him, and he is greater than that a place contains him, and he is in every place without touching or contiguous)

Our minds are limited, and constrained by matter, so we cannot imagine what is beyond matter, and since He, Glory be to Him, is not matter, and no one knows what He is, we subordinate Him to matter to which our minds are subject. And from here, these thoughts and these questions come to us.

is it true that we believe there is a page from Quran that is missing, that it was removed because it praised ahlul-bayt as ?

No.

1) I wanted to ask if it was permissible to contract temporary marriage with non Muslims and if there is a difference if they are from ahlul kitab or atheists?

2) For the women of ahlul kitab if they are not virgins will I need to gain permission from the father before carrying out the marriage?

1) Temporary marriage is permissible with the women of Ahlul kittab only, and not for other infidels, and on the condition that you do not have a Muslim wife

2) If her father does not care about her, and who she cohabits with and, in which way, then no need to seek his permission

Regarding chess Ayatollah Sistani’s ruling is clear as to it is being haram without question regardless of gambling. Though i would like to know of the hikmah (wisdom) behind it and as to which elements of chess make it haram per say. As in the current times chess is not related to gambling and is mostly seen as a brain exercise and a competitive sport. Therefore, the confusion as to what leads to such a sport having such severe consequences as mentioned in hadith, though I could not find a hadith relating its elements which cause it to be as such.

Sayyid Sistani’s opinion regarding chess is that if playing with it is not more gambling in all countries, and it has become a mental game, then it is permissible to play with it, otherwise, it is not permissible.
The reason for that is the narrations that came with the prohibition of gambling games.

1- Living in the west it is quite hard to not interact with women in soceity especially your fellow students/collegues. Is it permissible to look at a non mahram womens face/hair when talking to that person, without ill intentions, and if only to respond or talk about subjects related to work/school?
2- I am soon to be a dentist inshallah, is it permissible for me to take female patient without any bad intentions, and since I will always be wearing gloves, and therefore not have skin to skin contact?

1- Yes, but you must be careful.
2- No problem.

I have a question regarding if I would be commiting an act of Haram. My father and my mother got divorced 5 years ago and my mother is currently living with me. My father occasionally comes by to see me and stays the night sometimes because he is currently in between homes. Is it Haram for me to let my father visit while my mother is home? Additionally she doesn’t observe hijab

It is not haram, but your mother needs to wear hijjab in his presence.

What are the conditions for a men to go in Mutah? If he is married and have a wife who has no problems still a men can do mutah to fulfill his needs?

Still he can, but it is not recommended to do so.

Ever since I found Islam I knew its the one for me. However I keep asking my mum if I can be muslim. She says no. I am 21 now. I know islam says to respect one’s mother. Am I disrespecting my mother by being a part of Islam, reading quran etc?

My dear daughter. You do not need their approval
There is no obedience to a creature in what angers the Creator.
It is obligatory to obey parents in what does not conflict with the commands of God Almighty.
If the demands of the parents conflict with the commands of God, it is not permissible to obey them.
The Almighty said in the Noble Qur’an (But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge,[1161] do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness)

Is it correct that they say cutting nails is recommended on Thursday and Monday and cutting on another may cause poverty or difficult to get life partner and etc?

The recommendation to cut nails on Thursdays and Fridays is fixed according to the narrations. As for cutting the nails on the rest of the days, it causes poverty or leprosy or otherwise, it is not proven by reliable narrations.

I just realised that tinned tuna has a warning stating, "may contain traces of crustaceans" or "does contain traces of crustaceans"
What is the ruling in regards to this?

If it says (May contain), you can consume it, while if it says (Does contain), then it is haram.

Can I take calm drops for my driving test which has alcohol in? It has 27% alcohol and its a spray. I have failed 3 times now I get very anxious during test.
It contains grape alcohol as a preservative. It is sprayed on the tongue.

Full ingredients

Dilution of flower extracts of Rock Rose, Impatiens, Clematis, Star of Bethlehem and Cherry Plum that is a grape alcohol solution.

No.
It is not permissible

If someone is unconscious and in a coma (in the hospital), does he have to make up the prayers that he missed while being in a coma?

If he is the cause of the unconscious or coma, then he must make it up, otherwise it is not necessary.

Is it obligatory on the elder son to pay for his parents haj if the parents don’t have enough money for haj?

No. It is not obligatory. But it is recommended

Is it wrong if my husband lives on ship and I live with his parents to share about the wrong doing of his parents with me? Is it lawful in Islam. I just feel he should know what is going on because previously for 2 years of my marriage a different story was told to him

It is better not to do so. What is the outcome you will get?

I am afraid that he don’t believe you, and this will make the situation worse.
I prefer to tell him that everything is going well, and praise his parents, rather than giving him bad image.
Also, work hard to treat them as your parents, not parents in law.
This will have dramatic effect

Can I talk to Imam Mehdi without dua tawassul?

Yes, you can

The people who use illegal means to settle in another country is there income halal?
Can we take the eatables from their home or would that be haram for us as well?

Sistani does not allow such means, which are based on lies.
It is not permissible to steal someone else’s money even if he is an infidel, unless he is a military infidel.

During a salat that is qadah, the voice during recitation of the surahs should be loud or like a whisper?

It depends on the prayer.
In Duhr and Asr, it should be like whisper.
While in Fajr, Maghrib and Ishha, it should be loud.

My father plays an online game that requires him to do some calculations and find certain numbers by taking help from the previous records of the winning numbers and then book them within a limited time to win money.

He deposits some money to play the game. Once he has deposited the money, he does some mathematical calculations to find the possible winning number (he usually does this by analyzing the records of the previous winning numbers).
After he has found a series of possible winning numbers, he has them booked.

If the winning number is one of the numbers that he had booked, he gets some money as a reward. The bigger the sum you deposit to play the game, the bigger the sum you’ll win.

This is gambling.

My question revolves around bad talking muslim (sunni and shia) convicted criminals and those who openly sin without visible remorse such as some Muslim celebrities (ex. rappers) that appear these days.

Would this fall under backbiting and what would be the conditions for repentance?

If they are openly committing sins, then it is permissible to backbite them in what they openly, rather than what they do not openly

توفي والدي يرحمه الله ولم يترك وصية. لذا اود التأكد من ة نقاط
1- كيف يجب ان تقسم امواله؟

امي على قيد الحياة. وكذلك لوالدي ابنان وبنتان (انا احداهن)، ولديه الكثير من الاخوة ولكن لا اتوقع ان لهم الحق في ماله.
ترك ابي مبلغا من المال + قطعة ارض اوصى (شفهيا) ان تؤول لأخي من بعده.
حسب فهمي فالتقسيم سيكون كالتالي
نقوم بدفع الديون التي عليه اولا٫ ونطالب الناس الذين استدانوا من ابي ولم يرجعوا حقه.. (وقد لا يرجعوه لكننا سنقسم المال في كل الاحوال). ثم نقسم المال بهذه الطريقة
امي الثُمُن، والباقي لكل لولد حصتان ولكل بنت حصة.
وطبعا قطعة الأرض تكون من نصيب اخي.
فهل هذا الحساب صحيح؟
مع العلم ان بعضا من امواله بعملة الدولار الاسترالي، وبعضها دولار امريكي وبعض الاوراق النقدية بعملات مختلفة. بالاضافة الى بعض الاموال في العراق بالدينار العراقي. فهل يجب ان نوحد هذه العملات الى عملة واحدة قبل توزيعها على الورثة؟ ام يجوز ان نحسب المبلغ الكلي حسب اسعار الصرافة في يوم التوزيع؟
2- بالنسبة لمال مراسيم الجنازة.. هل يجب ان تؤخذ من مال الميت نفسه؟ ماذا لو اردنا نحن بناته او شخصا اخر بدفعها بالنيابة عن ابي فهل يجوز ذلك؟
وهل نعني بمصاريف مراسيم الجنازة الغسل والتكفين والدفن فقط؟ ماذا عن بناء شاهد او حجر المرمر حول القبر٫ ومصاريف مجالس اقامة العزاء واطعام الناس فهل كل هذا يندرج تحت مسمى مراسيم الجنازة ؟

الإرث منحصر في الزوجة و الأولاد، و لا يرث الإخوة شيئاً.
أولاً تُخرج الديون التي على المرحوم، ثم توزع التركة كالتالي:
الزوجة لها الثُمْن من النقد بأي عملة كان، و ثُمْنُ قيمة العقارات -إن وُجدت- و غيرها من المنقولات، و لا ترث شيئاً من الأراضي.
و الباقي يقسم بينكم للذكر مثل حظ الأنثيين.
بالنسبة للأرض التي أوصى المرحوم بها لأخيكم، يمكن حسابها من ثلثه، فإن كانت قيمتها تزيد عن ثلث التركة، فإذا اتفقتم على التنازل له عن الزيادة، و كنتم كلكم بالغين عاقلين، فبها، أما إن كان فيكم من هو غير راض عن التنازل عن حصته، فيمكن للأخ المذكور شراء حصة من لم يرض. و أما إذا كان فيكم قاصر، فلا تنفذ الوصية إلا بعد بلوغه.
- بالنسبة للعملات المختلفة، يمكنكم الاتفاق على كيفية التصرف بتحويلها لعملة واحدة، أو توزيع حصة كل واحد من كل عملة بحسبها.
- إذا كان قد أوصى بإخراج مصارف الجنازة من التركة، حُسبت من الثلث، و إلا، فهي أموالكم تتصرفون فيها كما شئتم.

I have a stoma, or ileostomy bag fitted on my abdomen due to crohns disease.

When I perform ghusl I obviously remove the bag in order that I may be able to access all areas of my body/skin for the sake of purification but there are times when I would experience feacal discharge whilst performing ghusl, does this nullify my ghusl and would I have to restart? or can I continue and do wudhu after instead?

If the discharge reaches or touches a part of my body whilst performing ghusl, is it enough that I run water over it & wash it away and continue with my ghusl or do I need to re do my ghusl all over again?

If you are not able to hold feaces at all, even until the ghusl is completed, then your ghusl is valid, and you do not need to repeat it, and your prayer is also valid.
Yes, you need to purify the impure place and the impure hand.
I ask God Almighty to heal you

My question is what is the punishment for being proud?
I have relatives that are practicing Muslims the kind of persons who remember God in their daily basis. Have limited their desires majorly for the sake of Allah. Changed lifestyle completely. But their ghurur – ruins their behavior. Or at least in my eyes. It is literally disgusting to watch them being so proud of them self, their position environment, their looks, their strength. They often say or treat people some way and can’t even handle the same treat back. I often have wondered when hearing them talk so big and think so big of them self and same time saying things like they are God fearing which I believe they are but shouldn’t they change the mindset. Being humble is the right thing? I am very confused. I couldn’t hold it back so I confronted them but some were grown men and they either laughed or didn’t admit or said Astagfirullah. I should tell them it is sinful to have pride. And really unattractive too. Is it wrong of me to get disgusted of them because of they have pride in them? Their ghurur discuss me, I see is as a bad thing- is that wrong of me?

A believer should not be arrogant, because arrogance is a very bad behavior, and it was mentioned in the divine hadith (Pride is my cloak, so whoever disputes my cloak, I will get him into my fire).
If what you say is true, then these people are far from the spirit of faith, because the believer is humble, and the more he worships, the more his humility and his sense of inferiority increases.
As for the one who takes pride in his worship and sees himself as a worshiper, this does not benefit anything from his worship, and on the Day of Resurrection his face will be struck with it.

Is it permissible to make a non monetary bet with a friend in non-gambling games and situations?

For example: betting who will get a higher grade on an exam, or who will be able to run a certain distance faster, or score more points in a sport, etc, with the "prize" being for example giving the person a possession you own if they win (a book, a toy, etc).

Not permissible

I have thought about something. In Islam we are encouraged to have many children and we are also encouraged to trust in Allah. So what about those poor families for example in middle eastern countries who got poor because they got many children. Did these families not trust in Allah and that’s why they can’t get out of their poor situation? Is it like that easy to for example get many children and trust in Allah that you won’t get poor and at the same time not to pay attention to how your economy is?

God Almighty commanded us to use the mind, and this is what differentiates between man and beasts. There is no evidence that God requires us to have many children, even though we know that we cannot raise them properly.

Relying on God, Glory be to Him, necessitates taking into account the reasons. Whoever knows that he will not be able to provide the proper education and the necessary needs for more than two children, for example, it is not correct for him to bring a dozen children out of trust in God, glory be to Him.
The narrations that urged procreation used to look at a time when Muslims were in need of abundance, but today we do not need the quantity, but the quality.

There may come a time when there is a need for reproduction, so it is desirable, while in another time it is permissible, and it may be taboo if one knows that he is not able to breed properly. In this case, he must organize his offspring, and suffice with what he can raise and take care of.

I’ve read that Salah keeps you away from sinning. Although I keep repeating the same sin while trying to avoid it and I try pray my Salah properly. Does this mean my Salah isn’t accepted?

The prayer that forbids indecency and wrongdoing is the accepted prayer that the servant performs with sincerity and directing to God Almighty, and observing God Almighty that He sees Him.
If you happen to be watching over God Almighty and He is aware of you, you will be ashamed of Him to commit disobedience while He sees you.

We call Allah(swt) the creator. The definition of creator is someone or something that made something into existence. Now when Allah(swt) creates he says be and it was. So for the first creation to ever existence he had to make a command for it to be created that command is “be.” Ok so before he created that first creation he wasn’t a creator by definition.

Before the creation of the first creature, Allah Almighty was creator by force, not deed, just as before you had your first child, you were a father by force, not deed.
And when you had the first child, you became a father by deed.

Let me give you another example.
Sometimes you have money in your hand that suffices your needs for a whole year. Here we say about you that you are already rich, and it is not permissible for you to take zakat - for example -.
While, sometimes you do not have this money in hand now, but you have a job from which you get a monthly salary that meets your monthly needs. Here we do not say about you that you are really rich, but we say that you are rich in strength, and therefore it is not permissible for you to take zakat either, and if someone gave you something from zakat, you would say to him, praise be to Allah, I am rich and I do not deserve zakat.
I hope the picture is clear.

Do you have any recommendation or tips on how to study the Quran and it’s tafseer? How can one completely memorize the Quran and it’s true meaning?

In order to memorize the Qur’an, you need to read it correctly first, and this is done through one of two ways:
1- Being a student at the hands of a Sheikh Hafez and reciter of the Qur’an.
2- To follow some computer programs designed to memorize the Qur’an.
As for tafsir, it must be studied by a scholar specialized in the science of tafsir, and it cannot be learned like this.

As part of the Indo pak community, I was brought up learning that Lady Fatima was the only daughter of the Holy Prophet. However on moving abroad I’ve come across people who guided me to ahadith and comments of classical scholars that he had 4 daughters – Zainab ruqayya and umm kulthum who are always referred to as adopted by the south Asian Shias.
Is this a minority opinion or the truth?

The issue of the number of the Prophet's daughters, may God bless him and his family, is an issue that has been the subject of a long discussion among historians
Among them are those who believe that Zainab, Umm Kulthum and Ruqayya are the daughters of the Prophet.
And some of them say that they are the daughters of Khadija from previous husbands, so they are the stepsons of the Prophet, and a third section says that they are the daughters of Khadija’s sister, whom Khadija sponsored after the death of her sister.
Each side provides evidence for its statement.
For my part, I do not rule out that they are the daughters of the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, from Khadija, peace be upon her, but they are not in the rank of al-Zahra, peace be upon her, and this is an undoubted matter.

Is it permissible for me a male, to have a female therapist to discuss my mental health? I would be sharing personal things and going deep into my past trauma.
If it’s on a phone call in my room?

If you are going to be together alone in a closed room, then it is not permissible.
(If it’s on a phone call) No problem

Regarding Sheikh Nassir Makaram please can you tell me the ruling regarding this.
If mistakenly or knowingly we eat from a non muslim and it was sure that their wetness was touched by the food, then what to do ? Asking Forgiveness from Allah swt is sufficient or we have to do something else ?
Is it like that we also become najis and our Namaz and prayers are not accepted for 40 days ?

Sheikh Makarim considers all Non Muslims clean.
If it was done knowingly, then you need to repent and ask for forgiveness.
You need to wash your mouth and hands, but it wont effect your prayer.

I live in India and majority are non muslims.
I know the rulings that they are najis and also it’s about wetness and surety that we have to consider.

But still practically it gets very difficult sometimes in our daily life. So please can you answer my questions so that it’s more clear and easy to practise.

1) What’s the way of cleansing (pak) if we get in contact (wet) with a non Muslim for example our hands, our clothes or any of our object? Wash it once with kaleel water or something else?

2) I am in office and a Non Muslim touches my clothes with wet hands. I can’t change clothes because I have to go to my home which is far. So now how do I say my Zuhr Asr Namaz? Should I read it Qaza after I reach home at night or something else?

3) We have to buy items that have moisture for example milk packet, cold drink or water bottle from fridge and also we are sure that the shop person is Non Muslim and he hands these items to us by holding them and this gets very common so how do we deal with this?

4) After having haircut from non muslim and hair was made wet and also used helmet after wards to ride back home so now I wash my hair, my clothes and helmet as well?

5) I really want to have Hair Keratin done on my self. I have this non muslim barber who is really good and professional at this. Now there are other Muslim barbers but they are not good and also there is risk that my hair might get damaged if go with them so the non muslim barber is the option that I have for now.
In this keratin process his wet hands will touch my hair. So the problem is that after the keratin process there is a requirement that we can’t wash our hair for 24 hours so how to deal with this as I have to say my Namaaz.?

1- It is enough to wash it once with a little water.
2- You can just wash that part with some water, and if it is not possible, but you can take that piece off and pray without it, then do it.
Otherwise, if all this is not possible, just pray with non-pure clothes, but do not leave the prayer to become Qaza.
3- If he handed it to you and it was wet, then, just wash your hand later.
4- Yes, but why do you need to wash the clothes if he did not touch them?
5- Ask him to wear gloves.
Otherwise, do not do the Keratin. It is not must.

1) As for point 3 – Yes it’s clear to wash hands, but do I also need to wash the whole item like milk packet, cold drink etc every time I bring them home because these are wet and have moisture and it was touched by the non muslim shopkeeper?

2) Also regarding this law about non muslims are najis, as I do Taqleed of Ayatullah Sistani, can I follow some other marja only for this law which is more easy based on obligatory precaution..?

3) I heard ( not sure ) that a marja has said that when majority are non muslims then this najis law doesn’t apply in that area?

1- It is enough that you wash it once.
2- Yes. you can refer to Sheikh Nassir Makaram.
3- false statement.

I was reading the QA at this link: https://www.sistani.org/english/book/46/2027/

Towards the bottom, if I understood correctly, it says if the experts do not identify one scholar to be the alam and instead identify a group of scholars to be equally knowledgeable& pious (which seems to be the case these days), then they are allowed to follow whoever in the group they wish (and I understand they can follow different people in different areas). Have I understood correctly?

I’ve never heard of this before. If this is true, I really wonder why people are always battling each other over their choice of taqleed.

Your understanding is correct.
But how you judged that it is the case these days?
From my side, I see that S. Sistani is the more knowledgeable person.

I am a little bit confused. We are allowed to only eat fish that have scales, but it is also permissible to eat shrimps and prawns. Why is it like that sheikh? Because they’re not fish but why we’re allowed to eat them?

And if eating them is permissible, why lobsters are haram? Don’t they come from the same order of Decapoda? Would you mind explaining regarding this?

Shrimp were reported by authentic narrations regarding its being halal, otherwise, we would have said it is forbidden, while lobster narrations are reported to be forbidden.

1) Is it permissible to buy raw chicken / meat from a retailer who also sell pork. Retailer has halal certificate.

2) Also what are the rulings to buy halal cooked food from retailer who also cook/sell pork?

1- If you are confident that he is selling halal product, then you can.
2- If he is not using the sme cutlery for the pork, then you can.

6 months ago I paid a non-refundable $350 order fee for a new car to the car manufacturer. Unfortunately I have not yet received the car and my annual khums date has just past.

Can you please confirm if I need to pay khums on the $350 order fee?


Yes, you need to pay the khoms of the amount, provided that you will either get the car or the money back.

1) I have a question regarding offering namaz on burning coal to show the extent of their faith, it is a rare practice done by Shias in Pakistan and India.

Is it permissible? If yes how can we justify it?

2) Qama Zani to an extreme level when the back opens into two parts, is it permissible?

1- It is not permissible.
2- It is not permissible to seriously harm the body, and it is not part of the religion.

The topic of tatbir and self-cutting has made me question Islam in the past and those feelings are creeping up again. Please help me sheikh.

1) From what I understand, people argue that because the prophet (saw) performed cupping/bloodletting (which is making tiny cuts on the back or head with the intention of medicinal benefits) that makes all self-cutting halal, as long as it does not lead you to the hospital.

A) My first question is, how can it be argued that something so minor, which likely didn’t even leave scars, or if they did they’d fade after a few weeks, can be called halal for greater things, which *can* leave scars (as long as it’s not major enough to be hospitalized).

B) My second question is, how can we say that an action which was intended for a very specific purpose, suddenly means that action is universally halal? And if it is halal, shouldn’t the same limits apply as well? If the Prophet (saw) did cupping, which involved tiny small incisions, does that mean that is the limit of tatbir and doing more is haram? Does saying it’s universally halal also mean self-cutting for depressed people is halal? Is cutting yourself to the point where you have scars which won’t fade all over your body, with the intention of grieving, halal?

If so, how do we know the Prophet (saw) would allow such a thing, when those ***intentions*** never existed within him when he was bloodletting? How can we take one action of a very specific intention and say that action is halal with all intentions? — regardless of it not having solid roots within our religion.

I’ll show where I’m having difficulties with this math by giving an example:

– If eating small quantities of turbah is allowed for medicinal purposes, can I eat small quantities of turbah because I think it’s delicious snack (not believing it has any other benefits) and have it daily? Because otherwise, eating clay is haram, right?

2) Why is it that Shias are saying “no no it’s okay, you can walk on red hot burning charcoal when mourning for Imam Husayn and you can cut yourself as much as you want, just don’t end up in a hospital”

3) I am questioning this not because every single action we do needs to support that, because obviously we’re humans who need to eat, sleep, etc. but questioning this because it’s an action of our deen — not something outside of it. It’s something which is reflecting us, as His creation and as the followers of the Prophet (saw) and the Shia of Ali (as).

1) Linking Tatbeer to cupping is a misplaced link, because cupping is a medical treatment, while Tatbir is not. Hence, liking them is an attempt to find a way out of a problem faced by those performing Tatbir.
We can look at the issue in terms of jurisprudence from the point of view of the permissibility of self-injury and the impermissibility of it. The issue is controversial among the jurists, some of them are of the opinion that it is not permissible to inflict absolute harm to the body, and from here they issued a fatwa that Tatbeer is forbidden. While most of the jurists were of the view that it is permissible to inflict simple harm, which does not lead to serious harm to the body or may lead to self-destruction.

Hence, Tatbeer was considered to be of this kind, that is, one that does not inflict great harm on the body, and if a person deliberately inflicts severe harm on himself, he has committed a forbidden act, and he is a sinner.
This is for Tatbeer.

As for the example you gave with regard to eating clay, the example is not correct, because eating clay is absolutely forbidden, and it is permissible to eat a quantity of chickpea from the clay of the grave of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him only, and for the purpose of healing, not any clay.

2) As for the second question, this is a lie, as the Shiites do not say walking on hot coals and fire in the mourning of Imam Hussein, and this is an unacceptable innovation.

3) It is not an action of our deen, It is something outside of it, and after the explanation given, I need to say that S. Sistani says: If such act harms the mathhab, and reflects bad image, then it is forbidden.

Some people say that if you name your child Abbas or Haider, then the child turns out to be Jalāli (anger).
Does this hold any truth?

Nonsense

If a man and a women enter in a mut’a marriage but then decide to break it before any consumption and before the man has had a chance to give the women her mahr, and if the women agree to abandon her right to the mahr. Is the man still obliged to give her her mahr or is it ok to not give her ?

If you gifted her the period, and she dropped the dowry, and cleared your obligation, then nothing must be paid

I was sunni and became shi’a acouple of months ago. Should I repete the prayers that I did when I was sunni and if there are prayers I missed when I was sunni, should I repeat them?

If the prayers you prayed were valid according to the Sunni school of thought you were following, there is no need to repeat them.
As for the prayers that you missed, you have to make them up.

I work for a bank in a non-muslim country and my job is to manage and enhance and support a system which customers use to apply for car loans. The system is a loan application system where customers fill out all of their details and provide their details, expenses, income and the system will perform credit checks on the customer to make sure they can repay the loan. It will also give them a quote.

This bank receives a significant amount of its income from fixed interest charges on the car repayments that they collect from their customers for example they charge fixed interest percentage on their loans but also do receive a halal portion of money such as administration, account maintenance and early closure fees. All the loan payments that the customer pays are fixed for the life of the loan so there is no increase in payment during the life of the loan as all interest rates are fixed so instalments do not change.

95-96% of the customers who repay the loans and pay the interest charges are non-muslims so the interest income is primarily sourced from non-muslims.

Can you please confirm if the income that I receive from my job is halal?

may Allah(swt) reward you

As per S. Sistani, as long you are not involved in loan approvals, you are in the safe side.

I have two questions:

1. Will Imam Mehdi (aj) be able to speak in all languages in order to spread his message or will he only speak in Arabic?

2. When we visit the shrines of Prophet Muhammad (saw) and Ahlul Bayt (as) and speak to them, can they understand me if I speak in Urdu or English for example instead of Arabic?

1- Yes, he will be able to deliver his message in all languages.
2- You can speak any language.

In this business we are like resellers of the products we don’t own via different channels (websites, social media platforms etc.).

It’s like a person/company owns a product and sell at a specific price. I do not own that product but I have audience/customers/traffic where I share that you’ll get this product on a specific price (greater than the original company price – profit margin). Once they place the order to me and pay me the amount, I forward the order to the parent company. The parent company will be responsible to deliver product to the customer.

This transaction is permissible under two conditions:
1- That prohibited things such as alcohol should not be sold through the website.
2- That the buyer knows that he is buying from another company and not from you, and that you are only intermediaries, you take a commission on the linking process, so the transaction is like this:
The price of the merchandise...
Commission...
the total .....

I initially liked a non Muslim boy through non halal means and since then have repented and continue to do so. We wish to get married and he has researched Islam on his own and wishes to convert. Would our marriage be valid if we repent for our earlier mistakes of zina. Would it have an effect on future children? Is this marriage permissible?

If he truly embraces Islam, and you repent to God Almighty of the great immorality you have committed, then God is Forgiving, and you can marry.

My husband and I had separated. Last year we decided to reconcile but again from we haven’t been together as husband and wife even though we were trying to get back as a family for kids. My question is if we get a Divorce now, do I need to observe Iddah, even though we haven’t been together since then.

If you had a full relationship even once, after reconciling, then you have to get Edda.

Is currency trading lawful? I mean like if I buy any currency e.g 1$ and when its value increases can sell it take money which is more than its old value? and it’s it lawful to buy and purchase digital currencies like crypto, bitcoin, etc…? Please explain details.

Trading in currencies is permissible, such as buying the dollar at a price, then selling it at a higher price, and so on.
Likewise, it is permissible to sell it for the same at a higher price with the sale being present, such as selling a note of one hundred dollars, for ten bills of the same ten, and five more than it, so the value is 105, provided that the sale is not deferred for a term.
As for electronic currencies, His Eminence Sayed Sistani does not allow dealing with them at the present time, as an obligatory precaution.

I’ve asked before and online study is fine as long as you know what you are doing. The thing is that I dont have any solid proof that online study is the same like live studying meeting with teacher to convince people. Can you give some guidance Sheikh?

Distance study is a study without problems, but it will not, of course, be equal and comparable to the in-person study, where acquaintance and interaction between the student and the professor, and the students with each other take place, and plays big role.
But we cannot deny the title of the study about it.

يا شيخ اني بسافر لدولة غير مسلمة للدراسة ويمنع احضار غسالات خاصة في السكن علي ان اغسل ثيابي في غرفة الغسيل الخاصة بالسكن والغسالات مشتركة
هل بتعتبر ثيابي نجسة اذا غسلتها في مثل الغسالات اللي يستخدمونها غير المسلمين؟ وهل يمكنني ان اصلي بالثياب بعد ما ينشفون؟

الغسالات المذكورة تقوم بتطهير الملابس، فيمكنك البناء على الطهارة

انا شاب وفي ايام مراهقتي لم أكن متدينا فلم أكن أصلي أغلب الأيام ولم أكن أصوم بعض ايام رمضان وقد تبت الى الله وانا اتبع آية الله السيد علي السيستاني حفظه الله

كيف أحسب الصلوات الفائتة ؟
هل أكتفي بالعدد الأقل ان دار عدد الصلوات بين الأقل والأكثر ؟

وفي الصيام هل أكتفي بقضاء أقل عدد من أيام الصيام أن دار عدد الأيام بين الأقل والأكثر ؟

وفي كفارة الصيام هل هنالك فرق بين الافطار على محرم او الافطار على طعام ثم ارتكاب محرم او الافطار فقط ؟

في السنة السابقة حسبت قيمة الطحين وأخبرت الجمعية الموجودة في منطقتي بأن الاموال المحولة هي كفارة صيام لعدد معين من الأيام فهل هذا يجزي عن ذاك العدد من الأيام ام يجب علي إحراز ايصال الكفارة بنفسي ؟

1- نعم، إذا لم تعرف العدد بالضبط، فيكفيك المقدار المتيقن.
2- نفس الشيء.
3- سماحة السيد يحتاط احتياطاً استحبابياً في الإفطار على المحرَّم بالجمع بين الصوم و الإطعام في الكفارة، و يكفيك أحدهما.
4- مع كون الجمعية مأمونة، يكفي ذلك.

Is it permissible for a wife whose rights have been violated for a long period of time by her husband to seperate from him and go live somewhere else?

It is not permissible for her to do that, but she can raise her case to the legal ruler (the mujtahid), and he will give him the choice between living with her in a kind manner, spending on her and divorcing her. If he refused to do so, the legal ruler will divorce her.

I have toilet issue whenever I visit the bathroom and do istibraa. After I leave the bathroom 5-20 minutes later a urine drop comes out. I have tried everything sheikh, no matter what it always comes out. I have also visited doctors and they have all told me that I’m healthy. I don’t know what I should do, if I should ignore it or keep changing underwear. Please advise me. I have heard both ignore it and change underwear. I feel guilty choosing the easy option

With your knowledge that what comes out of you is urine, there is no way to ignore it, and you must purify your clothes or change them for prayer, along with purifying the urine outlet and the unclean part of the private part and body.
And you can, with your knowledge of the ejection of the drops, wrap the private part with a tissue paper so that the urine does not reach the clothes, and then it is only necessary to purify the place and perform ablution for prayer. If you choose the easy way, while you are certain that it is urine, your prayers are void. If you are not certain it is urine, then you can ignore it.

لدي سؤال متعلق بعلامة من علامات ظهور القائم عجل الله فرجه الشريف و هي الصيحة من السماء. قيل لنا منذ الصغر ان هناك صيحتان، لجبريل عليه السلام و للشيطان لعنه الله. و انه صيحة جبريل في الصباح و صيحة الشيطان في المساء.

و روى الصدوق (رض) بسند صحيح في كمال الدين الجزء الثاني [الروايات الواردة عن النّبي صلّى اللّه عليه و آله و الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السّلام في وقوع الغيبة للإمام المهدي عليه السّلام ] 57 باب ما روي في علامات خروج القائم عليه السّلام:

حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي اَلْخَطَّابِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ قَالَ: يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ بِاسْمِ اَلْقَائِمِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ قُلْتُ خَاصُّ أَوْ عَامٌّ قَالَ عَامٌّ يَسْمَعُ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ بِلِسَانِهِمْ قُلْتُ فَمَنْ يُخَالِفُ اَلْقَائِمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ وَ قَدْ نُودِيَ بِاسْمِهِ قَالَ لاَ
يَدَعُهُمْ إِبْلِيسُ حَتَّى يُنَادِيَ فِي آخِرِ اَللَّيْلِ وَ يُشَكِّكَ اَلنَّاسَ .

نعلم ان الارض كروية و هناك اوقات مختلفة في نواحي مختلفة، فهل الصيحة تكون في الصباح للناس اجمعين مع رغم اختلاف المناطق الزمنية، ام كيف يترتب توقيت الصيحة

لعل الصيحة تتكرر حسب المناطق، كما أنه من الممكن أن تكون صيحة واحدة و يتم تناقلها عبر الوسئل السمعية و البصرية في نفس الوقت.
و على كل حال، فالله سبحانه لا يُعجزه شيء، و لعلنا نحن لا نحيط بالأمور إلا بمقدار ما هو متوفر لنا.

On Friday how many rakah do we have to pray and Do we have to pray Zuhr as well?

If the Friday prayer, which is two sermons and two rak’ahs, is performed in the place where you are with its conditions, then it is sufficient, and it does not require the noon prayer.
In any case, you are given a choice between attending Friday prayer and praying Zuhr.

What would a person do if he’s traveling and unable to go to mosque for Jumah prayer?

The Friday prayer is not obligatory for the traveler. Dhuhr prayer is sufficient for you

Being a medical student is it jaiz for me to not to wear abaya but cover all of my body by some loose clothes in order to look professional and more presentable in hospital or college?

Yes, you can.

1) I am a Software Developer by professional. I develop mobile games and applications. A client of mine wants me to develop a card game specifically Poker. What is the decree of Ayatollah Sistani about this. Am I allowed to develop such game? Earning from this game is Halal or Haram? Also if it is not permissible can I hire someone else and ask him to do it and split the earning?

2) Also there are other situations such as a person wants me to develop a simple game let’s say a quiz game where people can bet game currency (coins) not real money to compete with each other. Is it okay to develop such games?

3) What if people buy game currency with their real money, bet the game currency and withdraw real money equivalent to the game currency?

1- No for both parts.
2- If it is not gambling, then no problem.
3- If it is considered waste of resources, then it is not permitted.

I have many missed fast since I started fasting really late in my lifetime. I also didn’t make up fast that I missed during mensuration even after starting to fast.
I want to ask that will my fasts not be accepted until I fulfill all the fasts that I’ve left? Because there are about 200 something fasts and now only a few days are left from Ramadan so what can I do?

Acceptance of your current fast has nothing to do with what you missed of fasting.
Yes, you have to make up for what you missed of fasting, and pay the expiations if your breaking your fast was intentional and sinful.

If I want to pay khums for all the inheritance from my father – which includes land, money in bank, jewellery, houses etc – how do i calculate the amount i need to pay? He did not pay Khums and I want to pay it now to make everything in the inheritance halal. Can you please guide me on that.

You have to evaluate the things that you inherited such as property and jewelry, and when you know the value of all, you can sell some of them and pay the fifth.
Example/
If the value of real estate is ten million, for example, and jewelry is five million, then the total is 15 million, and one-fifth of it is five million, then you can sell the jewelry and take out its value as a fifth, and the real estate is thus clean.

Is it permissible for the fitting of a copper coil for contraceptive purposes?

The sanctity of that comes from two sides:
1- It requires the woman to be exposed to a foreigner, whether he is male or female.
2- It leads to the killing of the developing fetus.

I just had a question I was hoping you may have the answer to. I’ve been depressed lately ever since I’ve stopped talking to this girl I had a relationship with. There are also other personal matters which are stressing me out and making my depression worse. How can I ask Allah for help and guidance to get through this? I recently reverted back to Islam, so I’m still learning to do salah. My other question is, what can I do in the meanwhile until I learn how to pray properly?

You have to sincerely pray to God Almighty to help you to overcome what you are in, and you have to regret the sins and forbidden relationships that happened to you.
And you must perform the acts of worship such as fasting and prayer, and do not take that as heavy, and know that learning the prayer and its preliminaries, such as ablution, and washing the impurity, if you are in the state of impurity, is not difficult, because prayer is not valid without purity.
There is no need to be sad about your relationship with that girl, which was a forbidden relationship as it appears, but rather you should be happy because you got rid of a great sin.
And as for other personal matters that cause you depression, know that there is nothing in the universe that requires a person to be depressed about it, so put your affairs in the hands of God Almighty, and entrust your matter to Him, and He will suffice you for everything that concerns you.

1) Can we get Hair Straightening / Smoothening done on our Hair for better look? I am male.

2) Also can females get this done for their Hair?

3) Also it’s permanent hair straightening until new hair comes.
Straightening creams are applied and hair type/structure is changed. Still it’s allowed?

4) My concern is changing the natural hair type/structure allowed?

1) Yes.

2) However, it is not permissible for a woman to show her hair to a non-mahram man at all.

3) If these creams form a layer on the hair, then the hair must be separated and the scalp must be wiped for ablution. As for washing, it does not harm, because washing the hair is not obligatory, but rather the water must be delivered to the scalp.

4) No problem

We know that the Urinary outlet can only be purified with water after relieving oneself.

1) How many times should we should wash it at least to purify it?

2) Why there is no ruling or explaining about the way of washing it?

3) The way of washing it?
I mean just simply pour on it from above without touching. Or we have to touch it, squeeze and rub it with hand and only then it will be purified?
Also do we have to clean and wash little bit inside the opening of it to make sure it is purified?

There’s clear rule about it.
You need to just pour water once on the place, with no need for rubbing, and no need to wash the inside.

Ruling 62. The urinary outlet does not become pure with anything other than water and washing it once is sufficient, although the recommended precaution is that it should be washed twice, and it is even better to wash it three times.

I just want to know about numbers of qunoot in eid prayer in each rakat

4 and 3

I want to know about binary trading in which we predict the price of currency or stock for a certain time if our prediction is right we get 80 to 90 percent on our invested amount & if our prediction is wrong we lose our invested money. Is it haram or halal

This is gambling, and it is haram.

When I married I was sunni, I’ve recently converted to Shiaism. Now my question is about the validity of my marriage contract. Whats the status of the marriage if you didn’t have nikkah paperwork and you were not given any knowledge on stipulations and your rights as a muslim wife. We don’t have any nikkah paperwork. A few months later we sighed some paperwork at the courthouse.

The marriage contract does not require papers, and it is enough to pronounce it, to tell him (I married you myself on a dowry of so and so), and he says I accepted

Does a wife have obligations to her in-laws? If so, what are they and does she get sinned if she decides to not have a close relationship due to them disrespecting her and mistreating her?

She does not have to do anything towards them, except to treat them with respect like other people, and she must veil herself from her husband’s brothers and male relatives.

Is it necessary for a person to be infallible in order to execute the punishments of the sharia law, or is it enough to for the crime to be proven and then even a fallible person can execute the relevant shariah punishment

The person who carries out the legal punishment that is proven to the offender is not considered to be infallible

There is an online bank called Revolut, and their savings options include giving interest to customers. Since I live in Austria, there is no physical bank either that does not provide interest, so any account I sign up for will have an interest rate. Given this information, am I allowed to sign up for the savings account on revolut?

Yes, and you can ask for interest.

I am looking to get married to a man of my choice. I have no doubts at all when it comes to him and my parents also approve of him. He is a practicing Momin, honest and hard working. However, we are confused when it comes to his family. A few members in his immediate family appear to be highly problematic. Will it be appropriate to perform an istikhara in this case, will it be valid?

If you are not in a state of confusion about him, but you are confused about his family, you can put a condition in the contract that he provides you with a separate home, and that his family does not interfere in your lives

My husband is working abroad in a female dominated working environment . His boss is also a female . I do completely trust him as he knows very well it is completely haram to look at a non mahram etc. I trust him completely but at times I feel insecure as we have never been separated since marriage
But he follows her on Instagram.
If I will ask him about this then we will end up fighting as he thinks I don’t trust him
Please advise me how to tackle my insecurity

As long as you trust him and his religion, do not surrender yourself to the devil who aims to destroy your home, and do not open the matter with your husband.

Me and my husband were having a discussion and he says that for him children (we have 3 children alhamdolillah) are his first love and I come second.
Can you please share your view regarding this.

his is normal, because they are part of him, and for sure the same applies to you, so do not make it big deal.

As a person, I want to know about what is unlawful and what is lawful such that I am not ignorant of a single unlawful thing. Other than the risala of my marja and the book "greater sins", what books list what is unlawful and what is not.

It is not possible to write a book to list sins, but I give you an easy rule that you can follow, which is: See what things you are ashamed of doing in front of people, so do not do them while you are alone with God Almighty.
And see the things that you do not accept that people do to you, so do not do them to them.

A sunni asked me a question about why did Abu Hanifa and Imam Malik make their own sects if they were students of Imam Sadiq. Surely they would have been shia if they were his students. Why did they deviate?

Love to duniya is the cause of every sin

I have recently learned new information about najasat. This information was available and exposed to me before however I didn’t realise the importance of a small detail from it until now. With this new knowledge that I’ve gained, I wanted to know if my previous prayers will be accepted in my previous state of najast or if I should count those as qaza prayers?

If you are aware of the existence of impurity, and you know that prayer is not valid with it, but you neglected purification, then you must make up for it.
But if you are ignorant of the invalidity of prayer, and you are excused in your ignorance, then it is not necessary to make up for it

In regards to hitting a non muslim, the wound of the non muslim did become red and bruised?

If he is a dhimmis, then he is entitled to the blood money, and it can be reconciled with an amount of money less than the blood money of a Muslim.

If a Muslim gives a fellow Muslim (shia) a sum of money for business, lets say as capital for his business and tells the person that he should pay the person, for example x amount of profit, or lets say 30% profit, since he is using his capital, is this profit halal and is this deal jaiz?

It is haram except if he becomes a partner.

Since the beginning of my marriage, my wife hasn’t really been looking after my sexual needs; we might only be intimate once or twice a month and even then she doesn’t make an effort to make it enjoyable for me. It always leaves a lot to be desired.

I did not and don’t plan to divorce her, because I love her very much. I understand she’s not trying to be mean, it’s just our sex drives are very mismatched and she genuinely doesn’t understand how hard it is for me when she doesn’t satisfy my urges. So I can’t really blame her. In all other respects she’s a great person.

I was wondering if you could please guide me to what I should do? It is quite a difficult situation so I’d really appreciate any advice. Everything else in my life and religion is going really well

Instead of all this, teach your wife what you need her to do.
I think she is very innocent, and have no experience. Don’t talk to her. Teach her

When we take the mortgage out we have an option to pay interest only for a certain number of years and then pay off our capital amount and that is interest only mortgages.
If we pay capital plus interest then it will be classed as repayment mortgages.

But in interest only mortgages you pay interest first and whenever you are ready then pay capital. So the more you wait to pay your initial borrowing the more interest you pay. Whilst in repayment mortage you pay interest and capital at the same time so basically you are reducing the borrowing amount every month

From a jurisprudential point of view, it is an interest-based loan, and there is no difference between the two cases.
Yes, you can get rid of the legal problem by taking the money in the name of saving it from the hands of a non-Muslim, not under the title of a loan, then it does not harm you that he will take it back from you by force, since you cannot default.
Of course, choosing the second case would be better.

I receive social security money from America’s government for disability and we have to pay tax every year on this money so is this tax money count as my spending of the year and I do not to pay Khums on it right or first I have to pay Khums on it then pay tax?

If the money goes into your bank account and you do not take possession of it with your own hands, then the khums is not obligatory for what you did not collect.

I wish to send The Holy Qur’an by courier to someone. Is it allowed to send The Holy Qur’an by courier or post as the courier companies toss and throws the packages on the way?

If you are certain that they do so, then no.

Is it permissible for a woman to have her uterus removed in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies? What is the ruling of His Eminence Ayatullah Sistani saheb in this regard?

It is not permissible for a woman to undergo a surgical operation to cut the uterus or remove the ovaries and the like, which leads to the cutting of her offspring, unless it is required by a satisfactory necessity.

I want to know what is meant by iddah and why is it observed. Are there any restrictions on the lady going out of the house for majlises, job, etc? Also, what is the duration of iddah for a widow who has crossed the menopause age?

The waiting period is the period that Sharia made of the woman in two cases: divorce, and the death of the husband.

As for the waiting period for divorce, it is three menstrual cycles if the woman is not pregnant. If she is pregnant, then her waiting period is to give birth, whether it occurred in a month, less, or more than three months.

As for the waiting period for death, it is four lunar months and ten days for a non-pregnant woman. Nine months, her period extended to giving birth.

The waiting period is not necessary to know that she is not pregnant, for this is known from the first menstruation, but it is a devotional command from God Almighty, and we must obey

I heard that milk products should not be consumed with fish. I am not sure about the authenticity of this claim. Can you please enlighten me on the Islamic perspective of this?

There is nothing in Sharia about that, but experiments prove that drinking milk only without the rest of the dairy products such as laban and yogurt, or eating foods containing milk such as sweets, with fish causes health problems such as diarrhea, and may cause skin problems as well.

As nowadays wearing masks is not compulsory in The Grand mosque of Makkah for performing Umrah, can my 78 year old father still wear it in the state of Ehram for his protection?

Man can cover his face during Ihram.

Is there any problem in traveling on Friday?

No problem for females.
There is problem for men if there is Friday prayer where they live, except after the prayer

I have invested in stock market last year and I did Khums and this year date is arrive of khums so do I need to perform khums? Even though I am not selling this stocks for next 5 to 10 years.
Please explain me

No

Can we give pulses and dals as kaffarah for delaying the qaza?

No.
Either Flour or Rice.

I have sufficient fund for haj pilgrimage and already decided to perform haj in this year. But before performing haj, I have taken loan for purchasing land which is for investment purpose and not for living purpose. I did not mix the loan amount with that of saving for Haj. I still have the fund for performing Haj in the same year. Is haj obligatory on me?

Yes, it is.

I have skin issues and during Ramzan they have aggravated due to dehydration. In this case, can I skip the remaining fasts and pay Kafara instead? If yes, what is the recommended Kafara?

You can moisturize your skin during fasting time, and drink water before starting fast.

A few months back I had to donate my sperm to a family who was unable to get a baby. Intitally the lady’s husband wad supposed to give his sperm however at the last moment the doctor came up that his sperm are not capable enough to do the work so I was contacted by him as thier efforts money and hopes were at stake. I donated mine without getting proper knowledge at this matter. Now they are happy and I am in sort of depression. What should I do now. I even dont know whether the eggs had been fertilised in the lab or lady’s womb. Can I be saved from hellfire?

You committed a forbidden act by masturbating to extract semen, and you must repent and seek forgiveness. And you, as a Muslim man, should not have made this donation, and you should not be embarrassed by their loss of money.
As for the woman’s vaccination, if the insemination took place and she became pregnant, then the boy is your son or daughter, and he is attached to you and the mother, not to the woman’s husband, and he inherits you and you inherit him.

1) Is it permissible to rent the house to someone who drinks alcohol also knowing he will drink alcohol in your property?

2) Is it acceptable because I have read the house which has alcohol the rizq is taken away and so and so forth.

It is permissible, but not recommended.

Do I need to perform ghusl janabah after watching something indecent and realise that I’m only slightly wet? Due to this confusion I don’t know whether I can pray or not without performing ghusl

You have to fear God and watch Him, and not commit this disobedience, for you are not safe that the Angel of Death will come to you while you are in this state.
With regard to your question, if you are certain that what comes out of you is semen, then you must do ghusl, but if you are not certain, ghusl is not required, and ablution is sufficient for you.

5 months back, I found one earbuds (headphone) at airport. Actually I worked there so found it at my boarding desk and for good 3 hours, I waited if someone will come and take it but no one come so I kept it because if I handover to the airport authority, they will do the same. They also didn’t give it because we don’t know to whom that headphone belongs so from last 5 month that headphone is with me. Now I am very curious that if this is a sin. Please tell me what should I do? Should I keep it or should I handover to the airport authority or should I do something else? It will be difficult to go back to the airport because my airport terminal has changed.

You can either take it for your self, or give it to a needy person as charity for its owner

Any practical tips for quitting self doubt.

The practical act is to ignore it, as it is from Satan.

1) What is the Islam opinion about receiving oral sex (opposite sex) not married?

2) Also, what is the Islam opinion about receiving oral sex from (same sex) is it sodomy or obscene?

3) Does receiving homosexual oral sex have the same punishment as sodomy? Like does he have to be stoned to death? Or it has a different punishment? If it has a different punishment what is it ?

1 and 2) Both are haram and forbidden.
3) No. It is not the same.
Punishment in this case is left to the judgement of the highest scholar (Mujtahid). It could be 80 beats. But don’t forget the day after punishment

What narrations do we have about dajjal? I know most of them are weak but I heard so many people quote that he will bring cure for many diseases and he will bring the dead back to life
are these narrations authentic?

No

What is sistani’s view on collagen hydrolysate, is it halal?

If it is for external use, then it is okay.
However, if it is taken from pigs or from animals not slaughtered according to shariaa, the it is najjis, and have to be washed.

Is it permissible to work in loan department in microfinance bank. Where your job is to receive loan applications?

There is no problem in just receiving loan applications. What is forbidden is if you are the one who will give the final approval to grant the loan. If that is part of your work, then it is not permissible to work in this case.

I know one ziyarat in Behar Al Anwar which has this term "Nafsullah" for Amir Al Momeneen (as).

Kindly request if you can authenticate the chain and confirm if its Sahih. Also, if this Ziyarat proves to be from strong chain of narration then:

1. Wanted to know what is defined as NAFS with regards to NAFSULLAH.

2. Also, are both Prophet Mohammed (swa) & Imam Ali (as) NAFSULLAH?

3. If yes, what is the difference The Holy Prophet (swa) & Imam Ali (as) with respect to the position of NAFSULLAH?

With regard to the aforementioned visitation, it is a visit of unknown source, and there is no single evidence that it was issued by an infallible imam, so there is no consideration for what was mentioned in it.

From what I’ve heard from people I know and understood from Aytullah Sistanis rulings, if I buy food such as grains for your house and a part of it is unused after a year, I’d estimate the value of the unused amount and remove Khums on that.
Am I understanding that right?
Is that applicable on all food or just commodities like grains,oil? and what if I bought something just last week?

Yes, this applies to everything that has financial value

If you are travelling with your wife and enter a state of janabah on the journey but are only able to do Tayammum to complete your prayers, when you eventually find enough water and privacy to safely do the Ghusl, do all those prayers you did with Tayammum need to be repeated?

NO.

There is a group called the Shaykhis. I do not know their exact beliefs, but the ones I have talked to claim that the Ahlul Bayt created the universe, distribute wealth and perform miracles by their own doing. They do not believe in Tafwid, but they say that Allah has exercised His Will by using the Ahlul Bayt as His "Pen". That is, Allah created the world by giving the Ahlul Bayt power and the Ahlul Bayt exercised that power to carry out Allah’s Will.

They also claim that the Ahlul Bayt know the timing of the Hour (the day of judgement), and that the Ahlul Bayt distribute rizq and maintain the world, and that they do miracles by the power given to them by Allah rather than them asking Allah or mentioning His name for permission and power to do the miracle

Are these people permissible to pray behind?

No

My son is turning 1 on 28th of the month of Ramaḍān, and I have to calculate his khums. I am taking into account things like his unworn clothes, un-opened gifts, money I’ve set aside for his education fund, etc.

If his khums comes out to $1000, and he does not have $1000 of ‘his own’ money, what should we do? Am I able to gift him $1000 that he can use towards the khums? If I gift him $1000, does that now have to be included in his khums calculations? Or is there another way to go about it? I want to make sure I’m doing it completely right, so please guide me accordingly.

Yes, you can gift him the amount and take it from him under your jurisdiction over him, but he will enter into the account if the gift was before the day he was born, so his total assets are 6000 dollars, and one-fifth of them is 1200.
But you can give him an amount of 1200 some time after his birth, and then take it out as a fifth.

What is the ruling for share trading in Banking and Finance companies?
Mostly all banks across the world (except few exceptions in gulf countries ) works in the same model like they take interest from the ones they give money to and give interest to those who deposit/save in their banks.
So, trading in such banks still allowed?

Share trading in such banks is not allowed, and if the Finance companies work with the same concept, then the same is applied.

1) We have two houses, 1 on my name and another on my husband’s name.
In 1 of them, my parents live and another house is rented and we have taken 1 house on rent so we take rent from there and give it to the 1 in which we live so basically we live in rented flat we get money from our own house then we add more amount and pay for our rented flat. So on this we have to pay zakat or khums or not?

2) I have gold more then 7 tola. Most of the gold is with me and remaining is in locker on this we have to pay zakat or khum? If yes then how much we have to pay on how much tola and percentage?

3) We have kept some amount in bank 3 months back which we have taken on loan and still paying loan so on this we have to pay anything zakat or khums?

4) As I mentioned in my question 3 that we have taken loan from which some amount is in bank and some we have given someone for his business so he will give us profit inshallah but yet we have not get any profit or the actul amount which we have invested so on this we have to pay any zakat or khums?

1- If your parents live in the house in your name, and they cannot provide their own housing, and you are the one who take care of them, then the khums is not required in this house.
As for the other house, which is in the name of your husband, if in reality it is greater than your need, so he rented it and lived in an apartment, then a fifth is required in the amount of discrepancy between your need and the excess.
And if he is not like that, but he rents it and rents an apartment for a specific interest, then the khums is not obligatory on him.

2- If it is shaped gold, and you used it in the year of purchase, and you have been using it for a while, then there is no khums in it. And if it is a piece like a pound and a lira, then it must be one-fifth, which is 20% of it, and one-fifth of the seven is 1.4-tula, then you can sell this amount, and take out the value as one-fifth, and if you do not want to sell, and you wanted to pay the khums from an amount that has not completed a year in hand, then you have to pay a quarter.
Hence, If the value of 1.4 tola is 1,000 dollars, for example, and one fifth of it is 200 dollars, then you have to pay 250 dollars.

3- You have to pay the khums for the amount you settled.

4- If you gave him the money as a loan, and you stipulated that he return it with interest, then it is a forbidden usurious loan, and it makes you cursed with God Almighty, and it is not permissible for you to take interest.
But if you gave him money for investment, then you have to pay one fifth of what was paid to the bank, as I explained earlier in 3.

I wanted to ask if I can play an free online game one part of which consists playing a betting game but its just virtual and I don’t have to pay anything for it. Its just a game and I will of course not receive anything in real life from it. Its just a virtual game without anything that I will give neither will I receive anything. Is this game halal to play or no?

No problem

I have a friend who has a car with leather. But I don’t know if it’s real or not. In this case, do I have to consider my friend’s car as najis? There’s a huge probability that it indeed contains real leather (most of today’s car contain a mix of real & fake), however since I don’t have a confirmation from the manufacturer that his car contains real leather, can I religiously consider the car as pure?

You can consider that it is not real leather.

1) According to Ay Sistani the najasat domino effect ends at 2 example if a dog touched a wet shoe and new wetness came to the shoe and it touched the ground and new wetness came to the ground and if I touched the ground I would not get najis

-Does it need to be new wetness what if it’s the same wetness from the initial najasat that stayed there through all the 3 items?

-What if you have doubt if it’s new wetness or wetness from the previous najasat?

-Example there was a dog on snow or rain and the wetness might be the same and you stepped with your shoes and then stepped on the floor etc?

2) Do you need to recite sajdah sahv if you repeat dhikr in jamaat or regular Salah or if you have doubt or if your body moved and you repeated it..

3) Sometimes I get doubt and go back to redo the dhikr is that ok? So I need sajdah sahv example in tashahud and salam or the 2 suras I think about it the doubt and continue but then come back to recite

1- Yes. It has to be new wetness in all cases.
2- No.
9- No need for sojood sahw.

What do I do if I get doubt if I recited Tasbihat e arba in jamaat salah and Imam is in Ruku ?

How I treat doubts in jamat salah example I doubt if I did qiyam before ruku or dhikr

If you were also in Ruku when you had the doubt, do not care about it.

My question is in regards to if a not previously married girl loses her virginity to a non Muslim man does she
1) Have to disclose this to a future husband, and what if this is too difficult to do if it is recommended
2) If she has repented are there any other punishment she must go through

1) If she did not tell him that she was not a virgin, he would find out that on the night of the marriage, and this would make her situation very difficult, and if he had married her on the condition that she was a virgin, then he would have the right to annul the contract and ask her to return all the dowry he paid.

2) It is sufficient for regret, repentance, and seeking forgiveness.

I wanted to enquire the following:
1) I got engaged last year, and got into mutah with her for a period of 1 year , wanted to ask do i need to follow the islamic dates or english dates while renewing?

2) During my Muta/Nikah, my wife can ask me for Mahr, which can sometimes be something non monetary as well, if I get a mahr condition which is a future scenario( eg, to pursue further studies after nikah) for which we both have mutually agreed to comply, but however due to some scenarios/circumstances, the above mahr condition can not be fulfiled, does it then invalidate the Mutah/nikah?

First, just because you proposed to her does not mean that the Mut’ah contract is valid for her if it is not with her father’s approval. If her father does not agree, then the Mut’ah contract is invalid.
As for your questions, assuming that her father agreed to the Mut’ah contract, the answers are as follows:
1- If the contract was made in the lunar (Hijri) month, then its renewal is after its expiry according to the lunar calendar, then you can return it after that according to the solar (Gregorian) calendar.
2- If you do not pay the dowry, then it remains as debt, and you must pay it whenever you are able to do so with her consent to delay, otherwise you must borrow to pay it, with your ability to borrow.

What is the verdict of playing snooker or pool? Is it halal or haram? If haram, may I ask what the justification is for this?

It is not haram, if there was no gambling

If sunrise is at 5:20 and we wake up 2-3 mins before fajr. And we pray our namaz after 5:20. Will the prayer be accepted? Kindly brief on this issue

If you did this purposely, then you have committed a sin.
The prayer is accepted as make up, but you will not get the thawab

One of my friend suffers from negative thinking regarding his realatives.

He thinks that some of the actions or statements or questions from his blood relatives are negative for him, this way he misjudges him but later realizes that he was wrong.
He wants to come out of his this state of mind and wants to make good relationships with his realatives

Kindly guide the way to be positive minded.

He should put forward in his mind all the time the saying of Imam Ali A S, who asks us to always think positively about the people, and to find excuses for whatever we see.

I have a question regarding the namaz timing. We usually get a namaz timing chart from market but when it is compared with the google timing in which we get it as per our location, there is some variation of almost 7,8 minutes. So I want to ask according to which prayer timing should we pray?

It is better to take precautions by taking the late ones to ensure that the time started.

My daughter is Alhumdulillah 9years and fulfilling her wajibats
This ramdhan month is first for her after entering in wajibats. Usually I made her practice fasting but 15 to 18 per month till last ramdhan month.
She becomes exhausted and has headache, nausea and eating is poor during fast. Can I not force her to keep whole month and revert remaining fast until next ramdhan month?

Let her start practicing fast some days during Rajab and Sha’aban, and she will be able to fast the whole month of Ramadan, Allah willing.
This is what I did with my 3 daughters, and none of them missed a day since then

1) Is talaq valid during menses?

2) Also if my husband says ‘ i divorce…’ without completing the statement

Is this valid please?

1- No.
2- No. He have to say: You are divorced.
3- There have to be two just witnesses.

1. Why did Imam Hussain went to Mecca after leaving Madina, If he wanted to fight with Yazeed?

2. I have heard that the Imam said that I want to go to Hind (India) or a place far from the rulership of Yazid and i will live there peacefully, Why did Imam said these words?

3. Why did Imam Hussain didn’t take a army, his family and some companions were only there with him?

1- Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, left Medina with his family, to avoid being forced to pledge allegiance to Yazid, which would have led to a battle in Medina, because he would refuse the pledge. And the Imam did not want war at first, so he left Medina for Mecca, considering that it is forbidden there to bear arms and war for any reason.

2- It is reported that Abdullah bin Abbas told him to go to Yemen, for there are Shiites in your father, and he did not want to mention India, according to my reading.
As for the Imam, peace be upon him, it was reported that in order to establish the argument against the people in Karbala, he said to them: If you hated my coming after you invited me, then let me go to a safe place on earth, and there is no need to kill me.

3- Because he was not - apparently - going to war, but rather an answer to the call of the people of Kufa, who promised him to help him, so he did not need to take an army with him.
This is on the one hand. On the other hand, the Imam was not a ruler and had a regular army to lead him, so all he did, peace be upon him, was to invite people to go with him, and he told them that everyone who joined him would be martyred, because he was aware of what things would turn out to be, because the Prophet told so.

How does God want us to treat abusive parents.

You should treat them kindly, and not respond to their aggression with the same

What if my clothes is also touched by the wetness of a kafir, is it tahir or najis?

It becomes najis based on obligatory precaution.

Is it ghuluw to believe that Allah created the nur of ahlulbayt and that everything else was created from the nur?

No

1) What if they say that Allah create the pigs, wine or shaytan through some sort of light, dimmed version of the light or shadow. Is it then ghuluw? like someone explained to me that all sin has some sort of good in it as little as it is. so he then told me that Allah swt created the nur of the ahlul bayt and everything else like shaytan the world etc was created from that light. is this ghuluw?

2) What one would argue is that in Satan there is some sort of good and so that was created from the light but the evil in him is a lack of light because evil is the lack of good

3) One could argue that shaytan at one point was good and that he had good in him, for example shaytan does know their is a God, zina would be a devoidance of a good act does that mean that the person that commits it has no good whatsoever in him.

4) Also we know from this sahih hadith in al kafi https://thaqalayn.net/hadith/1/3/14/4 we see that Allah’s will is one Wasilla and so if nuru muhammad was used to create things than everything created needs to be created from the wasila

5) This is what the argument would be for someone that believes this

1) Satan was not created from the light of the family of Muhammad, as well as evils, for the narration says: O Jabir, the first thing God created was the light of your Prophet, then He created from it all good.
Note: all good.

2) It is not possible that there is good in something that is hated by God Almighty. Zina, which the Qur’an expresses as indecency, can there be good in it? Our problem with the ignorant who interpret according to their whims.

3) No, not necessarily, and if it were, there would be no sense in repentance and forgiveness

4) God Almighty created all good, and did not create evil, for evil is the absence of good.
The point of the matter is that the Glory, glory be to Him, necessitated His will that the creatures of the jinn and mankind have the choice, so that reward and punishment may be valid, and that people may vary in degrees.
From this standpoint, evil is the opposite of good.

5) Very strange argument.
Does the darkness attributes that light does not exist?

1) Can a women divorce a man for marrying a second wife or if they do mutah w/o permission?

2) Can she do a khul divorce if she put in the contract that she doesn’t want him to marry a second wife and can she do it without the contract stipulation?

3) Can a women in anyway ensure that a man won’t marry a second wife in a contract. Can she then divorce the man if he breaks a stipulation

1) No

2) No. In order for the khul’ to be valid, it is stipulated that the woman hates the husband with a hatred that does not establish the limits of God with him and does not obey his command, so she gives him money to divorce her. If he accepts that and divorces her, it is fine, otherwise she cannot divorce herself.

3) The answer is no for both questions. She can divorce herself only if she stipulated in the marriage contract that she be his representative to divorce herself if he married another woman.

I heard that if a wife of someone does not allow her husband to sleep with her without a proper reason then he is allowed to force himself on her, this is deeply troubling me so if you could help explain this I would apreciate it

It is not permissible for a woman to prevent her husband from having intercourse with her without a legitimate excuse such as menstruation or childbirth, and if she does, then she is a sinner, and it is permissible for him to force her to have intercourse, because that is one of his rights, rather all his rights are limited to two things, namely intercourse at any time, and not leaving the home without his permission. I do not mean by forcing to cause physical harm to her, which is of course forbidden, but he can force her by not spending on her - for example - as long as she is abstaining, or prevent her from leaving the house, or threaten her to marry another woman.

I have a few questions regarding the hukm of non twelve (specifically sunnis)

1. I’ve heard that sunnis are not actually muslim but just have the ruling of Islam is this true?
2. I’ve heard that gheeba of sunnis is allowed but makrooh is this true according to ayt sistani

The answer is NO for both questions.

I have some questions when it comes to joking with none mahrams:

1) Is it haram to joke in a public setting with men and women in a voice call using none inappropriate jokes

2) Are all jokes with a none mahram absolutely haram and if not what certain types jokes would be considered halal

3) Can I make harmless jokes with a girl I’m talking to for marriage

4) Is it halal to have a voice call with with multiple men and women talking about none haram topics

5) Can I make a joke with no lustful intentions targeted at a none mahram

6) What is a joke defined as on islamic law

1- Yes.
2- All kinds are not permissible with the fear of falling into the forbidden, even by being dragged into it little by little, as it is forbidden to joke, fruit, make love or show it with a foreigner.
3- Answered in 2.
4- No problem with no fear of falling into the forbidden.
5- Answered in 2.

1) Do I need ask my father as a male to marry a convert woman and is it halal to temporary marry someone without have intimate sexual relations?

2) What is financially obligated from me in a temporary marriage

1) No. You do not need to take your father's permission if you are mature (Baligh), and you are supporting yourself. That you are self dependent. If your father is supporting you financially, and he is going to support your family, then you have to get his agreement. If you can rent a house for your family, then you don’t need a permission.
This applies to permanent marriage, not temporary marriage

2) You have to pay the dowry.


My husband and I would like to perform Hajj this year inshAllah.
The prices have risen considerably. He has a pakistani passport and can apply from there where it is considerably cheaper, unfortunately I cannot because I am not a Pakistani passport holder. My question is that if I travel with a company from the UK and he travels from Pakistan with a separate company, will my Hajj be accepted even though he is not physically by my side but is performing the Hajj rituals with another group?

Yes. Your hajj is accepted.

I have realised that I sometimes get caffeine agitation that leads to me having to run to the bathroom in order to make it in time or to have some drops left after visiting the bathroom.

I always preform istibra and take my time doing it I’m usually am 20 minutes in the bathroom just to make sure that everything is done correctly. I also suffer from wiswas.

When I become agitated I feel that some drops are left after visiting the bathroom even after preforming istibra. When I leave the bathroom I always check my private part for drops and when I press on the top part of my private part sometimes a drop is squeezed out. Is that drop najis or is it fine. I worry about this too much, I don’t know what to do. I have visited the doctors before and they said everything is fine.

If you know that this drop is urine, then it is unclean and it impures your clothes and invalidates your ablution, and if you do not know what it is, and you have done istibra, then it could be considered as pure water.

I stopped consuming energy drinks with caffeine for the sake of Allah. It is my 5th day without it. I didn’t feel or have drops for the last few days so I drunk half a cup of tea yesterday, today I felt the drops again. This leads me to belive that all amounts of caffeine leads to drops. What should I do sheikh, quit all caffeine or can I drink drink as long as I preform istibraa?

While you are certain that what is coming out of you is urine, istibra has no value, as istibra is useful in case of suspected wetness.
Accordingly, if consuming these drinks leads to your inability to control urine, stop them and trust that you will not be harmed by this, but rather your health will be better, for what you eat destroys your health.

I was born in UAE and have spent almost 39 years here except when I was between 3 – 5 years old I was in Pakistan. I visit Pakistan regularly for 2 to 3 days. Should I pray qasr salat there when I visit for less than 10 days? I do plan to move to Pakistan some day though no time frame as such

Your prayers are qasr, as Pakistan is not your home

1- If a girl got married and for 7 years and didn’t concieve ,as there were very up and downs in life , after 7 years she ask for khulla, is she entitled to get any amount of mehr as she wasn’t given during the wedding?

2- Same khulla problem but due to torture from the husband and family the girl came to her parents house. The boys side are asking to take khulla as they don’t want to give mehr?

3- Third situation is a wife with 2 kids with what ever reason left the house and went to her parents house later realised and want to come back but the boy side family is refusing to accept her nor even paying her child support. They want to give the girl divorce but the girl don’t want to get divorce she want to live with her husband. The husband dont want her any more.

1- If she hates her husband to the extent that she do not fulfill his rights an do not obey him at all, then khulla is possible.
Hwever, In the case of khulla, he can ask her to give up all her dowry, if he has not paid her anything of it, and to return it if he had paid it to her, and he may ask her to give a greater amount than that to divorce her, if she wants khulla, she must pay what he requests.

2- If her husband is really abusive to her, and he does not live with her in a kind manner, then she can raise her order to the Marja'a or his representative, so he orders him to live with her kindly and kindly to her, and to spend on her, and if he does that, the matter is over, and if he is not satisfied, or he said I will do, and he did not do, then the Marja'a or his representative would warn him, and if he did not obey, the Marja'a will divorce her from him, and in this case he must pay her all her rights.

3- In this case also, the matter is referred to the Marja'a or his representative, who orders him to return her or divorce her. If he refuses the both options, and refuses to spend on her, the Marja'a divorces her from him, and he must pay her her dowry if he has not paid it to her.

First of all apologies for asking so many question, could not find a better platform than here.

1) May I please know the ruling on plucking the eyebrows for man and giving it a shape? ( cleaning purpose)

2) What’s the ruling for removing body hair for man?

3) Were either of these practices (plucking eyebrows or body hair removal) performed by Ahlulbyt a.s?
I have heard from a scholar that Ahlulbayt used to use Noora to clean their body hair.

Please advise.

All what you asked about is permissible.

I have a few questions I’d like answered if possible. I’ll list them in order in shaa Allah.

Through the Shia view-

1. Are we allowed to make duaa for the deceased non Muslims who are part of Ahlul Kitab ( Jews, Christian’s and sabians)

2. Are we allowed to make duaa’s for the deceased non muslim who are not from Ahlul Kitab? ( Buddhists, Bahaii’s, sikhism, Hinduism etc)

3. Are we allowed to make duaa for the deceased who is an Atheist or Agnostic?

4. Are we allowed to visit their graves? ( believers and unbelievers)

5. Would it even be haram to say “ Allah Yerhamo” or “ Allah Yerhama” to a deceased Christian and Jew?

The answer is No for the first 3 questions, and the unbelievers in Q4.

Q5 If you assume that he was ignorant and did not oppose the truth, then it is permissible

She has been in a mutah marriage and the contract is for it to be above 50 years. The husband has left her and even moved out but refuses to get a proper Islamic divorce. She has tried everything she can to contact him directly and indirectly and he is completely ignoring everything. She was told to go to a marja’s office and they can end it for her, but she lives in the west and can’t get in touch with a marja’ in another country. What could the solution be according to sistani?

The period of 50 years exceeds the normal life of the people who are 31 years old, which makes the marriage void.
The other thing which makes it void is not mentioning a particular period, as according to the question, the period mentioned at the time of the contract was (above 50 years).
Hence, the said contract is void, and she can get married to anyone.

Is it permissible for a man to marry a second wife (she is muslim) without the knowledge of the first wife (whom is also muslim) according to Sayyed Sistani?

Yes. Yes, except if he wants to marry a non Muslim woman, then it is not allowed even with the wife permission.

If we give zakaat fitra in advance, do we have to inform the recipient that this is loan and will be forgiven on eid?

No.

Can I give fitra to someone one night before Eid if someone asks for it, or is it mandatory to give it my on the night before Eid?

You can give your Fitra during the holy month, but you have to ensure that it is handed to a needy moomen, not any asks for it.

I own a cat and I have been feeding him only fish derived cat food e.g. salmon, plaice, tuna etc for over a year now. But recently he only smells his food and doesn’t eat it until very hungry. I wanted to experiment with chicken & beef cat food but they are all slaughtered in the haram way. So I wanted to know if it is not permissible to buy & feed the cat food that is haram. The cat is an indoor cat & spends most of his time on our beds and laps.

Yes you can.

I recite "اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُمْ وَالْعَنْ أَعْدَائَهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْن" in last Ruku and last Sajda after zikr of Ruku & Sajda respectively.

Is my prayer valid or it becomes invalid.

No problem

My question is that the place where I purchase Halal chicken from feeds their chickens with a seed that contains pig fat. Would this make those chickens now no longer halal or are they still considered halal.

It is considered halal.

A person with type 1 diabetes is using a sensor inserted into the arm. He does tayammum before any ghusl.
1. Can he perform tayammum after ghusl in case he forgets to do it before?
2. In case of ghusle jummah, can he do tayammum and ghusl and perform obligatory prayers without wudhu?
3. He uses sand from the beach for tayammum, Can he remove excess sand from the face and hands after the tayammum is finished?

First of all, It is not permissible to use the sensor unless the use of normal methods of measuring glucose is critical for the patient, and the assessment of this criticality is up to the patient.
And if he is compelled to use the sensor, then he does not need to do ghusl as long as the sensor is present. Rather, it is sufficient for him to do tayammum. Then, he takes a bath when removing the sensor, which usually happens after two weeks, so he removes it and takes a bath (ghusl), then puts in the new sensor.
1- This ghusl is not acceptable, and it must be repeated after removing the sensor, as its function is tayammum instead of ghusl.
2- Tayammum instead of Friday ghusl is not sufficient for prayer. Hence, it is necessary to perform ablution.
If he prayed without ablution, these prayers have to be repeated.
3- Yes, he can.

Is it permissible for someone to follow multiple marjaas at the same time? Can someone have more than one marja? If so, what if those two marjas have contradicting rulings on a certain matter. Let’s say one marja forbids tattoos abd the other one allows them, who do you follow in this case?

It is obligatory to refer to the most knowledgeable mujtahid in taqlid, except in issues on which he does not have a fatwa, where you can refer to the next in the knowledge.

My question pertains to voting in the West.

I know there is this principle of voting for the greater good of the Muslims. But if we are honest with ourselves, we will see that every candidate here has propositions that clearly contradicts with Islamic principles. So if we vote for a candidate because we think he is the best for the community in general, and then he applies these non-Islamic principles once elected, aren’t we gonna be accountable of that before Allah swt ?
If for example this candidate legalize weed, or extend the maximum delay for abortion, wouldn’t we be considered as partners in the matter?

If this is present in his electoral platform, and there is a fear that it will be applied against Muslims against their will, then it is not permissible to elect him.
But if that was not in his program, but he did it after that, and you were not able to do anything, then you do not have to do anything.

I wanted to ask that as per ayatollah Sistani it is not permissible based on compulsory precaution.

I am a married male and sought permission from my wife and she said you permitted but don’t come to me in bed.

So with her approval and as per ayatollah sistani, can I do mutah with a Christian ?

And after I have done mutah with a Christian, I can still visit my permanent wife on bed right ?

Temporary marriage with Christian woman with the permission of a Muslim woman is not permissible on the precautionary basis according to the opinion of Sayyid al-Sistani, but, it is possible to refer the matter to others who say that it is permissible.
In any case, you can refer to your Muslim wife, as your marriage to a Christian - if we say it is permissible - does not forbid your Muslim wife to you, and she has no right to prevent you from having sex with her even if you marry without her permission.

It is very famous that if you start talking with a girl you like a lot , and if you succeed by marriage with her , you’ll lose love after marriage, this is also said in many speeches by muftis, so, what i’m trying to ask is that in Islam just looking at a girl and if you like her just marry her, but after marriage because you didn’t talk to her and know not much about her so what if after marriage you don’t like her. So in both cases you are loosing love. Or am I mistaking something?

Neither of the two is necessary. It is not necessary that if you love a girl before marriage, that love disappears after marriage, and it is also not necessary that if you like a girl without talking to her and marrying her, this marriage will fail.
Failure in the first case may occur if love is purely instinctive and lustful love only, because after obtaining the desired pleasure, the flame of this lust will be extinguished, and you will request it from another source, while if love is based on understanding, intellectual inclination, and cognitive homogeneity, even to some extent. What, usually success will be an ally in this relationship.
In the second case, the marriage may also fail because it is also based on admiration for the apparent beauty, and therefore Islam calls for the two parties to sit with each other before the contract in the presence of a mahram, so that the two parties get to know each other and their inclinations before making the decision to marry, to ensure the success of the marital relationship.

Me and my husband underwent IVF many years ago where the procedure required husband to provide sperm, however he did this on his own during self stimulation. This cycle resulted in a baby Alhamdulliah and also some spare eggs left for later.

I’m regretful I didn’t insist on myself helping him during this procedure which would have been halal. We wanted whatever would make it easy for him as he was nervous for me to help in a hospital setting where people are aware whats happening, which would hinder his ejaculation.

Nonetheless its been done and not sure if kaffara or penalty is needed and if the remaining eggs are ok to use too.

Please advise best as we cannot undergo full ivf again and the remaining eggs from previous cycle ( ie where masturbation was used) are our chance for further children.

Please advise what is required islamiclly ( kaffara, any penalty, istaghfar etc) after such a sin and how if we can still use those eggs.

Both of you need to ask for forgiveness from Allah.
However there is no kaffara for this, and the stored sperms/ eggs could be used again. But since you have a child, it is not allowed that you expose yourself to another person even a female doctor

One of my aunts passed recently. She was a dementia patient. She stopped being fully aware of things around 2018. Would her kids have to do the Namaz for the last 4 years of her life even though she was not 100% aware of what was going on?

If she was like a child, then she was not asked to pray or to fast, and no need to make up the missed prayers.

As I know wilayat is to being in an authority of someone and we belongs to wilayat of maula amirul momineen

But there are two wilayats
1. Zahiri
2. Batini

Both are wajib. I know zahiri and I also have zahiri but for batini I need amali. For that we need to do some work that is wajib on us. But i didn’t know any obligatory expect namaz roza,etc.

Can you tell me what I can do for getting wilayat a amaali

Wilaya Bateneya is specific to the Prophet and the imams, peace be upon them, by means of which they act in the universe according to the will of God, so you do not need to bother to obtain it.

If a woman is a virgin and she seeks mutah marriage that doesn’t include intercourse, but without the father’s permission; its acceptable by Sayyid Rouhani however no marriage is allowed for a virgin girl without fathers permission if I’m not wrong. So i’ve heard people that would follow the ruling of sayyid rouhani even though they follow Sayyid Sistani is that acceptable?

No. It is not. According to S. Sistani, she must get her father’s approval.
This is a fatwa, where she can not refer to any one else.

Is it shirk to believe that a normal human besides Allah (swt) and the Ahlul Bayt (as) has knowledge of the unseen?

If you believe that they know the unseen by themselves, not from Allah, then yes.

Is the Muslim who doesn’t pray without any excuses committing kufr? i.e they are considered kafir. What does the school of Ahlul Bayt (as) say about this?

If his abandoning prayer is disobedience, then he is not Kafir.
But if his abandonment of it is a denial, then he is judged to be a Kafir.

As we know many Muslims invest in the stock market which I know is halal as long as the things they invest in are halal but my question is about day trading where we buy and sell stock securities very quickly sometimes within a few minutes as the price fluctuates rapidly which causes some people to claim that this is a lot like gambling. Is this practice halal?

Yes. It is halal.

Do righteous men get hoor al-ayn only in Jannah or can they get hoor al-ayn in the barzakh after they die as well?

The certainty of it is that the hoor al-‘ayn is one of the specialties of the afterlife. As for whether there is a hoor-ein in the Barzakh, there are no details about that.

What is the concept of "Wahdat al-Mawjud" in Shia Islam and is it kufr to believe in? I’m really confused about this subject. Some Shias in my community believe in it while other shias say it’s kufr which negates the oneness of Allah (swt) and end up takfiring the others.

We must know what he means by the unity of existence, in order to be able to judge.
If he means that the real being is one and that is Allah Almighty, and the rest of the existing beings are imaginary or shadow beings, then this can be accepted to some extent, and it is not blasphemy.
But if he means the unity of existence and the actual existence without any plurality and plurality in between, so the existence is one and the existing is one, and accordingly, Allah and the creatures are one thing, but the difference is by consideration. Hence, this one existence is in the Creator a creator, and it self is in the created creature, as in the sky it is sky, and on the earth its is earth, and so on.
This is totally and completely rejected, and it is blasphemy, because we see a real dualism between the Creator and the creature, and that the distinction of the Creator over the creature is not based on consideration or observation, but rather it is a difference and a real distinction

I made a lot of gold investments and made profits but someone told me that buying and selling gold and making a profit is Haram. Does this mean I cannot purchase shares of a company which deals in gold production and selling?

There is no problem in such deals as long they are made correctly.

As you may know, the wahhabis run multiple very popular and well known social media accounts which spread clear lies against shias and accuse of all forms of disgusting beliefs. Even insulting our scholars and taking their words way out of context. Promoting hate against shias overall. This is very effective and gets a lot of Shia to convert to Sunnism.

In response to this, I and several other Shia have done the same with the wahhabis. We say many truthful things about them to expose their beliefs but we also lie about them purposefully to get revenge and stop Shia from losing faith.

Is it permissible to lie about them and their beliefs for good purposes?

What is the difference in this case between us and them?

I’m a Pakistani Shia and there is huge amount of Shia there who say things like "May Imam Ali keep you safe, may Imam Mehdi give you health, may Imam Hussain give you blessings" and on. They do not use Allah’s name at all.

Some even go as far as to believe the Imams (as) have the power to create and sustain which they did in the past and still do.

Is this practice shirk?

If they believe that the Imams can do that without the permission of God Almighty, then it is undoubtedly shirk.

I use a medication for intense short-term anxiety and they do not intoxicate me or make me "high" but they gave me a feeling of euphoria like happiness and feeling like life is calm even if it is not. Are there any issues islamically speaking?

If it's not an addictive drug, that's fine

Can I do mutah with a Sunni girl? I know permanent is allowed but what about a temporary one since they don’t believe in it?

If she is convinced of the validity of this marriage, and she is not a virgin, or she is a virgin, but her father is deceased, then it is permissible. Since her father is alive, she can not get married without his permission.

Praying at mosque lately I saw the separator(curtain) between men and women are open during praying so that the women can see the imam instead just hear the voice.
The problem is when any late comer they can see the women praying directly. Is it like that?
As far as I can remember years ago they will never open the separator so that men cannot see the women but now change for some reason. Confused to see current situation

If the women are behind the men, and they are obligated to wear the veil, then there is nothing wrong with that, with the safety of looking suspiciously, but the presence of the curtain is undoubtedly better, and there is no point in raising it so that the women can see the imam, because there is no need for that.

I wondering to know during time of another Imam after Imam Hussein as, when they pledge allegiance to Imam Jaafar (AS) for example or Imam after him, do they still join the pray or any ibadah or hold to any fatwa of other than Shia community meaning fatwa which is of their Imam for them not from AhlulBayt lineage?

It is known that Muslims used to pray together, and the disputes were not many according to the apparent, and the mosques were furnished with sand and stones, so the problem of prostrating on carpets did not exist.

Can Mut’a (marriage) be made with woman whose husband abandoned her for like 6 months, a year or even more.
However, it was found out that this husband had already given consent to the woman that she is free to have extra-marrital affairs outside, as he also does the same that he has no much time in having sexual affairs with her and that he doesn’t divorce her.
Nevertheless, this woman has been experiencing irregularities in her (i’dah) period, as a result of her husband’s failure to meet her sexually, hence, she fears an untimely MENOPAUSE stage.

I seek refuge in God.
Of course not, she is still a wife.
As long as he does not want her, he must divorce her so that she can marry someone else, and if he refuses to divorce her, and he emigrated to her and does not support her, then she can raise her order to the Marja'a, who orders him to live with her kindly and spend on her or to divorce her, and if he denied both options, then she will be divorced by the Marja'a

The thing is i knew about masturbation that its haram but due to temptation i couldn’t control but i was not aware of the penalty that of i do masturbation then i have to do 60 days fasing or kaffara so in this scenario this penalty applies on me or not.

Yes. It is applied, as long you know that it breaks the fast. You have to either feed 60 needy moomins, 750 gm's of flour or rice for each one of them, or to fast for two consecutive months

I was told before, if a man has has orgasm during foreplay with his wife and no liquid comes out, he does not need to do ghusl.

Does this also apply to the wife? If she has an orgasm during foreplay but no new liquid comes out or she is not sure if any has come out, will she still need to do ghusl?

What if it’s just the same moisture that was there from arousal and she is not sure if any "ejaculation" has taken place during orgasm? This is confusing for my wife because the area is already a little wet and nothing really changes when orgasm happens.

It differs for women.
If big amount of fluids was discharged from her, even before orgasm, then she needs to do ghusl, while if the amount of fluids was small, just around the area, like lubricant, then she doesn’t have to do ghusl.

In Surah 56:7, three groups of people are mentioned; right hand people, left hand people and who are third group? Can you please be kind enough to explain regarding third group.

The third party is the special class of the first party, meaning that the first party has two degrees, they are the special class, and they are those who hurry to God Almighty, who do not delay in obedience, and the ordinary believer class. The two classes are in heaven, but the treatment of the special class is different from the treatment of the ordinary class, just as it is the case with those who travel in first class and those who travel in economy class, both on the same plane, but the advantages differ.

According to Ayatollah Sistani, one is not allowed to pray of there are more than 3 cat hairs on one’s body, cloth or prayer mat.
What if someone prayed on a prayer mat that has cat hair on it and didn’t know? Are his prayer still valid or does he have to repeat them?

What matters is the presence of hair on his clothes, not in the place where he prays

I wanted to ask if it’s permissible to work for the embassy in a country such as Oman or Iraq according to sayed Seestani (h).

Yes, as long your job is not haram, or causes harm to others.

How do I know if I am a sayed or a sheikh ? Because my last name is the name last name that is related to Rasullah I am not sure though

Proving that you are Hashemite requires you to have official proofs that you belong to Bani Hashem, and that this is well-known from your family in your country, and with no proof of this, you are a commoner, not a Hashemite.

Is it permissible after washing the head and neck in ghusl to leave the shower, dry ones head and neck with a towel and then come back either shortly after or an hour or 2 later and then continue the same ghusl by just washing the rest of the body?

Yes.

I live in Australia and work for a large financial lending institution. I love working for them, they look after me and even provide a prayer room for Muslim workers. One thing that bothers me and that is that I work for a lending organisation so basically a significant amount of income is made by charging interest on their loans but they also make a significant amount of income from halal friendly ways such as monthly account maintenance fees, loan termination fees, loan establishment fees which are fixed fees not associated to interest. I work in the technology department so I work on enhancing their systems and building out platforms for their customers.

I guess is what I’m asking is, can I trust that my income is halal from my job?

If the transactions of this company are limited to interest-based lending, and all of its income is from usury, then working in it is forbidden, even if your work is permissible.
And if it is other work, then you judge your salary as permissible.
Yes, if the company's clients are not Muslims, it is permissible to take interest from them, so your salary will be permissible.

I just have a quick question. when wiping the head in wudhu if a person accidentally wipes too far and one or more of his fingertips touch his forehead and thus the water of his fingertips mixes with the water of his forehead, does this make the wudhu invalid and in turn does he have to start his wudhu again or is it permissible to continue and wipe his feet with this hand.

No
He can wipe his feet with the rest of the hand

Is currency trading unlawful? Tell me specially about digital currencies e. g crypto, bitcoin, etc

It is lawful. You can trade in currencies, GBP for USD, USD for Euro ...etc. You can also sell currencies with difference in cash transactions only. For example, you sell a note of 100 GBP for 5notes of 20 GBP, for 102 GBP.

However, as for electronic currencies, there is no enough information, therefore S. Sistani is not giving any fatwa

I want to shift to my elder son’s house as I am staying alone with my younger bachelor son and facing health problems due to non-availability of healthy food. But my elder son is staying with his girlfriend and they are not married. I will be given my separate bedroom but will have to eat food made by her. I am not sure if they are taking care of Ghusl also. My son and his girlfriend are Ismaili Khoja
Kindly advise if I can stay with them and eat food made by her from the Tahaarat point of view

There is no objection to housing and eating as long as the food is permissible, and you must advise them to marry, and that they are committing major sins that necessitate entering Hellfire.

I was wondering what the ruling of combining Salah is. How can a person combine Salah? If it isn’t combined does it have to be prayed on it exact time for like ASR and ISHA?

Combining the two prayers is permitted and not obligatory, and it is better to perform each prayer on time.

I have been praying salat al Layl for about a year now and I just wanted to do work with it. How can I make my salat al Layl better. Any duas that should be recited. Any certain things should be done?

Try to perform it in a dark room, focusing and turning to God Almighty.
The issue is not a question of many supplications in prayer, but rather the important thing is to go to Him, Glory be to Him.

I was doing some research online and I read from a few sources that Ayatollah Hussaini Rohani said that psychedelics are halal in Islam. I just wanted to know what your stance on the subject is.

According to S. Sistani, it is haram.

I was wondering if I am able to pray the nawafil after the adhan of any salat. So is it ok to pray nafilat Al fajr when the time of fajr starts or should we do it before?

Should be prayed after time starts.

I was really close with Allah swt and not committing much sins. But now I am still close to Allah swt but I’ve started to not lower gaze as much as I used to and I would just do things I haven’t done in a while. Is there a way to spiritual reset my nafs?

There is no magic formula for that. Rather, you have to observe God, glory be to Him, and not rely on your saying that you are close to God, glory be to Him, for how can you be close to Him when you are disobeying Him?
You have to fear God Almighty, watch Him, and be certain that He is looking at you, seeing everything you do.
Can you do it when a normal person is looking at you?
The answer would be no, of course.
So, is it etiquette to commit disobedience while the Lord of the heavens sees you?

I was listening to a lecture and it said that Allah swt before creation there was nothing just Him (Exsalted be Him). So there was nothing but Him? I’m just confused but maybe I shouldn’t be thinking about Allah swt is such way because it takes me through a rabbit hole.

In fact, you should not think about these matters, not because that is a disruption of thought, but because you will not reach anything, and the matter will lead you to deny the Creator, and the reason for that is that you are limited, and the limited cannot come out of his limitation to surround the unlimited.
Therefore, we are forbidden to contemplate the Essence of God Almighty

I was wondering about the verse in Surah Tawba. People say that the we can’t talk about the first 2 caliphs because of verse 9:100 but isn’t the verse 9:101 talk about how there are some hypocrites as well amongst the prophet saww? Also why does the word الاعراب translate to the word Bedouins?

Verse 100 is not giving protection to anyone.
We have to look at their acts thereafter.
If they kept their faith and honesty, then the stay under the verse verdict. Otherwise no.
A’arab does not necessarily mean bedouins.

I wanted to ask how a person can control or even stop the satanic thoughts? For me when I am sitting and thinking the shaytan comes around and says things to make me disbelieve. How do I strengthen my heart in order where the shaytan can come and whisper. It’s like I’m in a spiritual pause

It was narrated on the authority of Abdullah bin Sinan that he said: A man complained to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) of excessive desire and whispering.
He said: “Command your hand over your chest, then say: In the name of God, and by God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God, and there is no might or power except with God, the Most High, the Great. times, God Almighty will wipe away from you and distract.”

As narrated, you need to repeat this all the time:
Put your hand on your cheat then say:
بسم الله و بالله محمد رسول الله ، و لا حول و لا قوة إلا بالله العلي العظيم ، اللهم امسح عني ما أحذر ، ثم أمر يدك على بطنك و قل ـ أي كرر الدعاء السابق ـ ثلاث مرات ، فإن الله تعالى يمسح عنك و يصرف " .

I was wondering how a person can really concentrate on Allah swt in salah? Like what should we think about in our minds. For me my mind wonders off but then I try to get it back to Allah swt. What is the solution to this?

There is no magic solution for this, but there are some steps to be followed in this regard:
1- When a person intends to pray, he must get prepared for that, and put before his eyes that he is about to stand before the King of Kings, and work hard not to open the cage for the bird of the heart to let loose and have fun.

2- One of the things that may be useful in maintaining this is observing some of the desirable things that require the presence of the mind, that the worshiper does not close his eyes during prayer, and focus his eyes while standing on the place of prostration, and during kneeling to between his feet, and when prostrating to the tip of his nose, and when sitting between the two prostrations and for the tashahhud to his lap.

3- To work hard - if the concentration goes away from him - to recover it quickly, and to bear in mind that the accepted part of the prayer is the one carried out with coming to God Almighty.

I do make wudhu and read Quran I also have been overthinking a lot a worrying about things and idk why I’m also very worried of my Iman lowering. I pray all 5 prays and I read Quran sometimes and I don’t listen to music so idk what more I need to do. I want to stop worrying and I don’t know why I worrying about my iman lowering. I think I have been increasing my iman more recently during ramadan but I’m still scared that it will lower and every time I see disbelievers in the street I get scared I fear what if I become one of them. I don’t know why I feel like this because I know would never do that but I still get uncomfortable when I see them

This is Satan’s whispers with which he wants to destroy you, so do not claim a way for him to do that and do not bother with these whispers as long as you are confident of your belief in God Almighty and in the message of Muhammad, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family

I wish to get married but my parents have not brought forward any suitors to me until this age. They wish to get my older sister married. Furthermore, they keep rejecting every suitor for her and for me for invalid reasons. They have given me the consent to find someone for myself and when I presented a religious man from a decent family to my parents, they are acting hesitant to accept it on the basis of his location. I have been speaking with this man with the intention to get married to him. In this situation, can I engage in a mutaa with him without my father’s permission just to avoid haram as we sometimes express affection for each other.

If your father is refusing all the suitors with no valid reasons, then you do not need his permission to get married.
You can get married to the said fellow, with no need to Mutah.

Just as we are allowed to offer qadha of obligatory prayers of more than a day in one day, can we read qadha of Salat ul layl of more than one day on the same day?

Yes

There are laws in place to protect the life of the individual and society, such as traffic laws, and these laws must be adhered to, and it is not permissible to violate them, because of the potential harm to the individual and society. But there are some laws or regulations that are hard to keep up with 100% and that’s why most people will violate them in some way or another at some point. If this happens is it considered a actual sin against God?

We will always do our best, but sometimes things have to be set aside in order to not live a life of constant worry and stress

It is not actual sin against Allah, but it effects your being just.

1- Is it possible to make multiple intentions for a single action? For example, I have to make up 2 fasts from ramadan because of travels, if I choose to make it up during next month, could I make the intention of making them up, as well as making it 2 fasts that are recommended of 6 for the month of shawwal for the reward as having fasted the whole year? (As in have both the intention of making up fasts, and doing the recommended)

2- I have done what I mentioned in previous question before by fasting the 13, 14 and 15 of a month. I fasted because I wanted the reward as having fasted the whole month, but I also made intention about making up previous obligatory skipped fast from previous years. Is this permissble, and if not, do I have to make them up once again, by only having the intention of making up the obligatory fast, without the intention of doing the recommended?

1- No. You have to make the intention of Qadha only, and almighty will give you the reward of both.
2- If you fasted with 2 intentions, then the fast is considered void.

If during ramadan, have to travel, do I then fast till the time I am supposed to leave and then open my fast? For example, I am leaving the city I am residing in, around an hour before zuhr time, do I then break my fast when:
1- I have left my city
2- Or should I not fast to begin with if I am certain I will travel that day anyways and I will end up breaking it

Also, what about ruling for recommended fast. If I fast in sh’aban, and one day I have to travel, can I fast that day, and then break the fast upon my travel?

30 Also, can I choose to uphold my fast instead, or do I have to break it in both cases (during ramadan, and during a recommended fast?)

1- You should fast till you get a way from your cit by about 4 kilometers.
2- Yes, but it has no meaning if you are certainly traveling.
3- You can not uphold your fast if you travel before noon time. It automatically breaks in both cases.

On Sistanis webpage it says: «A temporary marriage that is not for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure is valid. However, the woman cannot stipulate a condition that the man must not derive any sexual pleasure.»

Here it says a Mut’ah where the purpose is NOT to derive sexual pleasure is valid, but does that mean a mut’ah where the purpose would be to derive sexual pleasure is not valid? If one does mut’ah with the intention of having sexual pleasure in order to not sin in other ways (such as zinah or masturbation) would this not also be valid?
-Rather even if the intention of avoiding sin was not there, and one do mut’ah simply to gain sexual pleasure, would that not still be permissible?

What is meant by the fatwa is the validity of the temporary contract if it was made for a purpose other than sexual pleasure, as if the purpose of it was to prohibit the mother contracting with the contracting party. But is it possible to put this condition in the contract, for your wife to tell him about the known dowry within the specified period, provided that he does not enjoy me sexually?
The answer is that it is not correct to set this condition, and the husband has the right to sexual enjoyment if he wanted to.

A boy and a girl who have an illicit relationship and commit adultery can get married or not.

Yes, they can.

Is it halal to create a food app that allows restaurants / chefs to sell their food if harām food may be sold e.g pork

Creating the application in and of itself is permissible, but if forbidden transactions were conducted through it, and a profit came from it, then you must give it in charity.

Is Khums paid on difference of this years savings and last years savings (if last year was already paid)? For example, if after my expenses this year I have $5000 left, will I pay 20% Khums on this total $5000? Or if I had $4000 left last year, will I pay Khums on the $1000 this year ($5000-$4000).

You should pay the khoms of 1000 only

I am facing a problem and want to know the solution.

We had one portion house (building was made by my father whereas the land was of my cousin) and we converted it to an orphanage an year ago. Due to less resources, I had to raise donations to build the second portion of the house and renevote as well. Last year we completed it.

After one year of struggle we couldn’t run the orphanage successfully though we had couple of children. Now, we have to dissolve the orphanage (one of the reasons was that the cousin was asking for his property back).

I need to know, what I have to do for the donations I raised since we are not using the building for the purpose we renovated it. The problem is that I only have the data that how much donated money was used, but we don’t have the data of people who donated

You have to return the money to the people, or take their permission in using it in different project.
If the money was used to renovate the building, which added a value to the building, then your cousin should reimburse the donators. If you are not able to reach the donators, you should use the money in similar activity. i.e Donating to an orphanage

Can you please provide any link to Islamic interpretation about this issue of being transgender?

If the purpose of changing a male into a female is to perform a surgical operation to cut the penis and testicles and create two openings, one for the urethra and the other for sex, and to give the person doses of female hormones that affect his appearance in the appearance of a female in the emergence of the breasts and the absence of beard hair and so on, and the purpose of changing the female to male for her to have an artificial penis implanted and doses of male hormones given to make her look like men, with no protruding breasts, beards, and so on; all of this has no effect, and the female does not turn into a male nor does the male turn into a female with any of that, in addition to what the aforementioned operations require of looking at and touching the private parts without a legitimate justification.

But if what is meant is the transformation of a male into a female and vice versa, according to the internal and external reproductive systems that are the basis for distinguishing one sex from the other, then this is something that does not object to it in itself, regardless of its premises and forbidden comparisons, but it appears that it has not been achieved until our time, which is the matter that is being achieved. Usually the first.

Yes, some surgeries may be performed for someone who has a deformity in his reproductive system, such as delusion that he is a female because his penis and testicles do not appear, so it turns out after the medical examination that he does not have the internal female system, but rather has a penis and testicles that are retracted - for example - so the doctor performs a surgical operation to show them or has a resemblance The penis and testicles, so he is under the illusion that he is male, and after a medical examination it is found that he possesses the female reproductive system from the ovary and uterus, so the doctor cuts off the excess flesh and removes what looks like a penis - for example - and this is not objectionable in itself and this is not a change of a male to a female or vice versa.
(S. Sistani's website)

Can you tell me if I can Trade in Cryptocurrency because I see good potential there? If not, then what can I do with already purchased coins? It’s basically new concept but way better than our conventional currency where banks and government is involved.

There is no legitimate problem in dealing with Bitcoin and similar digital currencies by buying and selling, as is the case with the rest of the currencies, goods and stocks.
The problem with digital currencies is that they do not have an external reality, but are a virtual commodity, and from this point of view, His Eminence Al-Sistani is reserved in dealing with them, and does not say that the transaction is forbidden.
And since he does not express an opinion about it, his imitators can refer to another jurist who issues a fatwa on the permissibility of dealing with it.

Is it ok to watch movies with sex scenes without lust ?
Sometimes I watch movies with sex and nudity but skip the sexual scenes so is that ok?

1- It is not permissible, even without desire, although this is not imagined.
2- It is not permissible on an obligatory precaution, as you will for sure see some scenes.

I heard that Non Muslims who have seen the truth but reject are held accountable and I understand that point. But non Muslims who haven’t seen the truth are not held accountable and could be spared. What about the righteous ones, the mu’minin who do good deeds? They are promised heaven. So if they can both end up in the same heaven while one tries hard and the other doesn’t really, then how is that fair. I believe I have missed something or misunderstood. God is the all merciful and all just. Do they just both go to heaven though? Or are they in different levels of heaven? One did try hard and reached truth and tries hard to be obedient while the other didnt reach truth or spend all that effort. Please explain?

Heaven has different levels, and it is not possible - from the point of view of divine justice - to compromise between believers and others, nor between working believers and negligent believers. Each has a degree that differs from the other, and the levels differ according to knowledge, intensity of work, sincerity, piety and observance of God Almighty.

I am having 20 years insurance investment plan. I have been paying premium for almost 8 years. Am I entitled to pay Khums on 8 years paid premium.

If you are just paying instalments for a service, then no.

1. According to sayed Ali al Sistani is it Mustahab to repeat the dhikr “Subhana Rab al a’la wa bihamdi” 3,5 or 7 times?

2. When raising head from sajdah is it recommended or ok to say Allahu Akbar

3. What is the dhikr that we say when we raise our head from the sajdah and stay still before going back down into sajdah

4. Do we say Allahu Akbar before going into the 2nd sujood of each Rakah

5. Is it recommended to combine the dhuhr and asr prayers and the maghrib and Isha prayers or does the sayed say it is better to space them out and pray them each individually?

1- Yes.
2- It is recommended when you stay still, after raising.
3- أستغفر الله ربي و أتوب إليه ( I Ask forgiveness of God, my Lord and repent to Him)
4- Yes, and while you are sitting still.
5- Separating them is better.

1) Am I allowed to ask a question to another Marja if I can’t find the question on his (SIstani) site and I fear that my question won’t be answered in time if I ask on his site.

2) If it is like a specific action in prayer or if it is like the celebration of an event it just some general halal haram thing and not something you are able to repeat. Would I get the sin for doing it if it’s halal according to who I ask but I find out later according to al Sistani it is haram or not allowed?

1) You can do that, but if you find out later that his fatwa differs from what you did, then you must repeat the work, if it is something that is made up, such as prayer for example.
2) If you were forced at that time, and you were not able to obtain the fatwa of your reference, and you obtained the fatwa of another reference, and applied it, then you are not a sinner.

Would a divorce only be final with the exact imam who married us was was present? Or can any Imam divorce us?

Divorce is in your own hands, and you are the one who conducts it, by telling your wife (You are divorced), provided that she is not menstruating, nor in the purity during which you had intercourse with her, and it is stipulated that there be two just witnesses.
As for the presence of an imam, it is to obtain a certificate stating that the divorce took place

Is it possible for our hearts to encompass Allah swt? In other words can one experience God himself in his essence? If yes how would one do so? If no, how close can man get?

No, of course, it is not possible, because it is not possible to encompass God, glory be to Him, but you can know how close you are to Him, glory be to Him, by the extent of your obedience to Him and your sincerity in your work and worship, then many things will be revealed to you.

Dr did some procedure(iud) because of some issues and also covid vaccine is messing my regular cycle, I have abnormal bleeding. It’s medium and heavy and sometimes light.
I am going to Ziarat tomorrow and we will travel to different places and even from hotel to haram, what should I do?Do gusl every day before every namaz?

You can do ghusl at hotel, pray the wajib prayers, such as Zuhr and Asr, Maghrib and Isha, then you can go to haram for ziyarat, and stay till dawnm then return to hotel for ghusl and Fajr prayer.
If you want to go to haram after Zuhr and Asr prayers, you can, but you need to go back to hotel for ghusl and Maghrib and Isha prayers.
If prayer time took place while you are traveling, and the prayer time would finish before you reach to a place where you can do ghusl, then you need to perform Tayammum instead of ghusl, and pray.

I would like you to let me know about the shaking hands for the purpose of salam with our female co-workers or classmates, without any lustful intention. Is it permissible? Sometimes my female co-workers and classmates come to me and put their hand forward to shake, honestly on that time I couldn’t resist and unintentionally shake with them. I thought this would dishonor someone to not shake when they initiate.

No, it is not permissible. You can tell her excuse me, I am Muslim and not allowed to shake hands with foreign females.
I always do so. There is no dishonor in it.

Is NFT Art and Digital Images with Abstract Art trade is allowed or prohibited? To be more precise this doesn’t include any vulgar or idol images.

No problem

My mother owns a property and has few debts and the property value exceeds the sum of debts but she isn’t able to sell off the property because she isn’t able to find any seller. So does she have to pay khums from when she owned the property or when she sells off the property and clear the debts?

If she bought the property to live in, and she lives in it, then she do not need to pay khoms
Otherwise, yes.

My important thing has been stolen, can you please suggest me with Dua?

Try this:
اللهم صل على محمد و آل محمد
(O you who gather people for a day when there is no doubt that God will not break the promise, combine me with what was stolen from me)
اللهم صل على محمد و آل محمد

I work in a company where I edit the language and content of customer feedback reports. At times I get reports where if the customer has gone to a restaurant, he has ordered a food item such as order pork sandwhiches and his feedback of the restaurant is based on the food item and the general atmosphere of the store such as whether good music was playing . Does this make my income haram if I am editing the content of a feedback report about a store where the customer ordered such an item.

There is no problem to do so.

When a non-muslim dies, can we say ‘Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihe raajaoon’?

Yes you can

I have prayed behind Sunni Imams on few occasions wherein I had to do sajda on the carpet. Is my namaz valid in such circumstances? Do I have to pray qaza for those prayers?

If you are in a Taqiya state, where you fear for yourself or will be embarrassed if you prostrate on something on which prostration is valid, then you do not need to repeat

What’s the ruling on praying while high (due to weed consumption)? Is it accepted?

If he drinks an intoxicant, but he does not reach the point of intoxication, and he knows what he says and does, and he performs the prayer in full, then the prayer is valid, but it is not acceptable.

Who was the 1st Martyr in Karbala from bani Hashim?

The famous saying is that Ali al-Akbar

In this day and age, especially in the west. There has been an increase of transgenders.

In regards to those who were born male but are now transitioning to a female as their beliefs. What is the ruling of a Muslim woman’s hijab from someone who was born a male but is saying she is a female now. & if any, what precautions must one take when a transgender shares the same public toilets as the other women, or generally who mixes in with females.

Since the transformation available at this time is only formal and not realistic, hijab must be taken care of by a Muslim woman in front of someone who knows that he is a male transformed into a (female).
And also not shaking hands.
As for the shared toilets, as long as they are isolated, and the other side cannot be seen, there is nothing wrong with them, taking into account that the legs are not visible, for example.

If someone’s wife has issues with their In laws can she stop the kids from seeing and visiting the husband family, even if the husband wants to take the kids his home?

She do not have such right.

I trade in crypto currency. I have online trading account at a non muslim internet site exchange. Name binance.com where I trade real crypro currency. That I can own, trade, transfer and pay to anyone.
1. Is stocking and trading actual crypto coins like bitcoin is halal?
2. Also this exchange gives loan to buy crypto asset on their platform. Is that permissible to take loan and trade in crypto from them. As they require some very small interest on borrowing.
But as they are non muslim so I thought we can take loan from them and give interest. Kindly clarify.

1- It is permissible to do so.
2- You can take the money but not with the intention of loan.

I would like to ask about doing a mutah with a Hindu who is ready to convert for doing this mutah but not permanently. He will remain Muslim till the end of mutah. What if he agrees to convert to Islam for good then am I allowed to do mutah with him. If he doesn’t and I know he is converting temporarily then am I allowed?

Not allowed, except if you are confident that he is really permanently converting to Islam.
Do not sell your self.

What is the concept of seeking help from ahlulbait like saying Ya ali madad (directly from Ahlulbait).
I know about tawassul but what about asking directly because very frequent in Quran it comes to ask only from Allah. I have heard scholars giving reply that in quran it is also mentioned to seek help from namaz and roza but these two things are solely for Allah .

Ahlul Bayt A S are also solely for Allah

Is collagen extracted from marine animals halal? Even when you do not know which fish it is from?

No.
You have to know the source.

I have health issues such as severe eczema. My skin oozes from blood/plasma during prayer sometimes, do I need to do wudhu again if that’s the case. (contact with water is painful)

1- The best dua is using medication.
2- Consult with your doctor what type of food you should sieze.
3- No. You do not need to do wudhu again.

Is it permissible to marry in orthodox Christianity?

According to S. Sistani, permanent marriage is not permissible.

Is it mandatory to observe iddat period for a woman of age 70 years and be in hijab for namahram?

Yes.

What is the importance of taqlid in islam. Is it important to be in taqlid?

You have 2 other choices:
1- To go to the Hawza and study and reach the level of ijtihad with which you can derive the legal rulings, so you do not need to taqleed.
2- To take the path of precaution in all matters, so if the ruling revolves around an issue between the obligation and the non-obligation, it is taken as the obligation, and if it is between the forbidden and the impermissible, the inviolability is taken.
And if the ruling is between shortening and completeness in prayer, then you must combine shortening and completeness. And on Friday, you should pray the Friday prayer and the noon prayer as well, and all of that to make sure that you are free from the questionable ruling.

In any case, imitation is a reality we live daily, and very simply and we do not pay attention to it, so why do we see it in the legal rulings as something reprehensible?
Aren't you in your daily life imitating the doctor in the treatment he prescribes for you, the mechanic who repairs your car, the engineer who engineers your house...etc?
The return of the ignorant to the scholar, and the return of the non-specialist to the specialist are natural rational matters, and among them is the return of the non-specialist in legal matters to the specialist in them.

I am a student and I have recently started making YouTube videos on Food Reviews.

I have two Major queries:

First of all, I try to avoid my physical presence as much as possible I bring my face in front camera only at the time of the final Review for 1min max( in Complete Hijab)

Secondly, I have to add some light music tunes (not lustful) in the background.

Is that permissible and the Income I will make in future from these videos will be considered as Halal or Haram?

It is permissible, and the income is halal.

A woman lives separately from her husband. Husband never took care of her or children and did not see them for 3 years. Now he died. Does the wife needs to sit in iddat? She is not divorced.

Yes, she need to sit in iddat for 4 months and 10 days. Sitting in iddat means she do not get married during this period, and she not to wear fancy dresses...etc. But if she needs to work to feed her self and her pendants, then she can do so.

Why can’t a woman be wali of a child? Philosophy behind it?
I told someone that father is wali and they said to me that isn’t this unfair to women that she raises the child she bornes the child still she cannot be wali? She cannot make decision for child? I couldn’t answer

In fact, we do not know the full reason behind this, but the incoming texts are the ruling.

It is not possible to make two leaders in the family, each of them using his right, that makes the children lost.

On the other hand, upbringing is shared between the parents, and is not specific to the mother. As for childbirth, it cannot be made a reason to make guardianship for her, as is clear, since a man cannot conceive and give birth, except that he is legally responsible for managing the affairs of the house, while none of this is obligatory for women.

Can one do muta’ah with ahlulkitab and an adulterer? As in western countries its hard to find a virgin girl genuinely interested in you and having an adulterer do muta’ah could be very much possible if it is permissible?

As an obligatory precaution, it is not permissible to enjoy the famous adulteress.

What is the best age to get married to be saved from fitnahs? And is it permissible to marry a girl older than me? What kind of evidence or proves can I give to strong my case in terms of age?

There is no specific age for marriage for a man, so if you fear that you will fall into the forbidden, whether this forbidden is looking at women with lust, or masturbation, then you must marry.
With regard to the second question, It is permissible to marry someone who is older than you, and there is no objection to that.

If you follow different maraaji’ based on their differing degrees of expertise in different fields of fiqh, who are you required to give your Khums money to?

Although this is very difficult to judge, but if we assumed it, then he should pay it to the most knowledgeable among them.

While was a student in a country 10 years Back I took few phones and a tablets and other accessories over monthly installments.

I moved to my home town due to some circumstances and ended up not paying the installments.

I want to pay this outstanding but not sure how to as those accounts are 10 years back and unable to trace.

Also I am not sure about exact amount I need to pay.

If you purchased them from known companies, and you were paying through bank accounts, then it is easy.

You can refer to your transactions, and you will get the details.

If you were not able to reach to a result, then you do not need to do any thing, provided that the owners are non Muslims.

If they are Muslim, then you need to pay the balance to poor people on their behalf.

I have been paying khums regularly but I now have a question that I am paying about 35-40% government tax where I live. Do I still need to pay Khums? Do I need to pay Zakat? If yes what amount do I need to pay for khums and what amount do I need to pay for Zakat? And I would like to know the reasons for why do I need to pay even I am paying tax. Please give the rationale reasons applicable to this age and circumstances where there are no islamic state etc.

You need to pay the khoms of what remains from your earnings after all your expenses, including the said taxes.
You do not need to pay zakat, because zakat is paid against certain materials, which you do not have.
Khoms is Islamic payment, that has no relation to the governmental taxes.
Governmental taxes are considered part of your expenses.
Hence, if after all your expenses, you left with nothing, then you do not need to pay khoms.

I work for a company who by Australian law have to split my income into 3 parts. The first part is my salary which is deposited into my bank account, the second is the tax on my salary which is deducted directly out of my salary and paid to the Australian tax office and the third is a mandatory sum of money that is paid to a retirement fund for myself. Strictly by law I am not allowed access to the money deposited into my retirement fund until I reach the age of retirement so basically I do not have access to use that money for my expenses. Now I have always paid the khums on the income that I have in my possession, however I have never paid khums on the retirement income and I never even thought that I had to (as that money has never been in my physical possession).

I have 2 questions.

1. Am I liable to pay khums on that retirement fund money every year? or can I pay khums on it once I have been granted access to it at retirement?

2. If I have made a mistake and not been paid khums on it so far and am liable for it now – can I consider the hajj I performed is still correct because I used money to pay for the hajj without paying khums on the retirement fund? (I paid khums on the money that I had in my possession and used to fund the hajj before I went).

Q1: We have two pictures here:
1 - That the company in which you work is a government company or a joint company between the government and the people, and in this case, the khums is not required in the deducted amounts except when it is received, and a year has passed from the time of its receipt.
2- The company is a private company, and in this case, khums must be paid in the amounts deducted at the end of each year.
But if you do not take out the khums, you must take it out as soon as you receive the money.
Hence, when you reach retirement age, and you start receiving a pension, you have to take khums out of pensions every month, and then dispose of the remaining four-fifths.
Q 2- There is no problem in your Hajj, your Hajj is valid, your actions are correct, and there is no problem with your clothes that you buy and wear, because you did not perform Hajj with money in which the khums is required, nor with Ihram in which khums is required, because the money in which khums is required is not in your possession.

If I am performing ghusl janabah under a conventional modern day shower in my home or even in a large hotel, can I perform ghusl without fully purifying myself first? Is it sufficient that I wash the parts of my body which have some impurities on them with the intention of ghusl of janabah providing that when washing in ghusl, I become confident that those parts become absolutely tahir in the process from all impurities. If I do the above is my ghusl valid?

Yes. Ghusl is valid.
You do not need to clean the impure parts before performing ghusl.
It is enough to get them purified during gusl.

1) In Jamaat Salah if you did something that broke the jamaat but you did not know until end of salah – is that alright in terms of niyyat ? And also is that alright interms of reciting slow or loud for remaining dhikr do you need sajdah sahv

2) If you recite Sura hamd by mistake loudly in dhohr or vice versa slowly in Magrib do you need to recite sajdah sahv?

3) What if you recite Sura hamd and second Sura by mistake in Jamat Salah do you need sajdah sahv?

1- If you didn’t do something that invalidates individual prayer such as adding Rokoo, your prayer is valid

2- It is recommended

3- No

Please can you tell me if my husband has written divorce 3 times on the paper and gave it to me is this valid?

No. It is not valid. Unless he was mute, and he wrote that in the presence of two just witnesses, and you were in a state of purity during which no intercourse occurred between you.

My parents are travelling for Arbaeen ziyarat this year. Iwould like to accompany them. My inlaws are not in favour of it but my husband doesn’t have any issues if I accompany them. What should I do in such a situation ?

Your in-laws has no authority over you.
If your husband is satisfied, you can go

Please advise if we didn’t get permission to go to ground floor for Sae’i then Is it allowed to perform Sae’i on first floor if authorities didn’t allow us to perform Sae’i on ground floor and is our umrah valid in these circumstances.

Unfortunately, no.
You are still in Ihram status. Hence you all need to wear ihram and go to Makkah to perform saei and rest of parts.
If you are not allowed or able to do so, then each one of you need to sacrifice a goat and then make taqseer.

Is wearing socks part of hijab!? Is it mandatory/ wajib to wear socks for a female or it’s mustahab!?

Wearing socks is not mandatory.
Covering the feet is mandatory, by any means.

If by mistake and forgetfulness I recite qunoot in the first rakat, what am I supposed to do? Shall I recite again in second rakat and then do sajda e sahuw or should I not recite the qunoot again?

No worries.
You can recite it in the second rakat, as usual, and there is no need for sajdatul sahw.

A few years ago I invested a small amount in Cryptocurrency. I have recently read Agha Sistani says cryptocurrency trading is not permissible, and I was not aware of this at the time that I made my investment. It has gone up in value, I would like to understand what my next steps are? Am I able to withdraw my investment and the profit for my personal use and close my account? Or should I keep the original investment amount and donate any profits to Sadaqah?

You can keep it, and no need to donate the profits, except if you wish to do so.

Is it ok to deliver fully pack pork food to customer without touching food item? And what about non halal food, if chicken is non halal can we deliver to customers? As i am using uber app to deliver fully pack food item.

For pork it is not permissible.

1) Can we pray in black clothes during the normal days ( not Azadari) or it is makrooh?

2) What is the meaning of “ the jurist “ in ruling 852 of islamic laws of him.
The ruling 852 is his own opinion or other jurist opinion? If fatawa mention “ some scholars “ ,” the jurist “ what does it actually mean?

1) Yes, you can pray in black clothes during normal days, but it is not recommended (Makrooh)
2) It means that yes, that is his opinion too

Sometimes I am very confused because In our Majalis we speak more about Imam Ali than Rasool e Khuda and Fazael of Imam Ali are way more mentioned than Rasool e Khuda. Why? It is clear that Rasool e Khuda is better than all creatures including imam Ali so why not the fazael of Rasool e Khuda?

Why we don’t say Ya Rasoolullah Madad Or Ya Mohammad Madad and always we shia say Ya Ali madad? Why?

Sometimes I Think we have taken Rasul e Khuda very lightly

Why Going to Karbala has so much reward? Did the prophet told us to go Karbala? Why The reward of so much Hajj and Umrah? Is Ziyarat of Karbala better than hajj and Umrah? Many Zakir and Nohakhwan compare Ziyarat and Hajj and say Ziarat is better than Hajj

This is a shortcoming on the part of the preachers, otherwise there is no doubt that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, is better than Ali, peace be upon him, rather than all of creation, and it is necessary to mention the Prophet and his virtues a lot, and Ali, peace be upon him, is one of the virtues of the Prophet, may God bless him and his family And he says: I am nothing but a slave of the servants of Muhammad, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family.
This is on the one hand, and on the other hand, visiting the Messenger of God is better than visiting Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.
Yes, there are hadiths about the virtue of visiting Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, because of the great sacrifice he made, and the fact that his visit is equivalent to such a Hajj and such an Umrah, this is with regard to the Hajj and Umrah that are desirable, not the obligatory, for the obligatory Hajj is not permissible to leave to visit Hussein, peace be upon him.
Therefore, the jurists say that whoever was from the people of Iraq had vowed to visit Al-Hussein, peace be upon him, every day of Arafat, and then was able to perform Hajj, then Hajj is obligatory for him, and the vow is waived.

Is it correct to wish the Wiladat of Imam Musa Kazim (as) in safar as it comes in ayyam e aza?

There is a narration that his birth, peace be upon him, was on the seventh of Safar, and there is no problem with that.
But this story was ignored by scholars

1) My question is the henna that we take on 7th muharram in Karbala was actually taken by whom from the house of Ahlubait (as)?

2) I have heard that Imam Hassan (as) has 2 sons . One was Hazrat Qasim (as) and second was Hassan e Musna. From both of them one was son in law of Imam Hussain (as) . It is so that Imam Hassan’s son was the really son in law of Imam Hussain (as)?

1) No. It has nothing to do with Ahlul Bayt A.S
2) Hassan Al-Muthanna was the son in law of Imam Hussain.

My question was regarding certain forms of investments in which one has little to no certainty over whether it will be successful or not. For example, there’s a form of investing in the stock market called “Options”. These famously are very risky, and hard to predict, and can lead to someone losing a lot of money or gaining a lot of money. The ways in which they try to predict such from of investing is typically a lot less scientific than stocks in general. Would investing in such a thing be considered a form of gambling, or is it still within the realm of investing?

No, it is not considered gambling.

If I make music whilst I pray and do wajibat will I go to hell?

If the music is haram type one, then you will be punished, but Allah knows how.

هل اربع بنات الرسول صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم موجود في نهج البلاغه و عثمان بن عفان كان زوج ٢ بنات من هما؟

الكلام في بنات رسول الله كلام طويل عريض، فهناك قولٌ أنَّ زينب و رقية و أم كلثوم كن بنات رسول الله صلى الله عليه و آله، و هناك قولٌ أنهن ربيبات رسول الله صلى الله عليه و آله، و بمنزلة بناته، و لسن بناته.
و على فرض كونهن بنات رسول الله و أن عثمان تزوج اثنتين منهن، فإن ذلك لا يُثبت فضيلة معينة له، لأنَّ المقطوع به هو فضيلة الزهراء صلوات الله عليها، التي أذهب الله عنها الرجس و طهرها تطهيراً، و التي ثبت قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه و آله في حقها، أنها سيدة نساء أهل الجنة، و سيدة نساء العالمين.

Is traveling on the day of Ashura makruh? In India, elders express displeasure over traveling on this day. Is there any shari basis on such restrictions?

No.

Couldn’t classical music also be played in a gathering to slow-dance to?

Dance it self is not permissible.

My husband had intercourse with me on my menses mid cycle although my bleeding had stopped a day before but it was my 5th day of cycle and i hadn’t took ghusl. Is this act unlawful according to sistani

If the menstrual blood has stopped, and there is no blood in the inside of the vagina, then it is permissible to have intercourse before washing, but you need to wash the place of blood before intercourse.

Is it permissible to hit or beat someone who’s insulting your mother or sister, for defending your honor and to give him a lesson, especially if it’s a part of the society you live in, that when someone insults your family, you have to beat them, since he’s also not innocent?

No.

My mother earned interest on her money in savings bank account.

Now she is worried if she can use that money or is it wrong to use that interest money? Could you please help?

Also can she invest again in savings account to earn more interest?

It is from a bank in Pakistan, so Muslim government and the bank is owned by the Govt of Pakistan too.

She must give in charity 50% of the interest on poor believers, and she can own the rest and dispose of it as she likes

1) I want to ask about khums whether there’s any rule regarding single daughter or if girl receive any present or gifts , she doesn’t have to pay khums on her gifts or money she received from her relatives?

2) What if her father told her to save your amounts with niyyat for your marriage ie as dowry for which khums is not liable. Later the girl spent the money for her purpose so what should be done?

1) There is no difference between male and female.
If she did not use the gifts during the year, you have to pay the khoms from her money.

2) The dowry is paid by the groom, not the bride, and this is the one in which the khums is not required.
As for the money that a woman saves for the necessities of her marriage, because she must furnish the house, as is the tradition with you, she does not have to pay its khums if she buys the necessities with it. But if she kept it as cash, then its khums must be paid by the end of the year.

Someone is in an abusive marriage as the husband has a habit of beating her in front of her children and giving really low and bad words to her and her family members. Is it permissible for him to do so and if not then what should she be doing?

It is not permissible for the husband to hit his wife or abuse her with insults and abuse, whether for her or her family, and if he did, he is sinning, and he is exposed to the wrath of God Almighty, and if the beating causes effects on the wife’s body, then he must pay the blood money for her, according to the effect that occurred.
As for what can be do, she can refer the matter to the legal ruler (S. Sistani in your case), and he will order him to live with her in a kind manner or to divorce her, and if he refuses, the ruler will divorce her from him.

My questions are:
1. I bought a Gold bullion about 10 years ago. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to give khums on it. Can you please guide me regarding the amount I have to pay according to the weight?
2. Can you please provide me with a wakeel of agha Sistani for the khums in U.A.E.?

1- There are two solutions to the problem:
The first - to look at the number of gold bars in your possession, and if it is divisible by 5, you divide it, and pay the bars as a fifth.
Example: If you have 30 bars, five of them are 6 bars.
The second - to look at its current value, sell for its amount, and take out one-fifth of the sale value.
Or to take out the fifth from other money, if you do not want to sell anything from it, but in this case you must pay 25%, and not 20%, if the money from which you will pay the fifth is money of which khums is not been paid.
2- You can visit Sheikh Ghadeer at the Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib Mosque in Dubai.

اود السؤال عن حلية تناول حبوب فيتامين دال، حيث قرأت ان هذه الحبوب تصنع من دهن الصوف (الللانولين) في الأغنام والحيوانات الاخرى.. فهل يجوز تناول هذه الحبوب؟
وان كان لا بد من طرو الاستحالة لنحكم بطهارتها.. فكيف يمكنني التثبت من ذلك؟
هذا ما وجدته خلال بحثي على الانترنت عن الطريقة التي يتم بها استخلاص الفيتامين من الصوف:

لإنتاج فيتامين 3 ، يتم غسل صوف الأغنام أولاً لإزالة أي شوائب – والتي تتراوح من الأوساخ والقش إلى البراز والطفيليات مثل الذباب المنفوخ. ثم يضاف منظف لاستخراج اللانولين الخام. ثم تتم عملية التصبن (عملية تحول المكون الدهني إلى مواد كيميائية يمكن إزالتها عن طريق الطرد المركزي). يتم بعد ذلك تنقية كحول اللانولين المتبقي وتعريضه للغسيل المذيب و / أو اللوني. فبهذا يستخلص الكوليسترول الخام.

لا يجب البحث عن مصدر الصوف المأخوذ منه الفيتامين، ما دام في الغالب يؤخذ من صوف الغنم، و يمكن تناول الفيتامين

I have a corenal Transplant surgery in weeks so is it haram or halal as donor might be Non Muslim.

No problem

Can zihar be done by women?

No.

When reciting the Nikkah can we just say "on the agreed Mehr" (deciding prior to it) or do we have to say exact amount in the formula?

It is sufficient to say 'on the agreed mehr'

How can I see RasoolAllah Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in my dream? Is there any duas or any other supplications I can do?

There is a narration from Imam Sadiq A.S. says:
“Whoever wants to see the Messenger of God in his sleep, let him pray the Isha of the Hereafter, and take a clean ablution, and pray four rak’ahs with four hundred times Ayat al-Kursi (100 times in each rak’ah), and pray for Muhammad and the family of Muhammad a thousand times, and spend the night on a clean garment he bought from pure halal money, let him place his right hand under his right cheek, and let him say hundred times, (سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا إله إلّا الله والله أكبر ولا حوّل ولا قوّة إلّا بالله), and to say a hundred times (ما شاء الله), for he sees the Prophet in his sleep.

If let say plan to travel for 2weeks, should I perform full prayer after the travel day or jamat and qasr for the first 10days?

If you are going to stay 10 full days in one city, then you have to pray full from the first day, while if you intend to travel from one city to another, then you need to pray qasr.

In Al kafi it is written that using of analogy in Islam is not permissible so if any aalim explain any verse of Quran using examples of daily life then is it right?

What you mentioned is not an analogy, but rather an example, and there is no objection to it.

I want to ask if smoking breaks the ablution or not?
And also if instead of smoking, one uses nicotine gums as alternative, does that break the ablution or not?

No for both cases.

Which aspects of Furoo al-Deen are highlighted on the day of Ghadeer

Furoo al-Deen were declared during 23 years. Day of Ghadeer was to conclude the things and announce that Ameer ul Momeneen is the successor of Prophet PBUH&F

Is money earned through online business halal?

It's halal, as long as the business is halal

Was Asim ibn Omar ibn Khattab, a Shi’a of Imam Ali?

It seems that he was Imam Ali in Siffeen, and his grand son Asim was a companion of Imam Sadiq AS.

I’m a girl and I want to know how to uphold ties of kinship on the basis of mahrams and non mahram. Who is my kindred considering that my father has been adopted.

The family that adopted your father is not mahram, neither to you, nor to your father. If you do not know your father’s real family, then your relatives are your father, brothers, uncles, and grandfather to your mother.

I have questions regarding certain laws, rules and or regulations.

I am aware that we need to try to follow the laws of the land which live the best we can especially those that don’t contradict Islamic laws but my questions go to more of the every day stuff like for a example driving slightly over the speed limit when trying to make good time or to get to a meeting or if the city in which you says for example you are only allowed to rent out your home a specific amount of times within one year trying to limit certain activities.

So my question is if you break some of these rules or "laws" is this considered a actual sin?

There are laws in place to protect the life of the individual and society, such as traffic laws, and these laws must be adhered to, and it is not permissible to violate them, because of the potential harm to the individual and society.
There are laws designed to organize life, give equal opportunities to people and protect society from manipulation, and if their application to people is done correctly, then it is not permissible to violate them, especially if violating them is an offense to Islamic law, as the violators will basically be Muslims.

1- Is it necessary/obligatory for a man to remove hair around the anus, or just armpit hair and pubic hair?
2- Does removal of hair around the body depend on the amount of days the hair has been growing or the actual lenght of the hair before it is obligatory to remove it?
-As in, is it a certain amount of days before it becomes obligatory to remove it or if it becomes longer then a certain lenght?

Removal of hair in all mentioned cases is recommended, not obligatory.

1- In qunoot in prayer, am I allowed to do it in any language since its not obligatory part of prayer?
2- How far should one raise once hands for takbeer at the start and end of prayer? I have seen some people raise it just slightly, some to their chests and others all the way to their shoulders.
3- During prayer some people will raise their hands every time allah akbar is recited whilst others will only raise theirs hands at the start and at the end. Is both permissable?

1- Yes.
2- It is recommended to raise the hands so that the thumbs are next to the ears.
3- It is also recommended to do so.

I have recently come to know that I should cross my feet (one foot over the other) while Im sitting after sajdah. I have tried for a couple of weeks now to do so, but it’s painfull, and I feel that Im not able to concentrate whilst sitting like that. Is sitting this way obligatory or just recommended?

You can sit as you like.

1- Is it a sin to listen to a conversation that you’re not a part of where they are backbiting others, and if it is a sin, are you obliged to stop them from backbiting, or is it sufficient upon you to just walk away?
2- If I am part of that conversation, and they bring something up that leads to backbiting but I do not speak, is it a sin for me if I continue listening to that conversation? In this case am i obliged to stop them, or can I just be quiet?

1- Yes, it is not permissible for you to listen to backbiting and keeping silent, rather you must forbid that, and if you are not able, then you must walk away.
2- Same as in 1

On Sistanis website it states «If someone keeps a recommended fast, it is not obligatory on him to complete it. In fact, if a fellow believer invites him to eat, it is recommended for him to accept the invitation and to break his fast during the day, even if it is after ẓuhr.»

1- If I was to fast the 13th of a month, with the intention of fasting the 13th, 14th and 15th (in order to have the reward like I had fasted the whole month), and a beliver invited me for dinner, should I accept the invitation and break my fast? If I do that and still fast the 14th and 15th, would that still count as having fasted the whole month as the hadiths states?
2- What if a fellow beliver offers me something to eat, like tea or biscuits, should I still break my fast, and accept the snacks? He doesn’t offer a proper meal or anything like that, just some snacks, is that also something that I should accept and break my fast to eat it?

1- Yes. It will be counted.
2- No. According to S. Sistani, snack is not considered.

Please give me simple steps what is the best way I can make my dad and mom’s Barzakh safar easy and what are the steps for qaza namaz for parents and myself.

You can do various kinds of good on their behalf, such as prayer and fasting if they are required to make up for prayer or fasting, as well as to give alms on their behalf, read the Qur’an for them, visit their graves, perform Hajj and perform Umrah on their behalf, and always supplicate for them, and ask God Almighty Forgive them and make them dwell in heaven.

I heard somewhere that the prophet PBUH wore eyeliner (kohl) himself as well as have long hair, dyed it, etc, given the gender norms at the time. So, what’s the stance on wearing feminine clothing if it’s NOT for sexual pleasure, and is one’s identity in a society that allows/embraces such diversity (the west) without expressing negativity? Besides wearing silk or gold, which is okay for me to avoid, can I just wear perceived feminine clothing/wear eyeliner (kohl)? I do not feel sexual feelings regarding this. However, I definitely show signs of distress when not being able to express myself in this way, and I want my face to somehow appear feminine looking as well. I’ve even seen men wear things resembling skirts (kilts) and ear piercings in the west for example aren’t really considered ‘feminine’ anymore.

So, I am wondering if this is permissible given all of my circumstances.

The use of kohl for men is not prohibited, and so is the extension of hair, unless it is an imitation of women.
As for wearing women’s clothes and putting on women’s makeup and lipstick, for example, this is an imitation of women without any problem, and it is abhorrent in Shariah, and your love for this does not make it permissible.

My dad could not fast this year in the Month of Ramzan due to poor health conditions. Please let me know what kaffara is applicable for the Entire 30days. We intend to Pay it to the Miskeen please let me know how would I calculate the amount.

If he is an old man, you can pay the fidyah immediately after the month of Ramadan.
But if his breaking the fast was due to illness, then the fidyah should be paid before the coming month of Ramadan.
The amount of the Fidyah is 22.5 kg of rice, wheat or dates for the whole month (750 g per day).
Food should be given, not cash

My question is on if someone isn’t fasting in ramadan because they’re on their period or sick or any other valid reason, is it haram for them to eat or drink in public? If this person for example wants to drink something on a commute and they live in a non-Muslim country?

If you are living in a none Muslim country, then no problem.

I want to marry my mother’s cousin is that ok in our community? And when I say cousin he is related from my fathers side. He is son of my fathers mamu

No problem

Is it true that we can’t fast on Friday? And if we do fast on Friday then we have to fast on thursday and Saturday too?

Yes. You can

What are the views of shia on abu bakr, umar and ayesha.

Can you let me know in brief why they aren’t liked by the shia sect.

Can you also provide me with sources for your claims.

Would it be wrong if we (shia) don’t curse them? What should we tell our sunni brothers and sisters when they ask us why we don’t like them?

Because they were not in line with Imam Ali A.S.
You do not need to curse any one, but you need to know the right path, and follow it.

Read this book
https://www.al-islam.org/printpdf/book/export/html/12738

1) I would like to know that can I marry a guy I like and he likes me back but we both are young right now and can’t financially support each other or can’t buy a house. So can we get the nikah done in our parents presence and then when the guy is financially capable or when the girl is financially capable, then they can move in separately? Also can they perform sexual relationship after the nikah but before rukhsati?

2) Can I stay at my own parents house and my parents can my parents help me financially before me and my husband could move in together? Is the husband obligated to pay for my expenses after marriage?

3) What can we do if we both aren’t old enough to pay each others expenses. We both are in college. How can we marry?

1) If your father agreed, then yes, and by saying the contract, you will be his wife, and you can do what you want.

2) Yes. It is possible. It is up to them. However, your husband is responsible for your expenses once the marriage takes place.

3) If some body will take care of you both, such as your family, or your husband family, then you can marry.

Is it okay to watch videos of other people eating while we are fasting? And what if I feel a little full because of that even though that was not my intention?

No problem

I’m a chef and being a chef my work is to taste all the dishes which goes to my guest. It’s being difficult for me to deal with this situation in ramzan. When I say tasting it’s a really serious thing because it’s just not once it’s several time tasting practice what we do in our profession

You can taste as many as you need, provided that you do not swallow any thing.
If you did intentionally, then your fast is void, and you have to offer qaza and kaffarah.

Is dancing in a wedding where males and females are segregated permissible? What about the dancing of the couple which they call the “first dance”. I mean dancing when there is no haram music being played. And are the couple obligated to stop their guests from dancing and make sure that their guests don’t play haram music?

According to S. Sistani, dancing is not permissable, neither for males among males, nor for females among females.
It is only allowed for the husband and wife, when they are alone. For sure, there should not be haram music.

I recently got married and have moved city. As I regularly visit my previous city is it possible to consider it my 2nd Watan? And if so is it permissible for me to travel for a day and still be able to fast?

Your previous city remains your home, unless you decide that it is not any more, while the second city becomes your second home. Yes, you can travel between the two cities, provided that you reach the other city before noon time, if the distance between the two cities is more than 44 km's.
Hence, if you left one of them before noon, and reached the other after noon (after Zawal, which is beginning of Zuhr prayer time), you can not fast that day.

My question is I recently started a pill to delay my periods, however they did not work and my periods came 9 days late. I usually have a fixed duration (6 days), although not always the same date. However, I am currently on my 10th day of bleeding. I have two questions,

1) When do I start the count of istihada from?
2) When am I able to have intercourse with my husband, when the bleeding stops or during istihada?

1- If the bleeding passed the 10th day, then all the days above the 6 days are Istehadha.
2- You can have the intercourse during Istehdha.

In my country in the West we have a few brand of halal food. Most of them use electronarcosis before slaughtering the food. In theory, the brands say the animal is still alive when they slaughter it, but in practice some of them may have died due to the shock.
Some brand use strong electronarcosis, some use light electronarcosis which reduce the risks (but still the consumer can’t be sure at 100% the animal wasn’t dead before the slaughter).
Can we eat from these brand ? In this industrialized society we can never be 100% sure the meat is halal since we were not in the slaughter house. So is confidence enough or no ?

Yes, you can, except if you knew that particular slaughtering house is using strong electronarcosis, then this particular house should be avoided.

While reciting the muta’ formula, for some reasons, the girl recites it while whispering but I can clearly hear what she’s saying, is it valid ?

Yes. It is valid, as long she has the intention to establish the contract.

In my country I’ve noticed that in quite every hamburger bun composition there is a little amount of alcohol. Apparently, the alcohol is sprayed after baking on the finished products. However, the brand states that if I toast the bun, there would remain no trace of alcohol in the product at all. So am I allowed to consume it? And genereally speaking what is the ruling of food with little amount of alcohol?

Assuming that the hamburger you are talking about is halal, meat wise, if the alcohol sprayed on it is a wine, then it becomes najiss, and can not be cunsumed, while if the alcohol is synthetic, then it is not najiss.

When one brushes his teeth with toothpaste there remain a white substance on the tongue for a while. Is it ok to swallow this substance when it is mixed with saliva during fasting or should we make it disappear staight away (which is difficult) ?

It should be cleaned, otherwise, it spoils the fast, except if it was very tiny and got dissolved in the saliva.

If someone makes his mind to do a recommended fast or a fast of kaffarah after breaking an oath but changes his mind shortly after fajr, has he commited a sin and has he a kaffarah to do?

He can break the fast till before noon time. However, noon time could be before 12.00 pm.

If for some reason my entire shoe gets wet and then I step on something najis, does my entire shoe become najis or just the part of the sole of the shoe having touched the najis item?

Only the part got in touch with najasat

I have a job offer from a company which provides SaaS based product focused on advertisements and revenue management.

It’s product is used by Entertainment and shopping brands and websites. Now days we know how it is, Entertainment has mixed content and involves things which are forbidden in Islam.

So can I work for this company. I will be working
for the company and not directly for the Entertainment Brands.

Will this be Rightful Sustenance?

If your job has no involvement in haram things, then it is allowed.

I follow Sayed Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah as a marja and my husband follows Sistani and he would like to change his marja to Fadlallah but he apparently can’t because he has to follow an Ayatollah who is still alive but because I am his wife can he still switch to Sayed Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah as his marja?

No. He cann not, but you can switch to S. Sistani for sure.

I had a question on Zubair Ibn Al Awam.
1) Was he a good Companion in the beginning.
2) Did he fight against Imam Ali in the Battle of The camel
3) Why did he become bad
4) Did Imam Ali forgive him
5) Is he from the people of paradise or an enemy
6) Is sending cursing on him Permissable

1- Yes.
2- He was one of the commanders of the Camel Army, but when Imam Ali reminded him of a situation between him and the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, so he returned from the fight, but he did not join Imam Ali, peace be upon him.
3- It seems that he was expecting t get a position when Imam Ali became Khalifa.
4- There is nothing proves that.
5- According to some narrations, he is in Jahannam.
6- There is no need to do that.

Does Hajj get rid of missing prayers? What I mean by this that, after one preforms Hajj ,and Inshallah in the correct way it must be done, will the person be obligated to make up missing prayers from before?

No. Hajj does not get rid of missing prayers. You still have to make them up.

My husband has left shoulder surgery done. His hand is not covered but he cannot move his hand at all. It is in sling support and he cannot open sling for couple of weeks

He can wash his right hand under the tap, then take water with his right hand and rub on the covered areas, and wash the naked areas of the left arm, then rub the head and both feet by the right hand.

My question is if I wake up the usual time for Sehri before Fajr, and then I realize that I need to do ghusl al-Jannaba, but instead I do a quick Sehri, and go to do the ghusl 4-5 mins before the Adhan of Fajr, and when I come out of the bathroom the Fajr Adhan has already take place, so is this fast valid?

If dawn started before finishing the ghusl, then you need to re make this day.

There’s this ice cream here in the UK called Screwballs and apparently they have beetle juice in them? Is beetle juice halal?

No. It is not halal to eat such food. Consuming insects, or their parts is haram

My question is if a person is unable to offer maghrib prayers right after the onset of the time for maghrib and gets late can he still offer namaz e ghufaila after that or is namaz e ghufaila only to be recited if maghrib is offered early?

Yes, he can

As we all know, washing the face in upwards direction invalidates the Wudhu, but is it that it invalidates the Wudhu if we even wipe our face one inch in the upwards direction. As in many case due to Human err we sometimes wipe our hands a little in upwards direction does that invalidates the Wudhu as well?

If you do not mean that this upward movement is part of ablution, that is fine

1. Does namaz become compulsory for a male at the age of 15?

2. Who writes the sharia laws, I have heard that everything is 100% pure unless we are certain it is najis Is this law legit?

1) The male becomes in charge of all duties such as prayer, fasting, zakaah, khoms and hajj, as soon as reaches puberty.
Puberty in the male takes place by one of three things:
A) Semen exit while sleeping. If this occurred at the age of 13, he reached puberty.
B) The coarse hair plant on the pubic. That is the area between the penis and the beginning of the abdomen, or the beard hair plant.
C) If none of the 2 signs took place, then puberty is reached by completing 15 lunar years.

2) Sharia laws are derived from Quran and narrations of Prophet and Ahlul Bayt(Peace be upon them all).
The law of (everything is pure unless we are certain it is najis) is derived from the instructions of Ahlul Bayt A.S.

I am doubting whether the surrounding things are tahir or not because I have a background of urinating while sleeping,

1) Can I consider them pure if they don’t have stain of urine and doesn’t stink.

2) Suppose a surface is najis (for example cloth or metal) but is dry so when I touch it with my dry hands do my hands become impure too?

3) Does that mean Najasat can never be transmitted if both the things are dry i.e hands(najis) and clothes (Tahir) or Clothes(najis) and Hands(Tahir) etc

4) Does sweeping on a surface that does not absorb water make it clean i.e. a marbled floor but it has joints and you are uncertain if water can sweep in it

1- If you are not certain that it is najis, you can consider it pure.
2- No.
3- Yes
4- If you mean pouring water on such surface, then yes, it becomes pure.

I had a mut’ah marriage contract with a woman. The contract was for couple of years.

1) During that period going into the first year I lost contact with her and she got married while still under her marriage contract with me. She got married not mut’ah but regular marriage. Was her marriage to the other person valid?

2) Where do I stand with her? I just found out she got divorced, can I marry her?

1) No. Her marriage is void.
2) If the two-year period still has not expired, she is still your wife.
But if the period has ended, you can marry her with a new contract, but after the end of her iddat from the man who entered her with a void contract, and the waiting period (iddat) is 3 menstrual periods

1. I would like to know if I need to pay khums on the expenses of hajj, umrah and Ahlulbayt zeyarat?

2. Can someone wear clothes and hijab during hajj, umrah and ahlulbayt zeyarat that person is not sure whether khums was due on this these clothes and hijab or not?

1- If the money has not completed a year at your custody, or your khoms day has not arrived, then no.
2- Yes.

1) Do I pay khums on fake jewellery?

2) The thing is my mother said to give him the jewellery, so my question is can I just give my unreal jewellery to my mother without giving khums it or first I have to pay khums on it then give to my mother?

3) Do I pay khums on clothes that I do not want to wear them because they are not my size or do not like to wear them and want to through them away or give them to someone?

4) Do I pay khums on my wedding dress that I wear during my marriage once in the first year but did not wear again? I keep it may be wear some other time during someone marriage or party etc.

5) Do pay khums on clothes that I wore in the first year but did not remember how many times? then keep it to wear when going someone’s house for a visit etc?

6) I would like to know for example I buy clothes and wear them regularly in the first year and then did not wear those clothes for two years, do I pay khums on those clothes or not ?

7) Do I pay khums on gold jewellery that I wore once or twice in the first year but after did not wear them?

8) Do I pay khums on old clothes that I wore regularly but no longer want to wear them?

1) Yes, if it remained new, unused, and has market value.

2) You can, but you still need to pay the khoms.

3) If you gave them a way in the same year, no need to pay khoms.

4) If it is not going to be used again, then yes.

5) No.

6& 7) If you dispensed with these clothes, and from this gold, in the same year of purchase, that is, you will not use them again, then the khoms must be paid in its current value.
And if you are saving it, and you will use it in the future, then the khoms is not obligatory.

8) No.

Is it necessary for a Muslim revert woman who’s baligh to take permission of her father who’s non-muslim in the matter of her temporary or permanent marriage?

No. She do not need to. She can marry without his permission.

If zina has been committed and sincere repentance has been given, is there a specific period of time two people have to be apart before they can marry?

One menstrual period

It is not compulsory on female to do all the house chores in Islam and sometimes if she doesn’t feel to do some, mother in law gets upset. Is this a gunah for a female by not doing some work for sometime if MIL gets hurts?

No, but, it is better to keep good relation with your MIL.

I have a question if a toothpaste contains alcohol in it can I use that toothpaste or not?

Yes you can, without swallowing it.

Are buying stocks halal? Also are buying stocks that hold gold and silver halal? If so are khums given on them as usual. (Giving 1/5 of the market value if the stock you held was held over a year)

Buying stocks is halal, provided that the activities of the companies whose stocks are being bought are halal, so that their activities are not usurious, or trading in alcohol or haram meat, and the like. As for companies dealing in gold and silver, buying stocks is permissible.

1/5 of the capital has to be paid initially, before starting business. There after, you need to pay the 1/5 of the annual net profit made.

I have a complicated question regarding khums. I finally graduated Pharmacy last year and began working in October of 2020. However, I have 3 different jobs and my hours vary INCREDIBLY from week to week. One week I might literally only work 7 hours while another week I’ll work 30 hours. Some weeks even 0 hours. I also have 200K loans I have to pay.

I took out my loans to finish pharmacy school. I plan to settle it by refinancing this month. That way I’ll make monthly payments with lower interest rates.

I have no idea how to do the math for khums and how much is expected of me.

Can you please assist me in this? I understand Khums is paid once a year and I don’t know how I would substract that from my yearly income given that it fluctuates from month to month.

You can fix a date for your khoms calculation. It could be the date you started your first job.
Let us assume it is 15.10.2020. During the fiscal year (15.10.2020 to 14.10.2021) you earned and spent money.
On 15.10.2021, just check what you have in hand and in account, and pay 20% of it.

The installments paid to settle the loan are exempted from khoms

A father died leaving behind his wife and two sons and two daughters. He has pension account, bank savings account, and fixed deposits, and gold. What will be the share of each of them?

Pension is distributed according to law.
For the rest, 1/8th for the wife, and the rest is divided into 6 shares, each son gets two shares, and each daughter gets one share.

I have become a Muslim and try to practice Islam. However my mum is Christian and she says when she dies she wants to be cremated. I believe cremation is wrong in Islam because it affects the resurrection of the body. What do I do as I want to respect my mother’s wish to be cremated but I do not want to sin. What are the rules on cremation in Islam?

Cremation is wrong in Islam but it does not affect the resurrection. However, you are not obligated to fulfill her well.

If a muslim person says "muslims have sex with goats" infront of some non-muslim people, what is ruling of such a person? Is it obligated to kill such a person? Will allah accept repentance if such a person? Would he be considered an apostate?

If the person said such thing as a joke?

Such action is haram, and the person who do so should be punished, and eating that goat becomes haram.
However the punishment is not execution, and it is not carried out by normal people. It should be applied by the judge.
Any how, if the person practiced this guilt truly repented, Alla swt accepts his repentance.
With regard to considering him apostate, the answer is no.
Such jokes are haram

When and how should is it recommended to raise the hands in prayer? I have seen some do it only at the opening takbir, while others do it at various points throughout the prayer, so what is the sunnah?

It is recommended for any takbeer during the prayer.

I would like some information on the ruling on changing a womens last name after her nikkah. Is it compulsory to change it? Can she not just keep her maiden name? What does Islam say about this?

Changing woman's name after marriage is not an Islamic act.

I have a question regarding the adhan and iqama. I have prayed for years without reciting adhan and iqama for my prayers and my question is will I have to repeat my prayers over the years or not and is it wajab to recite adhan and iqama before prayers?

Reciting Adhan and Iqama is not wajib, but it is highly recommended, mainly Iqama.

I want to begin or open a campaign in the field of freelancing. My main focus is to be able to make artworks for adverts and animate for corporations and businesses. I have contacted you in order to know of the Ahkam of stepping into such a field and what i should be aware of before taking this initiative into full throttle. (I am aware of a honey-comb style of advertising and i will not accept any such requests).

There is no problem in the activity itself, taking into account:
1- That the advertised goods are not forbidden goods, such as wine and gambling tools, and forbidden meats, such as pork.
2- That the advertisement does not contain falsehood or deception.

What are some precautions a Muslim ought to take if he is practicing law in a non-Muslim country?

1) Would working on contracts between two parties with conditions that follow the law of the land but not necessarily Islamic conditions be permissible?

A typical job in such a field may involve a sale of a good or service from one party to another. For example, one party may agree to sell a product to another provided that they only use the product in certain ways. Or for example, when a company hires an employee, the employee signs a contract for the kinds of work they are required to do in exchange for certain benefits and salary. in the first situation, I don’t know if Islam contradicts, since I don’t know if someone can put conditions on the use of a product after they’ve sold it. I think this issue comes up with copyrights and patents, since typically, when someone buys software or a product, they make an agreement with the seller not to reproduce the work. But in the other situations, I don’t know if Islam may not say anything in particular, like with a job contract, there are laws of the country which are required (such as a limited number of hours or mandatory vacation)

2) Would it be permissible to work on getting injured or harmed parties compensation for their hospital bills and loss of income from their workplace which harmed them? (The level of compensation and what harms are compensated are also determined by the law of the land)

3) Would it be permissible to work for the federal government, and to enact regulations such as environmental rules and prosecute and fine businesses that violate these non-Muslim laws?

1) No problem in all the given examples
2) Yes.
3) Yes.

What are the conditions which as per the Sharia’t makes man eligible to give divorce to his wife and vice versa.

There are no specific conditions. However, he should not divorce her if she is taking care of him, and not doing any harm to him. If he did, he is unjust (Zalim).

Is it permissible to watch lectures of scholars from different sects? Specifically salafi scholars like mufti menk

Yes, if you are sure that you are not going to be effected by wrong ideas.

I’m not feeling well I have fever, can I do tayamum? Can tayamum be done on tiles?

If you are getting harmed by performing wodu, then you can do tayammum. However, Tayammum can not be done on tiles.

I need to know what will be the kaffara for missed fast of my father who expired last year for each missed fast? And to whom I can pay who kaffara? He used to get ill when fasting. May be some missed intentionally

If he was an old man, then no need to pay any kaffarah.
The only thing needed is to feed a poor person per day, with 750 gms of flour, rice, or dates.

As a Shia ithna asheri man, is it permissible to marry a Ismaili woman?

Yes, you can.

If after going to the toilet (doing number 2) one cleans himself with running water and no trace of najasah is left. But later during the day or the next day, one notices a very tiny color change on a tiny spot on the underwear. Would this be considered najis? Even if one was sure that everything was clean while washing?

If he is certain that the object is impurity, as if it had the smell of impurity, then it shall be judged as impurity.
As for doubt, and the possibility that the color is due to the remnants of water, it is judged to be pure

If I made niyyat of Mustahab fast and after Zuhr I realised that my Wajib qaza is pending. Will that mustahab fast be counted in Wajib?
If not, can I break that mustahab fast.

No. It will not, and you can break the fast, because it is not correct from the beginning

I have a few questions

1) If I did Wudhoo Jabira would it stay if I don’t break it till next namaaz even if the blood stopped and the bandage can be removed ?

2) If I have a bleeding wound on the finger do I have to do Wudhoo jabira or tayamum or both

3) If I was doing Wudhoo and I have doubt that before or during wiping I touched a wet area what should I do

4) When should I do sajdah sahv, what if I mistake in sura or dhihr do I need to do? If I cough sneeze burp etc…

5) If when doing Wudhoo spit or extra water falls during washing or wiping does it break the Wudhoo ?

1- Yes. It stays.
2- You should either wait till bleeding stops, or غou can wash your hand under the tap from the elbow to the fingers, and this is enough, because there will be a momentary break in the blood when washing, then you can put a plaster on the wound, and complete the ablution.
3- Do not bother about the doubt.
4- No, for all the given examples .
5- No

Can you help me with below and let me know If interest in this situation is fine:

To prevent trading on margin, you would need to ensure you are solely using your personal funds that you deposited to trade. At this time, as the margin account is designed to allow you to borrow we cannot restrict this feature.

As well, please note that for margin accounts, Questrade will not automatically exchange currencies. You must initiate all currency conversions, so if you buy U.S. stocks and you do not have enough USD, you would be borrowing the money from Questrade. You are charged interest on the amount you borrow.

This borrowing is in principle forbidden usurious borrowing, but you can take the money not in the name of borrowing, but with the title of saving the money from the hands of the infidel, so you take the money and own it, and since you are not able not to pay it, it does not harm you if they take the money from you forcibly with the extra.
However, it is not recommended to get into such deals with no need.

If something falls into the washroom and the water inside is najis and that water splashes it is considered najisul Ayn? Or can you splash it with pak water and it will be ok ?

If you are sure that the splashed water is najis, then you need to wash the contaminated area or object.

If I buy an item with money I already paid khums on, do I have to pay khums on the value of that item if it remains unused after a year?

No, except if you bought it for trading, and its value got increased. In such case, you need to pay the khoms of the increase.

The Holy Month of Ramadan is coming up Inshallah and I’m home with my Sunni family. At the moment, I think it’s best to be quiet about me being Shia.

I was curious as to whether Sistani believes it’s alright to start and break fasts at the time Sunnis do, as Shias (I believe) have different times set with Maghreb being a little later.

You can refer in this particular matter to S. Hakeem, who says that you can break your fast with them if you are certain that the sun sat, as it is precautionary act according to S. Sistani.

1) Can a man divorce his wife with 2 witnesses on Zoom. That is, all of them connected via Zoom and he pronounce his divorce with zoom witnesses.

2) Do they have all to be physically present in the same place, both husband and witnesses?

1) No.
2) Yes

1) How do a girl get into a temporary marriage what is the saying?
2) Is a dowry needed or can they just specify time?
3) How do you write it in Arabic?

1) She says to him: Your wife myself on the dowry of $ 10 - for example -, for a week - for example -
And he says: I accepted

2) Yes. Dowry is needed. Both time and dowry is required

3) You can recite it in English:
I marry you my self on a dowry amount of.... for the period of ..........
He says: Accepted.

1) I was wondering what the conditions are for a Virgin to get into a muta, temporary marriage. I read on Sayed Sistani website that she needs to be independent. Could you be more specific about what it means exactly to be independent in this case? For example, a woman who lives with only her mother and brothers works and has her own income and is economical independent and does even pay rent at home. Her dad is not providing for her economical and he hasn’t done so in the past years. This is considered being independent but how does religion look at this situation. Does she still need her father’s permission?

2) Can she have the right to do it if she ask her dad to give her permission to marry whoever she like and she can decide on it?

1) Independence here means that her father is not getting involved in her marriage decision, and he left it to her to do what she wants. In such case, S. Sistani says, she still needs to get her father's permission as obligatory precaution.

Financial independence does not give the girl the right to marry herself, unless her father left the matter to her and did not interfere in her marriage decision.
And even in this case, the father’s permission must be taken, as precautionary act, according to Sistani.
Yes, she can refer in this precaution to S. Muhammad Saeed al-Hakeem, so she may get into temporary marriage, on the condition that no intercourse is practiced. You can refer to S. Hakeem by just making intention that you are referring to S. Hakeem in this particular issue.

2) If he gave her the permission for the temporary marriage as well, the yes.

If a man is separated from his wife can he practice motah with a woman without his first wife’s permission

Yes, provided that the motah is with a Muslim woman.

A urine have dropped in my legs and I just get a container of water and wash it two times, Is it the correct of way of cleaning najis if not what is the correct way?

What you did is enough

Can fidya be given to a shia person who is not a namazi or does not fast?

No.

My husband and I have been trying to have intercourse to no avail. It is extremely painful for me as I have vaginismus and have seen doctors for it but they all say to find different ways to relax, implying to use some substance or another.
Since it was recommended that I use substances to relax my body and for the pain, is it permissible if I use weed strictly only for vaginal pain relief?

If the use of weed leads to addiction, it is not permissible, and you can consult a doctor to take other drugs that do not cause addiction, and you can also use a lubricant that contains a local anesthetic, which does not make you feel pain during intercourse, and after a few times you will not need it, God willing. .

Part of job is to save people but there may come a time where a patient has a will which states they should not be resuscitated. I have to obey their will by law. Is this haram?

If the patient is not Muslim, then his wish is respected.

Please help understand the difference between these two spiritual stations of wayfarers: Tawakkul and Tafweed

1- Tafweedh is that the servant does not see an ability or power in himself, does not find that he has a disposition in anything, and sees that Almighty is the one who is in charge of all matters. As for Tawakkul, it is to make Allah, Glory be to Him, take its place in acting and seeking goodness and righteousness.

2- Tafweedh (Delegation) is broader than Tawakkul (Trust), which is only a division of Tafweedh, because trust is in interests only, while delegation is in all matters.

Is it true that imam Mahdi will kill iblis ? Because we have hadiths that state this. And if yes doesn’t this idea contradict the Quran?

Surah Al-‘A’raf, Verses 14-15

قالَ أَنْظِرْنِي إِلی‌ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ (14) قالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ (15)

14. "(Instead of repentance, Iblis) said: ‘Respite me until the day when they are raised up."

15. "He (Allah) said: ‘Verily you shall be of the respited ones."

We do not have authenticated narrations about how Iblis will die.

Is it permissible in islam to share your sin to benefit someone? Or in—any other situations. But in this case—if it benefits; someone in a way that, that person even stops sinning when hearing the story of the sin of one. (i.e. If there is one talking with his friends and—he says the he had done this sins and warns him to not do this sin and that warning and sharing the sin; stops one from sinning.)
What I heard regarding Islamic stance of this is that one must never—share his sin in any situations.

If for example there is a man who is straying on a wrong path and it is evident, and the only way you can help such a person was by personal exemplar. Helping would be to express personal experience.

 “Allah does not love open utterance of evil in speech except by one to whom injustice has been done, and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing." [4:148]

It is not permissible to talk about a sin that a person was committing, because this is an indignity to himself, but he can say that he knows a person who was doing this sin, and such and such happened with him, so he has delivered the required, without offending himself.
As for the verse that you quoted, it has nothing to do with the topic, because it talks about the oppressed speaking about the injustice that occurred to him

In Ramadhan, we reac the doa asking to ‘ be joined in wedlock to the beautiful Hoori women of paradise’. If we ourselves in women reading this doa, how can we women ask to be wed to the beautiful women hoori? sSo how do we women read this doa?

You can still say the same, because the word (Zawj) in Arabic has many meanings, one of them is the close friendship.

To reduce incontinence by strengthening the pelvic floor muscles, women are recommended to do the Kegel exercise. The Kegel exercise requires a woman to squeeze or contract her pelvic floor muscles. One form of exercise requires a woman to insert an apparatus which has a sensor, in her private part so that she can monitor her strength of her squeeze and to make sure that she is doing thd exercise correctly. Is this allowed in Islam? If this is allowed, will she have to do ghusul after each insertion? As a matter of general question, is any insertion of an object allowed (for eg. the use if tampons etc).

It is permissible to do this when it is needed, and ghusl is not required for that. It is also not necessary to do it (ghusl) in the event that other than the male part is inserted, unless the insertion of the device leads to the abundance of the liquid of desire, then the insertion is also forbidden.

I have doubt during prayer regarding if I have done 1 or 2 sajdah. This happen on every single prayer I perform. So I always s ro sujood al sahw after every prayer, is this right or what should I do?

If this happens to you in normal cases, ie, your mind is not busy with thoughts, then, do not pay attention to it.

I wonder if wet tissue is enough to clean of najasah from utensils

If you mean to wipe with the wet tissue, then the answer is no. Yes, you can squeeze the wet tissue so that the water comes out of it on the site of the impurity, and the place becomes clean.

Trading in bitcoin based on obligatory precaution is haram, as per Ayt Sistani, however, we can refer to Syed Hakeem on this matter as per my knowledge


In cryptocurrency, DEFI (Decentralized finance) coins are a relatively new phenomenon which are used to provide a platform to users where all financial activities are conducted in a decentralized way i.e. no involvement of bank or lawyers. The technology used is based on smart contracts where all the formalities and agreements are coded in the blockchain between a borrower and lender so in case of default or non-payment by a borrower, the lender is given the right to property (or any other asset) of the borrower. In the normal world, banks decide who to lend the money to but in decentralized finance, any borrower can borrow from any lender they wish. Of course, there could be involvement of interest between the borrower and lender

In such a scenario, can we invest in DEFI coins?

As it it involves interest based lending (Riba), it is not permissible to invest in.

My father has been diagnosed with Parkinsonism for more than a decade and recently we came across a medicine/oil which primarily contains cbd (cannabidol – cannabis). Although it hasn’t been prescribed and nor has it been prescribed by our GP.

We’ve heard that it can potentially help ease pain and help him. Is it allowed for us to use cbd oil?

Furthermore, would it be possible to expand on the definition of "if there is no alternative"

If the quantity of cannabidol - cannabis in the medicine is negligible, or if he really needs it, then it is okay.

I’m a male, having a doubt about Istibra:

During 1st step, I must press 3times from a little distance after anus to where? Should I press till the back of testis or all way up the testis till the start of penis(front of testis). What I mean is should the scrotum area be exempted from pressing?

Yes, it is enough press from near the anus to the beginning of the penis, without the scrotum

My husband is in merchant navy and I am a doctor and we both earn a good amount of salary. We both spent money on ourselves, on dressing, wearing good shoes and watches and we spend on helping others as well. We offer prayers, keep fast , pay khumus, and as much as possible we both follow Islamic laws in accordance with shariah. But most people judge us by our appearance that we are not religious at all. Do we need to clarify their perspectives regarding us. My husband said that we don’t to prove anyone how pious we are. Allah is seeing our activities and that’s all that matters. But I was not convinced. As people think that we don’t even pray.

Your husband is 100% correct.

Can a married woman masturbate herself with her hands while talking to her husband on phone

No.

Is it permissible for women to go in juloos (Procession which is carried out on 10th Muharram and 21st Ramadan) or it’s better to stay home and do majlis at home

It is better for her to stay home.

I would like to know that if during fasting in Maahe Ramzan, during love (not doing sex but just foreplay) with wife if ejaculation of semen happens, then will it break the fast?

if yes then will it be required to do only Qaza or there will be kaffara as well?

If you had the probability of ejaculation, then your fast is void and you need to makeup that day, and pay kaffarah too while if you were satisfied that it will not happen, then your fast is in order.

I’ve made past orders online and I have paid amounts of money but I’ve still not received any of what I paid for. My question is, is there anything on me (religiously)? Do I have to do something? Knowing that I can’t do much because of shipping reasons. I’m also at an age where I don’t do khums yet if that matters. I’m just wondering if theres anything on me or I have to do something specific?

You do not need to do any thing. However, with regard to the khoms, if you are not working, you do not need to fix a date for khoms, but if any amount exceeded a year at your custody, then you need to pay its khoms.

Suddenly I got piles I guess as a result of dehydration during Ramzaan and so I’m scared that if it worsens in lockdown it’s not very easy to approach the doctor and more over my old mother and family is dependent on me for cooking and cleaning, so if I skip the last fasts, what is the compensation to be made? if I’m skipping the fast due to health issue is it valid?

If fasting harms you, or prevents you from carrying out duties that you must do, then it is permissible for you to break the fast, and in this case it is better to cross a daily 22 km from the borders of your city in the morning, break the fast, then return to your city, then make up these days after that

While fasting can I take steam for cold and chest congestion?

If you inhale it, and goes to lungs directly, then it does not effect your fast.

What is the ruling of Agha Sistani on the use of "Naswar" during fasting.

Naswār, also called nās (ناس) or nasvay (نسوای), is a moist, powdered tobacco snuff consumed mostly in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Naswar is stuffed in the floor of the mouth under the lower lip, or inside the cheek, for extended periods of time. It is similar to dipping tobacco and snus.

It voids the fast

I live in the country in a yard that is separated from the rest of my family’s property because I’m a Muslim and they are nims and they own a dog, and sometimes this dog gets on my side of the property and urinates in my yard. The grass is really tall here. How does this grass/yard become taher again after the dog has urinated?

1) Does it become taher with only the sun shining on it?

2) Or does it need to rain also?

3) Should I spray it down with a hose and then let the sun dry it? I don’t know what to do about this problem. This dog went exactly to the area I like to pray outside and urinated there, so I really want to figure out how I can make that area taher again.

1- Yes. If it was wet when sun rise, and it dried it.
2- Yes. If it dried before sun shine.
3- This is another way to clean it.

My question is why Allah is the most merciful?

Logical argument on that Allah must be merciful to his servant?

You said that God Almighty must have mercy on his servant.
The question is: Where did this obligation come from?
Is the master obliged to pardon his slave who committed a deliberate mistake, and the master forbade him from committing it, and warned him that if he did so, he would be punished with 10 lashes for example?
Mercy comes when the master is kind, and pardons the slave despite his intentional sin, and the entitlement to punishment is achieved.
This is the mercy of Allah.

We have an appointment during the month of ramadan for insemination. Can the man do the fasting after ramadan this one day (because of ejaculate)?

It is not permissible to do this in the month of Ramadan without necessity, so you have to travel a legal distance (22 kilometers) from the boundaries of your city that morning, then break your fast there and return to your city, and then perform masturbation.
Then know that it is not permissible for you to masturbate with your hand, rather your wife must do it with her hand.

What if we live in Europe and there is no choice to do it with the wife’s hands because the man have to do this in the clinic here. And as a woman you are not allowed to go there too.

If the insemination (having kids) is not vital for both of you, then it is not permissible, neither in Ramadan, nor in other months.

There are two points here:
1- You will do the Masturbation with your own hand, which is haram.
2- You will practice in front of other people, which is also haram.

Can not you ask them to give you a container, where you can pour the semen in at home, and take it to them immediately?

Is it permissible for a baligh shia boy to marry (daimi aqad/nikkah) a christian girl?

No.

Do we have proof that the Prophet ‎ﷺ loved Aisha at any point in time? From our ahadith

There is no proof for other than Khadeeja.

Sayed sistani says that women can’t do moonsighting

“However, sighting of the new moon is not recognised by the evidence of women, or by the evidence of one just witness, even with oath, or by the words of astrologers”

Can you please explain on where this comes from (Hadith) if you can give a source please, also is this the agreed upon opinion by all Shia scholars?

Please see this:
والمراد بهذه الروايات نفي الحجّيّة الشرعيّة عن شهادة النساء وقبول قولهنّ تعبّداً على النحو الذي كان ثابتاً في الرجال ، وأمّا إذا بلغ إخبارهنّ حدّ التواتر بحيث لا يحتمل معه التواطؤ على الكذب أو حدّ الشياع المفيد للعلم فلا ينبغي التأمل في عدم كونه مشمولا لتلك النصوص ، فإنّها ناظرة إلى النهي عن العمل بشهادة النساء ، لا عن العمل بالعلم الوجداني كما هو واضح

A collection of prestigious texts expressing this, including Sahih Al-Halabi on the authority of Imam Sadiq (pbuh): “Ali (pbuh) used to say: Only the testimony of two just men is permitted in the Crescent.”

And Sahih Muhammad bin Muslim: “He said: It is not permissible for women to testify on the crescent.”

And the narration of Shuaib bin Ya’qub, on the authority of Imam Jaafar, on the authority of his father (pbuthem): “Ali (pbuh) said:“ No divorce or the Crescent is permitted except for two men", and similar narrations.

I've heard Akbari Twelver Shias who believe things like the tahreef (corruption or mis-completion) of the Qur'an as well as other wrong beliefs. Would this make them non-muslims?

There is no such thing.

If we are at work or at school and we don't have a turbah with us then is it permissible to pray without one?

You can pray on a piece of paper

What is the Shia opinion on Abu Huraira? One of the biggest Sunni Hadith narrators?

Not a trust able person

1) Can we do zikr the same amount of times at the same time every single day? Is there any limit?

2) I heard that you shouldn't do zikr at the same timing everyday at the same amount like reading Subhanallah 100 times at exactly 5:00 pm everyday for example.

1) Yes, you can.

2) Has no meaning

Is it permissible to pray with the blood of mosquito on clothes?
Some say it is so how is it ?
Because mosquito suck human blood only
Please explain in detail

Yes it is permissible, because it is less than the finger thumb, which is forgivable.

After making a najis object to taharat, after short while if we get a doubt, do we have to be able to recall the act of making it tahir? What if in my mind the first immediate answer to my doubtful question is that it is tahir-but I can’t remember visualizing that act? I frequently make myself contented by remembering and visualizing the act. If I’m unable to remember I get obsessed and feel I may not have made pak. As the first answer I give myself of knowing it is pak- now turns into a doubt and disturbs my mind

This is called an obsession, so do not take care of it, and judge of purity

I had blood stuck on my finger when home. When on the road I get a doubt if I made my finger tahir.
When trying to recall, I remember going to the wash basin and I put drops of water to rub on my hand to remove the stuck blood. I don’t remember after, whether I put water to wash it away or not, although I feel I must have done it, but I can’t recall.

If I dried my hand with the towel after, is it najis or not? Will appreciate your guidance.

Since you are certain that the finger was najis, and you are not certain that you washed it, then it is still najis, and needs to be washed.

My question is regarding najasat from disbelievers. We work in the workplace with them and it’s hard sometime to cope up. Example during a rainy day when one of them got into the car wet and sat on the seat making it najis. Recently it was raining and I got into the car on the same seat. That seat would make my clothes najis and unable to pray.
What should be done?

You can refer in this issue to Sheikh Nassir Makarim Sheerazi, who says that all human being are pure, as it is a precautionary issue according to S. Sistani

My friend’s job includes receiving bribe money which forms a part of her income (she has no choice in the matter) if she buys me a meal at a restaurant am I allowed to eat that food? She has never directly told me she receives bribe money but I know this must be true due to her job and circumstances.

If you knew that the food she buys for you is paid for by bribe money, then it is haram. Otherwise, no problem.

Normally, you will never know that she pays by bribe money, except if bribe is her only income source.

My question is about dogs and being inside homes.
I understand pet dogs are not permissible. And dogs should be kept outside. I also know animals need our care.

Dogs are najiss, which means that if dog’s fluids spilled on your clothes or any other place, then this will become impure, and you touched it with wet body, your body becomes najiss.
Therefore, it is not recommended to have dogs inside the house.
On the other hand, according to narrations, Angles do not enter a house with a dog in the house.

Is Taurine in energy drinks halal?

No. It is not halal

I have heard that baby who drink only mother’s milk his/her urine is paak (not najis).

Is this true or false?


False

As far as I’m aware, you are not meant to do wudhu after ghusl janabat according to Sayyid Sistani. What if you do wudhu and remember after the wudhu but before you pray that you had done ghusl of janabat?

It does not harm your ghusl.

I have difficulty with the fatwa issued by Sayed Sistani, Sayed Ali Khamenei and Sayed Khomeini (ra) regarding transexuality. I know it has to be prescribed by a doctor and a psychologist but I don’t know more. Is it based on hadiths? If not, what did they base their fatwas on and can you explain these fatwas clearly to me.

I do not understand why you find it difficult to accept the fatwa on changing the sex of the hermaphrodite, as it is a normal fatwa derived from the scientific and medical development taking place in our time, which did not exist in the past.

We have two types of hermaphrodite:
1- Simple hermaphrodites: She who has visible male organs and atrophied female organs , or vice versa. An operation is performed to remove the atrophic organs, and hormones are given to strengthen the desired side, whether male or female.

2- Complex hermaphrodites: She is the one who has male and female organs integrated together, so she is given a choice between the two sexes.

If she chooses to be male, she will have operations to remove the female organs, and she will be given male hormones, and vice versa.
We can find references to these matters in the narratives, but these operations were not possible in the past.

Where was Al-Shahid al-Thani killed and where is his grave?

He was killed near the red sea, and his body was thrown in the sea.

I wanted to ask, is one thinking that he is for sure going to heaven bad or a sin? I remembering reading a Hadith, that said, having certitude that going to Heaven is bad, and I was just watching a lecture, and a Sayyed said, we should have certainty in Allah (SWT) and that we’re going to heaven.

So I was a bit confused, and wanted to know which of them is correct.

From our acts, we can know where we are going. Unless we repent and return to God, and with our adherence to the mandate of the Prophet and his pure family, and their intercession, then we hope to enter Paradise.

1) I recently came to know that there are not many authentic narrations/hadith which state the arrival of dajjal or who he is, there are only few hadith which state dajjal so my question is whether dajjal is a legit person who’ll arrive or it’s just a hoax.Any refrences?

2) So he’s not real if we don’t assume and go by the narrations.
There’s no mention of dajjal anywhere?

1) As you said, there are no authentic narrations from our side about dajjal. However, if he is not a hoax, the definition could applied to any one who has the same characteristics.

2) No. Nothing mentioned in Quran.

1- In one tradition Imam Jafar Sadiq (as) has mentioned the general traits of the companions of Imam Mahdi (as), and one of the things he mentioned was: «They will buzz like honey bees in their prayers.» What does this mean exactly?

2- Another thing he mentioned was: «They will not sleep in the nights.» How is it possible to not sleep at night? Does this mean sleep limited to only what is necessary, or did the Imam (as) actually mean they dont sleep?

1- This is only an analogy, and it means that they pray a lot, and prayer calls for recitation and remembrance, so their recitation and remembrance a lot, is like the sound of bees.

2- It means that there sleep is limited and short.

If I want to eat candy or take supplements such as omega 3 capsules, do I have to be certain that the gelatin they are made from is not of haram animal extract? As in most of the candys and supplementary capsules found in my country do not specify what gelatin they are made from, usually it just says gelatin on the back. Sometimes they may specify but alot of the times it just says gelatin. Am I allowed to eat such product that do not specify where the gelatin is from according to Sistani?

We have two issues here:
1- The issue of gelatin: If you know that it is animal gelatin, it is not permissible to eat it. But if it is possible that it is vegetarian, then it is permissible to eat it, and it is not necessary to search and investigate.
2- The issue of Omega 3: It is not permissible for you to consume the substance unless you are certain that it was taken from fish with scales. If you do not know, then it is not permissible to consume it.

Are earrings haram for men? If not, can you pray whilst wearing them?

They are not haram, if they are:
1- Not gold.
2- Does not make man look like a woman or gay.

Is covering the area between the navel and knees obligatory during prayer for men?

No. It is recommended.

Am I allowed to pray my nafl of dhur/asr prayer after the prayers prescribed time. So pray the 8 rakat nafl of zhur after I pray my maghrib? Some times I want to pray them but I only have time to pray the farz rakats of zhur or asr because of school or other reasons.

Yes you can pray them later as qaza

1- Is it allowed to give a vine bottle as gift to a non muslim friend?
2- Is it allowed for me to give non halal food to a hungry/begging person who is non muslim? (For example if I know that if I do not give away the food, it will go to waste)

1- No.
2- Yes.

My family has a store in New York and and it’s my mother and she sells beer and I work there only to help out because it’s in need of help but I don’t get paid for it. Is it still haram?

If you are carrying, delivering...etc, then you are doing haram. You should not assist your family in doing so. And if selling alcohol items is the only income source of the family, then it is not permissible to consume any thing bought with this money, except if it purchased by credit card.

I understand we are not permitted to donate organs or our body for research after death

One view is that in the absence of cadavers medical science will not progress and there will be more humans dead due to non availability of organs

Simultaneously we are allowed to receive organs from other donors after their death this appears unjust

Your views to understand this matter in the right perspective will be useful for youth

In Islam, you do not have the right to donate your organs or parts after your death, because it requires cutting the body, which is according to Islam is respected part.
Yes, it is permissible to donate the organs on which the life of another Muslim depends, such as the heart and liver, not such as the eyes, hand or foot.

Is it allowed to work for a company that provides resources to Australian defence?

No problem

As we know pure silk shirt is not halāl for a Muslim man to wear. Can it in this case be given or sold to a non-Muslim or a Muslim who is of a different Madhab?

Yes, you can sell it to a non-Muslim, and it is better not to sell it to a Muslim.

Doctors have restricted diabetic patients to fast. Do they have to remove fidya for their fasts? And what about keeping qadha fasts?

Not every diabetic is affected by fasting, rather it is up to the person’s discretion. If he is able to organize the taking of insulin, so that he can take it before the start of the fast, fast, then take the second dose at breakfast, and he does not need to take a dose or to eat during the day Drinking, he must fast.
But if this is not possible, and fasting is harmful to him, then he must break the fast, and if he is able to make up after the month of Ramadan until the month of Ramadan that follows it, by fasting during the winter period, for example, when the day is short, then he must do that, and if he is not able also The fasting is forfeited, and the fidyah is required, which is to feed one poor person for every day with 750 grams of rice, flour or dates, which equals 22.5 kilograms for the whole month.

I make online content on a platform called tiktok. All my content is related to Islam but contains music in the background. I earn quite a lot of money from these videos but I was wondering is my money considered halal or haram? If it’s haram what should I do with it?

If the music is not haram type, then no problem.

If a person has a bank account in which his monthly income is transferred and through that account all the expenditure is carried out through out the year including car loans, bank loans etc. Will khums be applicable on the entire sum earned or the EMI of the loan could be omitted at the time of calculating Khums?

If the EMI is not paid before the khoms due date, it is not exempted.

Can we recite any surah and then blow it on some water and then pour that water on the deceased grave? Is this going to help the deceased? Is this allowed?

It has no meaning.

Can you please let me know what happens at first night of the grave. Wht questions are asked. What happens after the questions? Where do they go after the questions? Do they feel anything during that time?

He is asked about his believes, and then the grave either becomes piece of hell or piece of paradise. The period between the death and the raising day is called Barzakh, which means bridge. During this period, he still can gain good and bad, according to what he did in his life. Any good deed done by his family to him, reaches him, and he gets happy such as Prayers, Sadaqat, Haj, Umrah, Fasting...etc.

Is it permissible to keep the body of the deceased in a container that is cold so that some other family members who have not seen him/her can see them?

It's permissible, but it's hateful.
That's if there's no indecency for the deceased in it, like if it is for one or two days. Otherwise, It is not permissible.

I have a lot of qadha roze and I'm not sure how to fulfil them as I have heard that if we intentionally leave a fast then we have to fast for 60 days continues? I didn't start praying and fasting just as I turned 9 but I started doing it really late so how am I supposed to fulfil about 4-5 years of qadha fasts + the fasts that were left because of mensuration?
I actually never knew that we were supposed to fast when we get to 9 years of age and my parents never really said anything towards it. But now that I'm older and have started fasting all the days of ramadan except for the days of mensuration, im wondering how do I do it?

Then (because you were ignorant of the rule), you just need to make up the missed days only, and feed a poor person per day for delaying the making up (Qadha). That is 750 gms of flour or rice (22.5 kg's for a month), which could be given to a poor person (Food, not money).
Example:
If you missed 4 months of Ramadhan, then you need to fast 120 days (not necessarily continuous), and give 90 kg's of food to poor people.

Does a nikah gets void if the woman doesn't wants to live with the husband and they haven't had physical relationship since 2 years?

No.

Can i offer my salah ( obligatory) in a moving bus with gestures? I have my exams and due to the timings I will miss my zohar asar prayer. Iuse public transport so I want to know if there is a way to offer namaz in it?

If the transportation takes all the time from noon to sunset, with no gap at all for the mandatory parts of the prayers, then you can.

1) Is dancing in a wedding where males and females are segregated permissible?
2) What about the dancing of the couple which they call the “first dance”. I mean dancing when there is no haram music being played

According to S. Sistani, dancing is not permissable, neither for males among males, nor for females among females.
It is only allowed for the husband and wife, when they are alone. For sure, there should not be haram music.

Does a wife have to live anywhere where the husband is telling her to live? Or she has right to say no?

For example: the wife wants to live close to her family because in the past the husband and his family did not treat her right.

Yes, she have to be with her husband.
If she does not want to leave her parents city, or wants to live in certain area, she should mention this as a condition in the marriage contract.
However, he has to allocate separate house for her, if she is not willing to live with his parents or family.

I am planning to work for a home meal delivery company. There are 3 ways of delivering: in bike, motorbike or car. But in order to legally deliver in motorbike or car we should have a licence. The problem is that the licence is very expensive, and a lot of people work without it. They declare delivering in bike while they deliver in motorbike for example. The company knows the phenomena and close an eye on it.
My question is:

1) Is it ok if I do the same thing?
2) Does it render my income haram ? Or these are two different issues ?

1) Violating laws and regulations sat for community safety is not allowed by S. Sistani.
2) No. Two different subjects

1) If I work for uber eats which is a company of home meal delivery am I allowed to carry non halal food in my car in order to serve them to non-muslims? Would my money be halal ? What if I come to know at the last moment that the one who had ordered the meal is in fact a muslim?

2) What if he knows it, but wants to sin? Should I serve him?

1) If the delivery is for non- Muslims, no problem.
For the Muslim, you should inform him that this food is not halal.

2) No

Should the dowry be gived in person to one spouse ? Or is it ok to send the money by distance, directly to her bank account?

It is OK to send it by bank transfer.

Does a revert girl needs the consent of her father to get married (if her father is a Christian for example) or is the marriage valide without?

If the father and grand father are non Muslim, then no.

I am interested to know more about Abou Loulou Pirouz Navahandi, the murderer of the 2nd caliph. What is the opinion of our scholars about him : Was he muslim and shia ? And were the ahlul bayt (as) pleased with him ? As some said he is the one who took revenge for Fatimah Zahra (as).

He has nothing to do with Ahlul Bait. He was the slave of Mugheera Bin Shuba, and he killed the second Khalifa because he did not listen to his complain.
It seems that he was Muslim, but this can not be proved.

1) Can we invest our money in Long term Fixed deposits in a Non Muslim Bank in a Non Muslim country – India. As Such schemes provide us higher interest rate 11%, relief on income taxes and other benefits.

2) The money we deposit in banks, the bank uses this money to give loans to other people on higher interest rate and Interest with respect to loans is haram is Islam. So can you clear this for me please?

1) Yes

2) The bank's activity is not limited to riba-based loans, there are halal activities, such as selling currencies, remittances, letters of credit, etc., and depositing money in the bank with the intention of keeping your money safe, not entitled riba-based lending, is halal.

I am a Web Developer.
Can we work for Israeli clients or companies regarding website development?

No. It is not permitted

1) Who are the inheritors of the aborted fetus to whom diyah is paid if mother and father are those who are responsible for abortion (doctor carried out operation) and if the aborted fetus has a baby brother or sister?

2) For mother having this child at this time is unbearable and the doctor said she cannot continue this pregnancy and the fetus is between 5 and 6 weeks now.

1) The doctor pays the diyah to the parents, and they can free her from paying it. However, all of them are sinful.

2) If the pregnancy is critical to her, or a danger to her life, then there is no sin for her to abort before the soul enters.

I discovered yesterday that vanilla extract is made with alcohol and contains a minimum of 35% of alcohol. Does it mean that I can't consume ice cream made with vanilla extract, cakes..etc?

If it is artificial alcohol, not wine, then it is okay, except if it leads to a drunk status, then it becomes haram.

To what extent do parents have authority over children? Can they choose a child's career? Can they choose where they are allowed to live? Can they choose whether or not they can go on a spiritual retreat? Say a child wishes to forsake the world for 40 days, go to the mountains, and start doing duas and prayers for 40 days, can a parent stop the child from doing such a thing?

If he is Balegh, parents has no authority over him in all what you mentioned. However, regarding traveling, if this hurts them, he should not do it, as hurting them is not permissible.

When I first wash my face during wudhu, I keep getting hairs on my hand. Do I have to repeat the first initial wash where you pour the water and wash from the hairline to the chin, if I see hairs on my hand or can I just continue the normal washing of my face by washing the bits that weren’t covered after the initial wash?

No need to repeat.
You can continue.

Can khums be spent on one's children? If yes, then what percent of it can be spent on their school fee, tution fee ,etc?

NO.

I have heard by many scholars who say that it is not required to pay zakat on gold jewellery worn by women so for example if a women got married and got 200 grams of gold which she wore it on her nikkah day and all the presents of gold which she recieved from the groom's side, is it accountable to give zakat or not? The bride wore the jewellery only 2 or 3 times. And there are some things for example bangles, rings of gold, which she used to wear frequently whenever she visit a party or nikkah. Does she needs to pay zakat on that too?

The answer is No for all, as long she intends to use them. There is no zakat on the formed gold. However, there is khoms on it (20%), if the gold is not used, or if it was used once or twice, and it was then left, and the woman decided in the same year in which she got/bought it, that she will never use it again.
If she intends to use it from time to time, then she do not need to pay khoms.

I wanted to ask two questions:

1) After doing urine i wash so while washing the water goes to scrotum, so is it pure or not? If not then what i should i do?

2) I use western toliet and there are 4 people living with me in the house so whenever i go to washroom, I find water on the toilet tray/plate. How can I clean that?I have read on internet I can use tissues but how many times will i use? it is a wastage of tissues so is there any other way to clean the toilet plate/tray? Or i was thinking i could use a cloth to clean the plate/tray

1- You can consider it clean.
2- All what you need is to wipe the tray, whether by tissue or cloth. However, wiping will not make it pure.

Is nikah to second woman is valid when first wife is surviving, having kids and has no communicable / life threatening disease. Please advise.

Yes

My father died recently after being bed ridden for 5 years. His namaz for 3 years are pending. Please advise how can I offer namz on his behalf.

As usual, 5 prayers for a day, and you can pray as much days you can every day. This means you can pray the prayers of 5 or 10 days or more or less, per day, till you complete the 5 years.
However, if during the 5 years he was not conscious, you do not need to makeup the prayer of the period in which he was so.

My roommates are moving out. We share an apartment of 3 bedrooms, shared kitchen and bathroom.
I don't want to move as there isn't much available, but they can't afford to live here with me.
If the ones I rent off can't assure there won't be two guys moving in their rooms, do I have to move as well?
Is it haram to live with two boys is what I am asking?

Yes, it is haram to live with non mahram males.

I want to get my driver's license. Most of the instructors are male. I would have to sit in car with them alone taking instructions. The ones that are female are more expensive for less qualifications. If it is problematic in terms of religion I will pay extra.

What should I do?

It is not haram, as long he do not touch your hands, or puts his hands on your body, and do not take you to streets with no people.

I am lending my non muslim family members money because that is duty. But i am not sure if they spend it on haram things (gambling, cigarettes, alcohol).
Should I give?

It is not duty. It is up to you, and you do not have to check what they are doing.
Yes. If you knew that they are doing haram things, then do not help them.

Can we pray if we are bleeding on the body, not menstruation. Everytime I search they always mention menstruation, but not regular bleeding like if I got a cut that wont stop bleeding

Yes, you can, and you do not need to clean it if it is continuous, not stopping. But try to not let it spoil your clothes, if it is possible.

Can I pray to marry a specific person? Whom I know, but can't marry yet cause he is in a different country.

There is no problem in doing so. However, always ask Allah SWT to do for you what is the best for you.

I have a really painful ear infection on both sides of the ears. When I prostrate it puts a lot of pressure on my ears and make them hurt worse after. Can I do prayers by tilting my head down? My intention is to not worsen the ear infection and not disrespect.

If the pain is not withstand able, then, yes.
However, if you can raise the prostration place, such as putting a small table, and prostrating on it, then, you should do it.

My wife will be having a medical procedure for the removal of a polyp from Uterus.
We will try our best that the doctor is a female but in a public health system we usually do not have the control over it. Is it permissible to go ahead with the procedure if the doctor turns out to be a male?

Yes. It is permissible, if the procedure is a must.

1) Is there any problem in using products which have collagen or they boost collagen in your skin?
2) And what if you're not sure what the source of collagen is?
3) My cream says Collagen Boosting Cream. That should be ok to use, right?

1) If the origin of the collagen is from non eatable animal or an animal not slaughtered according to sharea’a, then it is not allowed to be consumed
2) If it is possible that it it is taken from vegan origin, then it is ok.
3) If it is for external use, there is no problem, as you can wash it.

Is it ok to go for a covid test while fasting?

Yes

انا تاجر ومعايا مشاريع وفاتح بيوت ناس
واتزنقت ف فتره الكورونا
ف محتاج سيوله ع ازود المبيعات والدنيا معايا تمشي
او هقع وانا مستلف فلوس من ناس واخدتها من المشاريع ع اسددها لان من اخذ اموال الناس يريد ادائها ادي الله عنه
ف اما اقع او اخد تمويل من بنك مصر الفرع الاسلامي وبالمرابحه
بس الفكره ان نسبه البنك ثابته ف ما راي حضرتك


يمكنك أخذ المال لا بعنوان الاقتراض بإذن سماحة السيد السيستاني، لكونه مالاً عاماً، و لا يضرك أن البنك سيسترده مع زيادة.

I have a question regarding sex separation among siblings in a house. Is it permissible in any condition. Usually in small houses there is no sex separation which is leading cause of depression among youngster

If the separation is not possible, then parents have to take care not to let boys sleep beside girls.

I had a question about halal/breathable nail polish. There are brands that say water can go through nail polish therefore we can do wudhu whilst wearing the nail polish. Is this allowed? And how would we test it to be sure the water goes through? Would we need to test it for ourselves or just give if benefit of the doubt?

If the claim is positive and genuine, then yes, but I have no idea how you can prove it. It is better to avoid such things, if you are in doubt.
However, females can test it during their period time.

When someone is praying and someone else enters the home; greet with Asslam alaykum, does the person praying has to stop and answer it?

Yes, with same words.
If he said Salam Alaykum, the answer should be Salam Alaykum.

Is it halal to drink Barbican which is a drink labelled as a non-alcoholic malt beverage?

If it is not making any effects, then yes.

1. With regards to a bleeding spot or cut on the face or arms which doesnt stop even after trying to stop the blood several times, do I put a plaster over it and do jabira wudhu.
2. If yes, then my plaster isnt made of plastic so gets wet and I fear that there is spread of najasah from inside the plaster to outside the plaster whilst doing wudhu. I have done jabira wudhu now with the plaster and am unsure what to do. The blood inside must have been a very little spec I think.
3. Do I now need to purify all the parts that got wet?

1- One of the solutions is to wash the face or the arm directly under the water tap, from top to bottom, then you can wipe the place quickly, put a ready opened plaster, then continue your wudhu.
If this is not possible, you can wait till it stops, then perform wudhu.
If you are afraid that time will pass before it stops, then you can perform wudhu jabeera, by washing the surroundings only, leaving the wounded area.
2- You do not need to wash the plaster. It is enough to wash the surroundings , as long the plaster is not much bigger than the effected area.
3- If you did not follow what I said, then yes.

1) If someone's wife is far and cant control his sexual desire, is he allowed to look at his wife's photo etc and pleasure it by himself ?

2) Can he do mutah with a christian lady without his wifes permission as the wife is far?

1- Yes, but without masturbation, or any act that leads to ejaculation.
2- No, even with her permission

One zakera from US recites very good majlis but there is live relay and no recording. she doesn't allow recording her majlis. Can I record it for my family to hear and then delete? Is this allowed?

No. You can not, without her permission.

One person has made a namaz chair, to sell. Its quite expensive and we cannot stand during namaz if we use his chair. So, we want to make a similar one but with modification so that one can stand also. And we also want to sell such chairs. Is this allowed according to Islam because we are copying his design.
Please answer

Since you are going to include changes in the design, then it is OK

Would like to know the extent of knowledge of our Holy Imams(as) regarding ilm-e-gayb/ knowledge of the unseen/ knowledge about past and future and so on.

They know what Allah SWT teaches them, according to needs.

Is birds poop paak? is it necessary to paak it for namaz?

It is paak.

Where women should use the amount of mehr?

It is her money.
She can do what ever she like.

If a man and women find out there was a mistake in their Nikah (out of ignorance) and they already had sexual intercourse. Is iddah needed to be observed before correctly reading the Nikah again?

Chapter twenty-nine » Miscellaneous rulings on divorce
Ruling 2554. If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who is not his wife supposing that she was his wife, the woman must observe ʿiddah, irrespective of whether she knew that he was not her husband or supposed that he was her husband.

What does this ruling mean then?

No. Ruling 2554 talks about a woman who is married to another man.
In your case, the sexual relation was with the same man, and it was not fornicate. Hence, there is no need for iddah.

Are you aware of the reasoning (Hadith and Quran) that tells us we can do permanent marriage without witnesses, even though Sunni believe otherwise? What is our daleel for it?

There is no Aya or Hadeeth that says it is required.
What is mentioned in Quran that witnesses are required for divorce.

When reading the Aqd is it necessary to specify within the aqd recital how much we are asking for mahr or can we discuss before hand and just say “ on the agreed dowry”?

(On the agreed dowry) is enough, if the dowry is agreed.

Can we end mutah contract on chat?

Yes, but by voice, not in writing.

A father sold his house and he gave the share to his two daughters after selling the house but nothing to sons. He also says it is his wish to whomever he want to give. What is Sharia law on this issue?

He is right.
They do not have any shares in what he owns while he is alive.
He can give anyone.

A father who died recently due to health issues left some fixed deposits and gold. Hhe has 2 daugthers and 1 son; both the daughters are married. Son is single. What is their share in their father property and money?

50% for the son, and 25% for each daughter.

My question is can husband and wife do taymum instead of ghusl for fajr prayers as it is really difficult to take bath at that hour in winters?

If it is really hard because there is no way to heat the water, or the house is not heated, then yes.

How one can strengthen his/her willpower

Here are 6 steps to be followed to strengthen willpower:
1. Note your conscience: Be alert when faced with lust, or sin.
2. Watching Allah almighty: Be certain that that he watches you.
3. Remember death, and that it may come to you at any moment. Hence, you have to be prepared.
4. Company those with strong will, those with great successes and achievements who have succeeded in achieving their goals. This has a major role in increasing the level of will of the individual.
5. Stay away from procrastination and keep doing the required work and duties in a timely manner.
6. Enhance self-confidence and encourage your self to do the required work.

I do intraday trading, can we sell a stock first at 100 and later buy at 90 when the price drops, This option is given by broker firms

Yes, you can

I need to ask if a women is under a medical treatment for a male pattern of hairs on her face. But is in need for a dua or practice from quran to observe in order to get rid of this ailment. Could you please advise something.

Recite surat al-Fatiha continuously.

Are we allowed to invest financially such as stocks and shares in a company that makes money from interest?

No.

Please tell me how can i overcome feeling of jealousy? Whenever i see someone offering more prayer or duas, I feel jealous that why am I not praying that much or why I am not attached to Allah that much? I feel disturbed! Or whenever I hear that any of my relative going to karbala I feel jealous that why they are going and why I am not going ? Please tell how can i stop getting jealous. I don't know why I get possessive

If your jealousy drives you to work hard to follow the example of someone you're jealous of, it's healthy and positive. If you are feel jealous without work, this is a moral disease, you have to fight it and overcome it, or it will destroy you, and turn your life into hell.
On the other hand, people differ in their abilities to worship, and the important thing here is for the person to notice how much he obeys Allah. How far he obeys his commands, refrains forbiddens (haram acts), and how he deals with people. This is more important than desirable worship. Person may be very praying and fasting, but he does not refrain from falling into haraam things. This is of no value to his prayers and fasting.

Can you take nebuliser whilst fasting. Is it permitted?

Yes, as long it is inhaled to the respiratory system directly.

I want to know if it is permissible for a daughter to keep the picture of her father wrapped in Kafan (only face visible) in her phone as a last memory of her dad?

It is not haram, but it is not recommended.

In your opinion do orchestras which usually play classical music symphonies count as amusement gatherings? Or are amusement gatherings generally more up-beat, party type environments?

Most people aren't usually attracted by that type of music anymore, even in the west. I would say the atmosphere is more akin to attending a theatre play (as opposed to an action-packed cinema screening for example). However, I'm not sure if this type of orchestra environment would classify as an "amusement gathering" or not. Many things are amusing, some haram some halal, but is an orchestra "amusing" in the haram way?

Such gatherings usually contain, in addition to music that carries the forbidden, dancing of semi-naked women, which leads to the forbidden view.

It is not recommended to attend such events.

1) As per Sayyid Sistani's rulings, are there certain instruments I am not aloud to learn to play, even if I use them only to practice non-amusement gathering styles of music? More specifically the piano, acoustic guitar, or violin?
2) Do his rulings show we should generally stay away from learning to play music (even if it may be considered a halal form) i.e. is there unavoidable spiritual risk in the act? I ask because I've never heard of a positive hadith regarding music, so the "ONLY amusement gathering music is haram" rulings seems quite liberal.

1- No. If you are not going to use them to produce music suitable for harām entertainment, then, you can learn.
2- No. It depends on the type of gathering.

Sayyid Sistani's new ruling shows that one only has to pay khums when his cumulative year on year income matches the amount left in his loan account. Supposing someone has multiple loan accounts, is this ruling refering to the total when all the values of the loan accounts are combined? Or simply when the smallest loan account value is reached?

Exempted loans from khoms are loans that are taken to buy something you still use, such as a loan to buy the house you live in, or the car you use.
In such cases, if the amount of the remaining loan at the end of the year is greater than your profits or equal to it, you do not need to pay the fifth of the profit.

Do I pay khums on a games console i was gifted and used over the year?

No

I was wondering how I should pray during school camps in Australia, where there is no way to wash myself as we are in the wilderness for 4-5 days after having to pee. I knowing if pee goes on your underwear you can’t pray because you are impure, so what should I do for future references

First of all, it is very strange that you can not wash, as all you need is small amount of water.
However, if you are really unable to wash, then you can offer the prayer without cleaning the place.
However, you need to take care to keep your underwear clean.

Is it makrooh to eat asafoetida?

If you find it useful, then, no.

If a speaker is reciting Majlis on chair and people sitting down are reciting Holy Quran, is it Makrooh or Haram in reciting Holy Quran in such circumstances?

It is not, but if it hurts the speaker, and makes him feel unwanted, then it is not recommended.

Are there any days of the week that are mostahab to fast?
Also are there any days of the month that are mostahab to fast?

3 days of any lunar month.
First Thursday.
First Wednesday from the second third.
Last Thursday.
Plus 13th, 14th, and 15th

Are there any sports that are haram to play?

No. As long it is a sport.

Is it permissible to watch a YouTube channel about true crimes that were never solved? I am not talking about a TV show, but rather a YouTube channel discussing real crimes that were never solved.
I feel it's also important to mention that the people in the videos sometimes swear

Yes, it is permissible, as long it does not contain sex scenes, nude scenes, or scenes that negatively affect your morals.

1) Is it permissible to play games that have lying included? i.e. Playing games that have lying as part of the game or as part of the fun

2) I don't know if you are familiar with a board game called "monopoly".
Recently I found a different edition of the game called "cheaters edition". In this version of the game, it is part of the game to cheat to win. So I was wondering about the permissibility of it? I know that it's bad to cheat in anything, but I was wondering if this is an exception since cheating is part of the game?

1) If there is another party you are playing with like a friend or another real player, not machine, then it is not permissible, otherwise, it is not recommended (makrooh), as it might lead to making it a habit.

2) If you are playing with real people, then it is haram.

Is the correct way to wash your right hand during wudu:
1. By taking water with your left hand and washing your right hand
Or
2. Taking water with your right hand, giving it your left hand and washing your right hand with it?

Both are correct. However, the second is preferred.

After I finish doing my business and wash myself is the water left over on my private parts najis or tahir?

Tahir

What is the ruling on playing video games that have killing/fighting involved?

If it effects the behavior inversely, then it is haram.

There are few investment option in UK properties where you get upto 8% return and capital back. Is this something halal and allowed?

Yes. It is halal, as long the property is not for producing alcoholic drinks.

Does Islam allows for post mortem if not, then the family or the person who gets post mortemed needs to answer to Allah swt?

It is not permissible to post mortem the body of a Muslim, unless there is the innocence of a person accused of killing him, for example.

I've had an issue with keeping my wudu for years now due to my stomach (I keep passing wind). However this varies a lot during the day, so sometimes it happens constantly and sometimes not as much. However it usually happens suddenly and I can't control it. So I've always done Wudu once and prayed my prayers as long as I don't break it by anything else (sleep etc). Is this correct?
For example I make wudu for duhr & asr prayers, then I go to work and pray later maghreb & isha (when the sun has set) with the same wudu, even if I might have broken it because of wind?

This is not accepted if you can perform new whudu for maghreb and isha, without passing gas. Therefore, what you need to do is to perform new wudhu for maghreb and isha, and if you passed gas while praying them, no problem.

A few years ago I used to work at Burger King. Now some of their burgers contained pork, and my job was to either be at the cashier or prepare the food. Now the money received from customers (when they ordered a Burger with pork) went to the cashier (i.e the company) and not me directly. I received a monthly general wage for my work there (which was not specific to just selling burgers with pork), is my wage received alright?

It is alright.

If I made niyyat of Mustahab fast and after Zuhr I realised that my Wajib qaza is pending. Will that mustahab fast be counted in Wajib?
If not, can I break that mustahab fast.

No. It will not, and you can break the fast, because it is not correct from the beginning

Is qaza Namaz and fasts of a father wajib upon a son who is not oldest. Meaning he has a sister who is older than him.

Yes, since he is the eldest son.

For halal animals are there any body parts that are makrooh to eat. Like liver, lungs etc?

Yes. Eating kidneys is makrooh

Is it allowed to take things from a public place, for eg taking some flowers or leaves or soil from a public park?

If it is not against the law, then no problem.

Had couple of questions related to Non Mehrams

1. For a wife, will her husbands step father become mehram to her and vice versa for husband, will his wife’s step mother become mehram to him.

2. Will the brothers and sisters of step father/mother become mehram to a man/woman

3. After marriage, Will the brother and sisters of step father/mother of a husband become mehram to a wife and vice versa.

1- No, for both parts.
2- NO.
3- No.

If a person purchases an investment property and doesn’t intend to stay in it. Should he pay Khums on that property?

Yes. He should pay the khoms of the the actual value of the property now. By now, I mean the value at the time of paying the khoms

What fingers can we wear our rings and which fingers can we not and why?

You can wear in any finger you like. However, it is recommended to wear in the ring finger.

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May I take house loan from Bank if Suppose, I want to buy a house, which has value  100000 EUR, Bank will be pay all money directly to house owner. After it as per mutual commitment, I will pay 120000EUR via installment (667 EUR per month in 15 years) to the same Bank.
Please advise me is that permissible or not according to Quran o Hadees's references?

1- The bank buys the house for 100,000, then sells it to you for 120,000.
Here's no problem.
2- The bank lends you 100,000, and you buy the house, or you buy it for you, and it gets back 120,000, and here the loan is riba.
The disposal method is that you do not take money from the bank with the intention of the loan, but with the intention of saving money from the hands of a non-Muslim.
And if the bank is going to buy the house with the agreement between you and him and give it to you, you can take the house with the same intention, and it doesn't hurt you that the bank will take 120, 000 from you

Is Miso soup with ethenol alcohol haram? Because ice cream is allowed with ethonol according to sistani it's burnt out and only less than 0.5% is left. Not sure with miso, bread, tempeh is halal has alcohol but small amounts.

If the alcohol is added as pure alcohol, not wine or beer etc, and it does not cause drunkenness, then it is allowed.

Do you know which marja allows permanent marrige with Christians, because sistani dont allow it

Sheikh Ishaq Al-Faiyadh

Why do our blessed maraje not give us proof for their rullings

Do doctors give us proofs for medicines they are giving us? Do civil engineers give us proofs for the quantity and distribution of steel in houses?
If they (the maraje) want to give the proof for each rule, rules book will be more than 40 volumes.
Are you ready to read 40 volumes, and understand them?
On the other hand, can you understand them?

All the proofs, or the way to get the rule are given in the detailed books, while the rules book contains the rules only, because it is written to be applied.

Wanted to ask if one prayed behind an Imam and later figured that he was not just, does he have to pray again if the qadha time had passed?

No need, even if the time is still there.

1) One has a friend or brother who doesn’t pay khums but buys him clothes. Can he use those clothes in daily life / Salah (not sure with which money the clothes or stuff was bought halalharaam)

2) One assume he has cleared his Khums account but later realized it was wrong you corrected and paid off. In that duration heprayed with the clothes he bought thinking he has paid Khums. Does he have to repeat Salah?

1- Yes. You can even pray with them.
2- No.

If I have doubt that I paid Khums on an item what should I do ? I have more then 50% certainty that I paid the Khums

If the certainty is above 90% , then no need to pay.

I have a job that starts pretty early. I often have to leave a few minutes before fajr starts. So if Fajr starts 6:10, I’m out 6:00.

To compensate I’ve been praying earlier, usually when I wake up. I was wondering if that is permissible?

No. This is wrong.
Praying before time is not right.
You have to re-make the prayers you prayed before time.

I see many women adding hair to their natural hair. Some of it human, animal and synthetic. Is it allowed? Secondly adding of false nails is it allowed?

There is no problem in adding the (human and synthetic) hair if it is not covering the head scalp, which prevents water reaching the scalp for ablution or ghusl.
If it is, then it has to be removed for ablution and ghusl.
Also, it is not allowed if it taken from non-eatable animal, if you are going to pray with it.

Can a shia girl marry sunni boy?

No problem, if he is normal Muslim, not carrying hate for Shia. The most important thing in addition to praying and reading the Qur'an is to have good manners.

1) Are females allowed to use bb cream when going out, just to clear off their skin a little and dim up some acne scars so that skin won’t look as bad?
2) Using eyebrow pencil to fill up patches on the brow which don’t have enough or any hairs at all?
3) There’s no issue in plucking or shaping brows then too right?

1) Not allowed
2) No problem
3) Yes, but you have to cover them from non Mahram males. You can pull your hijab to cover them.

Is Kingfish halal?

Yes. It is halal

What is the ruling on men dying the hair and beard Black to imitate the Imams (as)?

No problem.

Are ghost real? Doesn't the whole concept of dead soul haunting this world contradicts barzakh?

Soul do not die. It returns to Allah.
However, ghosts are not real.

Was hazrat Aisha really 6-9 years old?

No.

How are Sunnis considered Muslims as they don't accept Imammah?

Islam is the two shahadats.

I had made some investment on Trading Project 4 years ago
My Partners failed to move the business ahead, they promised me that my Investment will be returned without profit or loss.
Recently I received my investment back from my Partners and I intend to invest same amount plus some more. Do I need to pay Khums for that Investment which was not with me for 4 – 5 months?
I have been calculating my Khums 15th Shabaan to 15th Shabaan.

If the money your partners gave you was compensation for what you lost because of them, and the khoms of the original capital was paid, no khoms in the compensation

There is a statement in Dua e Ahad, which says "the Lord of shade and heat, wa rabba azzilli wal haruri".

What is the significance and the meaning of shade and heat such that it is used to call upon Allah s.w.t in this du'a?


It means that he is the Lord of every thing, not as some people believe that there is a God for each one of them.

I understand that the eldest son must (or pay someone to) complete the incomplete salaah after the parents death – please correct me if I'm wrong.

Therefore, if the duty is towards the son after the death of his parents, is there any shar'ee duty during the lifetime?
The son may be regarded as the oldest son but may have an older sister i.e. The son is 30 years old and his sister is 35 years old?

The eldest son is responsible to makeup the prayers/ fasts missed by the father by mistake, or performed wrongly, due to ignorance, not the one missed intentionally.
The eldest daughter is not responsible to do so.

When I visit the bathroom, I do my business and do istibraa with my right arm however I don’t think that istibra is doing anything and there is always one drop that comes out 5 minutes or longer after I have stood up.

I can’t determine the colour of the drop and it always one drop that comes out after that I have stood up. I'm not sure it is urine and i can’t determine the colour of it. But it drops after every toilet visit.

Can I assume that the drops that come out after that I have done istibra are pure? Because I keep overthinking it and this issue is ruining my life

Since you are not sure it is urine, consider it clean fluid.


وجود انرأة مؤمنة تقبل بالزواج المتعى صعيب جدا في ايامنا، و حتى امرأة من اهل الكتاب صعيب أيضا، في هذه الحالة هل يجوز الزواج المتعى مع إمرأة لم تؤمن بالله عند السيد الخامنئي ؟


لا يجوز

هل يجوز تدخين الشيشة عند السيد علي خامنه اى ؟


يجوز، ما لم يكن فيه أذى للآخرين أو أضرارٌ بهم

If someone is giving promise of his children to a person not to keep any relationship with his sisters .
Should he keep the promise and break his relationship with his sisters or break the promise and keep relationship with his sisters?

He is not allowed to boycott his sisters to satisfy another.
It is a big sin.

It' s regarding the household stuff of our deceased parents:
1-Whatever is the household movable item, like furnitures, crockery item, utensils, electronic item, etc after the death of parents does all this belongs to eldest son only or other heirs can take household item?
2- Regarding parent clothes, only the eldest have right for the father's clothes?
3- Only if the eldest son permit then only other can get?
4- Can the other heirs have right to take the cloth or anyother accessories which they have gifted their parents when they were alive (on their birthday or father or mother's Day)

1- No. All what you mentioned is for all the inheritors.
2- Only father's clothes are for the eldest son.
3- For the clothes, yes, because they are his property.
4- As mentioned, father's clothes and ring becomes eldest son property. All other things are distributed among the inheritors, according to shareea'a

It's regarding khums
1- If father's used to remove khums so should the children remove khums again for the whole property before disturbuting?
2- If the money or property a girl gets from her father's property after his death is it mandatory to remove khums again?
a: If she knows her father use to remove khums
b: If not sure whether her father has removed khums for all his wealth and property.

1- NO.
2- NO, for both cases, if she knows that he used to do.

If deceased father's debt is not paid off and the eldest son is buying stuff for his own house, is it permissible? And buying new clothes for him and his family?

If you are asking about using the heritage/inheritance, before settling father's debt, then it is not allowed.
But if he is buying from his own money, then, it is Okey.
On the other hand, settling father's debt -if he did not left any heritage- is not the eldest son sole responsibility.

What should we do if our parents were not happy with some people when they were alive, when children know the reason for their death is because of some concerned person, should the children be in good term with that person?

No, they do not have to.

If both parent died and child wants to buy their hajj ,namaz n roozeh .
1- Is it to be bought with their own money
2- All children are responsible to buy
3- Is eldest son responsible to perform for both
4- Is the eldest son responsible to do only for father
5 -Only hajj should be done with the parent money and then disturbuted among children

1- No. Except if they asked to buy them from their 1/3rd, or they asked to do so without pointing to the 1/3rd.
In both cases, if the cost was higher than 1/3rd of what they left, the balance is to be either paid by the eldest son for the father's prayers and fasts, or he should perform them personally.
For the mother, it could be shared by all the offspring, if they agreed.
2- Already answered in 1.
3- Only for the father, and recommended for the mother.
4- Yes.
5- If they were capable to do hajj, but they did not, then, it is to be extracted from the inheritance before distribution, while if the offspring decided to perform a recommended haj for him/her, even because he/ she was not capable to go to hajj for any legitimate reason, then, the cost is to be deducted from the shares of those decided to do so.
6- Already got clear from previous answers.

1) When father was alive n did aqk to one of his child because of going against his wish, so after his death will that child get his share (as per sharia) in father's property?

2) If the father was not in good term with his relative when he was alive , should the children also be away from those people or should they get along with them and keep a good relationship with them?

1- Yes.
2- No. They should not be a way. Children should keep a good relationship

Wanted to know after parent death, mom's jewellery should be divide among children as per sharia. What about Father's accessories if have 4 to 5 rings, specs, watch. Please let us know how should be divided as per sharia

All what you mentioned is divided between the inheritors according to shareeah.
However, the oldest son gets his father’s ring, prayer mat, Quran

Is euthanasia permissible on a cat that is very sick and when it is recommended by the veterinarian? And if it is permissible what are the conditions.

Yes. It’s permissible in such cases.

If I am performing a loud (Subuh, Maghrib or ‘Isha) salat that is qadha at the time of silent prayers (Dhuhr/Asr) do I perform them in a loud way like they usually are or do I perform them silent. And the same for the other way around?

Yes. It should be in aloud form, as it is, and the same applies to the silent prayers.

Is it shirk or haram to name your children like Abdul Ali or Abdul Hussain?

No.

Which living Maraaje allows for French Beard (hairs on moustache and chin and not on cheeks and neck) and what is the fatwa of Ayatollah sistani for French Beard?

You can refer to Sheikh Mohammad Ishaq Al-Faiyadh, as S. Sistani says that it is not allowed to shave cheeks on precautionary basis.

Suddenly I suffered from sexual problem and doctor advised me to not get married till I get fit. I am doing treatment but mentally I am very depressed. Please suggest me any dua special amal so that I can get cure to my illness

You can recite this dua, which is narrated by Imam Ali.
«إِلَهِي كُلَّمَا أَنعَمتَ عَلَيَّ بِنِعمَةٍ قَلَّ لَكَ عِندَهَا شُكرِي وكُلَّمَا ابتَلَيتَنِي بِبَلِيَّةٍ قَلَّ لَكَ عِندَهَا صَبرِي فَيَا مَن قَلَّ شُكرِي عِندَ نِعَمِهِ فَلَم يَحرِمنِي ويَا مَن قَلَّ صَبرِي عِندَ بَلَائِهِ فَلَم يَخذُلنِي ويَا مَن رَآنِي عَلَى المَعَاصِي فَلَم يَفضَحنِي ويَا مَن رَآنِي عَلَى الخَطَايَا فَلَم يُعَاقِبنِي عَلَيهَا صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ واغفِر لِي ذَنبِي واشفِنِي مِن مَرَضِي - إِنَّكَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَي‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ»


Translation:
My Lord, whenever you grace me with grace, my thanks was very little, and whenever you plague me with a plague, my patience was very little, Oh lord those who despite when my thanks to him were very less at the event of his grace, he did not deprive me, and those who despite my patience at the event of his plague was very little, he did not let me down, and those who saw me for sins did not let me go, and who ever saw me for sins, he did not punish me for it, Pray for Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and forgive me for my guilt and treat me from my illness - you are for everything capable

Is it permissible to do wudhu over hand sanitizer? Or do we need to wash it with soap before doing wudhu. Sometimes sanitizers makes your hand feel sticky when water falls on the hand

If the sanitizer forms a layer, that prevents water from reaching the skin, it has to be removed.

Any profession that involves lying with clients just to make money, would that rizq be considered as halal and can it be used for religious purpose, like helping others, narz, majilis etc?

Any income you get through false information (lies), is haram, and you do not own it.
It has to be returned to its owner.

I work in a company that makes sanitizers. Now they are shifting their business to extracting cannabis/marijuana that will be used for recreational and medical purposes. Can I work in the feild of logistics/inventory/sales and many other areas in the feild?

No problem, as long it is used as medication.

A man who has diabetes needs to have a sensor on the arm for measuring blood glucose which is inserted into the arm through a needle and tapes. Is ghusl valid in such a case since he cannot remove the sensor during ghusl?

If you were not obliged to use, it may not be used, because it prevents washing. But if you are obliged to use it, then your job is to perform tayammum instead of ghusl, and you must do ghusl when changing it.

Do Tayammum once instead of ghusl, and then wudhu for the rest of the prayers, till you remove it, and if another janabah took place in between, then you need to do another tayammum for the new janabah.

About one month ago a friend has been raped. After some time she has got to know that she's pregnant, she has told this to her husband and he's said that she needs to abort this baby asap. She needs religious advice on this matter. Islamically in this situation is this halal and right to abort the baby to save r marriage and her familys honour?

She is 8 weeks pregnant.

If the husband threatens her to divorce her if she did not abort, then she can abort. Otherwise, she is not allowed to do so.


ارجو التفضل بالإجابة على سؤالي

اخوان اثنان زيد وعمرو. زيد وضعه المادي سيء ويعيش في بلد بعيد عن اهله واقاربه وعليه دين. اما عمرو فوضعه المادي جيد ويريد ان ينفق من امواله ل (الصدقة، رد مظالم، زكاة).. فهل يستطع عمرو ان يدفع امولا لأخيه زيد باحدى هذه العناوين الثلاثة؟ سواء بمساعدته شهريا او دفع الدين بالنيابة عنه؟ مع العلم ان الاثنين من السادة.


نعم، يمكنه ذلك، فهو ليس واجب النفقة عليه


اجرت امي عملية بسبب كسر في الحوض. ومن يومها اقوم بمساعدتها في الوضوء. حيث تقوم هي بوضوء كافة الاعضاء ما عدا القدمين، ثم اقوم انا بالمسح على قدميها باستخدام يدي اليمنى واليسرى.
١- هل استطيع ان ابلل يدي بماء الحنفية لامسح على قدميها؟ ام يجب ان ابلل يدي بماء يديها (المنطقة ما بين رسغها ومفصل يديها)؟ ام يجب ان ابلل يدي بماء كفها لامسح على قدميها؟
٢- في الكثير من الاحيان عندما اساعدها في الوضوء لا اكون انا على وضوء.. بل ربما يكون ذلك ايام دورتي الشهرية. فهل يضر ذلك بصحة وضوءها؟


١- تأخذين البلة من كفيها و تمسحين بها، اليمنى باليمنى و اليسرى باليسرى.
٢- لا يضر ذلك، فلا تشترط طهارتك من الحدث، و لا من الحيض لمساعدتها.

1) I want to know the position of my father in law in my life. He is saying that after marriage he is my father and if he said no for to meet my own parents thn it's mandatory on me.

2) Is permissible in Islam that one can take back the thing which they give in marriage?

3) Further, what will be the scenario if they take those ornaments by me saying that they will keep safely in locker as I don't have any almirah in my room?

1) He do not have any rights upon you.

2) No right to take any thing from you, except the gifts he gave you and you did not apply any changes to them, provided that he is not your relative. If he is your relative (uncle, cousin..etc), then he has no right to take back the gifts.

3) He has no right to keep them in his safe, except if you requested him to do.

Is there a limit to how much a wife can demand for her own expenses, such as 50% of her husband’s income?

She can ask for what she wants, but he doesn't have to answer it any more than he can.

I want to ask that I have my 4 fasts pending of Ramadan and I want to fast in Rajab. Can I fast or I'll have to do my pending ones first?

You can fast in Rajab, but with the intension of making up the pending days.

My question is for example I plan to buy a house later instead of saving in bank , I deposit in bank as a gold. Later if i want to use I can withdraw the money base on price of gold. Is it permitted like that?

No problem

Lately when people invite me for a wedding reception example, where we going to meet with a lot of people either male or female, since I am not good handling my eyes, I mean if see beautiful girl, their dress example I might see it and I know it is haram but I do it.
Due to that condition I decide not to attend any wedding reception by giving excuses and just wishing thanks or goodluck or something to them personally. Am I doing a right thing?

Yes. You are doing the right thing

I have read some info from Ahlul Bayt scholar it is allowed to pray jamaah at mosque with <1.2metre gap due to health concern. Is it correct?

Yes, according to fatwa of S. Sistani

Why shall a women do the qadha of the fasts left due to haiz but not of namaz even though it is a natural phenomenon?

This is the order of Almighty.

Some women wear traditional jewellery from head to toe after marriage so is it permissible to come in front of non mahrams like that?

No.

I wanted to ask about those girls who consider wearing only scarf as hijaab . They wear transparent scarves, clothes , tight jeans and leggings with short tops and nowadays a trend of Turban Hijaab is common amongst young Muslim women . They even top it with tonnes of makeup and some of them even put out some flicks of hair in display with their necks and body shape showing off. So, how shall we tell them or actually make them understand that they are actually disgracing hijaab as they think that people would take them as old fashioned if they don't do that " Hijaab fashion" In London , "HIJAAB RAMP WALK" is being organised annually to " honour hijaabies". On the other hand some women walk around wearing Afghani Burqaas, Chador, Abayas with not even their eyes visible which confuses the non muslims and they consider the above mentioned as "extremists" and prefer those who are not either of them (don't wear hijaab at all) So what is the right way to adopt and make non muslims understand?

They need to be advised that hijjab means cover, and they are asked to cover their body in a way that do not show its details.
Hijab is not a fashion. It is protection

I wanted to ask that is it necessary for me to wear niqab as I feel uncomfortable when people around me including women stare at me . This is also the reason that I don't go out even if I have something important to do

It is not mandatory if you are not using makeup, but it is up to you.

How much time does it require for the sun light to make a najis wall pak

There is no specific time limit. What matters is that the place gets dry due to the sun light.

I got confused after reading something from Ayatullah Sistani website.

Ruling 73. If a person performs istibrāʾ after urinating and then performs wuḍūʾ, in the event that after wuḍūʾ he sees fluid that he knows to be either urine or semen, it is obligatory that as a precaution he performs ghusl as well as wuḍūʾ. However, if he had not performed wuḍūʾ, it is sufficient for him to perform wuḍūʾ only.

After urinating and before wudu, you know that you need wudu only, and when you saw the fluid, you have two cases:
1- A certain case that you need wudu.
2- A doubt about the need of ghusl.
Here, it is enough to take the certain case and ignore the doubt.
While if the fluid is seen after wudu, then you have doubt about the need to both (Wudu and ghusl). Hence, you have to perform both.

If after using toilet even after doing istibra I doubt that some urine came out while bending ( in wuzu) for whipping feets. Is wuzu again is enough, or I should do ghusl also (as written on ayatullah Sistani website). And what will be the niyat of ghusl?

If you are sure that it is urine, then you need to clean it, and repeat wuzu.

Is tap water connected to 1000 liter tank considered running water? or it is small water quality

It is not running water, but it is a lot of water, it does not become impure unless its qualities change with the qualities of impure color, taste or smell. And if you want to cleanse the urine-infused dress, you need two washings, with a squeeze between them, to get the first water out.

I was wondering what the appropriate kaffarah is for 17 years of missed fasts?

Unfortunately, I lost my faith during college and wasn’t practicing for 17 years. Consequently, I’ve missed 17 full Ramadans and now that I am practicing again I am wondering how I can make up for this substantial gap. Any advice or insight would be very much appreciated.

You need to:
1- Re-make the lost days (17x30= 510 days).
2- Feed 60 poor people/ day, each 750gms of flour or rice (510x60x0.75= 22950 kg's). Therefore 22950/60=382.5 kg's/ person

If a person makes investment in shares of stock exchange from some profit during a year,

1. Does he have to pay khums on that investment amount at the end of the year?

2. What about if next year the price rises but he does not cash it out? Is the increase of value liable for khums although it’s not yet cashed out

3. If answer is yes to qn 2, then what if it drops the following year and then climbs again little the year after?

1- He needs to pay the khoms before getting into the investment.
2- If he did not pay the khoms of the capital, then he have to pay the khoms of the actual price at the year end, while if he paid the khoms initially, he do not have to pay the khoms of the price increase, except if he sold them.
3- It it dropped, he have to pay the khoms of the new value. The khoms of the rclimbed value (difference) is to be paid when they are sold.

Actually my khums date is approaching and I need to clarify on a few things. 
 I have a loan amount to be repaid, the loan was taken for living expenses. And by the end of the khums year I will not be able to pay of the loan fully from the person I borrowed. I dont have any savings such that I can pay off the full loan amount before the khums date. What is the ruling about the khums in this situation?

If you paid the amount you have in hand as an installment, before your khoms day, then you do not need to pay any khoms.

Is it allowed to pray on grass? Is it allowed to do Sajdah(prostration) on grass or do I need a turba?

Yes. It is allowed, except if the grass is irrigated by sewage water.

Me and my friends went into an argument that copyright is haram or not? I showed a answer Ayatollah Sistani gave which said “If it is against the law, it is not permissible to sell them, but you can use them.” So does this mean that we can use Copyright is allowed if used for oneself . Can you please explain this

It means that You may not violate copyright, by copying the book -for example-, but if anyone gives you a copy, you may use it.

Is there a need to do Wudhu after Ghusl ?

It is recommended, except after ghusl janabah. After ghusl janabah, it is haram.

Are Non-Shias considered Najis ?

No.

I was not religious and did not perform and follow teachings of Islam seriously. But I have been practicing Islam alot from last 6-7 months Allahumdulillah. After I turned started practicing islam I have started to have a lot of evil and bad waswasas about Allah and Prophet SAW which I can't even share with anyone.

This is normal. You are on the right path, so it is normal that evil works to get you away, back to the wrong path.
You need to fight him, and not listen to him.
If you have any questions, you can ask.

I was wondering if you work in a store and your manager assigns you to tills and processing sales, does a Muslim individual get sins for processing alcohol and haram food because technically they’re not profiting personally from that and someone above them is (if they get paid on an hourly basis)

It’s haram, and he gets cursed by Allah

My husband is having mortgage of the house and if the money at end of the year is very less as compared to the money he owes to the bank, then what is the ruling?

As long the debt is higher than the savings, no need to pay khoms

I am not working and my husband is giving me money for the expenses for me and our kids. He is living in another country because of his job. He can’t send the money regularly so I have to save some keeping bad days in mind. Once the year is coming to end , I am left with some money as I don’t know when he will be able to send us again and in this foreign country I won’t be able to ask any one for the help.
My question is that , do I need to pay khumus on this money which I am trying to keep for bad days.


It is your husband's money, and he needs to pay the khoms of his total left over from his earnings where he works, including what you have in hand, except if he asked you to pay it from it.

If I am in a state of janaba and if I were to have a shower I would miss the time for prayer.

What should I do?

Perform Tayammum

I just wanted to know if there was any issues in regards to having pictures of family members or scholars hanged up in the house?

No issues

Is it allowed for men to sleep in silk bed? Silk sheet and pillow according to Ayatollah Sistani

Yes.
It is not allowed for the man to wear silk.

I stay in gulf country where our mosques are hardly few and the place where I work is far from our mosque. Can I pray my zohar and Asr at any other mosque with my hands folded (in taqiyah) and will it be counted as a valid prayer and performed at avale waqt or I should have to repeat my prayers once I am back home as per the teachings of fiqhe Jaferiya.

Yes, you can, but there is no need to fold the hands, as not all other sects fold their hands.

Someone has given me a star ring and said its hirze jawad. However its a star on the ring and no they said dua is written under the star. Can u please let me know whether it can be worn or not?

It contains dua of Imam Redha, not Jawad.
It is OK to wear it.

Is ear piercing halal or haram for men. I was just wondering if there is any ruling on this

It depends on your society.

1) Is it possible to pay khums on an item before it has become unused 1 year? Does it make it not khums liable for ever in the future?

2) If my wife is someone who does not earn for herself and I support her financially, is it possible for me to pay the khums on her unused items?

1- Yes, for both assumptions.
2- You can grant her the money as gift, and then she pays it as khoms.

Is there a rule for the place of sitting on stage for the groom and the bride on the day of wedding? I heard elders say that the groom should sit on the left hand side while the wife should sit on right hand side. I want to confirm if there’s any ruling or saying behind this practice.

You can sit any where. These are just customs.

When I realize my mistake and ask forgiveness from Allah but people keep on talking about my mistake again and again and insult me. In such a situation what should one do?

As long your relation with your creator is right, do not bother about slaves.
When they talk about you, you are gaining,while they are loosing

I have a question about Namaz.
We pray and praise Almighty Allah in our Namaz because he is our lord. Why do we add praise for prophet saws in our Namaz. With all respect to prophet saws, but we pray praise and prostrate to Allah.
And as Allah mentions in the last verse of Surah Isra as well to praise him in our namaz.

And secondly, was the Namaz during prophets time the same as we do it now? Did he praise himself as well in the namaz?

We are not praising prophet in the prayers. We are asking Almighty to praise him, and this is a recommended thing, not part of the prayers. You can leave it, except in tashahud, where it is mandatory.
Yes. Prophet used to say it in his prayers in tashahud. This is agreed by all Muslims.

1) Is it ok to keep a kitten/cat at home?

2) What's the ruling about cats hair, according to Ayatullah Sistani?

3) Do we simply make sure to keep our Namaz Clothes, safe from the cats hair?

4) I think full black or full white cats are not recommended to have. Please clarify.

1) Yes. It is OK

2) One or two pieces does not harm the prayer

3) It is better to do so

4) No difference. You can adopt any color, even blue

What is the ruling on belly button when it falls off a infant is it true we have bury it in the ground or can it just be thrown away or flushed in the toilet?

It is up to you.
You can do what ever you want with it. However, it is better to burry it.

Is it allowed to totally trim and remove the hair that grows under the jaw line?

Yes

The age of a lady is around 94 years (she is very old). The doctors asked the following two important questions.
(1) CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). The doctors doesn’t advise CPR considering her age. They explained that the CPR process may break her borns. She may temporarily survived but in a painful situation.

(2) Life savings machines (Ventilator). There are possibilities that Doctors may use ventilator to revive her Example: In case of cardiac arrest.

1- If it will hurt her, and in spite of that, the life status will not be stable, then, no need to go for it.
2- The same applies.

My major in college is Finance and I am unsure which job would be halal. Is it halal to work in western banks?

Yes it is halal, as long you are not dealing with loans and funding or opening LC's for haram things like pork or alcoholic drinks.

A man has divorced a woman (they both wanted a divorce). They both live in different countries and there was no consummation. The marriage was over the phone with the help of a Maulana. They both have not married anyone else since then. The woman has forgiven / relieved the mahr.

When can they do nikah again and what are the conditions?

Any time, with no conditions

Is it halāl to listen to music that is not suitable for harām entertainment gatherings and it is relating to Islam (qurbatan ilallah)?

Yes, If the rhythm is not suitable for harām entertainment, then, it is OK.

Is it halal to live on occupied land like in Australia where the colonisers displaced the Aboriginals? Is permission needed from the Aboriginal tribe leader (if he is living)?

Yes. You can live on such land, with no need to take any permission from any body.

Why doesn’t Allah talk directly with me so I can be sure that He exists?
Like He talked directly to the Prophets (a.s) and Imams (a.s).

1- He did not talk to any body directly other than two prophets, Moussa and Mohammad.
2- Suppose he spoke to you, how you will know that Allah speaks to you, not something else, like shaytan?

To know that he is Allah, you will ask to see him, do not you?

Can He (swt) make me sure that He is speaking through certainty of the heart? I do not think it’s possible to see him through the eyes. I have looked at the tafsir of Quran 75:22 and it said it is seeing with the heart and not physical seeing.

He already did.
He gave you Quran. Prophet says if you want Allah talk to you, read Quran. Sure it is not possible to see him by eyes, but you can see him in every single thing around you.
Just think about your self, and all the complicated parts you have in your body.
Think about your tiny kidney, which works 24 hours to clean your body, while you are doing other things. How big machine you will need to do it's job, while you are tied to that machine not able to do any activity for hours.
Do not you see him in this small part?
How it existed with so sophisticated job?

Is it permissible to learn about things like astrology, old wisdom, hermeticism and zodiac signs, given that one holds firmly onto Tawhid?

If you are confident that it will not effect your faith, then, it is OK.
However, it is not advisable to waste the time in such things.

In some chicken companies they kill (macerate) the male chicks, is it halal to support such companies? In dairy companies they sometimes keep cows in poor conditions, can we still eat meat and dairy from such companies?

Yes you can, except if the meat becomes harmful.

A Muslim girl has been married for 5 years. Her friend did another (last) istikhara without the wife’s knowledge and she told her it was “bad”. This was told to her despite the wife’s request to not tell her the result. Does the wife have to act on the istikhara and divorce? Should she do another istikhara herself to confirm the result?

All what she did is nonsense. No body has the right to do istekhara for others without their request

If a husband is not providing for the needs (food and clothing) of a woman, can she divorce him?

She can refer to the representative of the mujtahid, who will ask him either to provide her needs or to divorce her.
If he refused both, then she could be divorced by the Mujtahid

I have heard that breast sucking of wife is not allowed because the milk is for baby and it is haram on her husband but this info is from other maslaks. I want to know what Fiqh-e-Jafria say about it

According to S. Sistani, sucking is permitted, but swallowing the milk is not.

I’m involved in music and singing since childhood but my mother doesn’t support it. I really wanted to pursue it as a profession but now I want to quit it for mother. How can I convince myself that I really don’t want it and that I’m better off without it?
I want to completely get over the idea of ever going back on that track. I know it’s religiously a sin but somehow i need reasons and logics behind it to convince myself and I cannot find any. Can you please help me with that?

A man came to Imam Sadiq PBUH, and asked him to convince him that singing is haram.
Imam Sadiq said to him, I will ask you a question.
On judgement day, when the people will be separated to two groups, Jannah group and Jahannam group, where do you think you will find the singers and dancers?
The man said: In Jannam group.
Imam said: You judged it your self.

Recently, I was asked a question and didn’t know how to answer it from our sunni brothers/sisters. The Quran we have today the isnad contains personalities that don’t agree with the wilyat of imam Ali. So how do we shia deem this Quran to be reliable and take from it?

It is the Qur'an that was accepted by Ahlul Bait (PBUT), and this is enough.
If there was any doubt about it, they should have informed their followers, and the same would reached us.

I have realised during my sleep I have broken my fast as I could taste food in my mouth I.e. my dreams overtook me/sleeping walking. Is my fast still valid or not

Yes. It's valid

1) I wanted to ask what is the Shia argument for when the Sunnis says that uthman married two of the daughters prophet ruqyah and in kulthum on the basis we all agree they were the daughter of the prophet and Khadijah.
2) What is the argument when they say according to Arabic grammar in the Quran the feet are to be washed and not wiped

1- There is big debate about whether the three daughters where the daughters of Prophet, or the daughters of Khadeeja from previous husbands.
However, even if they were his daughters, there is no problem in marrying them to any Muslim, as there is only one Ali Bin Abi Talib, and the other daughters for sure were not of the same category and level of Fatima AS. This something agreed by all Muslims.
2- According to Quran and Arabic accurate grammer, feet are wiped, not washed.

1) What does the Shariat say about the kids of the first husband? if the girl has a second marriage are the kids mehram or namehram to the second husband?

2) If the second marriage takes place the husband can take the kids as mehram and participate in their upbringing?

1) If you mean her kids from her previous husband, then, yes they are mahram for the second once he have the first sexual relation with her.

2) Yes

I once read a hadith of Imam Jafar e Sadiq a. s that if one has doubt regarding his prayer than he should offer it again but if the doubt occurs twice than he should ignore it and consider his prayer valid.
I wanted to know wether this hadith is authentic or not?

If you had a doubt in three prayers, then, it is wisswass, and you should not pay attention to it, provided that you were awake, and concentrated, while praying.

My question is that what are the rulings of mehr? Who gets to decide the amount of mehr and when and how much should it be given? What if a girl's father is adamant on asking for a big amount of mehr then what are the hadiths and rulings in this matter?

The decision is for the bride, as the mehr is for her, not for her father, and according to hadiths, it is makrooh (not advisable) to ask for big amount (The lower, the better), and if the father is insisting on big amount, which stops his daughter getting married, then she can marry her self, without referring to him.

One of our Shia brothers used to do taqleed of Ayatollah Khoi. After his death, he was told to follow his rules, but in new issues he did rujoo to Ayatollah Sistani. But recently, somebody told him that Ayatollah Sistani allows a muqalid to follow him in all the rules and not just new issues. Wanted to confirm if this is true?

He has the choice to stay as he is, or to fully follow S. Sistani

If I buy a non edible item on the 1st of Safar, and my date to pay khums is 1st of Rabi ul Awwal. The item is not used till this particular khums day do I have to pay khums on it or the Khums will be payable on that particular item if I don't use it for 1 whole year (ie The non edible item is not used for one year from 1st of Safar)?

Yes. You have to calculate it among the income of the elapsed year.

Is it makrooh to recite a verse of a the quran in sajada? Sajda of a wajib or mustahab salaat

No. But after reciting the dhikr.

In rukoo and Sujood are you allowed to recite any zikr or dua in Arabic or does ayatollah Sistani limit it to subhan Allah or Subhan Rabiyal Azeemi/ Aala wa bi hamdidhi?

Any zikr like al hamdulella, Allahu Akbar, is OK, but not dua.

I would like to know : are 'Ibadis pure?

Yes. Abadees are pure.

I am a converted who lives with his non-muslims parents (not ahlul kitab) and I struggle a little bit with purity, especially when it comes to food. Can I eat with my parents out of taqqiyah (for the sake of unity, not fear) even thought the food is najis (however it is halal meat) ? My parents aren't happy when I do not eat with them.

You can refer to Sheikh Fayadh in the law of purity of non Muslims, and accordingly you can eat with your parents, provided that you do not eat haram meat.

If I break an oath and have decided to keep fast for 3 days I want to know the niyat of this fast and should I fast consecutively?

First you have to feed 10 needy persons, each one 750 grams of flour or bread.
If you are not able to do so, then you can fast.

There’s a game where you have to lie to help you win. Would that game be allowed to play?

If you lie to the machine only, then it is OK, but it is better to avoid, as could make it a habit

I’ve realised that in the years before I didn’t do my khums properly. I thought I did it properly at the time. What should I do now?

You should just pay the difference.

If your washing your left side during ghusul and then you have a doubt that you didn’t wash an area on the right side. Can you wash that area then come back on the left side and continue washing?

In fact, you have to.

If I was given a gift, in this case it was a silver necklace, and I wore it once but I didn’t intend to not wear it again and then the time for khums was due. Do I still have to take into account of that silver in my khums?

If I had a gift and didn’t use it, but had no savings at all to pay khums, what should I do?

1) If you used it, and have the intention to use it again, then, no need to pay khoms.

2) You can either sell it, and pay the khoms, or make khoms rotation with the representative of S. Sistani in your area, and pay the amount later.

If your washing something najis and while washing there is splash from it onto another area, does that area become najis

No. Provided that najast particles are not in the splash.

I woke up and found an unknown liquid on my underwear. I didn’t experience any of the 3 things that would make it semen? Is it najis and how should I proceed?

If it is a thick viscous liquid, smells like fermented dough, milky color or tends to yellow or green, then it is semen.

1) While I was wipe wiping my feet with wudhu there was a very bit of dirt on my feet. Is my wudhu valid?

2) When wiping the feet does it have to be from the nails of the toes or can the wiping or can it be from the toes without touching the nails.

1) If it was across the foot, then it is void, while if it was a spot in a place, and you wiped the whole foot, then it is OK.

2) It has to be from the beginning of the nails

My bed currently has some spots where there was najasat. At this time I am unable to clean it properly. If my bed is dry. Can I sleep on it?

Cleaning it is not mandatory.
You can sleep on it, as long it is dry, and your body is dry.
If your body got wet, and contacted the najis area, then you need to clean the area that got in contact only.
You can put a sheet on the unclean area.

Is Zakaat not waajib on Shias?
If not then why not seeing as it’s one of the pillars of Islam? Or does our Khums include zakaat?

Zakat and khoms are two different things.
You have to pay Zakat in certain cases, clearly mentioned in the Islamic rules book.

Is it okay to read Dua E Ahad at Zuhur time or after Fajar, because sometimes I find it hard to read after Fajar so would we get the same amount of thawab for reading the Dua after Fajar?

According to the narrations, and the wording of the dua, its time is morning, before Zuhr.

If its Istihadha, can men and women have their relationship as normal

Yes

I wanted to ask question on behalf of my wife.
she has had a Coil fitted for means of Contraception since many years. This has led to not having the normal periods as any woman will have i.e. 7 days.
My wife always states that she might have some spotting now and then just for a day or two or only mild bleed for again a day or two.
So in this case will this be considered as periods and will she be Najis and will have to do Ghusl everytime or not.
Please also clarify if she only has soptting for two days and then there is nothing then does she need to wait for 7 days completley to keep away from ibadat or not.

One or two days are not considered period. It is called Istihadha. She do not need to do ghusl. However, if it was heavy bleeding, then she needs to do 3 ghusls, one for Fajr prayer, one for duhr and asr prayers, and third for maghrib and Isha, while if the bleeding is mild, then she needs to perform wudu for each prayer.

I want to know about Hazrat Qasim ibn Hasan a.s about his marriage at karbala with Bibi Kubra s.a. Is it true ?

No. It is not true.

Our Khums date is 15th August. We have some garden work coming up that could be quite expensive. If the date for Khums arrives and we still haven’t managed to get the work done then is Khums payable on the money we set aside for it?

Yes.

1) Why wasn’t Seyeda Zeinab salamullahaley’s husband present in Karbala?
2) Why didn’t Muhammad ibn Hanafiyya join Imam Hussain? (As)

1) Abdullah Bin Ja'afar was blind, but two of his sons participated

2) He was ill, not able to fight

This is regarding Quran:

In Quran there is mentioned Sajdah so should I do open my prayer mat and then do sajadah or just on Quran?

No.
You can do sajda on any thing like paper, turbah, sand, piece of wood...etc.

Is it a must for a woman to accompany a man when she goes for Umrah/Haj?

She can go alone right?

He can go alone.

As dogs saliva is nasjis , there are some small dogs who’s don’t produce saliva due to their small size . Is it allow to keep a dog which don’t produce saliva and if dog have everything separated?

Keeping dogs in general is allowed, but it is not recommended.

1) Is it allow to play BackGammon? (A friendly board game)
2) What about Carrom?
3) And Monopoly (without real money , just for family entertainment)?
4) Is playing instruments halal? For instance Piano.

1) No. It is not allowed.
2) No problem
3) Not allowed, as it is originally a gambling game.
4) No

I am in a business where we are now introducing zam zam water favour bottles. I wanted to know if I purchase a bottle of zam zam water which is claimed to be 100% pure. If I dilute it with normal water will that water still be classified as zam zam water / holy water?

If you are going to sell it as it is Zam Zam water, then it is cheating.

As a revert, without any muslim family, who would be my wali when I do nikkah?

And also, if both agree to it, are husband and wife allowed to abstain from intimacy for more than 4 months?

1- You do not need wali in your case.
You can do the contract your self.
2- No problem.

I'm a (removed) convert
I am wondering if putting on the hijab is good. It;ll make me as a white skinned (removed) the center of attention and everyone in my big school will know who I am.

I also fear itll make the islamophobes worse and provoke them. Seeing a (removed) in hijab would make them really angry and maybe likely to spread more hatred and monger fear.

Am I thinking too much about wordly stuff. Should I just do it?

In fact, it is the other way. You can spread love among the students, and show them the beautiful and shiny side of Islam, and how it directs its followers to treat others in good manner.
Be proud of your hijab, and look at it positively.

Me and my wife have been trying to have baby for over (removed) years now. The doctor says that my wife has a very low ovarian reserve – which means chances of conceiving are very slim.
Can we use egg from a donor to fertilise with my sperm and implant the resulting embryo in my wife’s body?
Will it be considered adultery? Will the resulting child be legitimate? Will it be my wife’s mehram ?
If it is allowed can the egg donor be a married woman?

Alaykum assalm,
1- Yes, you can use egg from a donor, even if she is married. But she should not be your mother or sister.
2- No. It is not considered adultery, and the resulting child is your legitimate son, and is Mahram for your wife also, as she is going to breast feed him.
But is she is considered his mother or not. S. Sistani says that as precautionary action, none of the women is considered mother for the child.
But, as this is not fatwa, you and your wife can refer to another Ayatollah, who says that the woman who gives the birth is the mother.

Just two final questions:
1) Does the egg have to be from a Muslim or can be from anyone? For example here in Australia people donate eggs.
2) What if due to some medical complications my wife is not able to breastfeed the child would it still be mahram?

1- No.
2- Yes. If she refer to another Ayatollah, who says that the mother is the lady who gives the birth.

1. In namaz when we say “as-salamu alayna wa ala ibadillahis saliheen,” who are the ibadillahis-saliheen?

2. Also, who are we sending salams to at the end of namaz when we say “as salamu Alaykum wa rahmutalli wa barakatuh?”

3. What is the difference between the Rahmah and the barakah of Allah?

1- All momens.
2- Right and left angels.
3- Rhama is mercy, and barakat is growth.

Is there any kind of cheese that we cannot consume?

No, except if it contains any animal enzymes, other than rennet

What if we don’t know if it contains animal enzymes or not, do we consider it fine to consume?

Yes

Is it permissible to eat bone marrow of the halal animal?

Yes, except the spine marrow

1) I have been chatting and talking to non mahram all these years until I realised how big sin it is.
Therefore I have stopped chatting, talking, seeing non mahram now. However, my last connection was a young Atheist girl until reality came across me that I'm sinning by talking with non mahram. Now she actually converted to Islam not because of me but because she got influenced by The Quran and Prophet Muhammad (saww). The scenario now is that she has accepted Islam and is yet to tell this to her family and friends and everyone else and so far I'm the only person with whom she can talk to about Islam. We don't chat about anything else except Islam, it's teachings, duas and that too just 2-3 times a day, so my question now is that is it permissible for us to talk or we should not be in contact anymore?

2) Is it a sin on her part if she's planning or thinking about marriage with me? Or she should avoid such thoughts and leave the matter on Allah's will?

1) Talking to her about the mentioned subjects is permissible.

2) Planning or thinking of a good thing like marriage is okey, provided that she do not get into not permissible talks.

This year has been a year of awakening for me. I've realised how wrong I was and how away from Deen I've been. I'm trying to correct myself as much as I could. I've learned that we should keep away from all the materialistic things that belong to the world. I no longer use phone for chatting with my non mahram friends. I however, have a hobby of photography. I post pictures on social media and I like when people like my posts. Should I stop doing it because it is also a worldly thing?

No. You do not need to stop that, provided that you do not capture and post bad/ sexual pictures.

Let's say Ayatollah X has a certain opinion and Ayatollah Y has a different one. Given that I find Ayatollah Y's opinion better but I am in the taqlid of Ayatollah X, what do I do? Also, this only applies for a certain topic.

Stay on your taqleed.
The matter is not what you desire.

انا مبتلاة بكثرة الافرازات اليومية. حتى انني البس فوط صحية خفيفة كل يوم كي احافظ على نظافة ملابسي. وهذه الافرازات على الاغلب صفراء اللون.. احيانا تصبح غامقة جدا حتى انها تبدو كالبني الخفيف.
بداية الحيض واضحة جدا بالنسبة لي. لان الدم يكون احمر. وكذلك فان الحيض يأتي كل ٢٨ او ٢٩ يوم تقريبا فلا اجد مشكلة في تحديد بداية الحيض. ولكن المشكلة هي في تحديد نهايته. ما افعله هو انني انتظر ان ترجع الافرازات الصفراء والتي تشبه الافرازات اليومية.. سواء تشبهها باللون او الشكل او الكمية.. عند ذلك أبني على انني قد طهرت فأغتسل .. وعلى هذا فالحيض يستمر عندي ٨ الى ١٠ ايام احيانا.
لكنني اصبحت اوسوس لنفسي.. انه ربما كان يجب علي ان تنتهي ١٠ ايام كاملة ثم اغتسل غسل الحيض. ولكن في هذه الحالة سأشعر بأنني قد طهرت ولكنني لا اصلي.
فهل ما اعمله يعتبر صحيحا؟
مع ملاحظة انني فتاة ولست متزوجة اي لا استطيع ترك القطنة في الداخل . لذا عند الفحص امسح على الموضع بالقطنة كما انني انتظر فترة طويلة لأفحص بعدها الفوطة التي ارتديتها كي اتأكد من عدم وجود احمرار او لون بني غامق مع الافرازات.


ما تفعلينه ي ابنتي صحيح، و عملك صحيح إن شاء الله، و لكن أثناء وجود الإفرازات احتاطي بالوضوء لكل صلاة.

هل هذا الاحتياط استحبابي؟ لأنه من المشقة ان اقوم بتغيير ملابسي والوضوء قبل كل صلاة. ولكني سأحاول ما استطعت

لا تحتاجين لتغيير الملابس، فقط تغيرين القطنة إن كانت متنجسة

I really want to know the real traditions of Islam in relation to marriage. In my culture, we have the (jahez) which the girls family gives to their daughter when she gets married, secondly we have (haq of the mothers milk) which the groom gives to the brides mother as a gift or hadiya you can say and thirdly haq mehr where the groom gives something in a form of gift to his wife.
Can you please tell me if these 3 points are right according to islamic traditions.

The only thing in Islam is the mahr (dowry), which is given by the groom to the bride to marry her, and not as a gift or hadiya.
He do not have to give any thing to her mother for the milk or her father for raising her up, and the family is not responsible to provide jehaz for the daughter. It is the husbands responsibility to prepare a furnished house for his wife, according to his ability.

I wanted to recite namaz of our holy imams daily but i realised that some of them are 4 rakah. For example namaz of imam hasan (as). Do I have to divided them into 2 rakah salah or no, pray a salah of 4 rakats? The instruction was no specified and explicit.

All recommended prayers are 2 rakah. Hence, you need to pray the 4 as 2+2

#1 is if wajib to sacrifice cattle as part of Eid Al Adha for somebody who isn’t performing Hajj?

#2 Considering the current COVID19 situation, Is it preferred to distribute sacrificed cattle’s meat amongst the needy OR give out equivalent funds as charity?

1- No. It is recommended.
2- It is better to feed the needy people.

What do i have to do if after my wajib ghusl and already done prayers I find a tiny black spot under or starting of my eye which i presumed is of my mascara that i applied a day before and tried to clean thoroughly prior to ghusl. Though its very tiny and coming out from eye is my ghusl still valid or I need to perform again?

You need to repeat your ghusl, and prayers.

Is selling or consumption of fruit beer or non alcoholic drinks permissible?

Selling or consumption of beer is not permissible.

It should not contain any alcohol from the beginning.
Extracting the alcohol after brewing is not enough

Due to coronavirus, in congregational prayers, people are asked to stand at a distance from each other (recommended 1 metre). How much of a distance is allowed between two people according to Ayatullah Sistani?

Alaykum assalam,
Maximum 1.2 meters.

Would you be able to tell me is it preferred to read the Quran and finish it each month or rather take your time reading it in order to memorize it?

It is better to memorize it, and study it.

1) Can husband gift whole of his property to his wife while he has sons and daughters?

2) If so can the wife spend or gift this property as she like.

1) Yes but it is not recommended. Instead, he can mention in his will to give her one third of the house, because he has the right to a will one third of what he owns.
2) Yes

Can a father write his will to whomsoever of his property other than his son/sons stating that it is his own will and property and he would give to anybody he wishes. Is this authority given by Shari'ah ?

Yes. He can for 1/3rd of what he owns.

When Allah accepted tawba of Hazrat Adam a.s.then why was he thrown out to land i.e. earth.

Because they stay in Janna was conditional, and when the conditions were breached, the punishment is applied, regardless accepting the tawba.

1) If continuing a pregnancy will cause death to the mother, is abortion allowed after the first trimester?

2) What about abortion if the soul has been blown into the child, but the mother has other children to care for?

1) Yes, as long as soul is not blown in the baby.
After that, there is no superiority for the mother, if the child could be saved.

2) No way for abortion.

1) Is it permissible for men to wear jewelry made of a certain metal, but coated in a thin layer of gold for the color?

2) Can the jewelry can have a small amount of real gold on the outer layer?

1) Yes, as long he is not considered wearing gold.

2) No If it is real gold.

I wanted to ask that how should I manage my time. Currently I am reading 10 pages of six different religious books on different topics. But I am only able to catch few things and if I am spending more time on learning religion knowledge I am unable to do my college work which really affect my college studies very much.

I am beginner. Can you tell from which topic I should start learning religion knowledge as I wanted to join hawza but my parents are telling me to focus on my college studies. Can you give me your opinion what I should do so that I can cope up with learning both religious and this world knowledge together?

You need to organize your time, schedule the most important things, and so on.
Don't bother reading multiple subjects, so you don't come up with a result, a stable little is better than a flying lot.
Since you are a college student, take care of your studies, and after completing your daily duties, take two cultural meals of religious studies, make it a variety, a day of faith, a day of jurisprudence (Islamic laws), a day of history, and so on, in order to come up with a good outcome.
Let your first concern be the doctrines and jurisprudence, and studying the Holy Quran, as it is the table of God, from which you get all the best.
After completing your college, you will have more time to study, and you can join hawza. There is one important issue you need to concentrate on also. That is to learn Arabic language.

Which dua can I read to ask Imam Mahdi as for help?

Talk to him directly.

We wanted to inquire, are most scholars unanimous on this idea regarding consumption of chicken and it's ill effect on soul?

No.
We are eating chicken, and according to narrations, Prophet and Imams PBUT were eating also.

Wiped some blood on the wall of the bathroom. I am confused now because the painter came when we went out of the home and he painted all the home, bathroom etc. Now should I consider that he made everything najis? Because when he painted ofcourse the blood had come intouch with it as the blood was not that much visible that he may notice it! Now whenever I touch my bathrooms's walls i consider it as najis, very disturbing life I am facing. He painted everything we were not there at time of painting so maybe he removed the blood or not i dont know.

Q 'Now should I consider that he made everything najis?'
If he started with the bathroom, then yes.
Otherwise, no.

You can just wash the toilet walls.
As you are not sure about the rest of the house, you can assume it is clean.

1) I want to ask that some of my cousins used to talk to their na mehram friends and I am trying to stop them from doing this but the fact is that they got angry and even their parents got angry with this. What should I do for them to not let them talk to namehrams as i know it will harm them in future.

2) One of my cousin don't want to do perfect hijab and we other cousins are afraid that if we do tell her to do proper hijab, she might not like and even her parents will not like?

In both the situation what can i do? Should i leave them and not say anything or should I tell them to proper their acts?

1) You can not do any thing more than advising them, and telling them them that what they are doing is haram.
Ask them if they agree that the same thing happen with their sisters.

2) If there is probability that she listen to you, provided that you advise her in nice way, then, you have to do so. While if this probability does not exist, then you do not have to.

My question is about the recitations which we can do individually for ourselves and tie knots in white cloth i.e sura e Yasin , sura e mulk and certain ziyarats. Well what are the best recitations we could recite for ourselves and keep in our kaffan for covid is an eye opener for us that we have to stop depending and start take our SAAMAN E SAFFAR recitations ourselves in our grave. So can you please direct me what recitations should we do

All the things you mentioned in your question are secondary, some of them are recommended, while others are not, such as tieing knots in white cloth, these are untrue works.

The best thing you are required to do is to be pious to Allah.
Pray your 5 prayers on time, in good way, taking into consideration that you are standing in front of Almighty.
Do not do any sins.
Do not talk behind people.
Be good to people, mainly your parents, husband and relatives.

My maternal grandfather divorced my maternal grandmother when my mom wasn't born yet, she was in her mother's womb. Please can you explain to me this talaaq was jaaez or not?

Yes. It is valid.
Wife could be divorced while she is pregnant.

If a food product says ‘May contain crustaceans’ is it still permissible to eat?

If it is just "May", and not confirmed, then it is OK.

What is the concept of namaz qaza e umri, being offered on last Friday of ramadan. I have heard one who offers it, his all missed prayers of past will be forgiven

Nonsense.

1) What was the role of zubair ibn awam? He came against Imam Ali?
2) In beginning he was with imam Ali? He was his supporter and he also fought for Bibi fatima's right?
3) Did prophet told him that he is guaranteed to be in jannah?
4) Is there any aayah in surah hajar for Talha and Zubair that on day of judgement there hearts will be pure?

1- Yes. He stood against Imam, although he knows that he is wrong
2- Yes
3- No. Prophet did not guaranteed that.
4- There is no such Verse.

What is ilm-e-Manaya and ilm-e-balaya

Manaya is how someone will die, while Balaya is what problems and difficulties he will face.

I want to offer Namaz e bibi Fatima (sa) for 40 days but as Ayyam e haiz come in between what should I do? Should I continue after the days are over? Will it be acceptable?

Yes. Just continue.

This question is regarding zakat fitrah which is paid on the eve of Eid fitrah. I am a young adult and i still live with my parents and family and considering my parents take care of all the houses expense like rent and bills. will I be responsible for paying zakat fitrah for myself or will my parents do this.

It is the responsibility of your father.

Can shia woman marry a salafi guy?

If he is against Ahlul Bayt PBUT, then no.

My concern is regarding marriage with a hindu girl. She is ready to marry a muslim boy but due to the objection of her parents she is not possible to change her name but no objection in the belief. What is the law of islam to marry here. is it a big sin.

Changing the name is not a must. The important thing is that she convert to Islam.
Without that, he can not marry her.

Can we consider leather products made in Italy as tahir or najis. I but a shoes and a sandal of leather from UAE… Which is made of leather and its written… Made in italy… Can i cinsider it tahir

As Italy imports a lot of leather from Islamic countries, you can consider it taher

What is the criteria that when we remove small skin particles from finger and that small particles behind the nails, on back of hand and fingers, Is it najis or tahir. Whts the criteria to rule it has soul or not?

If it's dried dead pieces, then it is taher.

As a student, if i want to give khums I'm not earning but my brothers look after my expenses. Also I have my savings which i don't use totally so what should I do?

You do not have to pay khoms, except for the savings which complete 1 year with you.
Example: If you received an amount on 1st of Jan 2020, you need to pay its khoms on 1st of Jan 2021.
then, If you received an amount on 1st of Feb 2020, you need to pay its khoms on 1st of Feb 2021.

As a general rule of needing to pay 20% of our savings or money, what is the ruling if we live with our parents and they are having a house laon which they are paying and still owing money for. Would we be able to pay that 20% towards the house loan?

If your parents are owning the house, and paying the instalments, and the annual savings of each of them is lower than his portion of loan, then they do not have to pay khoms.
For you, you are not exempted.

Wanted to check what obligations I have toward my siblings. Is it sinful not to help my siblings.

Treat them as you like them to treat you, mainly when you are in need.

If someone bought a property few years ago with the intention of either using the funds for kids education etc or for retirement and has not stayed even a night in that property. Now due to needs,sells it. Does he have to pay khums on it as it was paid from khums free money(savings).?

If with khoms free money, you mean the money of which khoms was paid, then he needs to pay the khoms of the profit only.
If he bought it for 100,000 and sold it for 150,000 he needs to pay the khoms of 10,000 (50,000/5).
While if the khoms of buying money was not paid, then he needs to pay the khoms of the whole 150000

What if someone makes the profit of 50,000 but has a loan of more than 100,000 so does he have to pay off the loan and then pay khums if any additional amount is left?

If he paid the amount he has in hand (50k) to settle his loan before khoms due date, he is exempted. Otherwise, he has to pay the khoms.

If there is no reason to do ghusl for a Muslim, such as in the possible case there is semen discharge or sexual intercourse. How often should one do ghusl to keep clean? How long could go without ghusl if they don't discharge semen or have sexual intercourse for a long time?

Ghusl as ghusl is required only if there is a cause, such as discharge of semen, or sexual intercourse...etc.
If there is no reason for ghusl, then there is no meaning for ghusl. However, you can have a shower any number of time a day, but you have to perform wodu (abalution) to be able to pray.

Does a person need to do ghusl if they urinate on themselves when sleeping?

No. You just need to wash the effected area.

In fact, if you did ghusl, the ghusl has no effect, and you have to perform ablution for prayer, and if you did not, the prayer is void.

I sleep early with the intention to get up early for fajr so when I sleep I get bad images of opposite gender while I close my eyes and it continuously comes in my mind so I open my eyes often and it gets late to sleep and tough to get up in the morning.

When you go to bed, try to take a book with you to read. Any book. Start reading after all the recommended zikr (Shahadt, Ayat Al Kurssi, 3 times surat Tawheed and Tasbeeh Bibi Zahra).
You will sleep without any problems.

Nowadays there many types of different haircuts. Can we have a trendy hair cut like short sides long hairs in the middle or we should grow our hairs in equal size?

This type of hair cut is makrooh (not recommended)

We see many people shake their body while doing tasbeeh, or reading quran, or even reading any dua. Is it ok shaking body? I know we need to be still while performing namaz.

It is a habit, and has nothing in shareea'a.
Any how. It is not forbidden.

If we are sleeping alone at night and if we find our undergarment wet in the morning, may be because of shaytaani waswasa,
1) How do we perform Ghusl, what should be our niyat?
Ghusl e Janabat or something else?

2) How do we make the clothes paak? Can we put them in the washing machine?

1- Semen is recognizable, as it is thick and sticky. Hence, if it is not like that, then probably it is not semen, so, you do not need to perform ghusl. However, if you are in doubt, and you want to perform ghusl, then you need to perform ablution as well. The intention in both cases is ghusl Janaba. The difference is that in the first case, you don’t need to perform ablution with ghusl, while you have to perform it in the second case.

2- If the washing machine washes two times with pure water, with spinning in between, then it is OK.

My wife was told to do the taqlid of Syed Sistani being told he is easy, but never really researched his rulings or never really follows him but after marriage I told her to do taqlid and I her husband am in the taqlid of Syed Khamenai, can she change her taqlid to syed khamenai given she never really followed syed Sistani in the first place

Taqleed is based on following the most knowledgeable mujtahid, not for being easy.
It is not necessary that both couple follow the same mujtahid.

Is lip balm that you put on your dry lips a barrier for water during ghusul? I put some on my lips around 40 minutes before doing ghusul. I didn't think much about it until after doing the ghusul.

If it is considered a barrier during ghusul, is it enough if I washed my lips carefully afterwards with the intention of it being part of my ghusul or do I have to redo my ghusul completely?

I can not judge this.
You are the only person who can judge it.
If it has a layer that isolates the water from the lips, then you have to wipe it before performing Ghusl.
You also have to do so, if you are in doubt.
Any how, if it is, then only washing the lips is not sufficient. You have to wash the entire body after washing the lips.

is it allowed to do mutah with a women who have done zina before

If it is her habit or job, then no

All my life since I have grown up I have heard no matter what you cannot miss your wajib namaz. Even if you’re sick you can sit and offer your prayers or even while lying down but missing it is not an option unless you are unconscious. But then I see people offering qaza namaz for the dead person. I’m unable to understand this concept. It’s contradicting and means you intentionally don’t pray all your life and your kids or someone else will pay for your qaza namaz and fasts and Allah will accept. Then this statement that you can’t miss your namaz is asked on which context when it can be offered by someone else when you’re dead. It makes me think I should also not do it as I’ll ask someone else to do it for me after I’m dead.

If you intentionally left your prayers or fasts, then, your oldest son is not responsible to make qaza.
He is only responsible, if you missed prayers due to ignorance, such as you did not pray while you were sick, thinking that you have an excuse, or if your prayers were void, because your wudou was void...etc.
Some people do not perform wudou correctly, and they realize this after years, then they start to perform qaza, but they die before completing it.

I have a roommate non Muslim person, who store alcohol in his separate room and drink in his room, is permissible for him to stay in my apartment ? Or shall I ask him to vacate my apartment , I stay in another room

If he is sharing the rent, then you do not need to ask him to vacate.

If you see a scratch your head and see blood after Salah do you have pray again? And I am not sure if the blood gushed out or was just a scratch and not sure if it was before Salah or after

If you saw it after prayer, then do not bother yourself about it.

Wanted to ask if playing games with virtual coins is Haraam or not. Example soccer or basketball game where I have coins virtual ones that I got without buying, I put 300 coins and my opponent puts 300 coins and the winner takes 600 coins. All this is for the sake of games and lesuire not serious and it’s virtual coins

As long it is not gambling, no problem

1) Is it okay to earn money by writing school assignments for other students? Would money earned this way be considered halal?

2) What about earning by working as a tutor on sites that help students with their assignments and assignment related questions globally? (Such as coursehero.com)

1) No. It is not okay, because it is cheating.

2) If it is about showing them how to do the job, then it is OK

I have two questions:

1) How long is awal waqt of Salaah?

2) I wish to pray zuhr and Asr separately, as well as, maghrib and isha separately. This so that I can spend more time in Taqibat of each salaah as praying both together with their taqibat takes much of my time and it can create hurdle to my other schedule. Although at the same time i wish to pray at awal waqt. I was wondering if we can hence pray asr and isha an hour and half later and would still be considered awal waqt of Asr and isha prayer?

1- From the start time, the time you need to accomplish your prayer.
2- No problem.
In fact, it is better

May I know what's requirement of Dikhr? Is it sufficient to recite a dhikr in the heart not necessarily reciting it in whisper or aloud?

There is a heart Thikr and a tongue Thikr. The heart Thikr is the observation of Allah almighty in all cases, while the tongue Thikr is the movement of the tongue with a certain Thikr. The benefit of a tongue Thikr depends on moving the tongue and lips with it, and the best of it is لا إله إلا الله, because it is a hidden Thikr, because it is not noticable.

There's one company having an office here (where I live) who offers annual interest rates as returns if we invest in their company. They are into funding building developers for making properties, investing in land, commission from 3rd party properties they sell, earnings from their own properties all over the world. Is this interest income halal? Note : the interest rate earnings are fixed and principal will be paid by them on Maturity of the investment term

Yes. It is halal, if they are non-Muslims.
However, my advice is to keep away from such companies, as usually you will eventually loose your money

My friend's house is haunted. We see our duplicates staring at us from the window. And our dreams are very scary there as well. How can we get rid of the souls that are haunting the house?

Always read Quran loudly at home, and recite Ayat Al Kursi, and Qul A'aooth regularly.
Concentrate on reciting surat Al-Baqara

1) We have a kid in our family who is angry almost every time. Is there a dua to calm him down?

2) We also have some family issues that has lasted for decades. One of our men in family has had absolutely no luck in getting married. Decades have gone by but everyone rejects him. What can we do? Every female rejects him either because of his age or his appearance. He has no requirements for his wife. He only wishes for a pious religious wife. What should he do?

1- This is not a dua issue. It requires good raise up ways by parents.
2- Let him take care of him self (appearance), and try to find a woman that matches with his age.
If he is not able to find a girl, let him marry a widow or a divorced woman.

Must the Shahada be recited in Arabic for someone willing to convert?

No. He can recite it in his own language.

Respected ayatollah khamenai has given the fatwa that tatbeer is forbidden, also respected ayatollah sistani has given a fatwa that states tatbeer is forbidden whereas some other ayatollahs state that its fine to practice tatbeer
My question is:
1) Is tatbeer jayaz or not jayaz if yes/no then why?
2) Why do all the ayatollahs give different fatwa on a same topic?
3) If the one whom I follow states that tatbeer is forbidden I should follow him but the other says no it isn't forbidden then the people who follow them are wrong?

1- S. Sistani has not given any fatwa, neither positive, nor negative in this regard. Hence, we can not say it is jayez or not jayez.
Since he do not have a statement about it, you can refer to someone else, and follow his fatwa.
2- This thing was not practiced in the Imams days. Hence, there are no narrations about it. Therefore, no one can say it is haram.
Saying it is haram depends on certain criteria, such as:
1- If it leads to bad image of Shia.
2- If it leads to harm your body seriously.
3- If it harms someone else, like those who are practicing it with their kids.

A, B, C brothers and D sister
A, D and parents died long ago
Now B and his wife died without offsprings. B died first and after X year his wife
Now only heir C surviving with his wife and children.
A and D ‘s children are present.
How B’s inheritance will be distributed?

In this case, B's wife inherits 25% of the inheritance (except lands), which goes to her family (Father, mother, or brothers and sisters, if the parents are dead).
The remaining 75% goes to C.

If we touch the dead animals like rats or birds to bury them, do we become najis? Does ghusl get wajib on us by touching dead animals?

You just need to wash your hand, if it was wet.

My family wants to adopt a cat, but we are not sure about the najasat of the animal. On Ayotallah Sistani's website, it states that the cat is not najis, but the feces and urine is. Does this mean that having the cat as a pet is not allowed, since the cat will eventually step in their urine when using the litter box? Or is the cats paws and fur not able to transfer najasat? Are their hairs najis? On Ayotallah Sistani's website, it states that 2-3 hairs are okay to read namaaz, but do the hairs make the furniture najis?

It is allowed. However, if it spilled its outcome on the carpet, floor, or clothes, it will require cleaning. The hair is not najis. However, it is not allowed to pray with parts of not eatable animals on body or clothes. Yes, according to his Eminence, 2 or 3 hairs does not harm the prayer.

I have a question regarding smoking while fasting. Does this invalidate the fast or is it still valid?

Yes. It invalidates the fast.

My brother-in-law is a person who does not pray Namaaz. He neglects them. However, he does Fast in the month of Ramadhan. He does not pray during these fasts. Are his fasts invalidated, or only his prayers Qadha?

His fasts are in order, but not acceptable, as accepting any deed depends on prayers. However, he needs to makeup all the left prayers only.

Why is it even in the Muslim majority country such as Iran, we found that there is a lot of Iranian Muslim who converted to Christianity and what is the reason behind it?

From my point of view, it is a combination of three reasons:
1- Ignorance.
2- Poverty.
3- Political situation.

Is it permissible to draw imaginary picture of aimma a.s n other respected personality such as janabe Abbas a.s?

No problem, but without assuring that this is the true image.

Is it allowed to change the gender ( female to male or vice versa)?

No.

Can money from sehme imam of khums be used for azadari?

NO.

I don’t have my self owned house and I am staying in a rented house. I am saving money to buy a house for my family. Is it necessary for me to pay khums from that savings?

Yes.
You are exempted from khoms if you bought the house, and had a debt because of it.

I’m wondering if I can do tabdeeth of Sayed Fadhlallah to do muttah with my partner (my parents know about him)? His websites a bit confusing but from what I gather I (female) can do muttah without my fathers knowledge so long as I’m financially independent?

Can you please confirm this? Are there other avenues we can take to get into this without my fathers approval? We’re trying to make our relationship halal ASAP but issue is parents being unreasonable hence the need for muttah.

Financial independence in it self does not give you the right to get married without your father's approval.
S. Sistani's fatwa is that if your father gave you the right to marry your self, without referring to him, then, you still need his approval, on mandatory precaution basis, in which you can refer to a live marjaa, not a dead one.
However, if your father is not allowing you to marry the person who you want, with no reasons, then, you do not need his permission to marry.
My advise -if your father has no valid reasons to refuse- is to ask your partner to marry you normal permanent marriage, which should be legally authenticated.
*Do not ever get -as virgin girl- into a mutah relation*

Is microblading the eyebrows halal? If it’s done to fill in patches in the eyebrows?

If it is under the skin, then it is halal.

I wanted to know if fixed deposits are allowed in Islam? Bank is under government.
Government is not muslim.

It is OK.

Can you explain if this method of khums is correct-
Year 1 I have net profit 1,000usd. Khums is 200. Remaining is 800usd.

Year 2- The remaining khums paid 800usd I used it. And made NEW income of 1,000usd.
(Should i deduct 800? then pay khums on 200?)

Yes. You have to pay the khoms of 200 only.

Are we allowed to trade online Synthetic Index ?

(It's like online forex trading, only different it's operated by broker and its not connected with banks or wall street. The broker gives charts, we have to analyse the charts and according buy or sale the index).
Everything is done online.

If you are dealing in halal companies, and with real currencies, such as US$, GBP, Euro...etc., then it is OK.

Can we give sadqa for our marhumeen during the first 10 days of Moharram?
Because some people say that we should not give sadqa for our marhumeen in these 10 days of moharram.
Also can we give sadqa for our family members who are alive, during moharram?

Yes for both questions

Can we eat Locust, is it halal, can we eat live or cooked?

Yes.
You can eat it cooked.

I wanted to know if we can use fine bone China? Such as mugs, plates

If it is made of Pig or Dog bones, then it is najis. Otherwise, no problem.

If a lady was to insert a type of medication or object into her vagina for treatment of an infection would this invalidate fasting. Does this also require ghusl after the object is removed?

The answer is No for both questions

My question is about the responsibility of the eldest son towards his parents. The question is two-fold:

1) What are the responsibilities of the eldest son towards the parents?
2) What are his responsibilities when the eldest son is married? Do they change?

All sons are responsible to take care of their parents, not only the eldest son, and whether they are married or not.
They should remember what their parents did for them when they were kids.

I read the book dalael al imamah دلائل الامامة page 455-456 the narration of abu jarod. Who are the batris?

Batris are all those who are taking some imams, and those who are making their understanding of narrations, according to their own predefined believes

Collecting currency is my hobby and now I have a good amount of currency, do i need to pay khums on that curency? Also what if i don't have that much money to pay the conversion ,example i have a 100 dollar note of usa and I'm from india, that means its value is around 7000 INR but I dont have money to pay its khums, what to do in that situation?

Yes, you have to pay the khoms of the currencies with the present market value.
You can sell 20% of each currency, and pay the khoms.

Does a women become najis after delivering a baby and if yes, then for how many days and najis like ex if she touches anything does that also become najis?

Who said she becomes najis?
Najasat is only at the private parts. The rest of the body is clean.

As for the blood she sees, it's period depends on the bleeding. If the bleeding stopped for less than 10 days, then, it is all lying in (Nafass), while if it exceeded 10 days, then, she counts her period days as nafass, and the rest is Istehadha, . Hence, she performs Nafass ghusl, and starts praying.

I am a Shia girl and I would like to marry a (Polytheist) boy. Please let me know if we can get marry.

No, except if he converted to Islam, and if he did, and then he reverted back to Hinduism, the marriage becomes void automatically.

Can a shia girl marry a hindu boy and that girl wanted to follow islam only after marriage. Is that relationship accepted by Allah?

No.

Need ur guidance on some islamic and sharia law as both my parents expired few months back one after the other, leaving behind 5 children two sons and three daughters.

1-  Do we get share in all properties as per Sharia.

2- My mom left gold so how should that be divided.

3- The property should be divided with what % between sons and daughters . 


May I know as per islamic law and sharia what all, as a daughter do I have right over my parents belonging as want to be clear in every aspect as my brother always shows up he is waliyat and we have no right over anything to decide. He is whole n soul having right over every thing.

1- Yes. You get share in all properties and cash.
Since you are brothers and three sisters, the inheritance is distributed to seven shares, three for girls and four for the two boys.
Percentage wise, 14.29% for each daughter, and 28.57% for each son.
Example,
If the parents left $ 1000,000.00, each son would inherit 285,714, and each daughter 142,857.
2- The same principal.
3- 14.143% for each daughter, 28.286% for the younger son, and 28.286% + 1% =29.286 for the eldest son.
4- No body has any wilayat on any one other than the father on his kids who are below boloogh, and daughters for marriage.
Hence, none of the brothers has wilayat on sisters, and you have the same rights in the inheritance, as explained above.

My question is that in some toilets the water level inside is high so when i clean my private parts some of the water from inside the toilet touches my backside. Is that water najis? For both urine and excreting.

If you are using direct tap water, then it is pure, except if you see parts of najasat on your body, while if you are using little water from jug, then it is najis.

I would like to know which Surah are good to recite for marriage and what duas are there

Recite Surat Annoor.

Dua is
(اللّهمّ إنّي أريد أن أتزوّج فقدّر لي من النساء أعفّهنّ فرجاً، وأحفظهنّ لي في نفسها وفي مالي، وأوسعهنّ رزقاً، وأعظمهنّ بركة).

My husband is in foreign shipping and these days he is on ship and on 10th Muharram he had to work and do his duty. I have heard from one aalim that in this case you have to give your one day salary to the poor so that it will not be considered a sin. What is the ruling regarding this. Is it true?

Not correct

Can we wear sapphire ( Neelum ) and opal ring?

Yes you can.

Is it permissible to play cards ( tash ) without bet just for fun

According to S. Sistani, it is not permissible, based on mandatory precaution.

What is the recommended (mustahab) dress code for men and what would be an example of a dress code that someone in the West could emulate?

Additionally, could you advise me on what practical instructions can I implement to achieve exemplary conduct when interacting with people?

The dress should be a respected normal one, not like the one worn by odd people.
You should be polite when dealing with people.
Treat them as you like them to treat you.

1) I'd like to ask about Ayatollah sistani's position in tatbir for Imam hussain if no serious harm is caused and it happens in private (so that it won't be seen by non-shias to be used as a source for mockery)

2) I'd also like to ask about his position regarding doing jaza(chest beating,crying loudly,etc) for masomeen other than Imam Hussain

3) Is chestbeating for any imam other than imam hussain haram?

1- S. Sistani is not giving any opinion about tatbeer, neither in public nor in private.
2- According to narrations, Jaza'a is only allowed for Imam Hussain
3- No

Why is chess haram as it is not a game of chance?

We do not know the reason for many divine orders, but we follow them on the base that they are issued by God Almighty. There are narrations in chess that it is forbidden, and therefore the scholars said so.
Yes, there is a difference in fatwas. S. Sistani says: If chess turns into a mental game, man learns to think, and no longer a game of gambling, it is possible to play it.

I'd like to ask you about if we can use apps which are cracked by others for example, there is a website in which we can download an app through which I can play a paid game for free.

Can one use this type of apps or are they haram?

Same question is for movies. Can one watch movies online for free?

As long it is not cracked by you, no problem.

My mother in law is very poorly and the doctors have given her only 48 hours. She was married to my uncle and she followed Islam but after my father in law died she start following the catholic religion.
I am so confused that can I do pray for her as my father in law has asked to follow the Islamic way. Please reply to me so I can do the arrangements.

If she left Islam to Christianity, then, she should not be treated as Muslim.

Can a girl or boy end the temporary siga on their own before the end of prescribed time without informing eachother if any one of them doesn't pay heed to other. If it's necessary?

The girl can not end it.

Could you please give me a dua to recite for my friends family who have tested positive on corona virus in India. Her father, mother, and two bothers have COVID-19.


«إِلَهِي كُلَّمَا أَنعَمتَ عَلَيَّ بِنِعمَةٍ قَلَّ لَكَ عِندَهَا شُكرِي وكُلَّمَا ابتَلَيتَنِي بِبَلِيَّةٍ قَلَّ لَكَ عِندَهَا صَبرِي فَيَا مَن قَلَّ شُكرِي عِندَ نِعَمِهِ فَلَم يَحرِمنِي ويَا مَن قَلَّ صَبرِي عِندَ بَلَائِهِ فَلَم يَخذُلنِي ويَا مَن رَآنِي عَلَى المَعَاصِي فَلَم يَفضَحنِي ويَا مَن رَآنِي عَلَى الخَطَايَا فَلَم يُعَاقِبنِي عَلَيهَا صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ واغفِر لِي ذَنبِي واشفِنِي مِن مَرَضِي - إِنَّكَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَي‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ»

Can u tell me the ruling – Can I do last rights(Tadfen) in love of my christian mother as per shia Islamic rules for even if she hasn't fully accepted Islam.

No problem, but she can not be buried in Muslims graveyard.

How do I go about if I am in a temporary marriage but we wish to make it permenant, do we have to wait till the end of the contract on the temporary one or end it in a certain way? Or can I just do a new kutbah and say the formula for permanent marriage?

You must first terminate the temporary contract, giving it the rest of the term, by saying to her: I give you the remaining time, and she says, "accepted", and then you hold a permanent contract for a new dowry."

I was message to ask as i am planning to preform temporary marriage between myself and a woman, is it necessary to have any witnesses and also is this the only formula required to say or is there other formulas.

زَوَّجْتُكَ نَـفْسِي فِي الْمُدَّةِ الْمَعْلُومَةِ عَلَىٰ الْمَهْرِ الْمَعْلُومِ

zawwajtuka nafsī fil muddatil maʿlūmah ʿalal mahril maʿlūm

I wed myself to you for the determined period
for the determined dowry.

Thereafter, without there being any significant gap, the man says:

قَبِلْتُ

qabiltu

I accept

This is enough, provided that the period and the dowry are agreed initially.

Are the miracles performed by the Prophets, performed by Prophets themself or Allah swt?

It is by the Prophets, with the permission and ability given by Allah SWT, as it is clearly declared in the cases of Saleh, Moussa, and Issa, peace be upon them.


اذا قمت بعمل استخارة (استخارة الصادق عليه السلام) ولكن اثناء فترة الحيض. هل استطيع ان اعيد الاستخارة بعد الانتهاء من الحيض علني اصل الى الجواب الذي اريد؟


لا تُشترط الطهارة من الحيض في الاستخارة، فإن لم يكن قد تغير شيء في الأمر، فلا معنى لإعادة الاستخارة.

I wanted to confirm that is it just a myth or true that when people come back from hajj/umrah they become changed person? Like some people who were bad, after hajj/umrah may be they're repentence has been accepted by Allah and they became good person or whatever the reason may be and vice versa for people returning back becoming mean and cruel? Like we have witnessed some people, and heard aswell, the hypocrite people became even more mean? Does this change happen with people after coming back from ziarat aswell? Because I heard somewhere that if someone experiences a good change in his/herself this means his/her ziarat is accepted,if no change then this means we have to work on ourselves to become a better person?

Heard another saying that humans are not in they're human form in maidan e arafat (depending on their deeds good or bad) in the eyes of those who can see the truth like those whose cover frm eyes is removed like our great clerics ,marjas.and our imam ajfs. Is it so?

As for the first saying, just going to Hajj, Umrah or visiting, man does not change from negative to positive if he does not have a sincere intention to repent and change and to fight the soul. Yes, if he has this intention, God almighty helps him to do so. The one who becomes bad after Hajj or Umrah, he was not good in the first place but he was pretending to be.
Hajj, umrah and visiting are things of worship, obligatory or desirable, and they themselves do not affect the human being by doing them, if he does not have sincerity in the work, such as the prayer that Allah almighty says it forbids from obscenity and evil. We see a lot of People pray, and they commit taboos and this is not a flaw in the saying of Allah Almighty, but because of a defect in man himself. If he was an observer of Allah Almighty, and noting that Allah watches him and that after several hours he will stand in his hands, he will be ashamed to do what Almighty hates.

The second saying is confirmed for the infallibles, peace be upon them, and perhaps it falls to some people who are most loyal to Allah.

Is it permissible refuse to have children because he wants to marry a lady whom cannot have children.

This should be agreed by both parties in advance.

When recitation of mutah, if someone's mind get's thought like confused what and wait and aalim completes mutah, Is that correct?
Or he should tell that alim to recite again

If his mind was absent, and did not get what the other party said, he should ask him to recite the contract words.

I have heard from one alim that rank of Imam Hasan is more higher than other Imam

I want to know whether all imams are same in rank and status or different?

There are differences between them.
The highest is Imam Ali, then Imam Hassan, then Imam Hussain.

1) If someone due to extreme waswaasa (doubt) repeat any word in salat is his salat void (batel)? If doubts that word he recited was not in proper makhraj

2.) and what if he tries to neglect doubt but by mistake as due to his previous addiction to doubt repeats that word?

1- He is permitted to repeat the word.
This is wasswass, from satan.
2- No problem, but he should fight it.

1- Is sheesha haram ?

2- Is it permissible to do the business of selling the sheesha flavours?

3- There are some online business nowadays in which after the first purchase of the products , it is required to look for marketting, the more people that invest into the business the more you are paid for it. Is this business allowed in islam?

1- It is not haram.
2- Yes, it is permissible to do so.
3- Do not get in such gamblings.

I want your opinion with regards to current pandemic situation.

1- Everybody is ask to wear face mask in public thats fine, even while praying in the masjid as well. Is it correct the practice like that? I feel so weird while facing the Creator with a face mask due to scared of infection.
2. If let say during daily life, I am not so interested to put on the mask except in public place, is it ignorance?

1- There is no problem in wearing mask during prayer.
2- If there is possibility that someone gets harmed by this practice, then it is not allowed.

We have been married about 15 years but lately I noticed that the respect of wife to her husband getting less and less everyday from housework( she only do cook and other then that I do it after coming back from work or my son does it after school) and up to the extend of our intimate relationship( she said she not so interested with sex). Wakeup from sleep, phone, evening phone, night phone, before sleep phone either doing her online business or watching movie but most of the time is watching movie.

This is a normal condition when life is monotonous, not rejuvenated. Have you tried to change things in some way, like going out for a walk or a picnic from time to time, eating in a restaurant? Did you sit down with her and ask her what she's missing, what she needs? Are you trying to let her feel that you love her?

When a man is busy with life needs, and does not spend enough time with his wife, then it is normal that she look for an alternate, and thank God that your wife's alternative is to watch TV and movies.

Get close to her, get her off TV, through discussing different things with her, taking her opinion in different issues. Also, take care of your self, using fragrances, and treat her as a bride.

If let say I pray, fast, recite Quran regularly and everything but still sometimes I do wrong act accidentally and some purposely especially when dealing with other gender. Now I keep on thinking that all the good act I am performing is cursing me due to my poor behavior in avoiding the wrong act. What should I do. I am very weak especially when dealing with girls. Can you give me some advice how to go away with my bad attitude? I always listening to surah anbiyya as if the first verse is reminding me my behavior.

Watch Allah.

Watching Almighty differs from remembering.
Watching means that you notice that he see what you are doing.
Suppose your father is with you, are you going to do a bad thing?

I have read before according to AhlulBayt school, drinking in day time need to stand and at night time must sit or else the value of the water we drink cannot have effect on us. Is it true?

If let say when i drink other than water example coffee or tea, is it ok if I reverse the way(night stand and morning time sitting while drinking) it should on attention to avoid caffeine or sugar or anything not good from the drink?

Yes. This is the recommended way to drink.

This is mentioned for drinking water only.

During this virus pandemic, they practising 5 daily prayer with 1 meter gap between each other in the lines, if I pray with them at the masjid the way they pray with a gap, recite everything on my own and just follow the movement of imam at the masjid, is it fine?

Yes.
It is OK.

I wondering to know about the praying time during Rasulullah saw time for Subuh especially because for other time we can clearly see the sun shade and the yellowish sign. During that time they dont have a watch yet and how to define Subuh time especially to end Sahur time. Let say the people live away from the masjid to hear the azan. Can they eat until they see the day light in the morning or how?

At that time they were using different methods.
They were watching the stars movements to know the time, and watching the dawn starts clearly, because there were no lights, and there was no pollution.

I am not so sure about the AhlulBayt as mourning activity taken place and wondering to know, from ur reply to the question.
1- Beating the chest is it right?
2- Beating with something that cause a mark or blood is it permissible?
3- Open/ tear the shirt among all mahram is it ok?

Non of these things is directed by Ahlul Bayt. It is a common practice, that was introduced by people as sympathy.
However, although it is not part of the teachings, it is not haram in it self.

During fasting example we get cut our finger and blood coming out after a while it stop. Does it invalidate our fast?

No.

1- For Eid prayer, can we pray alone or with our house member? Do we need minimum 40 people?
2- Do we need to have sermon after prayer?
3- First rakaat 5takbir 2nd rakaat 4 takbir, am I right?
4- Between the 5 and 4 takbir what to be recited?

1- Yes, you can pray it alone or with your family.
2- No.
3- Yes.
4- You can recite any dua between all takbeers.

If we read the AlQuran through electronics gadget or through Alquran book are the value is different or the same? Is it ok practising reading AlQuran with phone?

It is OK.

Can you please explain me what is the meaning of this

سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مِلْ‏ءَ الْمِيْزَانِ،وَ مُنْتَهَى الْحِلْمِ وَ مَبْلَغَ الرِّضَا،وَ زِنَةَ الْعَرْشِ

Glory to Allah from all that is not suitable for him, and this glory is of the capacity to fill the scale used in judgement day, reach the end of the forbearance, the greatest satisfaction, and equal to the weight of Almighty's throne

Just want to clear one more thing;
1. If the maid is neither divorced or widow, she is unmarried, can she go for temporary marriage to her employer
2. If the maid remains pregnant during this temporary marriage, what are the rulings

1- Yes, with the permission of her father, if he is alive. If he is dead, then she do not need any permission.
2- If she got pregnant, the child is a legitimate child for both of them, and she is not allowed to abort the pregnancy.

Was the grave of sayyeda Ruqayya shifted from yazid prison to some other place(where her shrine currently stands)?

It is near the mosque.

I would like to ask is it haram for a widowed woman in iddah to die her white hair or trade/wax her eyebrow?

Yes.

If there was a divorce taken place, and there is a child involved but as the community committee, they say a daughter is not allowed to stay over night at father's place if he is alone. Please advise is this true?

(Daughter is not allowed to stay over night at father's place if he is alone) is a false statement. The daughter can stay with her father by all means.

Can a blue sapphire ring be worn on middle finger by men? Is there any ruling which states that its haram/ or not allowed to wear any ring with stones on middle finger by men? And if yes, please provide the reason?

There is no rules about it. However, it is odd practice, which makes the people look at you negatively. Hence, it is better to leave it.

Can you please tell me the ruling on investing in bitcoin (cryptocurrency) please. I invested some money, and made a return based on the bitcoin value. Is this okay?

S. Sistani is not allowing investments in such currencies on obligatory precaution basis, so you can refer to S. Hakeem in this issue.
Accordingly, there is no problem in the returns you made.

If I have a wet dream after Fajr, but dont have time to do ghusl due to work, is my fast still valid?

Yes, you can do ghusl for Duhr prayer.

Can you advise whether one can do a kulla without the presence of a maulana? And what must one recite in the seegha? I have two members of my family who are willing to act as my witnesses. If I recite my seegha whilst in a pure state, in front of two sane and just witnesses, and observe my idda period, will this be accepted by Allah?

Khulʿ is a divorce of a wife who is not fond of her husband and has an aversion to him and gives him her dowry (mahr) or some of her other property so that he divorces her.
In a khulʿ divorce, it is a requirement that the wife’s aversion to her husband be at such a level that it is a threat to her fulfilling her marital duties.
Khulʿ seegha is applied by the husband, not by wife.
He says: I give my wife a khulʿ divorce upon accepting what she has given, and so she is divorced.

Hence, what you suggested, is not applicable.

1. When wiping the head one is required to reach the root hair if he were to comb it it will fall on his face. My hair reaches just above eyebrows would I be required to wipe on my root hairs?

2. Also when the time to wipe comes can I use my left hand to pull my hair one direction then wipe? (this will allow me to see my roots hairs)

3. When I was my face a bit of my hair gets wet and when I wipe my head I end up wiping the wet part as well is this ok and if not can I wipe on the side of my head (where the line is)

1- No. In your case, it is enough to wipe the hair on the first quarter of your head.
2- If this does not make the wiping area wet, then it is OK.
3- No. It is not OK. You need to either dry the wiping area before wiping, or not reach the wet area while wiping.

Regarding the prayers of a traveller:

1. If someone was born in a city, say Najaf, and they migrate to the UK permanently after marriage. However their parents still live in Najaf and they go back to visit occasionally around once a year or once in two years. Do they have to pray full when they go back to visit even if they visit for less than 10 days?

2. In this same situation, if they visit for less than 10 days, would they need to fast if it is Ramadhan?

3. If someone goes on holiday to a big city for more than 10 days, and say you intend to go out for sight seeing, if you intend travel more than 44km from your place of residence (hotel) within the city but do not leave the boundary of the city, does this count as you breaking the 10 day rule?

1- If he/ she still keep the intention that Najaf is his/ her home, then he/ she have to pray full, while, if he/ she -after migration- ignored Najaf as home city, and made the intention that he/ she will never go back to live in Najaf , then the prayer is qasr, if he/ she will not stay 10 days.
2- It depends on the intention as in number 1.
3- If you're referring to the big city, the sprawling supercity, like London, New York and Tehran, then yes.

There is a new Fatwa approved Halal lottery in my country of residence, the fatwa is from the government approved authority that are not from Shia community.

The concept of the lottery is that they are selling postcards for a certain price, one can purchase the 8 post cards with 8 number of his own choice, then at the end of the week the organizers announce 8 numbers, you have to match your numbers to the number organizers release and based on the numbers matched one can win cash prize, depending on how money numbers of the person match.

I wanted to know if this kind of a lottery will be considered halal in Shia mazhab as well?

No. This is not accepted.

In shia Islam according to Majority of Marajah the Friday prayer should be performed with a Wajib Takhyiri Niyat. Can you please send me any discussion or a book that discuss this ruling based on Quran and Hadees or from sayings of Masoomeen. One of my sunni brother requested this to understand this. It would be really appreciated, if you could send me any link to the books in Urdu or English ot any research paper that discusses this topic.

S. Jafar Murtadha A'amilli has a research about the subject, but it is in Arabic. I don't have a research or a book in English or Urdu on the subject, but I can give a brief on it, and I hope it's enough to explain it.
Duties are divided into two parts:
1- A duty that has to be done: it is what you must do, such as daily prayer, fasting the month of Ramadan for the healthy person other than the traveller, and the hajj for the man who is able to do it.
2- A duty to choose: in which the person in charge is can choose between two or more acts, and it is mentioned in the Qur'an in more than one resource, such as:
a- Fasting for those who can fast with difficulty: They can choose between fasting and paying the ransom of iftar.
b- Atonement of the deliberate iftar in the month of Ramadan, where the person can choose either fasting two consecutive months, feeding sixty poor people, or freeing a slave.
c- Atonement for the violation of the oath, it is a choice between freeing a neck or feeding ten poor people.
There are similar duties mentioned in the hadiths, such as the choice in the third and fourth rak'ahs between the reading of Surat al-Hamad and the four revelations.
Like this, the fuqaha'a in the time of absence of Imam reached to a conclusion that the person has the choice on Friday between Friday prayer and noon prayer, because we know that one of them is required for sure.

I would like to know what caused Lady Zainab’s death. After the incident of Karbala she surely suffered a lot, so was her death due to illness or anything else?

It was normal death.

Is Eid ul Adha qurbani a wajib act? And I must do it if I have the financial power to pay someone to do it in my home land?

No. It is not wajib.

1) Khums payable if I have a debit myself like a loan

2) Khums payable if I have lent someone some money I dont have that money when my khums day comes do I still have to pay khums on it

3) If I take a loan ( has interest) to buy a business, do I have to pay khums on this loan either when I first take or when I have paid it back ?

I already have a pay check so this would be trying to make more money then what I already make because my bills have increased due to getting married and purchasing a home

1) You can pay the loan before year end. If you did not, then, you need to pay the khoms, except if the debt was for something you need, and you still use it, like if you purchased a car for 20k, on installments basis, and by the end of the year you had 5k in hand, while your loan debt is 10k. In this case, you do not need to pay the khoms of the 5k.

2) You can wait till you get it back, and pay the khoms immediately.

3) You have to pay the khoms of each installment, before paying it.

Is a business purchase or investment of any considerd a regular expense (for khums purposes)?

No, It is not regular expense. If you are willing to use an amount in an investment, like if you want to start business, or buy an apartment for rental, not for residence, then you need to pay the khoms of the capital before starting the business or the investment, as this is not regular expense, such as food, rent, etc.

1) I made for example 50k profit and paid khums on this money. I took this 50k and I put downpayment on a house and bought some furniture and some necessaries. The next year I sell the house for 100k but I buy another home Instead with that 100k there is no khums on this added 50k correct? I bought the 2nd house before my next khums date

2) If I had 50k and I khums this money then I spend it then I start to save up to by a home and I reach this 50k agian but with the intention of buying a home with these funds doesn't count agianst replenishment

3) would I saved 50k I paid khums on this 50k but then spent all the money throughout the year but by the end of khums year I managed to save back up to 50k once agian, do I pay khums on these or is there now a threshold of 50k no no matter how many times I spend and then save back up to 50k there won't be khums?

1) After paying the Khoms of the 50k, the remaining is 40k, not 50k. However, as you said, you do not need to pay the khoms of the 60k.

2) If you paid the khoms of 50k (10k), then the net amount you have is 40k, not 50k. Regardless your intention, If you spent this amount the next year, you can replenish it from the earnings of that year. If you again spent the amount in something other than buying the home, then, it is gone.

3) Recycling is exempted once only. Hence, if you spent the recycled amount, then you can not replenish it again.

I have a question regarding salah for women who are in labor about to give birth or just have gone into labor

If they cant leave the bed to do wudu or bend far enough to reach their feet to do proper wudu, is it permissible for some one to helpb i.e wipe the feet for her or what would be the best practice in this situation

Yes, some one can take the water from her hands and wipe her feet.

I have been getting some mixed feedback about being about to eat certian foods or use certain ingredients within our cooking. Things such as chocolate liquor, or chocolate alcohol or vanilla exact which contains alcohol or yeast which is used to back bread and has gone through the fermentation process.

Are these foods ok to consume/ cook?

They dont really say the percentage of alcohol or where the alcohol came from but we are noticing it's in a lot of foods and we're uncertain what to make of this

If the source of alcohol is clearly mentioned as wine or liquor, then it haram. Otherwise it is OK.
With regard to vanilla, alcohol is used to dilute it, and it is OK.
Yeast is also OK.

Can I marry a girl who is a illegitimate child?
Her biological father is not the one whom her mother got married to.

Yes, you can, if she is a good girl.

If while ghusl, while washing any part of the body I stop and take a pause in the washing because of the other work and then continue the ghusl, is the ghusl valid?

No problem.

In certain cases giving bribe is allowed to a person but from the person's side, it is not allowed for him to take it right?

Right.

When a boy and girl meets for the first time with the intention of doing discussion with each other and make marriage with each other, then in the very first meeting, is it allowed for the girl to remove her hijab and be without 100percent hijab in front of the boy, so that the boy knows her more, and is it allowed for the boy to see her in the very first meeting? if not, then at which stage is it allowed?

If the boy is serious about the marriage, and the probability of choosing this girl as a wife is high, then yes.

What does Sayed Sistani mean when he says “Do not say Sunnis are our brothers say Sunnis are our nafs”?

He means we should love them as we love our selves.

Can a woman get a divorce if the husband is not agreeing and if he is abusive? Can the Islamic court force him to divorce?

We need to talk to him first, and order him to treat her in good manner. If he refused, then we can get her divorced without the need of his approval.

I have a friend who is saying that my family has been a victim of black magic and that using "sifli" amaal to break this black magic is allowed. Is it true?

No. It is not true, except if there was no other way to save the affected person.

How do I know if there is another way?

May be by reciting Quran.

Is it necessary for a woman who suffers from hair loss, dandruffm frizzy hair which becomes dry to pour water on hair while doing ghusle janabat. I know that it is necessary but is there any consideration for women like us? I can understand that while doing mensturation ghusl it is easy to do but ghusle janabat is more or less frequently done as compare to mensturation ghusl so is there any way out? Like can i just wash my whole body except hair? Because even if you pour water than also it cause tremendous damage to hairs

You do not need to wash all your hair, or even to pour a lot of water on it.
What is required is to let the water reach the whole scalp, and you can do so by just pouring small quantity of water and rub it to reach the entire scalp.

1) Is a woman is allowed to have intercourse at the last days of her periods for e. g if the bleeding stops on the 6 day but still she has spotting (not bleeding) spotting like having yellowish or pinkish fluid etc so in that case is she is allowed to have intercourse? The spotting may last for 2-3 days so is she is allowed to have intercourse for all these days or not.

2) Then at the time of taking ghusl does she need to specify all the ghusl like ghusle janabat ghusle haiz or just by making niyat of ghusl is enough?

1) No. It is not allowed, as long she knows that it will not exceed 10 days.

2) She can make the intention of all ghusls in one. However, the intention of one ghusl is also enough for the rest.

So it is allowed if the spotting last for till the 11th day which is considered as the vaginal discharge and not the periods? What about if she sees the whiteness on the 7 th day so at that time is she is allowed to have intercourse or she has to take the ghusl first for the periods alone.

Yes. If she was certain -from her previous experience- that bleeding will pass the 10 days, then she can have intercourse.
If she saw the whiteness before completing 10 days, then she is clean, and have to do ghusl and practice prayers, and sexual life.

My question is that does fingering done by a husband into the vigina necessitate ghusl?

No, except if it caused discharge of big amount of fluids.

If a man is having big nails in hand will his prayers be incorrect and if women's or a girl with big nails in her hand will her prayers be incorrect?

Prayers are valid, provided that you washed under nails during wuzu.

I wanted to know about hadiths and the sources of the merits and benefits of Ayat al Kursi

The benefits of Ayat Al-Kursi are:

1. Holy prophet (SAWW) said: whoever recites the first 4 ayats of Surae Baqarah, then Ayatul Kursi and then the last 3 ayats of Surah e Baqarah, will not be inflicted with any kind of difficulty in his wealth or himself, Satan will not come near him and he will not forget the Qur'an.

2. Holy Prophet (SAWW) said: Qur'an is a great word, and Surae Baqarah is the leader of the Qur'an and Ayatul Kursi is the leader of Surae Baqarah. In Ayatul Kursi there are 50 words and for each word there are 50 blessings and good in it.

3. One who recites Ayatul Kursi every morning will be in the protection, safety of Allah until the night.

4. If one ties this to ones wealth or children, they will be safe from Satan

5. Our Holy Prophet (SAWW) has said: These things increase ones memory: sweets, meat of an animal near the neck, Adas (Lentils), cold bread and recitation of Ayatul Kursi.

6. For those of our dear ones who have passed away, recitation of Ayatul Kursi and giving it as Hadiya to them, gives them light (noor) in the grave.

7. Frequent recitation makes ones own death easy.

8. When leaving home, if one recites it once, the Almighty has one group of Angels to come and protect you. If recited twice, 2 groups of Angels are assigned to do this. If recited 3 times Allah tells the Angels not to worry as the Almighty himself takes care of him.

9. The Holy Prophet has said: If one recites Ayatul Kursi before going to sleep, Allah will send an Angel to come and look after you and protect

10. When one is alone in the house, recitation of Ayatul Kursi and asking Allah for help will make you remain calm and you will not fear.

11. The Holy Prophet has said: When leaving home,if one recites Ayatul Kursi, then Allah will send 70,000 Angels to do Istighfaar for him until he returns home, and upon his return Poverty will be removed from him.

12. If one recites this after performing Wudhoo, the 5th Imam Hadhrat Imam Muhammad Baqir (AS) has said: Allah will give him a reward of 40 years of Ibadaat, his position will be raised in the Heavens 40 times (levels) and will marry him to 40 Horains.

13. One who recites it after every prayer, their salaat will be accepted, they will remain in the safety of the Almighty and He will protect them.

14. Allah told Prophet Musa (AS): If one recites it after every salaat, the Almighty will make his heart a thankful one (Shakireen), will give him a reward of the prophets, and his deeds will be like those of the truthful (Siddiqeen).

15. To increase light or vision (noor) in the eyes, recite Surae Alhamd once, then Ayatul Kursi and then once the following dua:- "U-eedhu nora basaree binuril lahi alladhi la yutfaa", "I seek refuge for the light of my eyes by the light of Allah(SWT), which does not become extinguished".

I had a job last year which I no longer have and used majority of the money to pay for my kaffarah for missed fasts. I also used some of the money to buy gifts for my family and some on myself for vacation.

Unfortunately, I completely forgot about Khums until recently. How do I calculate how much khums I have to pay? I no longer work and even when I was working my main living expenses were paid for by my father, so it was not necessary for me to to have a job at the time

You only have to pay khoms if by the end of your fiscal year you had extra money.

Do we have to pay khums on money that we used to buy gifts for others or money that we spent on buying gifts for ourselves?

No. As long it is not considered prodigality.

If an action may be good, but our intention is not fully pure, should we do the action anyway or refrain from it?

If the action is not haram, but the intention is not pure, you will not get thawab for doing it.

Is it permissible to listen to a Quran recitation in the background while doing other things?

No problem.

I attend college in another city away from my parents home. I have time to visit them, but the day I leave to fly there and the day I return and fly back will both be within Ramadan. Is there a way to still keep my fasts during the days that I am flying there and back?

1- What is your study duration?
2- At what time do you leave and arrive, both ways?
Do you fly morning or after noon?

1- I have school for a total of 2 years. Every 3 months we get a break for 2 weeks. Within these 2 weeks I return to my home city to stay with my parents.

2- I have not booked a ticket yet. I wanted to ask this question before booking my ticket to make sure I can fast insha'Allah.

You have no problem.
You have two options:
1- To book your flights -both ways- afternoon, so you leave your study city or home city after Duhr prayer time starts, provided you reach your destination before next day’s noon time.
2- Book the flights early morning, so that you reach your destination before noon time, and renew your fasting intention

If time of salaat sets in, but jamaat will be held at a later time, should one pray ifradah/individually or wait for the jamaat/congregational prayer?

It is better to wait for jamaat, if the delay is not too long.

I heard that one cannot use multiple turbah to prostrate, in the masjid. Is this true?

Yes, except if he get the permission of the masjid trustee.

Can I know why is it so?

If every one will use 2, some people will not get any.

1) What if there are sufficient turbah in the masjid?
2) If you can point out where i can look up this in the risaalah, that will be utmost helpful.

1- In this case, it is OK, except if you were told that it is not allowed.
2- It is not in the risaalah. It is in questions and answers

If we have qadha namaz then can we offer namaz e shab or other sunnat namaz? Or frst we'll have to offer qadha prayer?
Can we get the sawaab of both simontaneously? Like if it's possible?

You can. However, it is much preferred that you make your qadha prayers, as they are wajib, while most of the mentioned prayers are not proved to be really narrated by Imams PBUT.

Can we do the niyat of both together? Like I have qadha fasts as well so I observe them on dates like 15th shabaan and other dates in which it is recommended to fast so can we do tje same for namaz also?

No. You cannot make dual intention.
You have to make the intention of qadha only, and Allah swt will give you the thawab of the 15th.

I want to ask when does Namaz e ayaat become qaza. I mean for example if the earthquake occurred at 1 30 pm then till when do we have time to offer namaz are ayat?

The time starts from the beginning of the earthquake and continues till about an hour from its end. Then it becomes qadha.

Is it permissible to recite Qur'an in english and gift it to marhoomeen, when you are capable of reciting it in Arbic?
I heard that sawaab of reciting it in English is less as compared to Arbic recitation? Is it true?

The translation is translation, and not considered Qur'an. Hence, reciting it is not considered, as long as you can recite the original Qur'an.

So that means reciting it in Arbic is compulsory?

Yes, as long as you can.

I wanted to know weather drawing portraits is forbidden?

No.

I came across a hadith which says " That only thay part of your prayer in which you are fully conscious is accepted" I'm not able to fully concentrate in my prayes. I'm easily distracted with every noise and this is why I recite every prayer 2-3 times and still I have doubt weather they are accepted or not?
Please tell me what to do

Try to pray in quite areas, and strive your self to concentrate. However, lose of concentration does not make the prayer void, as long you know what you are doing. Hence , there is no need to repeat the prayers.

In rukoo and Sujood are you allowed to recite any zikr or dua in Arabic or does ayatollah Sistani limit it to subhan Allah or Subhan Rabiyal Azeemi/ Aala wa bi hamdidhi?

Any zikr like Alhamdulella, Allahu Akbar, is OK, but not dua.

When a child is born, the cord is still attached to the baby's stomach which comes off on its own after a few days. Is it mustahab to burry it?

Yes, it is.

If I pray multiple Ziyaraats for example one to Imam Hussain (as) and another ziyarat to another Imam or even Hazrat Abbas, after them for each ziyarat can I recite one 2 rakaat mustahab salaat with the intention for all the ziyaraat, or for each salaat, it is mustahab to recite an individual 2 rakaat salaat

Ayatollah Khoi

The recommended is to pray 2 rakaats for each zeyarat.

According to Ayatollah Khoi, is it permissible to gift the sawaab of obligatory ibadaat to the Ahlul Bayt (as).

For example i pray the obligatory zuhr and asr prayer with the intention of قربة الى الله but the sawaab I gift to the Ahlul Bayt (as)?

Yes, you can.

Is it makrooh to eat liver?

No.

1) When food is served at home, sometimes some of my family members can't finish the food that is served to them. So sometimes I finish the left over food to avoid israaf, but if I want to follow an islamic diet and avoid overeating then am I allowed to bury the food or give it to animals in my area?


2) Also if there are no animals around then burying it is not haraam right?

1) Yes, you can feed that food to animals. It is better than burying it.

2) Yes. It is OK

However, let us learn the culture of serving/ taking small quantity of food, and if we need, take more.

If a Muslim person is living in the West and while practicing hijab by not looking people who are NOT mahram to us it causes problems (when we have to speak to them). So someone told me that if there is no shahwa / raghba then it is not a problem if we look at them while communicating.

Is the above correct or not? If the non mahram is a muslim then what is the ruling.

With regard to lo looking at non Mahram, the same rule applies to all, Muslims and non Muslims.
If there is no shahwa, no problem.

Is it adviseable for a mumeen not trained in medical practice to rely on his/her personal research on disputed topics such as vaccination?
Ideally, what role should such research play if any?

Logically, it is not advisable to do so, and if he did, and harmed himself or someone else, he is kept accounted for it.

Is there taqiyya that can be necessary in these times in the West? Or what topics are wajib even when there are no teachers or sources in english?

I can not judge the taqeyya issue from here. It depends on your self and the community you are living in.
From my side, I do not see that there is a gap for it in the west, as as far as i know and see, no one cares about your religion, and how you practice it.
The important things you need to know is about your faith, and how to worship Almighty.
When ever you need any information, you can get in touch, and I am at your disposal.

Q: Making oath to do ghusl?
a) Can one pray obligatory prayer with this ghusl?
b) Can one pray if the nadhr was specifically to avoid wudhu?

The oath it self is not applicable in both cases.

Why is that exactly?

Because Ghusl is dependent, not independent, like wudhu. ie, Ghusl has needs a reason, like janabah, menses, etc. You can not make Ghusl with no reason.

Is there a preferable method for the average worker in these modern times to fulfill the obligation of zakaat on wealth? Also is there any concern regarding food products ( flour, grains etc) in the west on which nonMuslims may not have paid zakaat on? Or is it assumed halal without proof of being haraam?

Zakat is wajib if you have any of the nine things which are related to zakat, or if you have merchandises.
If not, you do not need to pay zakat, but you need to pay khoms (20% of what remains from your earnings during the year).

I wanted to ask that if someone is suffering from PCOS due to which mensus last for 20-30 days. Can we pray after 10 days? And if not then are we suppose to pray Qadha of those prayers ?

This is not menses, as menses does not exceed 10 days.
In such case I need to know if you used to have a regular period time wise before this problem takes place.

I used to skip months and after 4-6 months, when i get mensus they started to last for 20+ days.

In this we have two scenarios:
1- If you used to see certain number of days before the problem, like 5 days, and the number was constant, then you should consider your period as 5 days, after which you need to perform ghusl, and start praying.

The blood you see thereafter is called istihādha, which is 3 types:
A- Slight istiḥāḍah is when the blood only stains a piece of cotton and does not seep into it.
B- Medium istiḥāḍah is when the blood seeps into a piece of cotton – albeit into only one side of it – but it does not reach the sanitary pad [or other absorbent item] that a woman would normally use to absorb the discharge of blood.
C- Excessive istiḥāḍah is when the blood soaks a piece of cotton and reaches the sanitary pad [or other absorbent item].

Hence, you need to know which type you have.
If you have the Slight istiḥāḍah, then, you must perform one wuḍūʾ for every prayer (ie. 5 times) and must wash the outside of the vagina with water if there is blood there. It is also preferred to purify the piece of cotton with water or change it for every prayer.

If you have medium istiḥāḍah, you need must, based on obligatory precaution, perform one ghusl daily for your prayers, and you must do the things that were mentioned in the previous ruling with regard to slight istiḥāḍah. Therefore, if you experienced medium istiḥāḍah before or at the time of morning (ṣubḥ) prayers, you must perform ghusl for ṣubḥ prayers.
If you intentionally or forgetfully did not perform ghusl for ṣubḥ prayers, you must perform ghusl for midday (ẓuhr) and afternoon (ʿaṣr) prayers. And if you did not perform ghusl for ẓuhr and ʿaṣr prayers, you must perform ghusl before prayers after sunset (maghrib) and evening (ʿishāʾ) prayers, whether the bleeding has stopped or not.
You also need to perform wuḍū after this ghusl, in addition to it.

If you have excessive istiḥāḍah, you need to perform one ghusl for ṣubḥ prayers, one for ẓuhr and ʿaṣr prayers, and one for maghrib and ʿishāʾ prayers. Furthermore, you must not delay between ẓuhr and ʿaṣr prayers nor between maghrib and ʿishāʾ prayers; and if you did, then you must perform ghusl again for ʿaṣr and ʿishāʾ prayers.
You also, based on obligatory precaution, must change or purify with water the piece of cotton and the sanitary pad [or other absorbent item].

In this scenario, it is advisable that after the 10th day, you once again perform mensus ghusl, as precautionary action, and perform wudu as well.

2- If the number of days was not constant, but it it was not exceeding 10 days, then you can choose the number that best suites your period at that time, and relay on it, after which, you should follow the istiḥāḍah rules mentioned above.

I want to ask if the courts have any rights according to the shariah to dissolve the marriage and go for khulaa. Where there is no contact between the husband and the wife and the wife from a remote place files for khulaa for no reason. I don't want to give her khulaa or talaaq. Just want to know if the courts has any rights over my marriage

Such divorce is void.

My question is that what is the purpose of stick Imam holding during Friday and Eid sermons?

It represents power. In narrations, it is recommended to hold a sword, which was used in early ages as weapon, nowadays, the sword is not used, hence, in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam holds a shoot gun. However, if he can not do so, the recommendation goes down to a stick.

Ruling 347. It is recommended that one urinates after ejaculation; if he does not urinate, and after performing ghusl some fluid comes out about which he does not know whether it is semen or some other fluid, it is ruled as being semen.

I read this rule a few days ago. I ejaculated after reading that, I did ghusul but I wasn’t sure if I urinated after I ejaculated. I always keep getting doubts now after reading new rules about wudhu, ghusul or prayer or anything about that. Is my ghusul valid? What should I do?

This is applied only if you saw something which you do not know what it is. Hence, if such case didn’t happen, then your doubts has no meaning.

What if I saw something but I’m more than 50% sure that it was water? But it was straight after my ghusul so my whole body was wet. I keep doubting about everything, so I think it’s not, what do you think?

Do not you think that it is urine?

No I actually think it was water

That is enough.

I didn’t use to have doubts about if I washed after emptying my bowels. After I read Sistanis law: person doubts whether or not he has purified the anus or urinary outlet, it is necessary that he purifies it even if he habitually purifies it immediately after emptying his bowels and/or bladder.

I am now having doubts, even though I know I washed my private parts after emptying my bowels. What should I do?

Do not care about the doubts.

What is the permissibility of using dice — those that are found in common board games especially in the west? For this purpose they aren't used for gambling but they are generally known to be tools for such. Does the mere association with gambling make them impermissible to use or is it completely fine if used in the aforementioned context?

Using dice in non gambling games is permitted.

1) Is it ok if a cat walked over a prayer rug?
2) Can one have dog as pet in backyard with their own dog house and own everything and not let them enter the house?
3) Was Habashi the killer of Hazret Hamze, (a) forgiven. By the prophet? & did he became a Muslim?

1) Yes. It is OK, as long its feet are clean (Taher).
2) No problem, but not recommended.
3) This what is narrated in the history books

Did Ayatollah Sestani said that this years , years 2020 will be heavy for Shia-Muslims? There is a message circulating around and says recite this and this dua because his eminence Ayatollah Sestani said that this years will heavy specially for Shia Muslims. I want to know if he has said that?

False.

I was reading about Mongolian people , or about Gengis Khan and his army. It’s stated that he killed many many innocent Muslim. So my question is :

1. Is it true that Imam Ali (a) told the Shias of their time, not to fight with these people (Gengis Khans army)

2. Is this saying of Imam Ali(a) written in a Hadith?

No. It is not.

Do you by any chance know where on in which Hadith the names of 313 companion are written? And those 50 women

No clear names are given.

1) Suppose my khums date is 31 dec and on that day I have 1000 peny in my hand and I calculated the amount of khums for that amount and after sometime I got some peny from somewhere in terms of earning so will I need to remove khums for that peny also?
2) If I haven't calculated khums on the prescribed date and I received peny in term of earning on that day then will that money included in khums calculation ?

1- Yes, if you earned it before sun sit.
2- Same as 1, except if you mean with (that day) 1st of Jan, for example.

هل أحاسب على ما يدور في عقلي ولو بشأن الدين


لا، و لكن لا تخضع للشيطان.

I recently had a conversation with my wife where I shared a hadith with her, which I recently came across, where it says, father has a complete right over his son & his sons complete financials.

Wife said, it’s not the case. Her sister in Saudia came to know that if both mother & wife dies at the same time, it’s sons duty to offer kafan to wife before providing it to mother.

Could you please shed a light on this. I also read that parents have more rights compared to the rights of wife & kids.

This is just if the father is in need, and his son is not supporting him. In this case, he can take his needs from his son's money, with no need for permission.
With regard to Kafan, yes, if both died on same time, and he can provide only one kafan, then the wife is the eligible, not the mother, because the wife expenses are forefront compared to parents, while the obedience of the parents is forefront compared to the wife.

What if there is sufficient money & I wish to support my parents since I have sufficient money?

What is obligated over me when I need to choose between the wish of my parents & a wife? What if they are both in the opposite ends. I often here to reconcile the issues but that not happening.

She is obliged to take care of your parents.
You have to take care of them, or provide some one to do it.

I have two questions. In our family we have grown up being very close to our cousins. We do take care to observe hijaab and avoid physical contact with na mahram cousins. However at times unintentionally a male and female cousin end up sitting next to each other which sometimes may lead to arms of one brushing arms of other with clothes. Is it haram ?
Also, what is the ruling about eating from the same bowl or sharing a glass of cold drink with na mahram cousin? Just to explain, at times a cousin drinks from a bottle of Pepsi and then some other cousin asks for the same bottle to drink from. Is it haram? And lastly, at times a cousin is carrying her baby and I ask to hold the baby. I try my best to make sure no physical contact is made while the baby is being transferred from my female cousin’s lap to mine occasionally it might occur. Is it haram?

There is nothing called unintentionally a male and female cousin end up sitting next to each other. Care has to be taken not to sit beside each other, and to wear proper hijab.
Eating from the same bowl is not haram, except if it leads to hands touching. The same thing applies to the glass sharing. However, avoiding such acts is preferred.
With regard to the baby, you can ask her to put the baby on something, then you can carry him.

1) Could you please explain this one year thing a bit further- I was working initially and kept a khums date to pay khums on my salary but for things that I used to buy , I used to catch a year from the date I had bought those things:

For example I used to pay khums on my bank balance every year on 30th june but if I bought something on 2nd July I used to catch 1 year from 2nd July to use those things-

2) Also I am not working now so for things I have bought now – do I fix a specific khums date or just catch 1 year from the date of purchase

1) What you were doing is not correct according to the fatwa of S. Sistani.

2) Yes. Now you can do so.

I would like to know how this rule of khums applies :
1) Do we have to pay khums on left over food items in our house – for example- if the khums date is 30th April 2020 and I buy 10 kilos of rice on 1st april 2020 and I have 9 kilos left on 30th april 2020, do I have to pay khums on this 9 kilos? Does this apply to other things as well – example – left over biscuits, cooking oil, flour, etc.

2) Does this rule apply to non edible items – example if I buy shampoo on 1st april 2020 and I have used just a little till 30th april 2020, do I have to pay khums on this?

We were generally told that we have to wait 1 year before paying khums on anything but I have heard the above rule so I wanted to clarify

1- Yes, if these residuals could be sold.
2- If it could be sold, then yes, but normally nobody buys used bottle of shampoo or fragrance.
It depends on communities.

What you mentioned about the waiting for a year is applicable if you are not working.

If someone does Ghusl Tawbah, do they still need to do wudhu after that? Can this ghusl be done everyday?

1-Yes. He needs to do wudhu.
2- Yes, if he committed sins, but in this case, he is joking with Allah.

I feel afraid to pray tahajud as I am the only one who is awake and everyone is sleeping.
I heard unmarried girls should not pray tahajud everyday as jin may fall for you and can cause problems with marriage.
Will 3 Surah qul 3 times each and ayat Al qursi 3 times be sufficient to be protected from anything

What you heard has no meaning.
Yes, reciting Ayat Al-Kursi, and the Qul surats is sufficient -Allah willing-for protection


عند المعاشرة زوجي يريدني ان ادخل إصبعي في فتحة شرجه ولا ادري هل هذا يجوز ام لا. افيدوني افادكم الله.


يجوز


بالنسبة لمبنى السيد السيستاني فيما يختص برصد الاهلة.. بالنسبة لمن يعيش في تركيا هل يتبع نتيجة رصد الاهلة في العراق؟ فمثلا لو اعلنت المرجعية ان يوم السبت هو غرة شهر رمضان فهل ينطبق ذلك على تركيا كذلك؟


لا، فأفق تركيا يختلف عن أفق العراق، فلا بد من ملاحظة أفقكم، و المنطقة التي أنت فيها.
بالنسبة لهذه السنة، يوم السبت هو أول الشهر لكل الأرض.

I have a certain amount on which I have already given khums last year. I still have that savings with me so is khums applicable on it or not? For example; I have 50000RS from which 10000 is from last year and I have already given a khums on it. So for now how much I will consider for khums?

Only if you have more than 40,000 RS, the you need to pay the khoms of the excess.

Can you please tell me mujarrib dua for strong memory. I am medical student and preparing for my higher exams and find difficulty in retaining things in my mind. Please tell me any dua for exam success and memory. I am working hard for exams. And I am also in condition of fear of exams.

1- Recite each prayer this dua, which was taught by Prophet to Imam Ali:

سبحان من لا يعتدي على أهل مملكته، سبحان من لا يأخذ أهل الأرض بألوان العذاب، سبحان الرؤوف الرحيم، اللهم اجعل لي في قلبي نوراً وبصراً وفهماً وعلماً، إنك على كل شي قدير
2- When you start studying, recite this dua:

اللهم أخرجني من ظلمات الوهم ، وأكرمني بنور الفهم ، اللهم افتح علينا أبواب رحمتك ، وانشر علينا خزائن علومك ، برحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين

Is it permissible to swallow phelgm in salah?

Yes.

Can Syed shia 12 Imamia marry an Aga Khani girl or not? Because Agha Khani believe that Muhammad S.A.W.W is the last prophet but they don't believe Imam Hassan a.s. and they don't have any concept of namaz, majlis, matam etc. And they also don't believe in Imam Mehdi a.s.

Please let me know with reference.

When they don’t have the concept of prayers, it means that they don’t believe in Quran, because Quran is very clear about prayers.
Not believing Quran means that Mohammad PBUH &his family is lying.

My cousins nikkah was done forcefully by her parents. What is the ruling on such situation? And is the nikkah valid?

If she did not permit the nikkah later, it is void. She is not allowed to let the man touch her.

Can the people who have given ghusl e mayyit to a dead body, also give Kafan to the same mayyit, without taking ghusl e mass e mayyit?

Yes.

We have hadiths in Shahih Bukhari that mentions:

Allah's Apostle said, "Five are regarded as martyrs: They are those who die because of plague, abdominal disease, drowning or a falling building etc., and the martyrs in Allah's cause.

Can you please share your feedback on the above in light of the teachings of Ahlulbayt(as).

This hadeeth is not narrated by Ahlulbait AS.

Wanted to check if there is any Hadith from the Ahlulbayt(as) regarding health benefit of black seed/kalongi? There are a number of sunni hadiths which goes by something like – it cures everything except death.

Yes, there are few narrations about it, one of them is:
عن القاسم بن أحمد بن جعفر، عن القاسم بن محمد، عن أبي جعفر عن محمد بن يعلى بن أبي عمرو، عن ذريح، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: إني لأجد في بطني قراقرا ووجعا. قال: ما يمنعك من الحبة السوداء؟ فإن فيها شفاء من كل داء إلا السام
Dhirheh, said: I said to Abu Abdullah, peace be upon him: I find in my stomach a grief and pain. He said: What prevents you from the black seed? It has a cure for every disease except death.

Please advice what is the ruling for Azan and iqamah, while saying Ashhado anna Aliyun Hujjatullaah, is it enough or we should say complete , Ashhado anna Amirul momineena wa imamal muttaqeena a Aliyun waliyullaahe wasiyo Rasullallahe wa khaleefatohu bilafasl, twice

It is enough.

Can we offer namaz keeping our eyes closed for more concentration?

No problem.

Is it permissible to ask the girl with whom marriage is being proposed for meeting before saying final "yes" regarding marriage proposal?

If it is in general place, then it is ok.
Meeting her in closed place is not allowed.

If a baligh man and baligh woman agree to each other for marriage but they can't tell their parents because their elder brothers and sisters are yet to marry, can the man and girl talk to each on voice call or video call? They both are not involving any kind of adultery. They just want to talk to each other to remain in contact till their turn for marriage arrive. Only man and woman know that they agreed to marry each other and none in their families knows

If they are confident that they will not get into any love talks, the it is OK, but this is very hard to ensure. On the other hand, for how long this will last? It might take ages.
There is no rule in Islam that elder brothers and sisters have to marry first.

Can men wear Gold plated watches?

If it is just color, then yes. But if it plated with real gold, then no.

I have a few questions relating to marriage and sexual relations with spouse

1) If a couple are planning for a baby and if a man has discharged semen before intercourse does he have to do Gusl before having intercourse?
If he has Intercourse without doing ghusl will this affect the child?

2) Women discharge number of fluids so will this apply to females as well I.e. to do Gusl every time?

3) If a couple want to have intercourse multiple times during the night do they have to do ghusl each time before doing the act again, if the women conceives during the night will this affect the child?

4) Lastly if the couple are trying for a baby and the man’s position during the act is standing is this position allowed?

1- No. For both parts.
2- No.
3- No. For both parts.
4- No problem.

Please help me understand stand this hadith of Imam Jafar "speak about the creation of Allah, but do not speak about Allah his-self."
What does not speaking about Allah his-self means?

The narration says: Do not think about the essence of Allah SWT, as no one can reach to it.

If I keep Qaza fast for someone else eg. my great grandfather. and club it with mustahab roza of mine as I do not have any qaza roza left.
1. Can the fast be broken like how mustahab can be broken?
2. If broken, will the sawab of the fast kept for individual will be rewarded or it has to be kept like normal fast and cannot break.
3. Will the niyat be wajib qurbat for grandfathers fast and mustahab just qurbatan illallah.

Please guide

1- Yes, you can, even afternoon.
2- If you mean that if someone invited you to a meal, and you broke the qaza fast, are you going to get the thawab, the answer is no
3- It is not wajib.

Is it okay to get into a temporary marriage for a women during her menstruation without indulging in any physical activity with the husband? She has her parents approval. the reason for that marriage is to get to know the husband before a marriage.

In this case, no problem.

How can I check if sunni hadiths are authenticated by shias

If similar hadeeth is narrated with authenticated chain in our books.

Do shias regard the hadith in which the prophet instructed Muslims to drink camel urine as an authentic hadith?

No. It is not authenticated.

Is it ok to work for American defense companies companies?

If it might lead you to hurt innocent people, then no.

I have been in complete doubts and frustration in regards to ghusl. If one masterbates however due to the guilt of doing he refrains and does not end up ejaculating, is ghusl required? I am well aware that this is a sin, and I’m trying my best to avoid this sin.

If no ejaculation took place, or semen discharged, then ghusl is not required.

I studied the forex market nature for 3 year and I made a break through through consistancy. I have a well developed trading plan with high probability trades and a proper risk management which includes 1%-0% risk. I have a islamic account which doesn’t have swap (interest). I have a 1:30 leverage.

There is this debate about the forex trading wether its halal or haram. To me it doesn’t feel like that because I studied hard for it. For 3 years. I would like to know your opinion about it

It depends on the type of activities you are carrying out. If you are just dealing in halal things, and as you described above, then there is no problem.
You have to confirm that they are not carrying out haram activities, such as dealing with companies selling alcoholic drinks, pig products etc prior to dealing with them.

Well it's currencies like eur against dollar so it has nothing to do with haram things. So leverage is also okay to have. I have 1:30. Don’t pay interest over that because its an islamic account

No problem.

I want to offer Namaz e Bibi Fatima (sa) for 40 days but Ayyam e haiz has come in between? What should I do? Should I continue after the days are over? Will it be acceptable?

Yes. Just continue.

If we are offering zohar prayer and by mistake we say salam in 2nd rakat what are we supposed to do? Continue the prayer or restart?

Go ahead with your prayer, and after completing it, you need to perform two prostrations for inadvertence (sajdatā al-sahw), for adding salam.
The method of performing sajdatā al-sahw is that immediately after the salām of the prayer, you must make the intention of sajdatā al-sahw and place his forehead, based on obligatory precaution, on something on which performing sajdah is permitted. The recommended precaution is to say dhikr in the sajdah, and it is better that you says:
bismil lāhi wa billāhi, assalāmu ʿalayka ayyuhan nabiyyu wa raḥmatul lāhi wa barakātuh
(In the name of Allah and by Allah. Peace be upon you O Prophet, and Allah’s mercy and His blessings (be upon you too).
Then, you must sit up and go into sajdah again, and say the dhikr mentioned above. [you must then sit] and say tashahhud, after which you must say:
assalāmu ʿalaykum
Peace be upon you all.
And it is preferable that he adds the words
wa raḥmatul lāhi wa barakātuh
and Allah’s mercy and His blessings (be upon you too).

What is our justification for crying on our loved ones when it is mentioned that Imam Ali is saying that Holy Prophet forbade us from crying and asked us to be patient

What Prophet prohibited is not crying, but getting to a state called jazza, where the person do things like beating himself, or objecting what Allah did.
Crying is an emotional case, which can not be controlled. Even Prophet himself cried when his son Ibrahim died.

Beating himself means matam? So is it wrong?

We have to differentiate between Imam Hussain A S and our beloved, when they pass away.

I have a question regarding the kaffarah for breaking a fast on the month of Ramadan. I broke my fast intentionally on one day in Ramadan and I fasted the qaza of this fast after the end of the month of ramadan.

Because I didn't know I had to pay a kaffarah for it, I didn't do anything about this until a couple of years later when I found out that I had to pay the kaffarah. My question is will I have to pay the kaffarah now considering it is now 4 years later or I dont need to pay the kaffarah.

If you were aware that breaking the fast is haram, you have to pay the kaffarah, even after 100 years.

I have decided to feed 60 poor people as kaffarah. considering I live in the UK, there are no poor people here and I found out that I can go to charity website where I can pay money and they will do the feeding for me. Also I'm not sure how much bread, wheat and barely costs in the UK and I dont know how much it would be to feed 60 poor people. Could you kindly explain what I should do this situation

You don’t have to feed in UK.
You can do it in your home country, Pakistan or India, where you can ask one of your relatives to feed 60 people, 750gm’s each, and send him the money

Is reciting verses of the Holy Quran without wuzu makrooh/mustahab/haram?

It is neither makrooh nor haram.
It is mubah, means ok

Assalamu alaykum, are we supposed to pay khums on investments (if you need to know more specifically it's a UK investment ISA)? If so, on which amounts do we pay the Khums, and would this be every year? Are we to pay khums on the profit generated? Please shed some general light on this issue

If your capital is from clean money (Khoms paid), then, you just need to pay the khoms of the profit you get at the end of the year, if the profit is saved and not spent during the year.
Example:
On 01.01.2020 you received a profit of US$ 1000, which you kept a side.
You have to pay its khoms on 01.01.2021

If a woman has converted to Shiaism and is removed from her Sunni household as a result, is the permission of her father necessary for marriage?

Secondly, as a result of her conversion, she is going through difficulties and is unable to face them without someone to speak with. Unfortunately, what this means is she has to present personal problems to me, and I am not comfortable with having to listen to them, since I am not sure about whether listening and giving counsel to a woman is acceptable. Is it permissible to marry her without her father's consent in this case as well? I find this complicated especially since she has expressed suicidal intent as a result of the recent hardships she has faced at home, and I do not know if this is a circumstance that warrants lifting the rules of modesty to ensure that her mental health is intact

1- Yes. Except if there is no valid excuse for his refusal, like because you are Shia.

2- If she is not able to get his permission, as mentioned above, she can marry without his permission.

If she is currently living with her father, as a Shia, but in taqiyyah, would that fall under the second case?

The same principal applies.

How can an adopted girl (Newborn) become mahram forever for a man?

By making aqd nikah between her and his son, or letting his wife breast feed her -if she has a new born child- full feeding 15 times.

If none of the two ways I mentioned is applicable, either because the man do not have a new born child, that his wife breast feed both babies, or he do not have a male boy son, to make nikah between them, then there is no way for the girl to be mahram for him, except by marrying her mother, and have full intercourse with her.

What is the ruling for khums for a married girl? Do I have to take out khums seperately on my income then my husband or it is okay if our income is combined and we take khums out like that?

Each one has to pay his dues separately.

But if we both contribute to house expenses and have a joint bank account then how do we calculate seperately?

Keeping a joint account is one of the common mistakes people do, as no one knows what he owns. However, in your case, if the khoms is going to be paid from the account, then it is OK.

I’ve heard recently from a Maulana here in States that according to a new revision in Ayatollah Sistani’s rulings eating from the hands of a Hindu is permissible. He has declared that Hindus are no longer considered Najis. Is this true?

No. This is not true.

I purchased few items from a shop and they made a mistake in not scanning one item. I got home and used the item. After few days realised that shop has not scanned the item and I have not paid for it. What should I do?

Go and pay for it.

Is it okay to say "Ramadan Kareem"? Some say it is not proper and that we should say Ramadan Mubarak instead.

It is OK.

Can a person pluck grey hairs or dye their hair black? I have seen Sunni hadiths mention this, but I am not sure of it's validity.

No problem in doing so.

Can a man grow his hair long and have it tied up?

Yes, but he should take into consideration whether such act is acceptable in the community or not.

I was wondering about the stance of the Shi'i jurisprudence with a man who suffers from psychological hermaphroditism (transgender) . His physical self is "normal", but he likes to think of himself as a woman. If he is not reffrered to as a woman, he suffers psychological distress.

He dresses like a woman and wants to go on hormones prescribed by a doctor but not do surgery.

What is the stance Islam has on this person? Is there any blame upon him for his actions?

He has to present himself to a specialist, and if was diagnosed as female, and carries within him the organs of the female, he may transform if he have to do so. If he does not have female organs, and he is a real male, he is not allowed to do so, if the transform requires cutting off his masculinity organs and creating a female opening, and even if he does, and takes female hormones, he is not considered a female legally.
My advice to the owner of this case is to seek refuge in Allah, to take male hormones instead of female hormones, and to get treated for the psychological state by a specialist.

I have one question related to mutta. I want to know what’s the conditions to be in mutta.
If girl is unmarried however she is independent (working lady) can she perform mutta without Wali permission?

According to S. Khamenaei, she need to take the permission of her father, as obligatory precaution, even if she is independent.

If we are sleeping alone at night and if we find our undergarment wet in the morning, may be because of shaytaani waswasa,
1) How do we perform Ghusl, what should be our niyat? Ghusl e Janabat or something else?

2) How do we make the clothes paak? Can we put them in the washing machine?

1- Semen is recognizable, as it is thick and sticky. Hence, if it is not like that, then probably it is not semen, so, you do not need to perform ghusl.
However, if you are in doubt, and you want to perform ghusl, then you need to perform ablution as well.
2- If the washing machine washes two times with pure water, with spinning in between, then it is OK.

What is the best way to ask a father for his daughters hand in marriage? Any specific way that Ahlulbayt have recommended? What shall one say to the father?

There is no specific way to do so.
It differs from community to community.

What to do when you don't have qadha fast and the in laws knows about it and they make you break your fast as soon as you keep in the blessed month of Mahe Rajab. How to get the benefits of fasting in this month when you long for it. Please advise. It's a joint family so fasting cannot be kept hidden.

You do not have to accept their invitation, although it is recommended, and if you did, you are double rewarded.

What is the rule regarding the following:
1. Can IUI intrauterine insemination be done wherein semen of the husband is inserted artificially in the wife's womb.
2. What about IVF in vitro fertilization wherein the semen of husband and the egg of the wife is fertilized outside the womb of wife.
3. What about cleaning of pubic hairs. Can it be done in the salon/parlour?

1&2- Both of the ways are haram, because they require the doctor to look at the wife vagina, regardless if it is male or female. However, if the normal way for pregnancy is not possible, and they are in bad condition for not having a baby, then they can choose any of the two methods, provided that getting the semen is done by wife’s hand.

3- Not allowed if it requires looking at or touching the vagina.

Can we use Khums funds in food charity for Shia community. Sadaat and non sadaat mixed.

No.

My wife is alhumdulilah 8-9 weeks pregnant. Will she have to fast this Ramadan? I saw an exemption from Sayed Sistani for ladies who are 7-9 months pregnant, but what about those that are still in the 1st trimester, since it is considered to be as tough as the last trimester?

8-9 months pregnant lady is allowed not to fast, if she is afraid that fasting would harm her or her baby, otherwise, she is not exempted.
With regard to the early pregnancy days (less than 8 months), the pregnant woman is not allowed to break fast, except if there was a real hazard that she could harm her self or her pregnancy.
In both cases, makeup the fast after delivery is must. But for the 8-9 months lady, she need to feed a poor person for each day in addition to makingup the fast.

1) If a lady is less than 8-9 months pregnant and she misses a fast does she have to feed 60 people for each day missed?

2) If the lady who is less than8-9 months pregnant fasts but then isn't able to complete the fast and has to break the fast during the day does she have to pay kaffara for that fast? or just feed 1 person?

1- If she didn't fast with no excuse, then yes.
2- No

There is a culture of making pregnancy women wear iron Bangles. is there any religious angle to this? Should we wear the bangle just because our elders say it or should we avoid? Is believing in such traditions that bangles help against feeling afraid shirk?

These are traditions, which has no relation to religion. It is up to you to do it or not to do it.
If you believe that these things have effect, then it is a type of shirk.

After trying to find a job for more than a year I got a job offer as a business analyst at a company which is a technology solution provider to lottery companies. It partners with lottery companies worldwide and takes part in retail, digital innovation, and licensed games. It also prints lottery tickets and creates sales technology solutions such as innovative in-lane sales solutions. Would working for such a company be Haram? My job description is below:
In this role, you will be responsible for working with many different internal and external teams to gather requirements and manage the effective planning and lifecycle management of digital solutions for the lottery industry. As a Business Analyst, you will maintain product backlog, create a product roadmap, direct the project team and assist in systems analysis. Product planning responsibilities include awareness and analysis of systems and operational needs and translates them to product requirements and roadmap, and ensure the team has the tools and the expertise to deliver the product.

I forwarded your question to Sayed Sistani and he says: It seems OK, but if you can get another job later, it would be better.

I am asking on behalf of a friend who – while being a Muslim – for many years strayed from the path and didnt fulfil his religious obligations whether prayers or fasts. Only recently has he come back to practicing the faith, and has been working hard on making up for his past and genuinely reforming himself. However, one thing he is feeling hopeless about is making up missed fasts. He has calculated all his intentionally missed fasts for the month of Ramadan, and has come up with a personal number of having to either make up 8400 fasts as kaffarah (breaking a fast means fast 60 days) or feed 8400 poor Shia (60 people for each broken/missed fast). What should he do in this circumstance?

Feeding 8400 poor people will cost him about US $'s 7000.00 (750 gm's of flour per person).
He can pay it on intervals.

I am a student and I live in another city now that I am studying. But do I pray qasr when I go back to my home town for a few days or not? Some have said that since that’s my home town I don’t have to pray qasr

You can not pray qasr in your home town.

I would like to have the following clarifications with regards to it's permissibility in the Islamic context
1) Is it permissible to invest in cryptocurrencies?
2) Can we invest in government bonds/trust funds in a Muslim or non Muslim country?
3) Can we invest in Fixed deposits or obtain loans from non Muslim banks?
4) Can we invest in venture capital schemes, whereby we invest in halaal businesses and then sell of our investment at a higher price at a later date?

1- No. On obligatory precaution basis.
2- Yes, in Non Muslim countries.
3- No. If the banks are owned 100% by Muslim individuals.
If the banks are partially or totally owned by government, then the money could be taken with the permission of Sayed, but not with the intention of loan.
4- Yes, you can

Is it allowed for someone who can’t breathe without the help of a respirator which is extremely expensive to choose to not be helped and thus die?

Some of the people who choose to die like this also get the option to get a high dose of morphine as a painkiller.

No.

What is the ruling on posting pictures of yourself as a women where you can see her face and what is the rulling of posting photo’s of herself but the face covered with for example her hand.

If the pictures are taken in a way that effects the men, then it is haram.
However, it is not recommended to post such pictures. It also has no meaning to do so.
Question: What is the purpose of posting such pictures?

I was told that under sistani gelatin in candy is halal and it doesnt matter where the gelatin comes from because it goes through a chemical change once they extract the gelatin from the bone and make it into powder form to make candy such as gummy bears? I would like to know what's the ruling on this?

Not correct.

So it has to say halal on the package the special kind of gummies only correct ?

If a restaurant advertises halal and you ask them if their whole menu is halal and they say yes there is nothing more for you to worry about this point correct you just go based off what they say correct ?

1- Writing "Halal" does not mean any thing, if it is imported from Non-Muslim country, if it is of animal base.

2- Yes, if the seller is Muslim.

I'm asking this question on behalf of my newly converted friend. The question is, does your fast gets broken if you get in a impure state? For example if one has a urinal leakage, does the fast gets broken? And then what should he do? Is there a special ghusl?

No. He just needs to wash the place, and wash the effected area of his clothes.
It gets broken, if he intentionally got in janabat (Ejaculation).

What does Ayatollah sistani say on watching Indian entertainment which obviously includes inappropriate content? Could you please tell me a clear answer so I can tell my friend who does not believe me. It's prohibited right?

Yes, it is prohibited.

Is it allowed to pray beside a door?

Yes, but it is not recommended, except if this hurts other people and prevents them from getting in or out, where it becomes haram.

I had a question regarding shaving my beard completely or from the cheeks so I can have a better and strong beautiful beard. I’ve never shaven before. Is this allowed?

According to S. Sistani, shaving is not allowed on mandatory precaution basis, but you can trim it.

My question is if a person asks for help, he needs financial help and is giving the reference that he is collecting funds in order to help poor but in the long run I know he won't use it for that. He may use it to kill some people or something like that but it is my assumption and moreover is mostly expected. What should I do. Should I donate or not?

If you just think or assume he is abusing money, but you have no proof of that, you are not allowed to tarnish his image among others.
Donating from your side is not a must, and it depends on your confidence.

Is it permissible to consume sweets which contain gelatine.

If the gelatin is taken from animals not slaughtered according to sharea'a, or from pig, then it is not permissible.

My father is sunni and I am shia. He knows that I am shia and sometimes invites me to pray salat with him leading the prayer, but I don’t know if I should say my own shahada, and should I pray again later or is my prayer valid if he is leading.

You can pray with him, but you need to read Fatiha and sura.

Due to covid-19. Many muslim nations have encouraged to pray at home. Kuwait changed the words of azaan. They further claim that this happened at the time of Rasoollah (S.A.W) which is why they (kuwaiti’s made the amends). Is it true?

https://muslimmatters.org/2020/03/13/adhan-to-pray-in-your-homes-during-times-of-hardship/


http://www.theonlyquran.com/hadith/Sahih-Muslim/?volume=4&chapter=97

Here are the two links

There is a narration in Bukhari and Muslim books about it. Hence, they are applying it.

My mother has illness that is preventing her from fasting. He has not been able to fast for the past 15 years now. Will she have to give fidyah for each missed day of fasting for 15 years? If so, then how much?

Yes. She need to give 22.5 (0.75x30) kg's of rice or flour for each year.
This means 22.5 x 15= 337.5 kg's
This could be distributed among poor momen people.

My father has huge loans and he owes money to the bank.
He is very stressed regarding that he is not at peace. Is there some way he can feel better and some amaal which will help him in repaying them.

Let him recite syrat Al-Waqia (56) every night after Isha prayer, and make a lot of isteghfar, and his debts will be repaid, Allah willing.

I’m getting seperated from my husband. I don't want to give his name to the child. Can my parents parentage to her? My father is willing to give his and my mothers name to my daughter.

No. This is not allowed.
You have to register her in her father's name.
This is very clearly mentioned in Qur'an.

It permissible for the poor sadaat to spend their sehme sadat receipts on their non-sadat family members, whether normally dependent on them or not. For example, can a wife who is sayyidah spend from her sehme sadaat receipts on her husband, who:

1. Has always been dependent on her for his livelihood due to various reasons like illness/non-employment

2. Has temporarily become unemployed; for example, due to lockdown here in India, husband is not able to earn anything and there is no other source of income.

The answer is yes for both questions.

Can we take milk from a hindu milkman, which is used for preparing beverages like tea, coffee and is also converted into ghee (clarified butter) through excessive heating?

If you didn’t see him touching it with naked hands, then it is clean (Taher)

While it is established that jamaat is better than individual prayers, I wish to seek your guidance for a crucial issue of praying in prime time.


By the taufeeq of Allah s.w.t, I have been able to perform my 5 daily prayers during their individual prime time windows for quite some time now. During afternoon, I usually come home from office for lunch so that I can perform jamaat with my wife and other relatives. However, my wife cooks food and reaches a level of anxiety due to hunger pangs and requests me to have food first and then pray together. I pay heed to her since I wish to earn the benefit of jamaat but within the prime time windows (zuhr and asr together however) and also not to miss khushu and khuzu in namaz due to hunger. The same happens during evening when I return home. My question is whether it is acceptable to delay prayers for all of these considered together:


1. Eating food

2. Still praying in fazeelat time

3. Taking benefit of jamaat prayers

There is no problem in such short delay, as long the prayer falls in fadheela period, and makes you more present in the prayer.

Is it permissible to forge papers that an employer is asking his employee to do with his permission for any purpose like loan etc whether not accepting such instructions will lead to loss of employment or not?

In short, the employer is asking to submit the (forged) wrong papers to banks so that loan can be taken.

No.

The documents were prepared to take loan against a pretended a purchase; that is to say that nothing was purchased and there was no intention to purchase anything but to take loan and use it for other transactions in the business. Are the salaries for that particular month of the people involved in this transaction haram?

If this is against the rules, then it is not allowed.
With regard to the salary, if the bank is private, he have to return part of the salary which falls against such action, while if it is partially owned be the government, then this part should be paid to poor people.

There are 2 real brothers X and Y. Y had adopted the daughter of X during the life of their father through mutual consent of both these brothers and their father. It is now the time to marry this adopted girl and the two brothers developed family feud and are totally opposed to each other to the point of animosity. As an authorised representative (waqeel) of Ayatullah Sistani, please advise as to whose permission is now necessary to get the girl married – X (the real father) or Y (her uncle and adoptive father)? Can X claim her daughter back at this point and take care of her marriage alone?

Adoption is not accepted in Islam, and it is void (The adoption which is permissible is not real adoption, it is only a custody.)
The permission has to be taken from the father (X), and he can take his daughter, as his brother has no rights at all, even if the father died, in which case, the daughter can marry her self without referral to the uncle.

Here in India, some grandparents/parents write in a will about the marriage of their (grand)children in their death will. Is it correct to force one's decision before death on children on issues as serious as marriage? Do such wills hold any value in the eyes of Shariah, according to Ayatullah Sistani?

It has no meaning or effect.

Can the sadaqah of Imam e Asr atfs be given to needy people from the Ahlul Sunnah?

If it is a sadaqa you are paying on behalf of Imam, then yes.

Is there any requirement, by way of recommended precaution or otherwise, to remove the pubic hair of the corpse during ghusl? This system, which prima facie looks unnecessary, has become prevalent in the womenfolk of northern parts of India. Is this practice mashru, makrooh or haraam? 

It is not recommended (Makrooh) to do so, and if was done, the removed hair should be buried with him.

How should a dead body be given ghusl or tayammum if parts of body where tayammum are not available. Example, a dead body without any head, hands and legs and water cannot be used due to bad condition. 

If all tayammum parts are missing, then the body could be buried as it is.

Does marijuana invalidate ones prayers for 40 days like alcohol?

No. But it is haram.

Is it possible to give one surah from the Quran, if its just reciting, as a mahr for muta?

No. It is not enough, neither for muta, nor for normal marriage.

As I live in Asia, there is a lot of Hindu and chinese.
The massael of Ayatullah sistani about the najassat of kaafir is ehteyat so we can take the massael of another ayatulah. I heard that for Ayatullah Makerem Shirazi, kafir are najiss from heart but not from the body, so its not najis if they touched us or the food

I can follow this ayatullah for this massael?

What you said is not correct.
Ayatullah Makarem says kafer is najiss as fatwa.

I did research and I found out that my name is a boys name but I’m a girl. Is that haraam?

It is not recommended to name the girl with boys name, and vice versa. However, if this effects here inversely in future, then it becomes haram. With regard to your particular case, it is not your fault, and you can change the name to any other name.

I want to ask am I allowed to work at this time of the coronavirus. I am a care worker. I want to keep myself my family and my patients safe. Without it I have no income or help from government. I dont want to make sin and have lives killed because I need to work. Could you please advise me

As long you are able to protect your self, and your family from consequences, there is no problem to work. You have to wear protective dress to protect your self.

I would like to know which Surah are good to recite for marriage and what duas are there.

Recite Surat Annoor.
Dua is
(اللّهمّ إنّي أريد أن أتزوّج فقدّر لي من النساء أعفّهنّ فرجاً، وأحفظهنّ لي في نفسها وفي مالي، وأوسعهنّ رزقاً، وأعظمهنّ بركة).

I would like to know which Surah are good for courage and mental strength.

1- Recite Ayat Al-Kursi verses 255,256 & 257 of surat Baqara daily after morning prayer, and before sunset.
2- Recite this Dua after each prayer:
(سبحان من لا يعتدي على أهل مملكته!.. سبحان من لا يأخذ أهل الأرض بألوان العذاب!.. سبحان الله الرؤوف الرحيم!.. اللهم اجعل لي في قلبي نوراً وبصراً وفهماً وعلماً؛ إنك على كل شيء قدير)

I have a females Dur-e-Najaf ring and I was wondering whether you could give me any guidelines on which fingers/ hand it is makruh or sunnah or haraam to wear it on.

You can wear in any finger.

I had requested for special dua for my sister's marriage proposal. We got a one proposal for my sister, everything seems fine except boy looks and my sister is not agreeing with this proposal because of boy looks. But my parents have agreed as they said looks doesn't matter. My father asked my sister to say yes for this proposal. But she refused and not happy. What should my parents do in this situation? They are so worried because after a long wait we got this proposal. Considering the situation, can my parents go against my sister's rejection? And say yes to this proposal.

No. They can’t, and if they did, the nikah is void.

Ok but my parents are so worried about my sister marriage because her age is (removed). They are afraid that if they reject this proposal then in future what if they don't get another good proposal and have to wait a long. We are living in a conservative culture where everyone questioning of girls marriage. The situation becomes more difficult when girl is wholly dependent on her parents. And when parents gets old they only want to see their girl to have married to responsible person. My parents only concern about what if GOD forbid something happend to them then who will take care of their daughter who is no career oriented and totally dependent on her parents. How she live alone her life while she never stepped out of her home alone in her entire life.

Is it necessary that all girls get married? This is in the hands of Allah SWT. You can not force them to marry someone they do not want. Let them depend on Allah SWT. Allah SWT knows better than what we do. Do your parents believe that they raised her? Let us believe in Allah SWT, and just pray to him to do for her what is the best for her.
No body can guarantee that the marriage is the real protection. Many times we think that this is the right man for our daughter, or this the right girl for our son, and then we realize that we put them in the hell with this marriage. I can give you many examples. Hence, let us just pray for her, and leave it to Allah. On the other hand, if her parents passed away, you as brother can take care of her, and this is the true meaning of brotherhood.

If I intentionally break the fast on Ramadan for several days, do I have to pay kaffara for each day? And how much must I pay.

You are doing very big mistake, for which you have to seek:
1- Forgiveness.
2- Re-make all the days you broke.
3- Pay kaffarah,which is feeding 60 needy persons per day, by handing 750 gm's of either rice, flour or dates to each one, for every single day.

I am preparing for competitive exams and for this am trying my best to qualify in teacher exam. I need to work more harder to clear this exam. I don't know how to manage salah, reciting quran and namaz e shab. I can't skip salah for this. Can you please guide me how to manage studies and ibadat and am requesting you to kindly let me know some duas to help me in this exams

The quantity of prayers does not matter. Quality matters. It is enough that you concentrate on the wajib prayers to perform them in the right way, and if your time is too busy, at least spare few minutes for night prayer (minimum 3 raka'ats of shaf'a and witir, before you go to sleep.
On the other hand, I advise you to sit for a while and re arrange your time, and you will find gaps here and there for reading quran as well.
Wish you all the best.

May I offer my qaza qasar prayer in my home in same qasr pattern or should I offer this qaza complete?

You have to offer them as you missed.
If the prayer is missed as qasr, qaza is qasr, even at home, and if was missed as full, qaza is full, even while traveling.

Please guide me what are the akrab days which are makrooh for nikha in Islamic sharia

These are the days in which the moon falls in scorpion, which continues for almost 2 days per month.

How can we know about the akrab days per month in which moon falls in akrab days?

It needs to be calculated, as it differs from month to month.

When we touch relatives of a dead person before janaza what will be the ehkam in sharia in" ghusle mase mayyat". Is ghusle mase mayyat wajib in that case or not when we touch the surrounding people of mayyat

Ghusl is wajib if you touch the dead body, not if you touched someone who touched it.

How about if someone become a Shia from a non-practicing sunni, do he make up the prayers from when he was sunni but not practicing?

Yes.

I committed Zina and I do not wanna go in hell at any cost. What can I do to avoid hell. Will hajj be sufficient? Or feeding poor? Would that help?

Pure isteghfar (begging forgiveness from Almighty), remorse, repentance, and true intention not to repeat the sin are the steps needed.

I've always been fasicinated about our marjas (May God prolong their life and keep them safe ameen).
I wanted to know that what is the highest level of sprituality or spiritual power they reach when they become marja?
Like can they see people's sins as well when they talk/look at them?
I've heard abt ayatullah qazi tabatabai that he was high in spirituality and his spiritual powers that he had the ability to vanish from one place to another. Is it true?
Can our marjas comunicate wid our beloved Imams? Like imam Reza a.s and other masoom Imams did?
Ayatullah bahjat also had some spiritual powers gifted? Like can they talk and see our present imam Mehdi atfs?

There are many stories in this regard, but with no evidences.
However, some of them could be true, but this is not a must for becoming marjaa.

Is it permissible for a women to wax or thread her eyebrows even if shes married or unmarried. Is it still allowed if she has no intention to impress anyone around her, if its only just for own satisfaction. By self satisfaction I mean if she wants to look clean as some peoples eyebrows grow out very much.

No problem.

1) If someone due to extreme waswaasa ( doubt) repeat any word in salat is his salat void (batel)?
If he doubts that word he recited was not in proper makhraj

2) And what if he tries to neglect doubt but bymistake as due to his previous addiction to doubt repeats that word ?

1- He is permitted to repeat the word.
This is wasswass, from satan.
2- No problem, but he should fight it.

1) Example : I have been to a learning program before and the program end the tutor mentioned about sharing the content of the learning about the info or by video recording are not allowed. Training are for those who paid only. My question is, if i share the content through those mentioned way, is it wrong?
2) Due to this coronavirus issue I have seen some place still performing congregation sqlat at masjid but they form the saf according to safe distance recommended that is 1meter gap between each other. is it allowed in this situation?

1- According to S. Sistani, you should not do it. If you were the first provider, and you put the condition. Do you accept that the trainees distribute it in this manner?
2- No. This is not considered congregation.
Each one must recite Fatiha and another sura.

The zakat that we give to zakat collector in our country, is there any portion dedicated to give to non muslim as a charity for them when either there is a calamity or not? As i know it is for the needy or poor muslim.

In presence of Muslim needy people, it cannot be paid to non Muslims.

1- In sunni school of thought, they practice whatever their Imam mentions and we cannot change the ruling as per other imam. Is it that we have to follow Rasulullah not the Imam?
2- Is it applied to ahlul bayt as well right? May I know the reason with this situation? Why we cannot follow other Imam thought even though the logic is there? And it is in line with Quran but maybe the hadith narrated do not fit the criteria set by the Imam to accept the hadith.

For sunni school of thought, example Imam Shafei-wudhu is void after a husband touch his wife, Imam Hanafi- wudhu is not void if a husband by touch his wife. I am not sure the TOUCH actually mean what but people around me practice is about the contact of skin to skin.

On the other hand, in the Ahlul bayt school we have Ayatollah. From what I understand we need to follow the most learned Ayotallah in our time. But it come to my understanding that there are a few Ayotallah and who follow Ayotallah Sistani ruling for example cannot change the ruling in certain condition to follow other Ayotallah opinion. Why I am asking because I am living far away from any Ayotallah direct communication. What I have Ayotallah Sistani is the most learned during this time and we have to follow him. To me I am not sure I follow who because I switch to follow the Ahlul Bayt path after reading and listening to lecture from among the famous scholars.

1- When you follow the Imam, you are following Rasulullah actually.
2- Yes, they are interpreting touch as touching by by any part of body, even shaking hands. Hence, they are considering it spoiling wudhu. The names you mentioned are lecturers. They are not Ayatullah to be followed. You can take the rulings of your reference of taqleed from them, if they are aware of these rulings.
Most of the people are living far away from S. Sistani, or any other Ayats, but they can get their opinions through their representatives, as you are doing now.

If we want for prevention from disease or we don't know whether we carry any disease, is it permissible for us to take khak e shifa every 40days?

No.
According to narrations, it is for cure, not for prevention.

1) During controlling virus covid19 , is there the verse ‘as-salatu fi buyutikum’  valid. Because i never know about this?

2) In my country all mosque been shutdown for 5 daily pray. Due to this reason only azan is allowed. Is it correct way because i see the mosque they shutdown without any option and straight away shutdown but for industry and some other place they come out with reason they still can operate. I dont understand what is going on.

1- It is mentioned in a narration in Bukhari and Muslim books, but not in our books.

2- Probably, because in industry, normally the people are not so close to each other, like in prayers.

1-During this period where around the world are under attack of Corona virus, can you recommend suitable dua for protection?
2- I have a turbah from karbala. Can I scratch it out a bit size less than half of grain and eat it as khak e shifa? Because i have read somewhere, some say cannot eat. But I am not clear by what he meant by EAT.

1- You can recite this dua: (اِلـهي عَظُمَ الْبَلاءُ، وَبَرِحَ الْخَفاءُ، وَانْكَشَفَ الْغِطاءُ، وَانْقَطَعَ الرَّجاءُ، وَضاقَتِ الاَرْضُ، وَمُنِعَتِ السَّماءُ، واَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعانُ، وَاِلَيْكَ الْمُشْتَكى، وَعَلَيْكَ الْمُعَوَّلُ فِي الشِدَّةِ والرَّخاءِ، اَللّـهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد، اُولِي الاَمْرِ الَّذينَ فَرَضْتَ عَلَيْنا طاعَتَهُمْ، وَعَرَّفْتَنا بِذلِكَ مَنْزِلَتَهُمْ، فَفَرِّجْ عَنا بِحَقِّهِمْ فَرَجاً عاجِلاً قَريباً كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ اَوْ هُوَ اَقْرَبُ،)
2-Yes, but when you are sick.

Is it permissible to wear ring on pinky finger or ring finger on both hands?I read that is recommended to wear ring in one hand (left) if less than 4 ring is it correct?
Is it wrong or recommended to wear like that?

The recommendation is satisfied by wearing one ring in the right hand, in either pinky or victory fingers.
Wearing four rings, two in each hand is beyond the recommendation, and it is up to you.

1- If we were travelling, after maghrib prayer can we wait until isha time to perform qasr isha? Or during jamat and qasr we need to perform maghrib and isha together without delaying the time in between maghrib and isha?
2-During zohor and asar time we want to perform jamat and qasr. If let say after zohor we go to eat and wait the time of asar we perform qasr asar. Can we do like that or after zohor we need to continue to perform qasr asar?

It is up to you. However, praying maghrib with jama'ah, and waiting for isha is better

As we are listening to an azan during zohor praying time (example) at the mosque, what is the ruling? Can we talk or answer someone's greeting or just listen and answer the azan and ignore the rest while azan is going on?

It is makrooh (not recommended) that you talk during Azan. However, answering the salam is wajib.

What is the different benefits between dua na'adi kabeer and sagheer. I see one is shorter and one is longer. Can we recite either one for our wish?

You can recite either one of them.
There is no narration about this, to say one of them is better or more effective

Is it recommended or the best as a eldest son to lead the prayer of his parent janazah? Or can be lead by Imam at that place and the children pray as ma'moom. If the son doesn't lead the prayer, any disadvantages to the parent janazah?

The eldest son has the right to lead the prayer, but he can permit someone else to do it.

If a girl as a cashier at a store for example, during the transaction when giving and taking money for payment and accidentally touches the skin of the hand of non mahram, Is it haram? As I know touching is haram but for working reason? In a million I just come across a few wearing gloves and people say it is too religious. I am confused, is it too religious or it is the law that people neglected?

If she knows that this type of touch is regular, then she need to wear gloves.

I need your advice about me with my life. I am working out in business and trying to find my way out of difficulty. The problem is whatever I try with a hardwork, after a while I just feel like giving up and slowing down the business. This situation keep on repeating for so many time already. I am wondering why, is it because of no blessing from Allah or just a challange?

Recite surat Al-Waqea'a daily after Isha prayer.

If we are late for pray and accidentally notice the imam is performing the 3rd time sujud before tasahhud, can we join the prayer as mamoom?

No, as you know that this sujood is wrong, but you can join them in tashahud.

I was wondering about the basis of Islamic principles.
1- We are involved in business and we were expected to strive hard or longworking hours in order to be successful. At the same time, the time we will spend in ibadah(additional pray, reading alquran etc)will be going lower down due to more time spend for working outside. People say we have to strive hard for success and my problem is my thinking for dunia and akhirat must be balance and in this situation the condition does not match. Can you please give some advice.
2- People also said repetitive failure in some business need more hard work, and I go back to the question about the additional ibadah going to be difficult to do. In Islam the principle of striving hard for dunia is there like what people around us are thinking?

Hard work in it self is ibadat, if you are working to make your life better, and to help your family, and also paying your dues as zakat and khoms etc, provided that this does not effect your mandatory ibadat (wajib prayers, fasting...etc).

I wish to know who and what are the 'the right hand possess' meaning in this ayat. If they are not wife, can it be a servant?
Surah Al-Mumenoon, Verse 6:
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Except before their mates or those whom their right hands possess, for they surely are not blame-able,
(English – Shakir)

No. Servants are not right hand possess. They are employees. Otherwise, you will be a slave and right hand possess for your employer.

Let say we perform any wrongdoing, will it be count against us? For example if we go to buy something price $1 10pcs and after give to the cashier he miss counted as 9pcs and we pay $9 eventhough he put everything in a pack and we count as 10. ignoring this situation of him miss counting the item and we pay less, are we wrong of not correctly pay him?

If you were the seller, do you accept that the buyer whom you gave more money, take the money?
I am sure you do not, because you will pay it from your pocket.
Hence, it is haram.
You have to pay the money back to the seller, even if you were in a non Muslim country, because you will effect the image of Islam.

I'm a male fitness model and I post several shirtless photos in social media and a lot of na mahrams watch my posts (shirtless pictures). So, my question is, is it haram?

No. Except if your intention is bad.

Digital platforms like paytm, amzaon, flipkart etc gives cashback to the customers. Is using those cashback halal or not? Cashback is a reward (5%,100%cashback etc) given by the digital platforms when we recharge our mobile phone, pay bills or do shopping etc using thier apps or paying using specific credit card, debit cards etc

It’s halal.

Can you please explain the chapter 26 of Al Kafi regarding wish and will, Hadith number 384.
It is so confusing.

Let me explain it to you through an example:
We all know that Allah SWT commanded us -through the Legislative will- to pray 5 times a day, and fast the holy month of Ramadhan etc, but he did not force us - through his Formative will- to do so. Therefore, we notice that many people disobey the command, while if his wanted us -through the Formative will- to do so, nobody was going to be able to disobey, but this has no meaning.

I have medical insurance and it is not covering some medicines, my question is:
Is it ok that doctor writes those medicines which are covered by my insurance and the pharmacy changes it and gives me those medicines which I need. Is there any sin for the doctor if he does so on my request.

Not allowed. Lying is not allowed.
You have to respect the agreement between you and the insurance company.
Assume that you are the insurance company, do you accept that your client do this?

If the amount of khumus is too much, can one pay in parts.

Yes, by making an agreement with the representative of S. Sistani in your area.

Just wants to ask if you have any recommendations of any books of which I can study the meaning of the Quran with tafseer (preferably in English).

This is the site of Sheikh Nasser Makarem, the author of one of the good tafseers.

https://makarem.ir/main.aspx?lid=1&typeinfo=3&catid=6521

Everyone knows dua for when you’re scared (ayatul kursi, nad e Ali) but what about when people are scared of you? For example sometimes when I’m walking I feel like the girls in my vicinity get frightened. So I end up purposely changing my walking direction. But then I’m wasting my time walking aimlessly? Is there a dua I can say that would put others hearts at ease?

You can recite this dua:
أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد وَأَبْدِلْنِي مِنْ بِغْضَةِ أَهْلِ الشَّنَئانِ الْمَحَبَّةَ وَمِنْ حَسَدِ أَهْلِ الْبَغْيِ الْمَوَدَّةَ، وَمِنْ ظِنَّةِ أَهْلِ الصَّلاَحِ
الثِّقَةَ، وَمِنْ عَدَاوَةِ الاَدْنَيْنَ الْوَلايَةَ، وَمِنْ عُقُوقِ ذَوِي الاَرْحَامِ الْمَبَرَّةَ، ومِنْ خِـذْلانِ الاَقْرَبِينَ النُّصْـرَةَ، وَمِنْ حُبِّ الْمُدَارِينَ تَصْحيحَ الْمِقَةِ، وَمِنْ رَدِّ الْمُلاَبِسِينَ كَرَمَ الْعِشْرَةِ، وَمِنْ مَرَارَةِ خَوْفِ الظَّالِمِينَ حَلاَوَةَ الاَمَنَةِ.

Is adhan and Iqamat mandatory before offering salat even if praying alone?

No, but they are highly recommended, mainly iqama.

In year 1980s I lent a sum of money to a relative, after I done so I did not ask for the money back however 2 years ago we had a falling out and after this I asked for my money to be returned. The problem is I lent the money in (currency removed) and at the time the money was worth a lot more. So my question is, is there a way to calculate the change in the value of the money as my (currency removed)5000 in year 1980s would have got me a lot more than it would now.

No. There is no way to do so.

I wish to know what it means to be a believer. How can I keep myself away from fading in this worldliness? Though believing in the unseen is the key, how does one find this path that he's supposed to walk on? What is this path that we're supposed to walk on?

1) What I want is to recognise this creator
2) Get an idea of the purpose of my existence
3) Find a way to attain a connection with him,
4) I want to know what he's like but not through touch, smell and vision.

1- To recognize Almighty, it is enough to look around you and see all his creatures, and the accuracy in every thing around you.
You can also listen to how he described him self in Quran, surat Anur, verse 35 ( Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth).
2- The purpose of your existence is mentioned in Quran, surat add-Dharyat 56 (And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me).
Allah SWT created us to know him and worship him.
3- You can connect with him through sincere prayers, reading his book carefully, and you will find the light in your heart.
4- This is not possible.

1) What is the strength of the chain of narrations for the hadith in Nahjul Balagha where Imam Ali gives a sermon talking about women have deficiency in intelligence, in faith and so on?

2) Can the same Hadith be found in another book whereby a chain would exist?

1) There is no chain for it.

2) No.

Is it permissible to use items in the bedroom with your spouse which stimulate either one without penetration such as vibrating clothing

No.

I have heard rumors that the followers of the false claimant of imamate, namely Ahmed al hassan who also refers to himself as the Yemani and at other occasions the son of Imam Mahdi, to be impure. i.e non-muslims. Is this true?

Not necessarily.

In the stance that someone is gay (boy/boy) or (girl/girl)
1. Is it haram for them to have physical contact with someone they are attracted to? Like if a guy hugs a guy he’s attracted to (in a friend way) but the one that’s attracted thinks more than that. Does it make it haram on the guy that’s attracted
2. Is it haram for them to do things friends would do even though in this case both in this case are attracted to each other such as become roommates, have dinner, spend the day together… etc

Homosexuality in its self a big sin. Allah SWT destroyed Lout people, because of this abnormal relation. However, what I understood from your first question is that if a normal guy hugged a homosexual guy in friendship manner, while the other party feels beyond that sexually, then is it permissible for the normal guy to hug the gay or not? If this is correct, then we have two scenarios: 1- He knows that the other party is gay, and will be sexually aroused, then, it is not permissible to do any thing could lead to this result. 2- He does not know, then, it is not haram, even if it lead to arousal. Second question: With regard to being roommates, this is haram for sure, because they will definitely practice sodomy or lesbian. As for other acts, If they know or have the probability that such acts would lead to haram acts, then, it is haram. Otherwise, it is OK.

Is soy sauce halal or haram? Some contain small percentage of alcohol but others have high percentage. Most of the times it is impossible to know how much alcohol because it is not listed on the package. What do we do in this case? The alcohol is a result of the fermentation of the soy beans

The presence of a tiny amount in any product does not make it haram, except if it causes light drunkenness.

Is cleaning with a steam cleaner enough to purify urine najasa from permanently fixed carpet? If not, how to purify such najasat?

No. It is not.
All you need to do is to wipe the area dry from urine, and then pour some water on the affected area, remove the water by something, even by vacuum cleaner, the pour water again, and remove it.

Is it ok to wear scarves/stoles in colors such as pink, yellow etc, or they have to be sobre colour?


I learnt that hijab means to have dull colors, but later I heard a Moulana saying that its OK to wear different colors of scarves if living in Western countries.

Please let me know if its OK in European countries?

Yes it’s ok, as long it does not attract others.

Is it the duty of sons or daughters to take care of sick parents when girls have their own house and husbands to care for?

It is the duty of all of them, and they have to plan it among them.

I just heard a lecture say that we shouldn't visit the beach according to Sayed sistani due to the fact that it will be to difficult to not sin either with eyes or with someone on you with their eye on you.

Is this an actual rule or is it a suggestion and if you feel like you can control yourself from looking and you personally dont swim unclothed for others to look it can be ok?

Yes. What you heard is correct.
S. Sistani says that even if you can control your self, it is not allowed to go based on obligatory precaution.

I have a question about salat el Layl if it can be broken up in different parts of the night so maybe do 10 rakaat early in the night and then maybe sleep for bit and get back up and the last rakat right before Fajr. Is this possible?

Yes. It is OK.

In case of traveling what is the rule on leaving before duhur and after duhur?

If you travel before duhur, your fast is void, while if you travel after duhur, it is valid. The exception to this rule is if you on average travel atleast 10 days a month.

What If they go and come back all before duhur?

It does not matter.
It depends on the number of trips/ days you travel per month.
If the number is less than 10, then if you go and come back before duhur, your fast is in order.

If someone intentionally broke fast knowing its wajab but was not aware of any rulings regarding of the breaking of the fast and only was thinking whatever they miss they can just make it up later or something along those lines what should they do in thos case. Should they make up just those days they missed (10 days) or do they have make up 60 days for each they missed.

And what would be the kaffara due in such a case if any?

If you were aware that breaking the fast is haram, then you pay the kaffara, which is either feeding 60 needy persons for each day, by handing 750 gms of rice or flour to each one of them, or fasting 60 days for each broken day. Hence you need to fast 10 days, and feed 600 poor people (if you chose to feed needy people)

I have question regarding paying of stolen goods or funds. If someone had stolen good or funds over the years for multiple years in multiple different ways what is the best way to make this right. Going back to the people and trying to make it right is problematic or not possible. The person rather not go that route. Is their an alternative? Also these items were taken slowly over a long period of time with no way to know exactly how much but they can make come up with somewhat of a estimate although unlikely accurate as some of these date back 20 years. Someone suggested to pay khums but this person has never paid khums before and was unaware that it is even wajab to do. The highest total funds this person ever had in the bank at the time is 50k. Is it sufficient to just pay khums on this amount even the the stolen amount may exceed this since it was done over such a long period of time?

Even if the khums is sufficient the person still feels guilty and wants to do more what more can they do ?

He has to pay the value of the items he has stolen, by any means, even as a gift, or through some one. There is no other solution.

1) He's not sure how much was taken over the years since it was over such a long period of time.

2) Can it be given in saddqa in their name on thier behalf even of the person is still alive?

3) What if he doesn't have these funds available as it as amounted to a large number over the years.

4) These funds weren't taken from anyone personally it was through a bussniess they worked at over a long time frame. If it is a large corporation where there is no direct contact to someone ( for example apple or Samsung), how can he pay this back. Can he donate to them directly or a charity they sponsor or what do you sugguest

5) if person connot be found our made contact with what should he do? meaning he doesnt even know who they are he just knows they owned some percentage of bussines at some point but doesnt know where to locate them or what the percentage they owned was

6) If they fear it will cause issues within the family, can they just pay this in sadiqa as he is insisting he rather just pay it in sadiqa on their behalf because it may cause issues because these is multiple different family members involved and it could get out of hand and cause them to grow apart or hatred even between them.

7) If they forgive him for all his past mistakes and say it's ok dont worry about it I forgive you

8) If one cant reach one of these people and he pays sadiqa on their behalf but later in a couple years or whatever they get in touch with them what is one to do in this situation

9) Also when we ask for forgiveness in general, do we have to be specific? Or can it just be broad and general, just asking for forgiveness for anything and everything I have ever done to wrong you. Like in his case would he have to be specific and say forgive me for taking such and such from you

1) He can depend on best estimation.

2) No. He can not give it as sadaqa on their behalf, except if he does not know who they are, or if he is not able to reach them or their inheritors, by any means.

3) He can pay gradually.

4) For such huge non-Muslim corporations, no need except tawba

5) he can make best estimation, and pay it as sadaqa on their behalf.

6) As explained before, he can return the money as gift. It is not necessary to tell what happened.

7) If they forgive him, then he do not need to worry.

8) He can tell him that he paid the amount as sadaqa on his behalf. If he accepted, then fair enough.

9) He have to be specific, as this is material issue not immaterial like talking about him in his absence.

Is opera considered haram?
Like Andrea Bocelli, Pavarotti?

What if it's a female? Any difference?

If it involves songs and music which usually causes ‘tarab’ then it is prohibited to listen to it. ‘Tarab’ means the psychological interaction with the music or singing, whether it leads to joy, sadness, pride or any other emotion.
There is no difference whether the singer is male or female.
Yes. If it did not cause tarab, but the singer was female, and listening to her causes emotional effects, then it is forbidden.

If while performing ghusl, after washing neck, am I supposed to wash shoulders, but I again wash from a little above and repeat the washing of part which has been washed. Then ghusl will be in order?

No problem.

I bought a cage for 2 lovebirds but now in youtube videos it is said that such cages are too small for them. So now does it become haram to keep them in this cage? They are doing fine if I see but obviously a bigger cage will be better for them but is it wajib to shift them to a bigger cage?

No. It is not wajib, but it is better.

Can I do wuzu while eating or drinking something or having something in my mouth or teeth?

No problem, but it is not recommended.

I am looking for an answer with regards to Prophet Mohammad s.a.w.s childrens, like how many son and daughters he had according fiqh e ahlul bayt a.s

There is nothing clear about the number of daughters, but, probably 4 daughters and 3 sons.

Salam alykum hope you are doing well. What are our religious duties regarding this pandemic going on what should we do and recite and do’s and dont’s . Can you please brief me about it. Also I have an infant anything extra i need to do?

Alaykum assalam,

Take care of your self and your family. Follow the instructions issued by the concerned bodies.

 

Apply hygiene requirements.

 

Recite ayat Al-Kursi (Verse 255 -Baqara)

 

Recite the attached dua.

 

اِلـهي عَظُمَ الْبَلاءُ، وَبَرِحَ الْخَفاءُ، وَانْكَشَفَ الْغِطاءُ، وَانْقَطَعَ الرَّجاءُ، وَضاقَتِ الاَرْضُ، وَمُنِعَتِ السَّماءُ، واَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعانُ، وَاِلَيْكَ الْمُشْتَكى، وَعَلَيْكَ الْمُعَوَّلُ فِي الشِدَّةِ والرَّخاءِ، اَللّـهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد، اُولِي الاَمْرِ الَّذينَ فَرَضْتَ عَلَيْنا طاعَتَهُمْ، وَعَرَّفْتَنا بِذلِكَ مَنْزِلَتَهُمْ، فَفَرِّجْ عَنا بِحَقِّهِمْ فَرَجاً عاجِلاً قَريباً كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ اَوْ هُوَ اَقْرَبُ، يا مُحَمَّدُ يا عَلِيُّ يا عَلِيُّ يا مُحَمَّدُ اِكْفِياني فَاِنَّكُما كافِيانِ، وَانْصُراني فَاِنَّكُما ناصِرانِ، يا مَوْلانا يا صاحِبَ الزَّمانِ، الْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ، اَدْرِكْني اَدْرِكْني اَدْرِكْني، السّاعَةَ السّاعَةَ السّاعَةَ، الْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ الْعَجَل، يا اَرْحَمَ الرّاحِمينَ، بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ الطّاهِرينَ.

http://files.rafed.net/MP3Files/doaa/adeeye/mahdawie/15511-dea_alhy_ezm_albla.mp3

 

Salamun Alaykum Maulana, During this period where around the world are under attack of Corona virus, can you recommend suitable dua for protection?

Alaykum assalam,
You can recite this dua:

اِلـهي عَظُمَ الْبَلاءُ، وَبَرِحَ الْخَفاءُ، وَانْكَشَفَ الْغِطاءُ، وَانْقَطَعَ الرَّجاءُ، وَضاقَتِ الاَرْضُ، وَمُنِعَتِ السَّماءُ، واَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعانُ، وَاِلَيْكَ الْمُشْتَكى، وَعَلَيْكَ الْمُعَوَّلُ فِي الشِدَّةِ والرَّخاءِ، اَللّـهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد، اُولِي الاَمْرِ الَّذينَ فَرَضْتَ عَلَيْنا طاعَتَهُمْ، وَعَرَّفْتَنا بِذلِكَ مَنْزِلَتَهُمْ، فَفَرِّجْ عَنا بِحَقِّهِمْ فَرَجاً عاجِلاً قَريباً كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ اَوْ هُوَ اَقْرَبُ،

 

Is it ok to listen romantic songs with your husband? If yes than what are the hadiths or sayings which allow us to listen songs because I think that there is no problem in listening songs with your husband. Ofcourse there should be no vulgur lines in the song. If yes, than can one listen while recalling his/her partner when they are not present with each other?

I do not know what are romantic songs but if they contain bad words and the way they are sang matches the way used in dancing clubs and pubs, then it is haram.

My question is that what is ilm e Jafar /jafra? And is this ilm so easy to attain that every individual can claim that he has this ilm? Where I live people, who claim that they have this ilm, they are usually busy in telling people about there future like with whom they will get married or when they are going to have a child etc? So by attaining this ilm all a person does this and could it be called right?

I have read that Huzoor s.a w has this ilm and he passed this ilm to Hazrat Ali a.s and through him, all the Ale Mohammed are the successor of this ilm. If it is right, then not surprising because all the imams possess the knowledge of unseen. What I wanted to ask is that some claim that this knowledge has been a miraas of Syeds and where I live some Syeds claim that they possess this knowledge. And how is this ilm different from fortune telling or astrology etc which is forbidden in Islam?

Ilm ul jafr is a science related to Ahl Ulbayt.
It is not with any body other than Imam u Zaman AS, as narrated by Imams AS.
What those people are telling is not true.

My question is regarding the awrah of men. I know the men has to compulsorily cover from navel to knee but sometimes people think that just because they are men they can be as they want e.g are they allowed to roam without t-shirt ,in shorts ,in upper inner wear which are half selvees or they can wear tight clothes,in front of na mahramas etc. S what are the rulings for men or there are no rulings except to cover from navel to knee?

In prayers and among males, what requires to be covered is only the front and back, no more, while in the existence of females, they should wear wide clothes, and cover from naval to knee, and it is better to cover more than that.

Does islam permits us to have children as both the parents want and then use a permanent birth control method /surgery?

Going for surgical control is not permitted, except if you have biological problems, which makes pregnancy critically harmfully for you.

I heard that it is wajib to eat meat at least once every 40 days. Is this true?

No, it is mustahab.

If I am leaving from a place to go home and I have not prayed salat yet, should I pray in the area that I am in (parking lot, school, work, next to a curb, sidewalk etc.) or is it better drive home 15-25 min and pray at home? The prayer will not be qadha if I drive home or pray wherever I am outside my home.

It is better to pray when prayer time starts.

1) A girl, when she was (age removed) years old was sexually assaulted by (removed). Maybe twice or thrice. She didn’t tell about it to anyone, not even her parents. She didn’t even know whether she is a virgin or she lost her virginity because of the assault. The incident happened years back so she don’t know anything. Till now nobody knows about it except her and one of her friends. Now that girl is in her (age removed)’s. Is it wajib upon her to tell about this to the person she is getting married to?

2) When that incident happened, she was very young. She didnt even know wht happend with her was wrong (because she didn’t talk about it to anyone) or that ghusl had become wajib on her. She offered all her prayers without performing the ghusl. Now when she knows it, does she have to offer all those namaz again ?

1) No. She does not have to tell, except if the virginity is taken as a condition in the marriage contract or she gave the image that she is virgin.
However, it is better to be frank with him, because he will soon find out that she is not virgin.

2) What type of assault it was? Was it full intercourse, or with finger? If it was full intercourse, or insertion of the penis tip, then she had janabah, and needs to offer the prayers took place since she completed 9 lunar years, till she had the first ghusl. If the assault was with finger only, then no need for ghusl. There is one more thing, she can can get examined by a female doctor to verify whether she is virgin or not, before revealing it to her fiance.

What do you say about these "new age" scholars in the West that pose under the guise of Shia Islam, want to use the corrupt Western philosophy in order to fulfil their arrogance and say things to their students like there are benefits to sins nauthoubileh. Then when you say this is against Quran and Ahlulbayt (As) they say things like the Holy Quran says alcohol has benefit and harm. And you say to them yes and because the harm is worse than the benefit it's forbidden. These very strange analogies I said to the "scholar" the Quran also says there are people with perverse minds seeking to change the Quran to their own desires.

I am sick of the West and it's blasphemous community even the so called religious community.

There are always some people who are trying to divert the people towards wrong path. This is not a new stream, and those people are always coming in religion dress, because it is the most influential dress to lead the people.
My advise is not to listen to them, and if you can stand in front of them, and prove that they are playing with concepts, then go a head.
You should warn the people about them.

Is there much that can be said about tawala and tabarra in regards to actions that are obligatory? In relation to fellow humans?

Tawallee and Tabarree are wajib (mandatory) like prayer and fasting.
Tawallee is to follow and obey the guardians of God, whom Allah almighty wanted us to follow and follow them and follow their biography, while Tabarree is to deny the enemies of Islam, hate them, and make sure that you do not follow them in their believes.

Is it prohibited in islam to fulfill desires with wife during the holy month of muharram?

No.

Can we pay khums monthly?

Yes.

Is iddah after the mutah similar to permanent marriage iddah? And that is how much?

Mutah iddah is 2 periods.

A divorced girl is staying with her parents and also working, earning since many years before her divorce and before her marriage. Can temporary marriage be legal with her without permission of her father. Her iddah is also over and she wills to do it personally

If she lost her virginity because of her marriage, then she do not need to get her father's permit to get married.

I wanted to know whether is it necessary to have your first wife's permission to do second marriage or sigah? Specifically in cases when the wife is not able to satisfy the husband and always has excuses to avoid him be it angry, tired or illness.

No. You do not need her permission, as long as you are going to marry a Muslim lady.
It is not allowed to marry Non-Muslim, as long you are married to a Muslim woman.

Is Muharram truly the first month of Islamic calendar? If no or yes then what are the references?

The first month of the Lunar year is Muharram since before Islam while the immigration of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&F), took place in the 3rd month (Rabee 1)

What does Islam and the Shia school of thought say about
Karma/reincarnatio. And after one dies, one can be brought up as anything, from a animal to a human. There is for instance a child who claimed to be the late princess diana and described her well for everyone to believe .

There is no such thing in Islam.

A sisters husband has been unemployed for some times now. They are struggling a lot. His wife mostly needs to take the responsibility to pay rent and etc. She is very devastated . Can you pretty please tell any Ama’al or supplication which I can tell to his wife?

Let them recite surat Al Waqea’a daily, after Ishaa prayer.

Lastly, If one sees Imam Hossein (as) in dream, telling her/him to be patience for something that will happen in your life, and right after one year a crisis takes place.
(Crisis that creates problem for a family, but Alhamdolila, it got fixed by the grace of Allah azj and the kind pure Ahlulbayt)

What does it mean? Can Imam come to anyone to console them and to advice them to practice patience in a upcoming crisis, in a dream?

Yes. It is possible.

If imam came to ones dream to inform about the future, and one sees him quit often , and the other imams , is it really them? And what significant does it have?

It has no significance, and we can not ensure that who is seen is the Imam in reality.

I Would like you ask what His Eminence has said regarding reciting Ali Un Wali Uallah as Third testimony? And where can one find his authentic fatwa regarding this?

Below I have written what most of the people read after daily prayers: Ashhadunna La illaha illaha, Ashhadunna Mohammaddun Rasoolillah:
Ashhadanna amirul momeenin va imamun mutaqeen, Ali un wali Allah wa Wasiurasollealli wa kahlifataho bilafazl

Is this how one should read according to His Eminence?

If the third testimony is invalid what should one read instead?

It is not part of adhan or Iqama.
This is the fatwa of His Eminence in the (Islamic Laws):
"Ruling 905. The sentence (أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَلِیّاً وَّلِيُّ اللهِ) (ashhadu anna ʿaliyyaw waliyyul lāh) is not a part of adhān and iqāmah, but it is good to say it after the sentence ‘ashhadu anna muḥammadar rasūlul lāh’ with the intention of attaining proximity to Allah."

Some infants die before the reach the age of 1. And some kids die before they reach the age of 5. So, will they too be questioned in the grave? And will they too experience the life of Barzakh? And squeezing of grave? If they die as a unbeliever?

They will not be questioned, as there is no meaning for questioning them, and the grave squeezing is not a must for every one. Yes, they will be in Barzakh, because it is a transitional period.

On which land will day the of judgement take place?

Land of Qeyama.

I live in Norway. Here the snow have just began and is getting heavier day by day. Therefore we need a shoe which protect our feet in this cold weather when we are outside. There are a leather shoe which I found, but it has pig leather. Other leather are really expansive like cow leather here. Our only option is pig leather or none. Is it permissible to buy shoes that have pig leather on it?

Yes, you can buy the pig leather, but your intention should be that you are giving the money to the merchant to allow you to take the product, since selling and buying pig products is not allowed. However, if your feet got wet, or if it touched your clothes with wetness, then you need to wash them.

The squeezing in the grave : Will the body feel it or the soul?

It seems that there some relation between the body and the soul in the grave.

And is it wrong to say that Lady Zainab (s)’s hijab got snatched resulting to her hair exposure?

We can conclude from her speech that only the face veil was snatched, which doesn’t mean that their hairs were exposed.

A person once rudely asked that show , where in Qur’aan Allah has said to mourn for the Ahlulbayt (s). I, for now replied to this person that from where in Qur’aan is it written that one should pray taraveeh?

But my real question is what would you answer to him?

With regard to your last question , tell him that Prophet Mohammad (ص), mourned for Imam Hussain (ع) before his shahadat, and this is clearly narrated in Sunni books.
As for his question, you can ask him also for a verse in Quran that talks about how to pray, or how to perform haj ...etc.

Is Prophet(s) ancestor Prophet Ibhrahim? Or Prophet Ismael?

Both, as Ismael is the son of Ibraheem.

And was Prophets ancestors believers? Prophet Mohammed (ع) to be exact?

Yes. They were believers.

Can a Seyeda marry a non Seyed?

Yes, Sayeda can marry a non Sayed.

Please is it allowed to name your son Yasin if yes why and if no why?

Yes, you can, because it is known as the name of Prophet Mohammad (ص)

Can I gift Quran by reciting to Shahida ne Karbala?

Yes, you can.

Why we offering zuhur & asar salat jointly although at Karbala Imam offered salat separately although they're in war.

You have the choice to either pray them together or separate them, and separation is better. It became habit to pray two prayers together, as it is more convenient, and it is not something wrong.

In the light of the Hadith from one of the imams (as) that goes something like “He is not from our Shias who does not read atleast 50 verses of the Quran per day”. I wanted to know if this talks about 50 separate apart from the regular surahs that are recited each day eg sure Yasin, sure Waqia, etc. Ofcourse, the aim should be reading maximum Quran ayats but I just wanted to have this clarified.

It is about reading 50 verses, as you want.
It is not necessary to be from one surah.

I am a father and my son's age is only 6 months. Right after becoming father I use to be concern on the matter of the liability of the parents. Because I must be liable to Allah on the day of judgment about the mistakes/sins of my child. I will be questioned did I properly guide my children in duniya? So what Islam says about this? Even if I teach my child all the basics of islam, akhlaq, etc. will I be liable of the sins/faults of my child?

If you did your job, teaching them the good deeds, and set an example for them, then you are not responsible for what they do.

Can you please share some techniques to pray on time and to avoid procrastination?

You have to fight yourself.

I have heard that 2 people that committed zinah cannot get married to each other. As in the Nikah would be haram/ void.

And I also heard that the nikah to a person that has been involved in zinah is haram/ void.

The first one is correct if the woman was married when she practiced zinah.
The second is not correct

So just to be clear. If the woman and the man both were unmarried and they committed zinah. But after that felt guilty and did istighfar. They can get married to each other?

Yes, but after one menses period.

There is a person I know, he is Shia, follows the everything just the way we do including wilaayah, believing in 12 imams, practicing Muharram and etc. There is no difference whatsoever just apart from the fact that they dont do “Taqleed” of a particular marj’ah.
Their community does have a leader however, who is a direct descendant of Imam Jaffar as Sadiq (a.s), who guides them just the way a marj’ah guides us. The way we call ourselves Ithnaasheri their title is Mashayakhi. Its nothing like the Ismaeelis or Bohras. The only difference is they dont do taqleed.
However I read from the app iSistani regarding taqleed of a mujtahed. It said that Taqleed means to follow and Mujtahed is a knowledgeable leader that a community or person can follow and ask advice from regarding Islam and its practices.
What are your views on this? Is it right? And would it be permissible to marry in this community? And after marriage what should be the conditions for the children? As the child gets the title of his Father.

Since they are Muslims, there is no problem in getting married with them, and children should be raised according to Islam.
That is all.

اود الاستفسار عن ماء الصرف المكرر والذي يتوافر في استراليا في حدائق المنازل. هل نعتبره ماءا طاهرا؟ حيث انني وحسب فهمي قرات في احدى المواقع ان الماء المكرر يتم خلطه مع ماء نظيف في احدى مراحل تكريره ولكنني لا ادري ان كنت استطيع ان اثق بهذه المعلومة لو لا.


إذا كان يخلط بماء نظيف-و هذا مستبعد-، فهو طاهر، و إلا فهو متنجس.
عليك التأكد من الخلط، و هذه وظيفة المكلَّف، و ليست مسألة فقهية.

I'm fitness trainer and I have to train female also so is this haram?

If it requires touching them, or if might lead to looking at them in a suspicious way (which is very hard to avoid), then it is haram.

I would like to ask your opinion about taking off the shirts/tshirts in mourning processions while beating our chests. If yes then can I take of my shirt/tshirt while non mahrams are around.

It is not recommended to do so, and if you do it purposely so that the non mahrams watch you, then it is haram.

If the girl's father & grandfather passed away, can she make a decision for mutah to that boy she like without informing to any family members like brothers mother, sisters. Can she make a decision for permanent marriage decision without informing family members, her father & grandfather passed away.

Yes, she can in both cases. However, she should not get engaged in temporary relation, as this will harm her badly.

I want to ask is it permissible to have someone else to wax your pubic hairs?

It is permissible with two conditions:
1- The private part (pillock and anus ) is covered.
2- It is carried out by a female.

Why is men allowed to marry 4 times in Islam but women isnt? Shouldn't it be that men shouldnt be allowed to marry 4 times also?

What is narrated is that normally, number of women is much higher than men. Hence, if each man got married with one woman, many women will stay unmarried.
On the other hand, we have to take into consideration that the man is not allowed to marry more than one woman, if he can not be just with them.

Is it permissible to apply perfume which contains alcohol? During salat?

Yes.

Are drums(dhol) permissible at weddings without any mix dancing and only when the groom enters.

If it is used in producing haram music, then no.

What is the ruling of wudhu before ghusl hayd? Is it compulsory or we can avoid it?

What is a female supposed to do if she finds a little sign of mascara after ghusl ( could be like minute) when she rubs the eye? The ghusl taken before becomes void or its ok to disregard it?

1- It is recommended, not obligatory.
2- If it is waterproof (prevents water from reaching the skin), then you need to clean it, wash the area where it was, with the intention of ghusl, then wash the rest of the body, with the same intention.

Can you please advise the ruling on ghusl hayd. Indeed the way is similar as other ghusl but do we have to do wudhu before the ghusl as Iread that in tawzeeh ul masail. Is the wudhu compulsary to take before ghusl or just mustahab?

No. It is not compulsory. However, it is recommended, before the ghusl.

This is a question regarding someone who has pain in back, neck and wrist (due to car accident a few years ago causing 3 herniated discs) and they found a doctor (New York City) who has given prescription for Marijuana (3times day and as needed). This person wants to avoid taking opioids due to addictive nature and cant take Tylenol due to liver weakness. The state is about to approve it for him for his pain. Is it allowed for him to take it? According to Sistani and according to Ayatolllah Khamenei?

If there is no other medicine he can take, and this dosage will not make him addicted, then it is allowed.

I have a few questions with regards to any compensation/kaffara/ consequences for following acts done in ihram of hajj:

-passing hand over any body part which leads to falling off hair
-plucking hair of ears
-covering the nose to bad smell
-hurting an ant
-talking about your profession

please note above actions were done forgetfully

– at the time of halaq, scalp starts to bleed due to the blade. However as a precaution we did cut some hair before starting the halaq.

For the first one, just give one hand full rice or flour to a needy person. It is better to make it 1 kg.
For the rest, if it was done not intentionally, there is no kaffarah.

My husband is always looking at other ladies. We have been married for 20 years and have (removed) children and I don't deny him anything. I want to know of a dua I can read so this can stop.

Recite this dua frequently.
It is in Arabic:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين،
اللّهم انه ليس في السماوات دورات ولا في الارض غمرات
ولا في الشجر ورقات ولا في الاجسام حركات
ولا في العيون لحظات ولا في النفوس خطرات
ولا في البحار قطرات الا وهي بك عارفات
ولك مشاهدات وعليك دالات وبك والهات وفي ملكك متحيرات،
فبالقدرة التي سخرت بها اهل السماوت والارض
سخر لي قلوب المخلوقات وقلب فلان ابن فلانة (وتذكرين اسم زوجك)، و اجعله يغض بصره عن النساء،
… إنك على كل شيء قدير وبالاجابة جدير
وصلى الله على محمد وآله اجمعين.

Is glycerine which is used in skin care products and made from animal fat najis?

Yes. If it made from a fat taken from an animal not slaughtered according to share'a

I will be taking my son to visit my parents for a few days.
My parents live in the (European country) and my father receives disability benefits there hence the food they buy is bought from this money given by the government. The money the government gets is from taxes from businesses which includes alcohol bushinesses etc of which part of it is allocated to provided disability benefits and the like. My question is when I go to my parents place and eat from the food there, since the money is from a non Islamic government, would the food have a negative effect on the soul and if yes, how do I remove/control the effect?

No. It has no effects.

During the year someone gifted me a dress that I could not wear but would still like to use it in the coming months. However my khums date is in 3 weeks. If I were to use it for a few hours and then keep it away for the time that I actually need it, would khums still be applicable on it?

Yes. It is applicable.

I want to know a Quranic amaal, for both of my boys, ages 3 and 5. Both of them have severe behavioral issues. The older one has autism and is five years, but doesn’t speak anything and doesn’t understand complex language also. The younger one is 3 years, has sensory processing disorder, and has severe severe tantrums to the point of hysteria, and it becomes extremely difficult for me to control them. Please tell me some Quranic amaal or some surah which I can write and put it as taweez around their necks. Please help me as I am very desperate.

Recite ayat al kursi, sura yasin on them regularly, while they are sleeping, and take them to Dr.

What is the theory behind loss of intellect with increased age i.e., why do people; be it renowned scholars or ayatollah shows signs of loss of intellect while they grow very old?

This is normal thing with most if not all human beings.
Allah SWT says (ومن نعمره ننكسه في الخلق)

Is playing chess and polo (sports where people playing with sticks on horses with a ball) haraam in our fiqh?

According to Sayed Sistani, playing chess depends on its status. If it's subject has changed from a gambling game, and is no more used for gambling, then it is permitted. Otherwise, it is not.
With regard to polo, it is OK as long as there is no gambling involved.

Is reciting kalma and having a proper ghusl with neeyat compulsory on the removal of hair on the private parts?

No. There is no Ghusl for removing the hair.

1) Can we do wuzu in makeup?
2) Can we pray tahajud prayer without sleep?

1) No, as long the makeup builds a layer that prevents water reaching the skin.
2) Yes, you can.

What is the status of transgenders in Islam? Is gender dysphoria a real illness people are born with? What about hadith regarding the Mukhannathun?

Transgender is allowed for those who are bisexual (Khontha), not for normal male or normal female.

What do you suggest for someone who has an irrational fear of jinn?

Before you go to bed recite al hamd, ayat alkursee, and qulaaoth (both). Rest assured that there is no meaning for your fear. You have to fight your fears. It is in your hands. If you do not want to convince yourself that what you are afraid of has no meaning, nothing can help you.

Is there is any book in which everything about Imam e Zamana is written? Please tell me. I mean about his life, his children, his appearance and what type of followers does he want?

There are many books about Imam uz Zaman. You can find some translated books on the following site.
https://www.al-islam.org/fazail-ul-mahdi-ali-akbar-talaafi/short-biography-imam-mahdi-aj

Does Imam e zamana have any chirlden? if yes, how many sons and daughters and where are they? What are their names? Will they also live as long as Imam e Zamana? Does Imam e Zamana have a wife? If yes, who is she, where is she, and from where she came? Who are her parents?

Nobody knows.

I am a girl who wants to marry a man. My parents have rejected him despite him being pious, can I do a mutah whilst we convince our parents?

No.

Is it allowed to get animal images tattooed? Like lions?

Yes, but it’s not recommended (Makrooh). My advice is not to do any totoos on the body. You will feel sorry in future for doing so.

Someone asked me a question about Karbala. He asked to me that if Allah had decided to Karbala and Mohammad sahb told each and everything already then what was the fault of Hazrat yazid?

Hazrat Yazeed?! Anyhow, Prophet PBUH&Family, informed us in advance what would happen to his family from this man and his regime. Doing so does not make him innocent or gives him an excuse to do it. It is like some one says: Allah SWT knows from the beginning that I am going to do this. Hence, I am not responsible for it.

I have done a huge mistake which I regret so much. I cheated on my husband. I regret it so much. I feel really ashamed to say this but I didn’t know who else to ask on how I can seek forgiveness or if I would ever be forgiven by Allah. How can I seek forgiveness for such a bad thing I have done?

You need to feel the sorrow for the huge guilt, and make a true and sincere intention that you never do it again, and ask for forgiveness from Allah SWT.

Living in Spain, I don’t have mosque following ahl al bayt here. Is it better for me to pray salat jumaa with our sunni brothers (but so it will be on the carpet) or to do it alone at home? Otherwise is there any other solutions ?

It is better to pray with them, reciting Alhamd and the surah and try to put something for sojood, like a piece of paper, and if it is not possible, you can pray on the carpet.

How to ascertain whether the bird is halal or haram? What about the droppings of lovebirds small parrots.

It is unlawful (ḥarām) to eat all birds of prey that have talons, such as falcons, eagles, hawks, and vultures. Similarly, all types of crows, even choughs, are unlawful to eat, based on obligatory precaution (al-iḥtiyāṭ al-wājib). Also, every bird that flaps its wings less than it glides while flying and has talons is unlawful to eat. However, every bird that flaps its wings more than it glides while flying is lawful (ḥalāl) to eat. Therefore, birds that are unlawful to eat can be distinguished from those that are lawful to eat by considering how they fly. However, if it is not known how a particular bird flies, then, if that bird has a crop, gizzard, or a spur at the back of its feet, it is lawful to eat, and if it does not have any of these, it is unlawful to eat. As for other birds, apart from the ones that have been mentioned, such as chickens, pigeons, sparrows, and even ostriches and peacocks, they are all lawful to eat.
Regarding the drops, what do you mean with it?
If you mean semen, it is najis, while urine is tahir.

If a mattress becomes najis & there's no sun (rainy season here) so what will be the rule?

Sun do not clean Mattress. It has to be cleaned by water. However, it is enough that you clean the surface by pouring some water on it, and suck it by hoover or towel, twice.

We all know that a man has the right to marry 4 women.
My question comes with an example. Let's say a man gets married and has income only for one wife. After some years he meets a younger woman and behind his wife's back he makes a baby with her without being married. When he sees that things are hard on him then, he tries to cheat the wife with lies so she will leave him. What is the position of his girlfriend with the child? Is she liked by Allah and especially when she is a Christian and does not feel she did wrong stealing someone else's husband?

What he did is haram by all means, and the child is illegal child. If the girlfriend was part of the cheating action, then she shares the sin with him.

A 17 year boy is staying with his father and step mother. He is not treated by step mother properly, father also listens talk of step mother only. This boy gets annoyed or angry. Is this a sin? Is he a trespassing the rights of step mother?

If he is getting annoyed because she is telling lies about him, and his father believes her, then there is no problem. In fact, this is something normal. However, he should not misbehave with his father.

I have one question that when Qabeel had killed H. Habeel, what was the reaction/action/response of H. Adam?

As it is narrated, he became very sad. He became sad because his beloved son was killed by his brother.

Was the Holy Prophet saww was martyred? If yes, why scholars use wafat instead of shahadat?

There is nothing 100% clear that he was poisoned.

But we have narration from Tafseere Ayyashi, Tafseere Noorus saqalayn, Beharul Anwaar which proves he was martyred by poison.

There are two stories about poising him.
1- That he was poisoned by a Jewish lady in Khaibar.
2- By his wife, when he was sick.

First possibility cannot be justified as gap of khaibar and HP(saww)s shahadat is 4 years and effect of poison cannot be stretched for 4 years… Second possibility has higher chance. With regards to shahadat we have one tradition from beharul Anwar, Vol. 45 that Imam Hasan as says….. الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ (١) عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ(ع)قَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ(ع)لِأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي أَمُوتُ بِالسَّمِّ كَمَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص

Yes. This is the narrated part.

So those narrations doesn't prove that he was poisoned?

The possibility is there, but, how can we prove that he was poisoned by his wife? The only thing that could be taken as an evidence is that he was given some type of medicine while he was unconscious, as narrated in Saheeh Al-Bukhari.

According to Ayatollah Sistani, what is the ruling on zanjeer and qama? Is it permissible to do so?

Sayed Sistani is not giving any response about these acts.

What is the best method to wash the clothes? Can one sprinkle water on the clothes where the urine is present or does the whole pants have to be cleaned?

It is enough to wash the effected area. You do not have to wash the whole pant.

I have a medical issue where droplets of urine fall on my pants after urinating. I am worried about that the purity that my pants have would prevent me from doing salah.

What is the best way to practice istibra to prevent this?

How could I make my pants pure for salah? Especially when there might be a smell of urine?

Istibra is performed as follows:
After urinating, the anus is first purified if it has become impure; then, the middle finger of the left hand is slid three times from the anus up to the scrotum; then, the thumb is placed on the penis and the forefinger is placed under the penis, and the thumb and forefinger are pulled three times along the penis up to the point of circumcision; finally, the end of the penis is pressed three times.
However, if after istibra you are certain that the fluid came out of you is urine, then you have to wash it.

How do we know which hadiths in the Sunni hadith books are muwathaq?

This requires deep studies of the narrators chain.

I was wondering if one can regard a Sunni narration (such as one found in Sahih Bukhari/Muslim) as trustworthy in the light of the Ja'fari jurisprudence? I see Shi'i scholars use Sunni hadiths to make specific points.

I talked to a Shi'i brother regarding this, he said that it's best to disregard these whole collections as they might be biased. Thus even the most innocent looking narration about morality can be considered a fabrication.

Is this true?

Not necessarily.
If the narration is not against Qur'an and the proved sunnah, then it could be considered if the narrators are trusted.

Is a job as a portfolio manager/investment manager/credit analyst allowed? A portfolio manager creates and implements investment strategies for individual investors or institutions who invest in different funds. As a portfolio manager, you need to allocate the funds to the right investments so that as a result, the return on investment can be maximized. Since we are advising investors to maximise their returns, is this type of job allowed, as interest will be involved in determining where the highest return is?

I'm not really familiar with which jobs aren't allowed, I'd never want to be in a haraam profession/role.

To this extent, there is nothing haram in it.
However, if it involves putting money as deposit in banks, and negotiating profit with banks owned by Muslim individuals or Muslim Governments, then this part is haram.

I have travelled from Muscat to Riyadh for totally 13 days at 2 points.

Point A is on the outer side of Riyadh. Point B is in Riyadh City.

I have stayed at point A for 8 days and point B for 5 days. Both points are atleast 90 kms away from each other.

So will my namaz be Qasr for the entire trip for 13 days?

If your statement of 90 km is correct, then your prayers are qasr.

I would really like to get your opinion regarding islamic nasheeds. The definition regarding ghina and music by Sayyed Sistani seems a little vague. He says that even if a nasheed (without instruments) would be sung in a 'ghina' way then it would be haram to listen to.
Would Maher Zain's vocal only nasheeds fall in that category or would they be fine to listen to, such as this one?
https://youtu.be/rarTafa-4Zc
https://youtu.be/4VU4_NZuL24
https://youtu.be/UxDWvovzCIU
https://youtu.be/mwwHisbOkwA
https://youtu.be/v8KND_z–HA

I really like his English nasheeds but I wanna be sure if they'd be fine to listen to, and feel like I need a knowledgeable person's opinion on this.

I think the first one is more like a song that used for dancing, while I feel the rest are OK.

Is hair color from different companies in market is allowed to apply for men?

Yes.

Should we do a majlis e aza on the eve of the 7th safar, birth day of imam Al Kadhim (as)?

It is also the day of shadat of Imam Hassan.

Is it okay to get interest from a financial institution saving accounts which is non Muslim but offer a halal portfolio option (investing in halal companies)?

No problem.

Last night I took to reading the 27th dua in the sahifa and as I read its translation, perhaps due to my lack of knowledge in the aspect of Islam's view and treatment of disbelievers; much of it's excerpts left me deeply disturbed; and to quote a few:
"O Allāh, make the wombs of their women barren, dry up the loins of their men, cut off the breeding of their mounts and their cattle, and permit not their sky to rain or their earth to grow!"

"O Allāh, mix their waters with pestilence and their foods with maladies, hurl down their cities, harass them with peltings, hinder them through drought, place their supplies in the most ill-omened part of Your earth and the farthest from them, bar them from its fortresses, and strike them with constant hunger and painful illness!"

What could be deduce from these as Imam clearly mentions the names of some races like Byzantines, Indians, etc? The aforementioned excerpt and the rest of the dua reads about the protection of muslims and the destruction of idolaters and disbelievers, however aren't we meant to live in peace with our 'brothers in humanity'? Apologies, if the query seems too outlandish. I have been in a dilemma ever since I read the Dua, please help me clear my doubts and misjudgements.

This is not against all disbelievers. It is only against those who are antagonizers and fight Islam.

I am studying pharmacy and I recently found out most of the medicine produced today actually contains gelatin from pigs. This includes injections as well as capsules and tablets. I’m getting an injection for virus infections and the injection most likely has gelatin from pigs. Is it allowed for me to get that injection.

If you are in need for this injection, the yes.

Is it also permissible to wear a coat made of sheep fur. I don’t know if the sheep has been slaughtered according to Islamic laws but I know it’s from a non Muslim country.

Yes, you can.

But would the fur be najis if it gets wet and would I be able to pray in it now that I’m not sure it’s not halal slaughtered?

No.
You can pray with it.

Is it allowed to buy a jacket where the edges of the hood had raccoon fur and it would probably not touch or cover my skin. I don’t think it’s slaughtered the Islamic way.

You can, but do not pray with it.

What is the ruling on "vaginal discharge" ?

Is it considered Najis? If the dress get wet/moist due to vaginal discharge,should the woman have to clean the cloth for Salat? If vaginal discharge happen throughout the day, should the woman have to do wudu every time? Meaning does it break the wudu? What if it happen during the time of salat, will the salat be valid?

If the discharge is due to sexual irritability, it is impure, and imposes ghusl janaba, otherwise it is pure, and it needs nothing.

Is there any Islamic law according to our Imams and our respected Maraji that,the womam cannot/should not call his husband by names(when they are aged same)?

No.

Is it permissible to take driving lessons by a male instructor?

No problem, provided he do not touch your hands or your body, and the training is in open areas and roads, where there are many people.

Is it permissible too wear fake nails and nailpolish? I heard many times that it's not batil by Sayed Muhammed Fadlallah but I can't find it.

Fake nails are allowed if they are easily removable for ablution and ghusl, otherwise, they are not permissible.
Also they are not permissible if they are going to be seen by foreign men.
Nail polish is allowed according to S. Fadhlulla.

I have few medicines that contain certain percent Alcohol. Is it permissible to use it? And is it the same alcohol that is found in beer?

No problem in using it, as the Alcohol is added to it for medication purpose.

Was prophet Muhammad illiterate?

He was not reading or writing, but he was not illiterate.
He was the most knowledgeable person on earth.

Is there a restriction on consuming fish like consuming only during day and not consuming during night. Please give a detailed reply on consumption of fish for meals and restrictions that apply.

There are no restrictions.

I have to go to a friend's wedding at a gurdwara. Part of the process is to bow down. Is it okay if I bow down keeping Allah in mind? Or will I be a non Muslim if I bow down?

Bowing down in front of idols is not allowed.

If the Imam leading prayers is always moving on his spot while reciting does that make the salaat batil? Sometimes he will raise his heels up during Qirat. He raises his foot from the ground slowly while still reading, and puts is back down, but never moves away from his spot.

If he continues reciting while doing so, the prayer becomes void.

I want to ask that the permanent tattoo on hand or any part of the skin is haraam or halal for any muslim?

It is not haram, if it is under the skin. However, it is not recommended (Makrooh). Personally, I do not advice to do so.

We were sitting a group and a class fellow (male) was sharing how he was harassed. Nobody had the urge to talk it out except me but i held it inside of me. Is it religiously okay for me to confront him via email and give him advice on how to cope with his mental health and harassment?

He is a Christian.

Yes, you can, as long as it is an advice, If you believe that it will have an effect on him.

I recited ziarat e ashura throughout my tawaf however the prayer that is to be said in sajdah, I recited it in sajdah after I performed by tawaf prayer. Is it okay to do this?

No problem.

I wanted to know if someone has a lot of qaza namaz since puberty, like combining all five, close to 30,000 according to rough estimates, what are the ways of clearing this number. Same goes for fasting.

You have to make qaza of all the prayers and fasting you are sure you missed, so if you are confident that you missed 30000 prayers, then you have to make qaza of this number. However, if the number fluctuates between two like 25000 and 30000, you can choose the lower number, or something in between. The same thing applies to fasting.

I heard from cleric "If someone died by tragic death he/she couldn't get the closeness of Ahl beyt A.S. Could you please bring some light in it. I'm bit confused as anyone can die by plane crash or other tragic deaths. It doesn't make sense to me.

Nonsense.

I would like to know whether dealing with Cryptocurrencies is halal. I used to believe that it was halal, and therefore I have bought and invested into a particular cryptocurrency called Vechain (https://www.vechain.org/). Since I already own Vechain, I need to know whether it is halal or not, and if it is not halal, then what action do I need to take from there?

This is a virtual currency, which is not tangible, and Sayed Sistani says that dealing with it is not permissible based on obligatory precaution. As per the answer from Sayed Sistani's son, selling the said currency is not allowed, based on obligatory precaution, in which you can refer to another scholar who allows so. You can refer to Sayed Mohammad Saeed Al-Hakeem, and sell them.

Can I have food in flight? Like if I am traveling in Air India, can I have a chicken meal if the air person says it's halaal or I should have only Veg meal or I shouldn't have food only in flights. Not being aware of where and who has cooked it after residing in India (majority non Muslim country).

If the person told you is Muslim, and it built a type of probability that the meat or chicken are halal, then you can.

The air hostess was a Christian and they have certificates for Halaal recognition in this flight.

If the certificates are from trusted bodies, then it is OK.

Referring to the book of "Marriage to Parenthood", it states regarding the conception of a child, under the section of what are the makruh times, regarding the time of the month.
It states that it is makruh during the 1st of the Month (except 1st night of Mahe Ramadhan), middle of the month (full moon) and end of the month (when there is no moon).

If you could kindly help to clarify, which dates exactly are middle of the month (when there is full moon)? Does it refer to 13th, 14th and 15th of the Month? Or only 15th?
And end of the month (when there is no moon), would be 29th / 30th?

14th and 15th, as some months are 29 days.
End of the month is when the moon gets into wane stage.

I usually do istibra after using toilet. Almost always I do it.
But its difficult to remember if I had done it, but mostly am sure I do it whenever I use toilet.

Sometimes I feel something had come out, what is the ruling?

If you are confident that you did it, then it is pure, while if you are not confident, then it is not.

A person buys health insurance issued by a corrupted Goverment.
Insurance was bought for person 1, can he use medicines for other person 2 who hasn't bought the insurance from the Government.

Government is a corrupted whose authorities harass and eat money of individuals almost on daily basis unlawfully.

No.

While the hair of dogs are najis, does touching a dry pet dog, who is prevented from feeding on najasat, make one najis?

All dogs are najis, regardless what it eats. However, touching a dog with no wentess either from your side or it's side, does not make your hands najis.

Consider the case of a woman who is married and settled in a different city, which is now her new watan. 

How will she perform prayers (qasr or full) in her city of birth, which has her father's house? Is this place still her watan if she has not forsaken it?

As long as she still considers it as home, she prays full.

Is there any dua or namaz for toubah ?

Yes. There is dua narrated by Imam Zainula'abideen A.S.
You can find it in Saheefa Sajjadeya.

1) Is it allowed for us to use temporary hair color, which is removed with water over time? Its not an obstacle for gusl?

2) If we have kajol in our lower lashes,  makes wazou batil? Is the lashes has to be obligatory wet ?

1- If it is only a die, which only colors the hair, and do not prevent water reaching the hair, then it is allowed.

2- Water has to reach the lashes. If kajol is an obstacle, then, it has to be removed before wodou or gusl.

I am following grand ayatollah Wahid al khorasani and I wanted to know what he says about celebrating Christmas

Is it forbidden for Muslims to celebrate Christmas in a way that has nothing to do with the Christian religion. I mean is it allowed to buy presents, decorate our homes and eat good food for the sake of the kids.

It is not recommended, but not haram. However, if it effects the kids, and makes them believe in things which are against Islam, like Santa clause, and similar beliefs, and that this is a holy day, then it is becomes haram.

Can you please let me know who reported this Hadith from the Prophet and if it’s authentic.

The Holy Prophet (S) has stated,
“A person who possesses a sitar, on the day of Qiyāma will be raised with a black face. His hands will be holding a sitar of fire. Seventy thousand angels with maces of fire will be hitting him on the face and the head. The singer will arise from his grave, blind, deaf and dumb. The adulterer will be similarly raised. The player of flute will also be made to rise in this way as will be the drum player.”

Mustadrak al-Wasa il, volume 13, page 219, Hadith 15175

And also Hadith 15176

No. 15175 is taken from a Persian book, which was written in the 6th century after hijjra. I could not find the book to check the hadeeth.
No. 15176 is taken from a book called جامع الأخبار. In this book, there are no names given for reporters, and the book is written in the 7th century, after hijjra.

My question is regarding a Hadith by Imam al-Ridha (as) where he says that Yazid was playing chess and drinking alcohol and when he had drunk alcohol he would pour the remains into a basin below the chess table that had the head of Imam Hussain (as) inside it
I wanted to know the authenticity of this Hadith.

This Hadeeth is narrated by acceptable people.
I found it in Behar Al-Anwar, who refers it to a book written by Sheikh Sadooq.
From my point of view, it is not acceptable, because it makes the sanctity of drinking beer and playing chess that Yazeed did what is mentioned in the hadeeth, which makes no sense. Beer is forbidden because it is intoxicating, not because Yazeed poured it on the holy head, and chess is forbidden because there are texts in its sanctity, not because Yazeed played it that day.

I work in hotel with hindu staff and all work like cooking, plate washing, all work is with hindus. In that situation, is it permissible to perform my work or not?

No problem, provided that you do not wash alcohol drinking glasses

In a long distance marriage ( where communication is through the phone), is the husband allowed to pleasure his wife by telling her what to do to her private parts, causing stimulation, or does that still fall under the masturbation category?
Taking into considerations that they won’t be meeting any time soon, and they are both in need of sexual activity.

This is haram.

I want to request you please suggest me any dua for my sister marriage proposal. People come to see her but nothing good happens. My parents are old and very worried about her. She is not doing any job. People normally demand job. What do we do?

Write with rose and saffron water on her dress she uses regularly-while you are on wodou:
(من كل شيء خلقنا زوجين لعلكم تذكرون: اللهم بحقّ قولك هذا، وبحقّ محمّد صلى الله عليه وآله أن ترزق هذه المرأة زوجاً موافقاً غير مخالف بحقّ محمّد وآله الطاهرين).

I been thinking about this for a long time and not sure if my father did the right thing. My father married a foreign women and converted her before marriage. She now has a child from my father however they did not get along and my father convinced her to leave the child and go back to her country and secretly withdrew her marriage visa. He convinced her because he believes she wasn’t being a sincere Muslim and didn’t want his child raised with a Buddhist family. He wants the child to be raised by him and become a Muslim but she still calls begging for her child. My father will never give up the child. Is he doing the wrong thing from separating a mother from her baby even if she’s not a practicing Muslim?

He should allow her to see the child from time to time, as she is still his mother.

A young person has never had an income before, so she was always dependent on her parents. Now she is working and will be earning monthly. The parents have never taken out khums before and do not have an intention to, as they do not believe in its need or requirement. For the youth who understands khums as being wajib, how can she start to calculate her own khums owed, to at least make her personal belongings tahir/pure? The youth has a car, clothing and personal items that were all given by the parents, or through gifted money. Should she begin by listing all her currently owned items and their value, then calculating one-fifth of that? And what about items in the past that have already been donated or thrown away, like old clothing or books? How can the youth try to make-up past due khums to the best of her ability?

She does not need to pay khoms for the items she bought and used in the same year, except if she used them once, and decided that she will not use them again any more in the same year of purchase.
She needs to pay the khoms of such items, if they have market value, as used stuff.
If she do not remember that she went across such situation, she does not need to bother.
Now, since she started work, the day she started to work becomes her khoms day. Hence, she needs to see her saving (balance) throughout the year, on the same day annually, and pay its khoms.

Can I still pray a Nafila prayer/recommended prayer like salat ul Layl and it will still be accepted by me, although I still have many prayers from the past years to make up for?

Yes, you can. However, it is better that you make up your past prayers.

I would like to know how I must react if someone is threating and torturing me because he/she is hating muslims and wants to kill me because of it and is telling me that she/he wants to listen of me that I am not muslim and I am and then become free. What must I do in this situation? And if I dont tell them what they want to hear. Am I dying as a martyr?

You can tell them that you are not Muslim.
No need to loose your life.

Can a mature virgin girl marry against her fathers consent? Let's assume the boy is perfectly fit to marry according to Islam with good qualities? Can she still marry him and go against her father's will? Or Does she need her father's permission?

If he asked for marriage, and the father refused, with no justification, then she can. Otherwise, no.

I have an exam and am scared about it. Kindly suggest me some dua to clear this.

When you start studying say:
(بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم، اللهم صل على محمد و آل محمد، (اللّهم أخرجني من ظلمات الوهم وأكرمني بنور الفهم اللّهم إفتح علينا أبواب رحمتك وانشر علينا خزائن علومك برحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين). (اللّهم أُرزقنا فهم النبيين وحفظ المرسلين وإلهام الملائكة المقربين برحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين)
Also
Repeat this verse
(سنقرءك فلا تنسى)
When you set for exam, recite ayat ul kursee
and, Allah willing you will pass the exam with high marks.

I have a goty (french cut beard) but have very little hair on my cheeks. Is it permissible to shave the cheeks just to get better hair grown next time?

Will this be considered haram even though I have beard as french but just shave the left and right cheek to get better hair?

You can refer to Sheikh Mohammad Ishaq Al-Fayadh in shaving the cheeks, as it is a precaution according to S. Sistani.

I have some questions with regards to khums please.

1) We have never given khums until now and run a small business. All we have accumulated as savings for the last 10-15 years is what we have now. Should we just calculate 20% on our current saving that we have right now or we have to go back 10-15 years back in time to check our savings each year and give khums on that?
Please clarify.

2) We have a house for investment purpose built on pure savings. It is not sold yet. Do we still have to calculate the amount of current value and give khums on it OR khums is applicable when the house is sold for profit?

1) Yes, you need to calculate your savings from the beginning, and on annual basis, taking into consideration, that you need to pay the khoms of the annual increase in savings.

2) Yes, with the current value.

So I dont have to wait for the house that I bought for investing to be sold to pay khums.

If you didn't pay the khoms now, you have to pay the khoms of each month, monthly, and the khoms of the remaining rent amounts by the end of the year.

I was wondering why the father’s namaz and fasting is wajib to make up and the moms is not. Even though the mother probably missed majority of her faces due to pregnancy. Whereas an average healthy male has no valid reason to miss fasts. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around this as Islam has such a high value for women and specifically mothers. If you could kindly explain or point me to some books so that I can understand this better, I would appreciate it.

When something is wajib, you have to do it, otherwise you are punished, while when you do the recommended thing, your grade is much higher. Please note that Allah SWT praised the people who are praying Tahajjud more than the people who are just praying the 5 prayers.
Hence, when the son makes up mother's prayers, he is rewarded more by Allah SWT. On the other hand, making up father's prayers and fasts are the duty of the oldest son only, because he inherits certain items of father belongings, above his share of inheritance.

I came to know if the passing of a very pious 86 year old woman. She missed her fast for the pregnancy of her 9 children. During her lifetime, she kept all her other fast and prayers and also completed her deceased husband’s qaza fasts ( I know that’s not her responsibility, but still.) I have 2 questions.
1) Can you keep fast for another person when you have your own khaza fasts?
2) What are her kids to do now? That would be 270 fasts.
I assume she had a misunderstanding about the make up fast, but who knows now? How should this family proceed?

1- No. Except if it became compulsory upon you, like if you were the oldest male son of your father, and he passed with missed fasts.
In such case, you have the choice, either to makeup your own fasts first, or your father's.
2- They do not have to do any thing. However, it is recommended that they makeup the missed fasts on her behalf, or to hire someone to do so.

1) If someone wants to build home and they do not have enough money and want to take loan from a relative who have saved money in bank (islamic banking system)on which they receive interest, are there any issues using this money for making home?

2) If someone gives u a gift eg a suit etc and its from interest money, since interest is haram in islam (islamic banking)and the person receiving gift also knows that this money is from interest money, can they offer prayers wearing that suit or it is haram? What should one do in such case?

1- No issues.
2- Yes, you can, because
a) You cannot guarantee that the money is purely from interest.
b)If it is, it is not your responsibility

I would like to ask, can you touch the alam or taboot while women are on periods?

No problem, provided that there are no Qur'an verses or names of Allah are touched.

I was wondering, let say we perform any wrongdoing it will be count against us but example if we go to buy 10 pcs of something priced $1 and after giving to the cashier, he miss counted as 9pcs and we pay $9 eventhough he put everything in a pack and we count as 10. Ignoring this situation of him miss counting the item and we pay less, are we wrong of not correctly pay him?

If you were the seller, do you accept that the buyer whom you gave more money, take the money?
I am sure you do not, because you will pay it from your pocket.
Hence, it is haram.
You have to pay the money back to the seller, even if you were in a non Muslim country, because you will effect the image of Islam.

In some places i saw a women jamaah praying at 2nd floor and the men 1st floor is it correct and some places also I saw a women jamaah praying distances away from men more then 10 meters. Is that also correct?

Jama'ah in second floor is OK, provided that the height is not abnormal, while if the distance is more than 1 meter between men and women, then jama'ah is not valid.

When praying jamaah men and women are separated by a curtain, but before start praying the women open the curtain fully and I dont know for why until we can see them. The last row for the men is in front the girl first row and we can see them. Is it permissible like that? I dont understand why need to open the curtain.

I think they are opening the curtain because they believe that Jama'ah is not correct if there is a barrier between men and women, which is not true.
Jama'ah is connected even if there is a wall between them, as long there is distance of 1 meter between the last raw of men and the first raw of women.
Hence, in your case, there is no need to open the curtain.
However, opening the curtain does not effect the jama'ah, but the men should not look to women.

I am wondering to know is it in Islam. We were taught this way.
1) When we earn money from work first priority is to give to our parent for their entertainment purpose not for living because they already have what they need and even though we have limit ourselves from such activity?
2) If we dont give some of our earning that is among the cause for or rizq being blocked?
3) I am married with (Number Removed) children earn (income removed) permonth and being highlighted with this issue not give out some to parents that is the cause of poor income. Is it correct? Charity in Allah's way inshAllah, I am in but to give to parents 10 or 20 dollars per month, they are not interested because too little but yet keep on telling people I dont give anything to them. Help me, I am confused.

1- No. It is not wajib.
2- No.
3- No. Except if your parents are in need.

Is forex trading halal? For example we buy something at usd1 and the next day we sell at usd1.1 or usd 0.9, is that usury

It is halal, as long you do not deal with haram merchandises.

If we married the girl that been divorced for 3 times, and we dont do any intercourse without 3rd party know about it, is it valid if she want to refer back to her previous husband?

No. It is not valid.

I live in sunni country, praying method calculation is diferent compare to Jaafari calculation. Example for Subuh the time is delayed by plus minus 15mins and so do maghrib plus minus 13mins. Can I perform recommended subuh prayer before the exact jaafari praying time because I might miss the Subuh congregation prayer with them?

There is nothing called Shia and Sunni timing for Fajr prayer. Normally, the congregation prayer takes place after 15 to 20 minutes from Azan, which is fair enough.

When I was in school, sometimes I used to steal/ take pens, pencils and many other things of my friends. Even I took money from my parents without asking them. How can I pay kaffara?

You have to pay for what you stole from people, or ask for forgiveness from them. This includes your parents. If you do not know the people from whom you stole, you have to pay an equivalent amount on their behalf to needy people.

What makes music haram? (lyrics, goal, instruments)

In music there are no lyrics. Lyrics are in songs. What makes the music haram is the way it is played, while what makes the song haram is both lyrics, and the way it is played.

So it's not because of instruments?

No. It is a combination.

My question is that when sperm get sticked to the cloth it is very hard to remove that sperm. I have washed my cloth several times but that sperm is not getting away. So, what should I do now. Is that cloth paak or najis?

I do not think that your sperm is super glue. You can wash it with hot water, and it will get away. If what is left is just a color, it is OK.

If one is a pastry chef and every time he makes a pastry he has to taste it, and if that pastry has a non-halal gelatin or pork gelatin is it permissible for him to taste that pastry or not ?

He can taste it from the part which does not touch the haram parts. (If the portion he is tasting does not contain harm parts, then it is allowed, otherwise, it is harm, if he is going to swallow it.

A friend of mine, (personal info removed), so he got caught in a foreign country, and now he is stuck there.
This incident happened in January and until now he isn't free. He's not in jail, but he can't leave that country.
What amaal can we do for him to get free fast please ?

Recite Surat Yousof regularly.

Is the qunoot wajib for the prayers missed ? Or Mustahab?

Qunoot is recommended.

Do I make up for all the prayers and fasts if I converted from Christianity to Islam at 30?

No. If you are converted, you don’t need to.

I just wat to know that can a sayyed man marry a non-sayyid girl because I have heard rumours that the child born will not be sayyid, is it so? As people say that this marriage is inappropiate and a sayyed should marry a sayyed. And what about vice – versa (non sayyed man and sayyed girl)?

Most of our beloved Imams married normal women, and their sons became Imams, not only Sayed. Also, vice-versa is OK.

If I'm taking a contraceptive pill to prevent the menstruation, after taking it for 21 days you take a week off where you get a withdrawal bleeding,(due to not taking the pill in this break) do the laws of menstruation or istihaza apply for this?

If the bleeding continues 3 days, It is menses.

Can I name my baby
a) Youzarsif if i have a baby boy and
b) Adeeya if i have a baby girl?

Can you also please tell me the meaning of both the names. Adeeya means gift of god as per my knowldege. I am not sure about it so can you please tell me that its okay or not?

A) Yes, you can, but it has got no meaning to do so.
B) You mean Ateyya عطية, not Adeeya. Yes, you can.

Is it permissible to check baby’s gender during pregnancy?

Yes, provided that there is no intention to abort him in case you do not like the gender.

I have some amount which gets deducted monthly for my rent. Do I have to give khums on that amount too which is kept in my bank account?

If the amount remained in your account till your khoms date, then yes.

I have a question regarding the Hadeeth of Haqeqa. Do you have any books I can read to disect this hadeeth. is there such book?

This hadeeth fascinates me I really want to know what Imam Ali means when he says what he says

There are many books written about this hadeeth. However, these books are either in Arabic or Persian languages and are not available on net.

إكمال الحجّة في شرح حديث الحقيقة للسيد عبد الرحيم بن ابراهيم اليزدي. .
شرح حديث الحقيقة لابن همام الشيرازي .
شرح خبر كميل المنسوب لجمال الدين العلامة الحلي
شرح حديث الحقيقة لشاه نعمة الله ولي

Is its mandatory to recite quran by sitting in qibla direction?

No.

There is a trend in the Indian city of Hyderabad where people ask for duas against a mannat of feeding a certain number of Moosavi Saadaat. It is said that feeding specially Moosavi Saadaat will get the dua approved by Allah SWT. Can you please help me understand the concept if this is true.

This is just a culture. It has nothing to do with sharee’a.

I have a very big amount in loan and credit cards for which I am paying a lot of interest, the loans and credit cards were utilized for general needs and nothing for important needs or desperate requirements. My question is that can I buy lottery tickets, that are nonrefundable if not won, with niyyat of paying of my debts? Will the lottery money, if won, be considered haram?

No. It is haram.

1. Can we do wudhu with the sea or ocean water?
2. Can we use sea or ocean water which is salty in nature to purify things that come into contact with Najasah.
3. If pure water that is available is Qaleel /less than Kur; how much is needed to purify najasah. For example, to wash off urine how much water is required in quantitative measurement?
4. If a carpet that is attached to the floorboard becomes najis then how can it be purified without sun exposure? How much water is required to purify the area?
5. If a halal animal consumes Haram and is slaughtered in a halal way, can it be consumed? E.g. A camel if it ate Haram it's sweat is considered najis does that mean we cannot eat the meat of that camel if it is slaughtered? Can we consume the milk of the camel?

1- Yes.
2- Yes
3- One time only, provided the urine is dry. For clothes, you need two times, with a squeeze in between.
4- If the najassat is urine, 2 times with a squeeze in between.
5- If it was eating human outlet regularly, then yes, it is haram.

Can a man marry another lady without permission of first wife? What is the penalty?

Yes, provided that the second wife is Muslim, and the first wife is not her aunt.

I was driving to work and I ran over a puppy on the highway . Is there a kaffara or something which has to be done after that?

No.

The urine and dung of buffalo and cows are paak?

Yes.

1) Cats are Halal And allowed to be slaughtered and eaten?
2) If they are halal to eat, then it means that their urine and poop will also not be najis right?

1- No.
2- No.

After completing the procedures of performing any ghusl, am I supposed to recite a salwaat to complete and end the ghusl? When does ghusl get over

No.

So at what point is ghusl assumed to be completed? At what stage?

When you wash all your body.

I was wondering if it was possible to follow a certain marja like sayid sistani but agree and follow a ruling that sayid fadhallah gave when he was alive

No. You can not refer to a dead marja'a, according to S. Sistani's fatwa.

I wanted to ask in times where you need the toilet and pray salat; and no water is available is it okay to wet tissue and use that?

Yes. You can squeeze the water from the wet tissue on the urine exit twice, after wiping it by dry tissue.
However, if you mean using the wiping wet tissue, it is not enough, and it distributes the najasa.

Is Salatul Jummah mandatory while I am in travel?

No.

Is it permissible for men to shave the hair on the upper lip or the mustache area?

Yes.

I was sexually harassed when I was young. but I was still a virgin. Then I lost my virginity to a boy. After few months we recited nikah ourselves, as our parents were not agreeing. He is a sunni and I am a shia. There were no witnesses when we recited nikah. Is my nikah valid?

The nikah is not valid without your father’s agreement.

Is it permissible for a believer to become a vegan for ethical reasons and health?

No problem, as long he do not believe that meat is haram.

Is the sign of the Yemeni and Sufyani a sign that must happen or it is not of the obligatory signs? Is there an established Yemeni and Sufyani right now as our times are of the end times.

These are obligatory signs, which did not happen yet

My cousin is in coma. The doctors just stated her brain totally dead
Is it permissible to sign the DNR form?
She is on mechanical ventilation and unable to breath without it.

No. It is not permissible.

I have a problem of eczema on my knees. Due to this, during the Sujood in Salah, a few drops ( lesser than a dirham) come out of my knees onto a bandaid that I tie on my knees before every salah. However, along with the blood, i have seen that small amount of water also comes out from my knees. I am not sure how this happens but I presume that it is because of taking a bath before prayers. However I do dry my knees properly before salah. Does the water coming out with the blood from my knees cause a problem and would I have to wash my knees before every prayer ? The water and blood come out on the bandaid tied around my knees

You do not need to do so.

I wanted to know if it is okay for us to do the masaah (wiping of the head) twice so that we are confident that water has reached the roots of the hair ( incase of long hair). Similarly, can we do the masaah of the feet ( wiping of the feet) twice to ensure that it is done properly ?

No. Repeating the wiping is not okay, and you do not need to reach the water to the roots.
In case of long hair, all you need to do is disperse the hair from the middle of the head, and scan the difference place.

I frequently doubt whether I have performed istibra after urinating. Rationally, I think that I usually (perhaps even almost always) perform it as a matter of habit/routine, but after leaving the restroom I often doubt whether or not it was performed. Sayyid Sistani’s ruling is that if an unknown fluid leaves the urethra, it should be treated as impure if one doubts whether or not he performed istibra. Does this pertain to a “frequent doubter” on this matter who genuinely intends to almost always perform istibra anyway? What if such occurences are very common, lead to frustration, and can almost certainly be classified as waswasa?

If it is converted to what is called (waswasat shaitan), then do not bother about it.

I live with my (Removed). He and his girlfriend doesn't follow any religion. They drink alcohol and go to the disco. When there is a party ( that have alcohol and music) they invite me. For example now is his girlfriend birthday. She invited me but they will be drinking alcohol. I don't drink alcohol and I don't feel comfortable going there. I also don't want to sound rude to them because I respect them so much. What am I supposed to do? I am a woman who wears hijab so I have the responsability to represent islam so I don't feel happy and comfortable

What do you mean with (they do not follow any religion)?
Was he Muslim, and he became Non-Muslim?

However, if you are not able to live alone away from this unhealthy surrounding, and you are forced to continue, you can tell them politely that you are Muslim, and your religion does not allow you to attend such parties.

My question revolves around the car business. If some of my income is derived from collecting interest, is this considered haram income? Let me give you details: Customer comes to the car dealership to buy a car, requires financing, we contact the bank and the bank gives us an approval interest rate, the dealership in turn marks up that approval rate and profits the difference. My paycheck is derived from getting a percentage of that difference. Is this haram income because the source is from interest?

My question revolves:
If you are 100% sure that your paycheck contains such part, then it is haram, and you have to pay it back to the customer, and if you do not know him, then you have to give it as sadaqa on his behalf (if he is Muslim).
But, if you are not sure, but you suspect that part of your paycheck is from that income, then you are in the safe side.

If I have haram income mixed with halal income then what are my options? I basically acquired haram income by stealing over many years along with my regular paycheck, halal income. How can I clean my income? I don’t have savings, as I stole to make ends meet and I can’t return what is stolen because it’s been mixed for many years. I obviously have stopped now and realize my mistake and will continue to ask for forgiveness. I don’t want to feed my family any haram earnings.

You have to pay back the amount you stolen to the owners or ask them to forgive you for the stolen money

I can’t pay back the amount as it’s been mixed for years and I don’t know the amount. Asking them for forgiveness is not possible because the people I worked for are crooks themselves. Is there any sadaqa I can takeout or something else I can do?

1- I can’t pay back the amount as it’s been mixed for years:
Ans: You do not need to pay the same money. This is impossible. You have to pay the equivalent amount.
2- I don’t know the amount.
Ans: It is enough that you estimate it.
3- Asking them for forgiveness is not possible because the people I worked for are crooks themselves :
Ans: Then you have to pay them back
4- Is there any sadaqa I can takeout or something else I can do?
Ans: No, as you know the people.

Can we pray while having a cat at home whose fur might be around or on our dress , will our salat be valid ?

One or two pieces of fur on body or dress does not effect the prayer, while bunch of it do.

With regards to the distribution of the sacrifice at Mina, one of the three portions is to be given to needy faithful.
are we allowed to give it to a needy syed? Or is it haram for them like in the case of sadqah?

No problem.

Where is the line stand between cheating on my wife versus trying to get to know a second woman to potentially make her my second wife. If I am married with kids and I want a second wife, how can I meet another woman without it being considered cheating on my current wife.

The second marriage is not deception, it is legitimate. However, my advice to you is to study the case and weigh it carefully before taking an action, so if you are comfortable in your family life, and you know that this step will lead to the collapse of stable life, then, it is unnecessary, and not recommended to do it.

I met my husband almost (Removed) years ago but we married muta. Our muta has ended but I’m pregnant now and we still sleep with each other I wanted to know is this considered halal? Do we have to renew or how does it work

It is haram.
He is not your husband any more.
You have to renew the marriage, by either permanent or temporary (mutaa) nikah. Sleeping together without marriage contract is zina.

Recently I heard a debate regarding Mutah marriage concerning the permission of existing wife. Could you elaborate if a husband needs to obtain the consent or permission of his existing wife to do temporary marriage or Mutah? Further does he needs to obtain his wife’s permission for doing another permanent marriage or Nikah. Also does the condition changes, if his existing wife is Syed.

This is required if you want to do muta with a non Muslim woman. However, S. Sistani says that you can not - as mandatory precaution- get married with non Muslim lady even with your wife's permission.

Just to be clear for my understanding:
If the Mutah is with a non-muslim then the wife’s permission is required.
If the Mutah is with a Muslim lady then wife’s permission is not required. Correct me if I am wrong

Correct

If some of our sins are forgiven by Allah (swt) will those sins be questioned on the day of judgement? And do we have any hadith
on this ?

No. Once they are forgiven with true tawba, you are not questioned about them.
According to Quran, with true and sincere tawba, the sins are converted to doles. (Sura 25, verse 70)

I would like to know where does the practice of putting the Quran on the head during prayers come from.
I see it sometimes in videos and I do not understand what it represents and when we should do this (& why)

It is only while reciting dua of putting the Quran on heads, during Qadr night in the holy month of Ramadhan

Being a student in a European country, I sometimes pray with our sunni brothers in their mosques since I do not find mosques of the followers of Ahl al Bayt (as) here.
Sunni point their index fingers of the right hand while they are doing the qad’ah and the greetings (in the sujud).
I would like to know if this act is obligate, haram or if their is any recommandation about doing this since I never learnt about this with shia.

No this is neither part of the tashahud, nor a recommended act.

How to get rid of waswas? I'm extremely disturbed and depressed and unable to ignore waswas regarding taharat and najasat.

Recite قل أعوذ برب الناس and قل أعوذ برب الفلق all the time, and ignore the things which you are facing.

I'm the muqallid of agha seestani. I want to know when agha seestani says الواجب احتیاط then which marja i have to refer

You can refer to S. Hakeem, S. Zanjani, and Sheikh Fayadh

Is it permissible to recite Quran through mobile application without wudhu during travel or otherwise? As we are not directly touching the words/letters is wudhu necessary/wajib?

Yes

I was listening to a lecture and he said that "Allah cannot [does not?] make 2+2=5 because this is a contradiction against reality. It is not a matter of power."
Can you please explain why this answer makes sense? Mutahhari also says that Allah is bound (binds himself?) by justice because justice is a reality.

I thought the answer was that because Allah must necessarily be all wise and all intelligent that he does not do things that are illogical because this would be against wisdom

1-When we say that Allah Almighty cannot do this thing, it is not a deficiency in him, but because this is not verifiable, because it is impossible, his will is not related to him in the first place, and it is like creating a partner, another creator, just like him, because he will be created, and this characteristic is not applicable to Allah Almighty.

2-When Shaykh al-Mutahari said that Allah Almighty bound himself by justice, he wants to deny his inability, without looking at the cause of wisdom, the subject of wisdom is taken for granted.

In the Book of Numbers Chapter 19, God told Moses and Aaron to tell the Israelites to sacrifice a cow. God told them it has to be a “red heifer”. In the Quran, in Surah 2 Verses 67-71, God is re-telling the story to Mohammad. When God is re-telling the story, He says that it needs to be a “yellow” cow. My question is, is the red heifer from the Book of Numbers Chapter 19 the same cow as the “yellow” cow in the Quran Surah 2 Verses 67-71? Or why are the colors different?

I am not able to see Red Heifer in the verses.
It is only yellow

Does ayah 46:5 contradict the concept of Tawassul?

وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُو مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَائِهِمْ غَافِلُونَ – 46:5

Not at all.
This ayah talks about those who are worshiping the things, and believe that they can do something for them as gods or as partners of Allah SWT, and this is different from tawasol, which is asking the prophet or imam to ask Allah to the thing for you.

What are some textual evidences with in the Ja'fari jurisprudence proving that the birthdays of the 14 infallibles should be celebrated? How should one celebrate such days?

There is nothing says that they should be celebrated. These things fall in the wide range of the allowed practices.
The practices are either wajib, that you have to do, like prayer, or haram, that you are not allowed to do, like robbery.
All other practices are permitted, such as drinking water if you do not feel thirsty, playing football, eating ice cream, reading a novel, celebrating your or other people birthdays.
However, the permitted practices are divided into three categories:
1- Recommended: Like night prayer, fasting 3 days monthly...etc.
Celebrating the birthdays of the 14 infalliables falls in this category, as it makes the people know their leaders and understand their instructions, to be closer to Allah SWT.
In this category, If you do the recommended practices, you gain alms, while if you do not, you are not punished.
2- Not recommended: Such as wasting the time in things not resulting any benefits to the individual, like playing electronic games, watching films...etc.
In this category, If you did not do the not recommended practices, you gain alms, while if you do, you are not punished.
3- Mubah: These are the practices where whether you do or do not, there are neither gains nor losses, like celebrating your birthday..

I am not able to marry due to the mental illnesses I have and I won't be able to marry for the foreseeable future. Is it permissible to masturbate to control one's sexual urges? As I will not have any means to fulfill my sexual desires with anyone for a long time because of my mental illnesses.

No, but you can get into temporary marriage with a divorced or a widow lady.

What is the best method of finding someone for mut'ah?

Even though I dislike masturbation, I find myself vulnerable to it because of my desires. My question is why is masturbation seen as very detestable in Islam? This is action I will never defend as I know it's not permissible. Though, as I grew up in a Western society. I can't for some reason see the reasons behind such prohibition. If you can enlighten me through the evidences through the sayings of the Ahlul Bayt or or the Sunnah or the Prophet Muhammad, I would very much appreciate that. Sources can be in Arabic as well.

1- Best way to find someone for Mut'ah.
There are no ways to do so. If you found a divorced or widow lady, you can make a mut'ah proposal.
If she accepted, then you can make aqd nikkah.
2- Why Masturbation Is Detestable?
It is not the right way to pass the sexual need, and there are many narrations about it being not permitted by Islam.

I've had this question for such long time. Is it possible for things that are harram in this dunya to be halal in the afterlife?

Things such as:
-The eating of swine
-Homosexuality
-Having more than four wives.

If applicable, if you can support your reasoning with textual proofs I would really appreciate that.

In the afterlife, there are no responsibilities or liabilities, so there is no halal and haram over there. However, the odd things in themselves, which are against the true nature, will remain as they are, such as homosexuality.

I just want to have a better understanding of what Jannah will have in the afterlife. Are all sins on Earth will be forbidden in Jannah? Or are some actions that are forbidden on Earth will be allowed in Jannah? I researched about this topic and I found these Ayat in the Qur'an:

"They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin"

[56:25]

"They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin."

[52:23]

It seems like the inhabitants of Jannah will never be able to sin. Though will there be actions that were sins in this life to be allowed in the afterlife?

The life in Jannah is different than the life on earth, as I mentioned earlier. There every thing is permissible. However, the dirty things on earth does not exist there, so the wine in Jannah is not the same wine on earth, as it is mentioned in Quran
لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنْزَفُونَ
Sura 37, verse 47

What conditions of 'Nushuz' (rebellion/disobedience) of the wife can be punishable by the husband?
If the conditions are applicable, how severe should the punishment be?

I have heard that punishment should not leave any marks nor can be hit on the sensitive parts such as the face.

If you can, please show us textual evidence of what I mentioned as well as the conditions of nushuz for applying this punishment of hitting.

Nushuz takes place if the wife:
1- Did not allow the husband to have relation with her, either by forbidding him from that, or putting barriers, such as keeping her self dirty, or with bad smell.
2- Leaving the house without his permission.
The punishment should go through three stages as you mentioned. However, beating (the last stage, and if he is sure that it works, and not makes it worse) should -as you mentioned- not leave any marks nor can be hit on the sensitive parts such as the face, and should be as minimum as possible, with the intention of putting the things in order, not as revenge.

فقه الرضا (ع): وأما النشوز فقد يكون من الرجل ويكون من المرأة، فأما الذي من الرجل فهو يريد طلاقها فتقول له: أمسكني ولك ما عليك وقد وهبت ليلتي لك ويصطلحان على هذا، فإذا نشزت المرأة كنشوز الرجل فهو الخلع إذا كان من المرأة وحدها فهو أن لا تطيعه وهو ما قال الله تبارك وتعالى: " واللاتي تخافون نشوزهن فعظوهن واهجروهن في المضاجع واضربوهن " فالهجر أن يحول إليها ظهره في المضجع، والضرب بالسواك وشبهه ضربا رفيقا،

Following are the questions. Please give detailed answers as I need to convince my son who is a teenager. These are his doubts, concerns put together.
Question 1
When Allah made Adam a.s. he asked all the angels and jins to bow to him but as per Islam we should not do sajdah to anyone except Allah. So the instructions of Allah to angels and jins to bow to Adam a.s. seems contradictory

Question 2
When the jin refused to do the sajdah Allah banished him but also rewarded him with the freedom to trouble and mislead the entire mankind till the end of time. Why reward one Jin with so much power that he can corrupt the whole world from beginning till end of time. Today every crime and every problem we see is because of that. This is like rewarding one person and making life miserable for billion and billions of people.

Question 3
This is a continuation of question 2. The issue was between Allah and the disobedient jinn. The jin got the power to spread corruption of morality. The mankind is suffering for that and to top it all every human being will also be asked to reply for his misdeeds and punished for his misdeeds which actually are the cause of the issue between Allah and the jinn.

This does not seem fair. First you give power to someone to spoil others and then you punish the others for getting spoilt

Question 4
Adam a.s. and Eve a.s. were pure souls until they are the fruit of a particular tree. Eating this fruit caused immorality in them. This immorality continued down the line in every human being who descended from Adam a.s. And we will all be punished for our immoral actions. These immoral actions are because of the immorality of the fruit that Adam a.s. ate.

On the other hand we have been taught that at the time of qiyamat every one will be responsible for their own actions. Father will not reply for son and mother will not reply for daughter. If that is the case then this immorality has come in all of us due to Adam a s. Eating that that fruit and the misguiding of the disobedient jinn

So why will be asked to reply for something which is genetic and done by Adam a.

Alaykum assalm,
A1. When it is obedience to Allah's order, it is for God. Hence, because the prostration of the Angels to Adam (as) was obedience to the order of Allah Almighty, it is prostration and submission to Allah, not the prostration of worship of Adam (as). Allah (swt) has the right to say do and do not, and we have to obey him, and to do so, and have no choice for objection.

A2. It was not a reward for Satan for disobeying him, but for his former worship, because Allah Almighty does not waste good work. On the other hand, it is a test for the sons of Adam, and there is no injustice to the human being, Satan does not and cannot control or force them, except if they want to be controlled by him, because Allah Almighty warned them, and forbade them to obey him, and explained to them everything, and made it clear that who follow him is the loser.
Let me give you an example:
If you warned a person not to go on this way, and made it clear to him that there are thieves and murderers, stealing from their passing and killing him, but he did not listen to your warning, and got stolen and killed, are you responsible for what happened to him? Another example:
If you know that you must sit an exam at the end of the school year, and if you do not study, you will fail, repeat the year, and may be expelled from the university or school, and in spite of this, you neglected and not studied, and expelled from school, who is responsible, aren't you responsible?
Q3 answered in A2.

A4. This is a misunderstanding, Adam's eating from the tree did not cause immorality. It was a fall in the test, and he bear the consequence of the fall.
We are neither responsible nor accounted for what he did. We are responsible and accounted for the actions we do, and we know we are forbidden to do, and we have the power and strength to leave, But due to our bad choice and following our desires, do it. You see, if your father forbid you doing something, and he told you clearly: do not to do this thing, and if you did, I'd punish you, and if you did not, I'll reward you, and you deliberately did what asked you not to do, and disobeyed your father. Do not you deserve the punishment?
We see this in our daily lives, the violation of the law causes the offender to pay a fine or to enter the prison, for the offence which he is capable of not committing, is the judge considered unjust if he imprisoned him for his doing?

I want to ask we have a parrot in our house but people says not to keep it. It may curse you to keep him in a cage and therefore free him.
But my father gave them excuse that Imam Ali a.s also had swan who stopped him on 19 Mahe Ramazan so it should be fine.

Can you please guide me with a hadith if possible ruling of Maraje on this

There is no problem in keeping it.

If someone during jama’at faints or dies next to you while praying are you then allowed to break your prayer to help or do you have to finish your prayer first?

If you knew that he died, there is no meaning for breaking your prayer.
Yes, if for example he had a heart attack, and needs relief, that saves his life, then you have to break your prayer, and help him.

I see Iran celebrating a chess player. When did chess become halal to play?

According to Sayed Khomaini fatwa, if the subject of a thing has changed from haram to halal, then it becomes halal. Hence, if the chess has changed from being a gambling game to a mental game, it becomes halal.
The same principal is applied by Sayed Sistani.

I live in majority Sunni countries – Kenya and Uganda. in most cases their Eid days do not concide with ours. This calls for explanations to our non Shia friends and relatives. How can one avoid this confusing situation since most of is Shia live in Taqia

If it is not possible for you to fast and stay at home that day, then you can travel 22 km's away from your town/ city, before fajr, stay there till fajr (dawn) starts, eat or drink something, then return back home, and make up this day later.

If the date of khums has come what does it mean. Does it mean that the money has to go on that day? Or the calculation has been done and niyyah should be made by that day even if you actually give it at a later date.

Supposing If you have done the calculations and made the niyyah but you couldn't take out money from the bank so you don't have it in your hand at that time and the person who you have to handover the money to take it to the Marjaa will travel after few months. So anyways the money will stay with you either in the bank or in your hand.
So is this acceptable?

It means that you have to pay it on that day, and if you are not able to hand it over on that day, then you should seek permission to separate it from the remaining 80%, even by transferring it to another account, or to a sub account, so that you can use the rest of the money.

If we have a khums date fixe can we change it to a later date in the same year?

Or is it possible that we take out the khums on the money that we have and take out the khums of the possessions on a later date in the same year because we can't determine the khums amount of the unused possessions and the time has come?

Yes, you can change the date by paying the khoms of the amount in hand on due date, and then pay the khoms of the gross amount on the new date.

My (Removed) married a Hindu after lot of convincing her to recite kalma. Before nikaah, she did recite. But its been 3 years now she is not praying namaz. We tried to talk to her explain her things but she is not willing to listen. What should our behavior towards her?

If she admits that she is Muslim, then the marriage is valid, and you need just to advise her.
If she acts as Hindu, then the marriage is void, and he have to separate from her.

During a marriage proposal, to what extent can a girl reveal herself (i'll put my emphasis on hair, is she allowed to show her hair?)

Can you tell me from BOTH perspectives, sunni and shia.

There is no harm in revealing the hair for the marriage proposal.

If a sister had her period and didn’t do ghusl before fajr are they fasting still the next day or do they have to break their fast?

If she did so intentionally, her fast is void, and she have to give kaffarah in addition to qadhha.

What breaks the fast according to Sayed Sistani? (With the exception of food and drink)

Sexual intercourse, Masturbation, Ascribing lies to Allah, his Prophet and Ma'asomeen, Letting heavy dust and smoke reach one's throat, Remaining in Janabat or Haidh (menses) or Nifas, till Fajr time, Enema, intentional Vomiting,

If you submerge your head in water while fasting and weren’t aware it breaks your fast, is your fast cancelled and must be repeated or is it okay?

It does not break the fast.

As far as I know submerging the head completely in water breaks the fast?

Not for S. Sistani

I wanted to ask is it allowed for girls to put up their own pictures on social media like Facebook Twitter and so on

If it is with proper hijab, and without makeup, then it is allowed. However, it is better not to do, as it could be misused.

If you die in early pregnancy third month because of pregnancy being the reason are you a shaheed?

Allah SWT gives her the rank of martyr.

I lead sales and business development for a large engineering company in India.

There is a beer company that wants our services. Am I allowed to serve them, since I am only an employee in the company, although I have a small shareholding in my company?

No.

Is aerobics exercise with music that might or might not be fit for public entertainment allowed?

If it is dancing music, then no.

Are we allowed to say our personal wishes (dua'a) in our own language during sajdah or qunoot or during any part of obligatory namaz?

Yes, as long it is dua.

Is there any ruling from Aqa Sistani which says that a divorced woman should stay at home and not move out of her house during the period of her Iddah of 3 months, whether divorce is irrevocable or revocable?

Only if the divorce is revocable, she need her husband's approval to travel.

This question is for my wife whose father's house (where she was born), which is in a city (A) different than the current city where we are presently staying (B). I was born in an altogether different city (C), which I consider as my only hometown in addition to city B.

The question is about my wife's prayers, whether qasr or full, in city A and also city C.  What if my wife has no intentions to settle in city A in future?

If she stayed in city A till she became adult, and still considers it as home, although she do not intend to go back to live there, then her prayers there are full, while if she left it in her childhood, or she does not consider it as home any more, but she goes there just to visit her parents, then her prayers are qasr.
With regard to city C, her prayers are qasr.

According to Agha Sistani, can the divorce of Khula be reversed with mutual consent of estranged husband and wife through some means – let's say the husband returns the money to the divorced wife and convert the divorce into a simple divorce where the two can marry immediately? 
And does this have any time limit to it, Agha, meaning the divorce cannot be reversed after passage of certain time period?

If she accepted returning the money within the Edda period, then it automatically becomes simple divorce, and he can return her to the marriage without a need for another contract.
However, after the Edda period, they can start new contract, with no need to return the money, but he to pay new dowry.

According to Agha Sistani, fitra should be given to eligible Shia Itna Asheri momins, based on obligatory precaution, which means that one has a liberty to look towards next most knowledgeable Marja after Agha Sistani.

Can you can let me know according to your understanding on a Mujtahid who is next in line after Agha Sistani.

According what is known in Hawza, Sayed Mohammad Saeed Al-Hakeem, and Sheikh Ishaq Fayyadh.

Agha, this is Agha Al-Hakeem's edict on this issue. He allows it to give it to non Shia on a condition. So, does it mean that one can give to a non Shia whose inclination towards Ahlulbayt a.s is not known but he is in dire need of help?

Ruling 350: The beneficiaries are the same as mentioned
for the zakah on wealth, except that one can pay it to a non-Shia Muslim who neither accepts nor denies the authority
of the Ahlul-Bayt (peace be upon them) if a believer is
not available, and this has priority over transferring it to
another city.

Yes.

A widowed mother stays in her hometown while her sons stay in different cities who come together before the Shab e Eid. This mother has 3 sons, of which, eldest one is without any source of income, the second son used to meet the expenses of the family but is unable to do now since he has got married and has some new responsibilities to take care of. It is the youngest son now who meets the expenses of the house. While the mother is dependent upon her sons, who will give whose fitrah in this case as the master of house is not clear in this case?

They are guests of the mother, so she needs to pay the Fitrah, but, as she is able to do so, because she is a needy woman, she do not have to do so. Hence, it is recommended that each of them pay his own Fitrah.

Please see the following ruling from Aqa Sistani:

1305. A person whose journey is not haraam, nor is it for a purpose which is haraam,
should shorten his prayers even if he may, during the journey, commit some sin like,
indulging in Gheebat or taking alcohol.

What is the case (with respect to prayers and fasting) of a woman who is travelling to a function out of her hometown where she will not observe hijab, although she might or might not be observing hijab usually?

If the function it self is not haram, then she should shorten her prayers and not fast

With respect to permission of a Wali for muta, what is the case of an umarried girl whose parents have got divorced and she stays with her mother and has broken all ties with her father and his family?


And what is the case for a such a permission when father has deserted (although not divorced) the family (for a second marriage and/or other reasons) and is no longer interested in the affairs of his family? 

If what you mentioned applies to both cases (desertion), which means that he does not care about his daughter, and gives her the freedom to do what ever she wants to do, then for S. Sistani, she still needs to take his permission, but on mandatory precaution basis, where she can refer to another marjee taqleed who allows such marriage.
In this case, she can refer to S. Hakeem, provided that the muta contract is based on no intercourse.

My question has to do with the selling of cars to the public. If a customer cannnot afford the car outright and would like for me to offer in-house financing for the vehicle, is it permissible to add a financing fee since I will be taking on the risk?

If you are going to finance him, i.e, giving him cash to buy a car, then you can not ask him to pay you more. While if you are going to sell him a car, that worth's 1000 $ cash, with 1100$ on 3 months, then it is OK.

I’m on the selling car side of this situation. Is there a specific equation on how you found the extra $100 for three months. Or is it just supposed to be a reasonable amount

It is just an example.

As far as I know that Eid , fasting/Ramadan can only be observed with reference to the moon-sighting only and not pre-calculated scientific knowledge of moon’s appearance. I personally do not know if that method is accurate or not but for so many of my friends how do I convince them that method is not as per the Islamic laws? But they insist that the scientific method is correct and accurate. Please advise me as how do I convince them as which method is correct based on the teachings of Quran and Sunnat e Rasool ( May Allah bless him and his progeny)

There are different schools in the pre-calculated method regarding the possibility of moon sighting. Some of them are very simple, while others are very tough in their methods.
Hence, if the toughest method said that the crescent is there and could be seen, and you became confident that it is the case, then there is no need for observation.

I have a question concerning ghusl.

We can do ONE gusl for many niyyat right?

So, If someone have to make two wajib gusl, and , after finishing his ghusl, he is not sure if he made the niyyat of the second ghusl.
For example, I do one gusl for ghusl hayz and janabat,
But after my ghusl, I dont remember if I said the niyyat for janabat.

So , my question is, when we do ghusl, and we forget to say the niyyat, but , we are aware that we are making this gusl,
the ghusl still correct?

Yes. It is valid and sufficient

If we make mistake in the makhraj of all zikhr of the namaz , does that make it invalid ?

For example, I am praying, and I noticed that I did a mistake in the makhraj of my surah then
Do I have to repeat my salat?
Or its ok I can continue but I have to concentrate more?

1- If you noticed the mistake while you are still reciting the surah or before rukoo (Bowing), then you need to just re-recite that part, and continue. You do not need to break your prayer.
2- If you came to know that you made a mistake, after finishing the prayer, you do not need to do any thing.

So its same when its about the other zikr like the ruku or sajda zikr ? If I do mistake of makhraj, I just repeat it?
1) And, if we not correct it, it will not invalidate our salat right?

2) For example, if I noticed it , but I am still praying.
Like if I did mistake in surah Fateha, and I noticed it when I am reciting surah ikhlass, no need to break the salat.

Is it like this please?

1) Right
2) Yes. If you realized that you made a mistake in Fateha, before going to Rukoo, then you need to correct it, and repeat the second surah.

Is it wajib to say the bismillah before the 2 surah during namaz?

Yes.

In Duas Yastasheer , I always read that Allah(swt) Is the succorer of those who have a pure heart. So I often ask this in my duas
But what does that really mean?
Is it the fact to not have animosity ?

May I know some things to do to have pure heart? Or things to increase noor in our heart?

To have a pure heart, follow the following advices:
1- Trust Allah, and believe that he will never let you down.
2- Be pious.
3- Do not hate any body, even if he harmed you.
4- Always look to the positive part of the things, not the negative part.
5- As you mentioned, keep your heart free of animosity, as it is a main factor for destroying the piety in the heart.
6- Do not misunderstand the people.
7- Free your self from ruthlessness.

Does doubting about passing gas during namaz makes it baatil? Because I have been this issue of doubt for few years and I always redo my namaz about 5 times

No.

There are some situations where when conversing with a person, they unexpectedly say something bad about another person and we have no clue to anticipate that this person will actually do ghibat. What can we do in this situation? Is it still ghibat although it was beyond our control?

All what you need to do at this stage is tell the person to stop talking, and if he continued, leave him, and go away.

I have a friend of mine who, has bought stolen perfumes, when he was younger. He has used all of the perfumes, so he can’t return any of them. He also sold a couple of them to his own brother and a friend of his, as the same price that he bought them from the thief. He feels very sad now, and are afraid of the punishment in the hereafter. What shall he do to be forgiven, and what is the punishment for this? And the punishment for him, selling them to his own brother and friend.

If he knows the owners of the items, he should seek their forgiveness, if they are Muslims, or pay the equivalent amount of the stolen items to them or to poor people on their behalf.

I have a buisness in furniture and sometimes I do not sell while I have cheques that go into the bank that I absolutely have to pay. At the moment can I take money with interest not to return my cheques which can do my honor.

You can take the money from the non Islamic bank, but not with the nayyat of a loan,

Am I permitted to play fantasy sports if i am not betting money?

If these games are not gambling games, there is no problem in playing them.

If a brother is sponsoring a monthly amount of 30$ towards an orphan in Iraq that I sent to an organization who uses it for the orphan, is the zakat fitr of the orphan obligatory on the sponsor?

No, except if the 30 $ is considered full support.

I have seen this hadith many times: "From among my followers there will be some people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instruments, as lawful …”.

I was listening to one scholar, who said that al-hirr in this hadith has been erroneously translated to “illegal sexual intercourse”. In fact, al-hirr means “woman’s private parts”. Is this true?

Yes, that is correct.
However, Imam talked about the illegal relationship in polite words.

Kindly tell me that how I'm able to know that Imam-e-Zamana (ATFS) is agreeing with me. I mean whatever I'm doing (Aamaal) in my daily routine he is seeing all that so if I want to know that Imam MEehdi (ATFS) is happy with all my activities or not then what can I do or how can I able to know that?
Kindly, explain me in detail what I do to make my time of Imam agree and happy with me.

You have to do what makes Imam A S happy, and leave what makes him unhappy.
Piety of Allah SWT is the most important thing you should take care of.
Always recite your prayers on time with devout.
When you do these things, Imam will be happy with you.

My question is regarding the number of compulsory sujoods in the Quran. The sujood symbol comes up 15 times in the Quran but sayed sistanis website only mentions 4, what is the reason for this?

There are only four compulsory sojoods in Quran.
Those are in the following suras:
Sajda, Fusselat, Najm, and Alaq.

Why does the holy quran have the symbol for prostration in 14 places, is there a difference in opinion between the different schools of thought? Is this based on Hadith?

4 are wajib, as I said before. The rest are recommended

There was an Ayat in Quran which says "And we created you in pairs"

What does it mean? Is Allah is talking about husband wife relation? By reading this I understand this but someone told me that ask any aalim because in the quran many things you have to understand by tawil.

It means (We created you as male and female, to integrate)

I had an affair with a married woman. One day she told me that I am the father of one of her children. She even asked me to get DNA test if i doubt but i didn’t do it and instead I got away from her and left her alone in her life. it has been too many years and we dont meet at all, but I have this feeling which haunts me that she has a child who is mine. Now, i seek guidance for what I should do about that child? Do i have to leave them alone forever like how I am currently doing? Or I have any duty for the child? And how can i correct this mistake of mine? How can i get forgiveness?

According to shareeaa, the child is for the husband, except, if it was proved that he is not, like through the DNA test.
In this case, he is your illegal son, which means that if died, you do not inherit him, and vice versa.
You can not correct the mistake, but you can take the child, if she allows you to do so, or take care of his needs.
Is her husband is still with her?

Yes she is still living with her husband and the baby is with them.

Do not you think that your interference will destroy her life, as her husband will realize that she betrayed him?

I dont want to interfere or disturb them. I just want to know what should I do about this? Do I have any duty towards the child or I should just leave them and forget about all this?

You have to inform the mother, if she is 100% sure that he is your child, not her husband's child, to make sure that he do not inherit him, if the husband died.

احدى الاخوات تسال، كان من المفترض ان تنزل الدورة الشهرية قبل يومين ولكنها تاخرت. ولهذا فهي تعاني من اوجاع ما قبل الحيض. تسال اذا كان بالامكان ان تفطر لتأخذ حبة مسكن


لا يجوز طبعاً.
نعم، يمكنها قبل الزوال قطع مسافة شرعية من بلدها و الإفطار.

What type of music is permissible?
If a song does not have inappropriate lyrics then why is it considered haram?
How does music affect your physical and spiritual health?

If the music is of the type that used in inappropriate places, such as disco...etc, then it is haram, while music like classic music is not haram.

I found some inappropriate things like (REMOVED) etc hidden inside our home on(DATE REMOVED). Everyone who has seen the picture of the same have been telling this is used in Black Magic. Of late we have been experiencing extreme financial distress which was unthinkable one year back. I have been reciting Yaseen, Sabasab, Ayatal Kursi, Alham, Quls, and Quran paras daily. Please let me know what else do I need to do to avoid Ill effects of items I have found in the house. We are in a very bad state currently and are verge of losing all our hard earned wealth and I don't want to miss out anything which requires to be done in at this difficult phase.

Recite this aya on it many times, and then through it in the sea
مَا جِئْتُم بِهِ السِّحْرُ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ

Are we allowed to lie if the other person is trying to take advantage of us?

If you are sure that the other person is lying to take advantage, and you are able to get rid of him without lying, then lying is not allowed.
For example, if some one asks for financial help, you can tell him (I do not have this amount) and you make the intention that you do not have it in your pocket.

For example, if someone is asking personal information which I know he will use to take advantage of me later, am I allowed to lie?

If you knew that he will harm you, then yes.

Some people keep asking me personal questions which I don't like answering. How do I tackle such people?

Tell them: It is not your business.

Wouldn't that be considered rude? And isn't being rude considered bad in the religion?

No.

Can a wife announce talak for divorce? And if yes, what are the conditions?

She cannot announe divorce from her side, but she can ask her husband to divorce her in certain cases, like if she hates him, while he did not harm her, which is called (Khulaa), where she pays him an amount to divorce her. If he mistreates her, or does not spend on her, she can ask for divorce, and if he refused, she can request the Marjea taqleed to divorce her from him.

if a person while having sex with spouse thinks of a videos that he saw before, was it haram

This is very hateful, taking into consideration that watching such videos is haram.

I wanted to ask a question about Mutah. I am currently in contact with a guy who is quite serious about our relationship and want to take it further. Both of our families are aware that we talk to each other and do not have any objections with that. But we have never meet yet and are planning to meet in a while. So, I and the guy, both want to perform Mutah to stay in a Halal relationship, but my father doesn't agree with that, thinking that the boy will take disadvantage of it.

So I wanted to ask you how can I convince my father to let me perform Mutah, and should I do it ?
And also is it possible if my father put some conditions ?

I don’t recommend such thing.If he is serious, get married and that’s it.
I totally agree with your father’s opinion.
However, if your father agreed with certain conditions, it is OK.

Is there an explanation provided behind age 7? ie does puberty play a role? Any supporting narratives you may be able to share?

7 is not a puberty age by any means, neither for male, nor foe female. However, in this age, the child is usually differentiates the good and the bad acts.
This depends on many factors, as this could take place at earlier age, like nowadays.

There's a high chance my exam will fall on Ashura this year and I really dont want to give it, as I've read narrations that state we should avoid engaging in worldly stuff such as work etc.. But if I dont take it this year, I'd have to retake the module and give the exam after a year. What can I do in such case? I hope you can give me some advice.

You can go a head with your exams.You do not need to delay your exams.

I want to marry my cousin, but she doesn't really consider herself to be a Muslim and doesn't practice it. She comes from a good muslim family, as do I, and I practice my faith, and I try and educate her. My question is am I OK to marry her? Does it eventually come down to influence and how my children would be brought up?

If she consider herself christian, then you can not marry her as an obligatory precaution, in which you can refer to another marjaa, like Sheikh Ishaq Fayadh, but I do not recommend that you marry her, as this will effect your kids badly.
However, if she consider herself as infidel, then you can not marry her at all.

Is anal sex permissible during the woman’s period?

And is anal sex permissible at all?

According to S. Sistani, it is very abhorrent, if she allows it, while it is not permissible (haram), if she do not allow.

I was wondering on the ruling of using a vibrator (Sextoy), for a single virgin, who cannot I get married any time soon, and in the fear of falling into Zina and other prohibited acts. The vibrator is only used for temporary pleasure and no insertion, or masturbation.
So what is the ruling in this case?

This is not allowed, and it is a type of masturbation.

We renovating our house, and we were thinking to place the television in a way that while we watch our back faces the Qiblah, can we face our back towards the qibla while watching tv? Is that okay?

The ruling for sleeping and toilets we have kept it as per law, but we were just wondering about this aspect.

No problem

I'm planning to marry a girl (PRESENT)years who's nikah was performed to another guy when she was (PAST)years. She did not had any contact with the boy and when she was (PAST)years decided to end the nikah. The boy and his family is not cooperating in divorce. So in this case, can I perform my nikah with her and get her divorce later on? Or she should get her divorce first and do the nikah?
Note: The girl and boy never met nor did they see each other any time during or after the nikah was done.

Since she is married, you can not get married to her.
She has to get the divorce first, then you can marry her.

In reference to Jamaat Namaz, Have 5 short Questions, past, present and future, etc
1) Past, when Prophet Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhu wa-sallam was in Sajdah, Imam Hussein ʿalayhi s-salām sat on the back of Prophet Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhu wa-sallam and The Sajdah was prolonged. Question: If anyone in the jamaat prayer raised their head from sajdah at that time, is their prayer accepted?

2) For present times question is: In Jamaat prayers anyone takes any tep before pesh imam says takbir, is their prayer accepted? If the answer is no, since the salat ends together, why rush? And why make practice for future?

3) Question for future. After Imam e Zamana alayhi s-salām's Zzuhoor, in his jamaat namaz, if Hazrat Isa alayhi s-salām or anyone goes to sajdah or rukoo before the Imam, is their prayer accepted?

4) What is the definition of pesh Imam in jamat prayers, presently?

1- If he know that the Imam is still in sojood, and he intentionally raised his head, his jama'ah becomes void, not his prayer.
2- Same as 1. However, I do not think that the people who do this are doing it in purpose, and if you told them so, they will deny doing it. Hence, their jama'a is also valid.
3- Do not worry, Issa A.S. will not do so, because he is not like us.
4- He is the person who you can hand your prayer to with peace of mind.

If a person has many years of qadha namaaz Is it okay for the person to recite nawfila (mustahab) salaat as well? Or should they complete all the qadha prayers first.

He can recite nawafel.
There is no problem.

Please describe the best way for happy married life. We have many issues between us.

The best way is by observing Allah SWT in all your acts with each other.

I have a lot of qadha prayers to make up, over 3000, because I did not used to pray when I was younger. I pray one qadha prayer per day and find it difficult to do more than that. I think I become discouraged from the amount of qadha that I have. Do you have any advice as to how to motivate myself to insha'Allah do at least 5 qadha prayers per day instead of just one?

You can do only the wajib parts of the prayer.
This will shrink the prayer time, and you will be able to make qadha of a day in about 10 minutes, which is very short time.

Is salatul ayat wajib for when there is thunder?

Alaykum assalam
NO.

What is the ruling on killing an insect?

If it is not harmful, no need to kil it.

I heard that Allah SWT loves those who are physically, as well as spiritually, stronger. I wanted to know why He loves those who are physically stronger?

The physical strength has nothing to do with the love of Almighty.

What is the ruling in donating organs and also receiving them?

Organs donation is allowed, provided that it doesn’t harm the donator. However, donating parts like an eye or arm or leg is not permissible.

What do the maraja say regarding smoking hookah? I think in arabic hookah is translated to ?????? and in farsi I think it might be called ?????

It is not haram. However, it is not advisable.
My advise is get away from all type of smoking, because it is harmful.

I used to go to the gym, but stopped because seeing women there had a negative effect on my faith. Now I exercise at home instead with the intention to maintain health because I feel it helps my iman, but now I receive negative comments about how scrawny I look. I want to exercise to get big muscles instead so I can feel good about how I look. My question is, is this a halaal intention in Islam? Is it ok for me to exercise with this intention or should I just forget about exercising to build muscles and look good? What do you suggest in my situation?

If building muscles results in loosing your religion and gaining sins, then what is the use of these muscles, which are going to be ate by the grave.

Is the word "wiladat" allowed?
Because someone has raised the issue that we should not use the word wiladat when talking about the birth anniversaries of the ahlebait (a.s). Wiladat is wrong. We need to use the word Nazool instead.

This is a form of hyperbole, the Imams peace be upon them were born for a father and a mother and did not descend from heaven, and they themselves used the word wiladat.
Imam Redha A.S. said: I will be born a boy.

We have a shia knowledge ladies group and a few members have asked me this question.
"Shaitaan whispers to me..even when on namaz and in wudoo"
"shaitaan is always in my mind and making me do wrong"
"why is this happening to me?"
"How do I fight this shaitaan? any duas or supplications?".

This is a normal thing.
It is his job.
You have to resist him, and do not listen to him or follow him.
Let me give you an example:
If some one asked you to eat very delicious piece of cake, which he put all his effort in making it so beautiful and pretty looking, while you that it is full of poison, and it will kill you immediately, are you going to listen to him and accept his invitation?

Your answer will be (NO), for sure.
Why?
Because you know that he is your enemy, and wants to kill you?
Isn't it?
Then, you have to do the same with shaitan, because he is your enemy, as Allah said, so you should not accept his invitations or answer his calls.
Keep reciting (Qul A'oothu birabelfalaq) and (Qul A'oothu birabennass)

Is it considered shirk for someone to say “I will be going to Najaf and I will ask Imam Ali? to heal you”, or visiting the shrine and saying “Ya Imam Ali heal me/grant me xyz” or something else along those lines? If so, what is the proper way to word it?

It is not shirk as long as you do not believe that he act without the permission of Allah.
The best way is to ask the Imam to ask Allah to do what you want, ie. (Shafa’a)

About 3 years ago during the month of mahe Ramadan while fasting i was chatting with a girl sexually and intention was of pleasure and during the chat I had an emission of light semen so I went for ghusl e janabat and continued my fast.

So my question is was my fast valid or i have to do kaffara. If yes what the kaffara will be?

Your fast for that day is void.
You have to remake it, and pay kaffarah, which is feeding 60 needy people.
750 gm's of rice or flour for each one.
Paying money is not accepted.

Ok. This year I am fasting in rajab and shaban as well but I've read a hadeeth that if we have a qaza roza then its not jaayez for us to fast mustahab fasts

So can I do to qaza fast after the month of this mahe ramzan ends. If no then am I eligible for the reward of fasting in rajab and shaban?

You can fast the coming days with the intention of qaza, and Allah SWT, will give you the reward of the month of Sha'aban as well, then continue the rest of qaza after the holy month of Ramadhan.

Ok but can i feed the needy after mahe ramzan

Yes. You can

What is perfect pronunciation of salam?

Assalam Alaykum

Can you please recomend some duas for my exams

In order to reconcile all your matters, especially your exams, do the following tips:
1. Keep the state of purity and ablution always, because Wudoo ' is light and increases in the reconciliation of man.
2. Get committed to praying at first.
3. Recite at least fifty verses of the Holy Qur'an daily.
4. Ask forgiveness for all sin, and continue reciting : Astaghfirullah and repent to him, and no power but from God.
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5. Read the following prayers in the morning and in the evening and pray to the prayers:
???????? ???? ?? ???????? ???? ????? ???????????? ???????? ???? ?? ??????? ?????? ????????? ????????? ????????? ???????? ?????????? ????????? ? ??????????? ??????? ?? ?? ?????? ?????? ?? ??????? ?? ??????? ?? ??????? ??????? ???? ????? ???? ?????? .

My question is that is there any problem we make sequence of 40 Names as follows
1. First 10 Our Aalime din
2. after that 10 Marhumeen of Family members
3. After that 10 Family members
4. After that relatives and friends .

Someone has told me that if i keep Name of Aalim prior to Parents, its injustice to Parent's rights.

There is no problem.
You can do it as you like.

My question is that in every society we sees people who give ayats and hadith when mistake of other but when it come to their own, they defend by telling that its a human error. They talk a lot about live simple and down to earth life but their ego hurts in every small matter . what does islam says about those type of people. is there anything mentioned for those people in Quran and Hadith.??

Such people are using Islam for their own benefit.
They are not representing Islam.

I had blood on my finger last night from my nose and I fell asleep thinking I would pak my hands in the morning. In the morning I forgot to pak my hand and just went to do wudhu and prayed fajr. I just realised right now that I hadn’t made my hand pak. I also don’t have any blood left on it. Is my namaaz valid? And do I still have to pak my hand? And if I do, does that mean I’m now Najis all over cos I did wudhu without making my hands pak?

Since you washed your hand for wudhu, it became clean, and this is enough.

For a bank that deals in interest, would the earning of an employee (Grade 2, officer) be halaal?

It depends on the nature of his job.
If his job does not involve approving loans, then it is OK.

Is it allowed to open account in stock market and earn money by buying and selling shares? Or is it considered gambling?

No problem, provided that the shares are of companies do not deal in haram goods, such as Alcohol, non halal meat, Banks.

One of the woman here is pregnant 39-40 weeks still no signs of labour. She prays and recites Surah inshiqaq, Yaseen for easy delivery. Could you please suggest any Amal or dua for her???

My another question is we have when we keep the name of a newly born baby can we keep any name which is meaningful or we have to keep the name according to the day and time of the child birth as I have heard a new born baby is given few letters according to his/her birth time and day. Please advise which can be followed according to shariah.

1- Let her or her husband write with her/ his finger on her right leg surat Inna Anzalnah.
Allah willing this will help her.
2- You can name him any name, provided it is a good name. All the other things you mentioned are meaningless.

My question is regarding Qasr Namaz. If I intend to travel to a city where Namaz is Qasr and I intend to stay for more than 10 days. But I intend to travel back in the mid week and go back again. But my total stay there would be 10 days with a break of 2 days. Whether my Namaz will still be Qasr?

To pray full prayers, you need to stay 10 continuous days, with no break in between.
In your case, your prayers are Qasr, during the whole period.

Please guide me with the kaffara procedure as I am not able to keep fast on this Mahe Ramadan, and the reason behind this is I am suffering from jaundice. Jaundice is kind of disease in which eyes and skins turns to yellow in urdu we called it as (piliya or kawar). In this disease the patient should drink as much of water in a day.

In this case, if the fasting effects your body seriously, then you do not need to fast. However, you need to remake it later, during winter time, if it is possible.
If its not, then you need to give (Fidya). That is to give 22.5 kg's of rice, flour, or dates to a momen poor person.

Above fidya is one time for all the 30 days roza right ? And after giving fidya there is no need to make it qadha fastafterwards right?

1- Yes.
2- Yes, if you are not able to make qadha.

I’m fairly new to praying and reading the Quran and someone said i messed up on some parts but I never knew I did some parts wrong. Do they still count if I never knew?

No.

Wanted to know if there is any Islamic significance on the dastarkhawn/feast held on 22nd Jumada Al Thani which is attributed to Imam Hassan(as).
This is observed mostly in India & Pakistan.

There is nothing related to Jumada II, 22nd

Kindly advise regarding mustahab fast while travelling for less than 10 days , can I fast as it's the month of rajab I wanted to keep fast for my mannat.

Fasting while traveling is not permissible, except through vow.
You can perform vow to fast during traveling. However, according to S. Seestani, it is not recommended (makrooh)

When reading an aya in the Quran with mustahab sujood, do u need to have made wudhu in order to do the sujood?

No. There is no need, even if it is mandatory sojood

Can a person use Beer shampoo to cleanse hair and beard? The shampoo contains 0.25% v/v alcohol.

No problem.

If a person likes a girl and chat with her on social media for the purpose of understanding her to get married in future and he is not involved in any kind of sin by this chat. Is it permissible?

If the said conditions and restrictions are applied, then it is permissible.
However, this should not take long time.

I have been paying khums from the last 2 years but this year when my date came I was in debt so I didn't.
Now its been 6 months and I am earning well. My dream is to build a house for my parents because we have a very small house.
Is it compulsory to pay khums when there is a need to build a house.

If the house you are living in does not meet your needs, and you are in desperate need for a bigger house, then you do not have to pay the khoms of that house.

Someone gifted me a dress which I wore for a few minutes. At the end of the year, since I still don't require it, will khums apply on it?

Wearing it for few minutes does nor reflect a real need.
Hence, yes, you need to pay the khoms according to its value now, if you want to sell it.

Is it permissible to reduce/stop relations with neighbors in order to reduce their interference in our lives?

It depends on the situation.
It is your duty not to allow the others to interfere in your life, and this normally does not require stopping relations with them, but to make it controlled.

I read somewhere that intercourse is not allowed when both are in standing position
Is it permissible when one person is standing and the other one is not? I am a little confused on this, your help will be much appreciated.

It is permissible. However, it is not recommended. ie, it is better not to do it.

I recently heard a lecture where he stated that having relations with anyone in the iddah period makes that person haraam to marry. Is this true?

Yes, it is

I have been separated from my ex husband for almost a year. Islamic divorce was recited less than three months ago, but I have met someone who I want to marry. out of my ignorance I have not taken the best route, and we have had relations. if I repent to Allah and seek forgiveness is it possible for me to marry him in the future?

If the relation was with marriage contract, then there is no way for you to get married with him again.
However, if the relation was made without marriage contract (zina), you both can refer to Sheikh Mohammad Ishaq Fayyadh, in this particular issue, and get married after completing the iddah.

Can you explain what it means by refer to?

According to S. Sistani, if a married lady or in iddah, had zina with a man, then they can not get married at all. They become haram to each other.
However, this verdict is based on obligatory basis, according to S. Sistani. Hence, both parties can follow another mujtahid in this issue, who says that they do not become haram to each other, such as Sheikh Mohammad Isshaq Faiyadh.

My daughter lives in Cairo and there are no official Shia nikah authority that perform official Shia nikahs. Therefore we shall do the official nikkah the Sunni way, and we will recite the Shia nikkah ourselves at home. Is this ok according to Islamic Laws?
Secondly my daughter will travel to India for the wedding after a few months and we want to do the official Shia nikkah in India. Is there an issue/problem in reciting a nikkah more than once?
The reason we are performing the nikkah in Cairo so that we can get the nikkanama document in order to start the visa process for my daughter to travel to the groom's country.  

There is no difference in the nikah contract between sunna and shia. However, all what you said is OK.

Hijama is haraam or halal for Shia?

Halal

I killed a lizard which came in the bathroom today. since I was fasting, does it invalidate my fast?

No.

There is a widow lady she lost her husband 10 years back and she is in menopause stage and she has no issue recently she heard about IVF method that with the help of IVF a lady with Menopouse get pregnant and she want to get pregnant with this method. But she would like to know if the child she births will be jaiz or not.

IVF is not haram, provided that she is in a desperate need to have a child. The wish is not an enough justification to do so. However, if she did, she can not name the child as her husband son.
The father will be the owner of the semen, if known. Otherwise, he will be with no name.

Can you kindly give any references from the Holy Quran or Hadiths which allow us to give titles given to Masoomeen (as) such as 'Ayatullah' to ordinary people instead please?

There are no such titles given to them neither in Quran nor Hadeeth.
These titles are recently invented.
Yes, the title of Ayatollah is given to Imam Ali as mentioned in dua eleftetah, which is recited during the holy month of Ramadan.

Is there any reason or hadith on why we blow on things or even ourselves after reciting duas?

According to narrations, blowing on things even after dua is not desirable (Makrooh)

Are eyelash extensions permissible? There is a gap between the glue and the lash line allowing water to get through and touch the actual skin.

If the water reaches to all the parts that are needed to be washed while your eyes are closed (the outer skin of the eyelash in which lash grows), then yes. Otherwise, you have to remove them, and clean the glue before wudhu.

Can we give probability of tazkia to the leather products made in China, Italy, Portugal, Brazil and India. These products are purchased from UAE but made in above mentioned countries. As is the leather najis or tahir?
What is the critera of giving probability for tazkia.

We can to the products of Italy and India.
For the rest, I have no idea whether they are importing leather from Muslim countries or not, and what is the Muslim population there.

So we can use leather products made in italy and india am I right? It will be considered tahir.

Yes.

I'm suffering very badly from taharat najasat waswas and my life has become hell. I'm unable to use english toilets, unable to take bath as I feel water falling from my body on walls of washroom is najis. I'm not using any wet items made in india as I feel for sure it is touched by kafirs. I won't wear leather products purchased from UAE which is written made in china or made in italy or made in brazil or made in portugal.

A- With regard to the toilet:
1- If you did not see any najasat on it, you can treat it as tahir.
2- If you are confident that it is najis, as long it is dry, and your body is dry, no need to worry, because najasa transfers through wet bodies only.
B- With regard to the bath:
What you are doing is meaningless. The water is tahir. Do not let Satan make your life miserable.
C- With regard to the wet items, and leather products from non Muslim countries, we also do not use them.

I have query regarding how many mediums najasat transfers. What is the critera for counting the najasat mediums, whether every medium of najasat should be dried and new wetness should come or not.

Only two.
The third do not transfer najasat, although it self is najis.
The criteria is that if one of the bodies is wet, then najasat transfers from it or to it.

I have just come to a resort with my wife and we wanted to go to the spa for a massage. Unfortunately they do not have male therapists. Is it permissable for me to get the massage done by a lady if she is wearing gloves? Is there any options available to me?

It is permissible. However, it is Makrooh (Not preferable), if you do not need it.

Recently i saw in a Namaz e Janaza that Ladies were standing behind Men and started praying Namaze Janaza just behind without any partition or something. When asked they said we can recite it as per ruling or law.

Yes, they can.
There is no problem.

I’m studying to become a personal trainer. However, in some of my courses music is required to be played and obviously if I’m running these courses, I will have to play music.
I don’t listen to music ever but for work is it permissible?

If it's a must for your studies, there is no problem, but try not to play haram music.

I really want to know why second marriage or 4 marriages are allowed to men when this can be and in most cases is distressing for the first wives (varied culturally)
Rasoolallah was allowed 9 and from what I know this was for tableegh purpose, but why are all men allowed??
Also, neither Rasoolallah nor Imam Ali married another woman during the life of Bibi Khadija and Bibi Fatima. Why is that? Was it only because of the love they shared with each other?
Then what was the need to have several wives at the same time, after Bibis' shahadat? Was the love shared then with any one wife was not enough?
God forbid and forgive me if anything here is disrespectful to any personality because of the way I've explained my question
my intention was never to be disrespectful

Alaykum assalam
In fact, plural marriage is not allowed in Islam, except if the man is 100% sure that he is able to treat all the wives equally.
Otherwise it is forbidden.
First of all, let us agree that this order is from Allah SWT, not even from prophet peace be upon him and his family, and that Almighty is not questionable why he did so, and that he is wise, and knows what are the pros and cons of everything.
On the other hand, we might try to work out some benefits of the plural marriage, but we can not say that these are the real reasons for allowing it.
One of these reasons could be, the difference in female population compared to male population, which is very clear, and could be very easily touched. Hence, having one wife for each man will result in big number of single women, which is very dangerous situation, while if each man got married to at least two women, the number of single women will decrease dramatically.
We need to accept what Allah says.
If we did so, then there will not be any bad feelings, mainly if the first wife admitted that her husband loves her.
In fact, should encourage him to have another wife, in order to solve a social problem.

“1618?. If a fasting person intentionally immerses his entire head in the water, his fast is known to be void, even if the rest of his body remains out of water. But this act does not invalidate the? fast; it is a Makrooh act, and as a measure of precaution, should be avoided.”

http://www.sistani.o…&id=48&pid=2269

I’m not sure what Sayed Sistani means here. First he says it will be known to be void, but then it's described as only being Makrooh. Perhaps you can clarify the actual meaning?? And also finally answer the question on whether it’s allowed to swim while fasting.

He means that it is famous among the Scholars this act voids the fast, but according to him, it does not.
However, it is better to avoid it.

Sometimes I have classes so close to each other and I am moving from one place to the other it becomes hard to pray on time. Is it permissible to pray in the train or bus? Is it permissible to pray in a locker room as I have nowhere else to pray when i arrive to swimming class.

You can pray in the locker room, if it is permissible, otherwise, you can delay your prayer till you reach home, if you will reach home before midnight.
However, if you were neither able to pray in the locker room, nor able to reach home before midnight, then, you need to cancel your swimming class.

Do i have to ask for permission to use the locker room to pray in?

If you expect that they do not accept, then yes.

I study pharmacy. Sometimes in pharmacy we use animals like rats and mouses to test things in the laboratory. It could be how much oxygen their cells produce. For this we would have to kill it and use its brain.
Is this halal?
Does any marja allow this?

No problem in doing so, as long this serves the science to save lives.

Today I flew to another country and the adhan of dhuhr and asr started while I was in the plane. Now I have reached home and it’s still not qadha to pray dhuhr and asr. Am I supposed to pray these two prayers as qasr or normally (4 rakat each)

You have to pray them normal.

Is it allowed for a boy and a girl to meet, see and talk before going to marry in order to know each other and decide whether to marry the same person.

No, except in the presence of some of her family

Is IVF allowed as per Shia fiqh? IVF is a procedure in which egg and sperm is collected and fertilised outside in a test-tube and once fertilised, it's transfered in wife's uterus (raham).
We, me and my wife are legal partners and are unable to get the child through natural process.

IVF is allowed, if you can not continue your life without a child.

My question is regarding the use of washrooms at workplaces :

1) Suppose if we haven't seen any najasat on the toilet seat then we should consider it as paak/ not najis and we can use it, but what if we know that a hindu has used it, even if there is no najasat, should we still make it paak? What about other public washrooms where we know that non Muslims are using it, but we cannot say exactly which one they used for eg. at a shopping mall

2) if we make it paak using the Muslim shower, do we have to put water 3 times? Or once is enough because we are using the Muslim shower the water is jaari/continuous?

1- If you are not sure that his body was wet, then you can assume that it is taher.
2- One time is enough.

If someone drank alcohol and know that it is fault and the person want to change can he still not pray 40 days or fast 40 days?

He has to pray and fast.

But the person is najis 40 days if he drink alcohol right? So can he fast and pray

He is not really najis. This is spiritual najasat.
He can't leave prayers and fasting.

Is one’s fasting valid when he/she didn’t pray that day without a valid reason.

Yes.

Is acting allowed in Shia Islam? What are the exceptions?

It is allowed, provided that no haram scenes or any other haram acts are involved

What would be the classification of banks (which deal in conventional interest based products) in Gulf Countries eg. UAE, Oman, Qatar, if the shareholders are non Shia Muslims or organisations whose shareholders are non Shia individuals. Would they be classified differently from banks in kafir / democratic nations

If these banks are 100% owned by Muslim people, they are considered private banks, from which taking loans is not permissible. However, you can deposit money in them without asking for profit, or considering the profit announced by the bank as your right. With these two coditions, you can take the given profit.

I want to know the reference of the hadith, in which book this has been mentioned. Hadith is as follows :
*The one who guides to something good has a reward similar that one doing it.* by Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w)…

In these words, the hadeeth is in Saheeh Muslim, number 1506

Any Shia refrence for the above hadith?

Not with the said words, but in different way.
Imam Sadiq A. S.: The guide to the good is as the doer.
Kafee v. 4 Page 26

I want to know that does the soul of a person departs the body at the time of sleep and returns at the time of awakening?
Also, do the angels ask for permission of Allah before they bring back soul to the body?

1- This is mentioned in holy Qur'an, sura 39, verse 42.
2- The mechanism of the process is not revealed. However, nothing takes place without Almighty permission

Please help find out regarding Ziyarat Ashura. Where is Ziyaraat e Ashura from? From which Imam? Who authorized it?

It is narrated by Imam Baqer A.S who taught it to his follower Alqama.

I leave on Thursday night and come back sunday morning from my hometown. Also i travel again Tuesday night and come back to my city Wednesday morning. That is what my schedule looks like on average. What is my ruling? Also sometimes it could be extended more depending on what happens when travelling so I'm not sure if i meet the recruitment. Also do i start praying the tamam or qasr right away or only after the 10 days travelling?

If you are travelling 10 times in 10 days per month, or ten days per month, for six months a year, then you are frequent traveller, and your duty is to pray full in all your travels. In your case for the first two weeks you need to combine full and qasr

I started a new career as a truck driver and part of my job is to travel outside my city. I was wondering if i pray my Salat as qasr or tamam, since i do quite a bit of traveling in a month

If you are traveling 10 times in 10 days per month and going to continue like this for 6 months in a year (if your contract is for one year), or 3 months per year (if the contract is for more than one year), then you have to pray full.

I have read and heard in the past : to the Eyes of Allah swt fasting is even greater than praying because a female that is in her period does not need to repay her Salaah but has to repay her fast. Was this a hadith an incident? I cant remember more details about this

This is not correct.
It was a discussion between Imam Sadiq ?A.S. and Abu Hanifa.
Imam Sadiq asked Abu Haeefa: Praying the greater or fasting?
Abu Haneefa said: prayer.
Imam said: Then why menstruating woman is asked to fast, and not asked to pray, after menses?
However, This does not mean that there is such comparison between the two.

If the relationship between husband and wife ceases to be sexual in nature due to wife’s sudden loss of interest and lacks love and respect to the extent that the wife and husband do not even sleep in the same room anymore, what, according to Islam, happens to that marriage? Are husbands allowed to seek Mut’a, if divorce is not an option?

First of all, husbands should try to solve the problem, and find out the causes of such failure in relation. They should not forget that wives are human beings, and need the relation also.
However, if the wife is not interested at all, husband can seek mut'a, but should try to get closer to his wife.

My wife’s sister has asked my wife to assist her in writing the will but we also found out that she wants it hidden from her husband. In other words, her husband should not find out what is written on the will. Two questions:
(1) Is that OK to hide wills from the spouse? Or should it be shared?
(2) Should my wife assist her or not, knowing fully well that this is not known to her husband.

1- It is her right to do so.
2- No problem in assisting her

Question on the Sahme Sadaat Khums. If there are close family members such as cousins, Uncles and Aunts that are struggling economically and going through a very rough phase in their lives where it is becoming difficult to survive without outside help, is it OK to give the Sahme Sadaat portion of the Khums money? Or does it become wajib for me to help them financially outside of Khums money?

If they are sadat, you can pay them sahm sadat

Does swearing break wudhu?

No.

Must khums be payed on borrowed money as well?

If the borrowing is for your annual needs, no khums is applied on the money you pay to settle the loan.

1- Is it wajib to pray namaz of entering a mosque after entering any new mosque?
2- My father's house is far from mine so do I need to pray Qasr namaz as it's too far and same case with uncles

1- No. It is not wajib, but it is highly recommended.
2- If you are living in the same city, then, the answer is NO.
If they are living in other cities, that are 22 kms or more faraway from your city's boarder, then yes.

Some people play harmonium in there religious event and call it halal. Is it halal to play or listen harmonium, guitar, tabla(hand drum) flute etc. What are halal music?

If the music produced is suitable for entertainment and amusement gatherings comes out of it, then it is haram. Otherwise, it is halal.

Can I fast and get blood test done?

Yes, you can.

I have a brother at 21 years old with no acknowledgement for prayer. His whole life is taken up by studies for University. He doesnt do anything for himself or anyone else. He makes my mum run to feed him, wash his clothes, everything etc. I was just wondering is it sin for us to do all these things for him knowing he doesnt pray or has anything to do with Islam.

You need to advise him, if it did not work, then it is not allowed to serve him.

I wanted to know if it is allowed for a woman to permanently tattoo her brows using microblading?

Yes, it is allowed, provided that:
1- It is under the skin, not above the skin.
2- You cover it, and do not make it visible to foreign men (other than your father, grand fathers, brothers, uncles, nephews)

I work in a supermarket. My job is to fill products in the empty shelves. I already told them that I don’t fill anything with meat, chicken or alcohol in it and they understand that. What I wanted to ask is:
Q1: Can I fill products that contain extracts from meat or chicken. (For example a chicken noodle soup)
Q2: Can I fill baby food that contains meat or chicken? If yes can it contain pork?
Q3: Can I fill pet food that contains meat or chicken? If yes can it contain pork?
There is also something I need to do after I finish filling. I need to put the first two products in shelves where something is bought to the front.
Q4: Can I put products that contain meat, chicken, pork or alcohol on the front of the shelve to make them showy for customers.
In the questions that contain meat or chicken you can suppose that it’s unknown how it is slaughtered but you suspect that it is not halal because it’s slaughtered in an atheist-majority country.

1,2,3- Yes for other than pork.
4- Yes for other than pork and Alcohol.

I once heard about an abbasid ruler that was born because his father made a bet with a woman that whoever loses the game of chess will walk naked in the house and then the woman lost and got pregnant of the abbasid ruler. I don’t know for sure but I think it’s al Ma’moon. Can you confirm this?

Yes, but it is the other way.
When she won, she asked her husband Haroon to sleep with a servant, and the servant became pregnant with Mamoon.
However, it is a story.

If a person missed some days of fasting in ramadan due to menstruating or travel, and a year passes and a new ramadan passes too.
Q1. What does the person have to do then? Fast the missed days only? Or fast and give kaffara? Or only kaffara?
Q2. And if kafarra has to be paid how many would it be?
Q3. And what if a person can’t afford it?

1- Fast the missed days+ paying 0.75 kg of food (Rice, flour, dates) per day to a needy momen.

Example: If the missed days are 6, then you need to pay 0.75 x 6= 4.5 kg

2- Already answered.

3- You do not need to pay it at once. You can pay it gradually.

My question is regarding ghusl and wudhu.
If I have sex with my wife but I do not ejaculate, is it compulsory for me to perform ghusl janabat?

Secondly, if I have performed wudhu and I cut myself whilst shaving and some blood comes out but when it is washed off it stops bleeding, is it necessary to perform wudhu again?

1- Yes.
Ghusl becomes compulsory once penetration takes place.
2- No need.

My question is if there are any supplications that we can recite to have children as my wife and I wish to have children.

Recite this dua 70 times
( ???? ?? ????? ????? ???? ???? ????????? ????? ?? ?? ???? ??????? ????? ?? ????? ??????? ?? ??? ?????? ?????? ????? ??????? ??? ???? ??????? ??? ??????? ????? ????? ??????? ????? ???? ????? ??? ?????? ??????)
O Lord do not let me alone while you are the best inheritors, and make me a guardian who inherits me in my life and prays forgivness for me after my death, and him born in good health, and do not make Satan a share, God I seek your forgiveness and I repent to you, as you are the merciful the forgiver. Is this duaa to be read once or daily?
Also, I shall be applying for a job promotion, is there a supplication that I can read to hasten a promotion?
You can repeat it.
For all your needs, recite isteghfar all the time.
?????? ???? ? ????? ??????

Is it permissible to wear black shoes?
If not, then what are the reasons?

Yes it is.

It is not even Makrooh?

Yes, it is.

It means there is no harm in wearing it on a daily?
Please clarify.

No.
It is not haram

Is it haram to watch any TV serial on television in Holy Month of Ramadan?

No. It is not haram, but it is unfair for yourself to waste this holy month in watching serials.

It is possible to meet imam e zamana by some common people like me who is not marja,mujtahid, aalim or any scholar.
If is it than how?
What are the conditions?
Can you suggest me an amal ( Which is given by any marja like ayatollah behjat).

Be pure, and he will come to you.

What do to whn your heart became hard and you don't feel the test in any good deed. Bad / shetani thoughts attacking your mind with nonsense questions. When you feel totally disconnected from Allah

( I know you will give an amal but I have many amal but that's the point that I can't do any amal necessary from heart )

Can just continuing good deeds without test will help mean like doing it from outside inside it feels nothing.

is there any solution for me?

You do not need any aamal to do. Just think about whether you love Almighty or not.
If you do, then is it right that you do something that your lover hates?
If you do not, then, there is no solution.

One question from many days is roaming in my mind that why allah the merciful creates me and give me the option in this duniya to do evil things, knowing that I will do those things and than created hell so dangerous hell and then for those deed he will punish me.

Why don't you say that Almighty created you for paradise, not for hell, and gave you all the rights to choose your path, and guided you to the right path, and sent you who takes your hand to it, but you choose the wrong path?

Could you please tell me the rulings about burning the bukhoor and melting this salt stone they call it shiba to solve hasad.

I am married to a family using a lot of superstisious ways and sayings not being able to explain with islam. I cant find anything about this shib.. I do not want to commit shirk and know about the ruqyah on water and oil the quran as a protection, but is there any ahadith or quranic verse talking about the shiba and bukhoor?

They also melt a kind of metal and throw it into water do wudu by it and say it is against sihr and I asked where is evidence that this is halal and done by our prophet Muhammad saws? They got offended and Said there are ahadith but do not know which…

Please tell me if this is halal if there are ahadith for this and if haram how I can explain to them that this is not allowed.

It has nothing to do with Islam.
These are just believes with no religion related basis.

So this might be pre-Islamic and considered as shirk then?
Did the prophet saws or the ahlulbayt say something about the bakhoor like you can buy to fragrence the house? Are there any sayings like i heared but did not find it that the nice smell of the bakhoor will chase away jinn shayateen

We can not consider it shirk. It is a believe that this thing has certain effect, but it has got nothing to shareea'a.
With regard to using the oud or bakhour as fragrance, it is halal, and it comes under the narrations talking about the recommendation of using the fragrances in general.

My husband got wine as gift. Can he give it to a non-muslim. If not, what can he do with it?

No.
Pour it in the toilet

I have a question about namaz. If a person praying Isha for example, and suddenly remembers that he is not in a state of wudhu, does he have to pray Maghrib again?

If he is sure that his Maghrib prayer was without wudhu, then he have to pray it.

Can you tell me some Amaal to do away with trying to imagine God? I've been having this problem since a long time where I imagine God even though I try my hardest not to

There is no problem in imagining Allah SWT, provided that you don't rely on this imagination.

Isn't imagining God shirk?
Because what can be imagined can be defined, and what is defined cannot be worshipped?

Second question, what do you mean by 'relying on the imagination'?

It is impossible to ask someone to stop imagining.
What I meant with relying on the imagination is not to believe that Almighty is what you are imagining.
I hope that you got the point.

I suspect that my aqeeq ring is made out of iron or stainless steel or brass rather than silver.
I have read in some narrations that men shouldn't wear iron or brass or steel. Is this true?

It is not preferred, but it is not haram.

In the instance where water is not available but one knows that it'll be available in an hour or two without the namaz becoming qadha, should one wait for the water to come, or do Tayammum immediately and pray?

You have to wait.

What if the sleeping person says you're being loud even though your voice is not too loud?

Find another place to pray

Is it permissible to recite Isha namaz quietly if someone around you is sleeping?

No, but you do not need to shout.

I've read in a book that performing Istekhara for something is the last resort. That is, after you consult with people, and still don't know what to do, then do Istekhara. So I wanted to ask if this is true, or can we perform Istekhara anytime, even if we don't consult with people around us?

What you have read is correct.

I wanted to ask a few questions about namaz. I was diagnosed of Mixed Anxiety and Depression and I've been having it for over a year now. The medicine I take makes me drowsy and unable to wake up despite having an alarm for Fajr activated. I would like to know what flexibility Islam gives me here, and what do I have to do since I can't get up for Fajr no matter how hard I try.

Secondly, a cause of depression is that one feels without energy throughout the day and sleeps a lot. Due to this I often miss my Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib or Isha. I hardly have any energy because of my disease. What kind of flexibility does Islam give me here?

You have to try to arrange taking the medicine in a way that allows you to be awake at least before the prayer becomes qaza, so that you can pray on time.
If you are taking the dose at night, then take it early, so that you get enough sleep, and wake up before sunrise.
If despite all the precautions, you still woke up after time, then you just need to pray qaza.

When do Zuhr Asr, and Maghrib Isha become qadha?

Zuhr becomes qadha, about 5 minutes before sunset.
Asr becomes qadha after sunset.
Maghrib becomes qadha, about 5 minutes before dawn.
Isha after dawn start.

Does every maraji'h have a different opinion on this, or everyone says this?

The reason why I'm asking is because I asked another Moulana the same question to get a second opinion and he said that Maghrib becomes qadha at Isha azaan and Isha becomes qadha after midnight.
I'm getting confused as to what to believe

No one says that maghrib becomes qadha at the isha azzan.
Yes, for non excused people who delayed maghrib and isha prayers till midnight, they should pray them without mentioning Adda or qadha while for the people who delyed them with an excuse, both prayers remain Adda till dawn, as explained earlier.

I have a medical condition where if I exert force in passing stool, then semen comes out. I'm certain it's semen, but how do I figure out if it's not?
Secondly, is wudhu needed when Mazi is emitted? And how is Wadi recognised?
Thirdly, if one is wearing socks, do they have to be washed or changed in case of a wet dream? What about the T shirt, does that have to be changed too?
Lastly, if one wears new clothes after having a wet dream in his old clothes, do the new clothes become impure?

1- The signs of semen are three:
1. Comes out with a stream.
2. With desire.
3. Followed by the chill of the body.
If these three signs occur, the outside fluid is semen.
If one of the three signs is missing, it is not semen. It is clean water, either Mazi or wadi.
2- No. Wudhu is not required neither for Mazi nor for Wadi.
3- Wadi is thick fluid that comes out after urine.
4- No need to change or clean any of what you mentioned.

For quite a while, I've been facing a problem where when I pass stool forcefully, it causes the emittion of semen. Now, I'm sure that ghusl becomes wajib on me, but because the semen doesn't get in contact with my clothes, do I have to change them everytime?

First of all, are you sure what you see is semen?
Most probably, this is wadi, not semen, which is clean, and neither needs cleaning nor ghusl.
If you are 100% sure that it is semen, then you need to do ghusl, but you do not need to change or wash your clothes if the semen did not contact them.

I came across this hadith about the angel sarsaeel of which I've never heard of before. Please help me analyz how true this hadith is. The Prophet Muhammad[saww], was in Umm Salama's house when an angel, who had twenty heads, descended upon him. Each one of the angel’s heads had one thousand tongues, and he was praising Allah with each tongue in a different language. His wings were larger than all of the seven heavens and the seven earths.
The Prophet thought that he was Jibraeel.as, so the Prophet[saww],said to him, “I have never seen you in this form.”
The angel said, “I am not Jibraeel[as] I am Sarsaeel. Allah sent me to you to marry the light to the light.”
Then the Prophet asked him, “Who do you mean?”
The angel said, “Your daughter, Fatimah zahra[sa], to Ali bin Abi Talib[as],.”
So the Prophet Muhammad[saww] married Fatema[sa] to Ali[as] with Jibraeel[as][ Mikaeel[as], Israfil[as] and Sarsaeel[as] witnesses. Then the Prophet Muhammad[saww]looked and saw the following written between the shoulders of Sarsaeel:
LA ILAHA ILLALLAH. MUHAMMAD IS THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH AND IS THE PROPHET WHO BRINGS MERCY ON PEOPLE. ALI IS THE DECISIVE PROOF THAT ALLAH USES ON HIS CREATURES.
Then the Prophet[saww], asked Sarsaeel, “How long have you had this written between your shoulders?”
Sarsaeel replied, “Twelve thousand years before Allah created Adam.as,
Ref-. Bihar V43 P123 H31.

And if it is true how can learn more about the angel. Any recommemded sites or books?

This is the only story about Sarsaeel, and it has no validity.
It says that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him and his family) was in a house of Umm Salamah when Sarsaeel came to him, while Prophet married Umm Salamah in the fourth year after the emigration, while the marriage of Imam Ali and Fatima (Peace on them) was in the second year.
At that time Umm Salama was still with Abu Salama, who was martyred in the fourth year.

Would like to know Is volumizing my hijab haram? I have read many people stating the hadith that women are cursed if they wear their hijab like camel humps and that they will not be allowed to enter paradise. And the women that wear camel humps on their heads even at home their prayers are not valid.

If wearing hijab in such way is considered zeena, then it is haram to do it in front of non mahram men, but there is no harm in doing so at home.

Needed to know as to who intorduced the ziyaarat e Ashura to us, as in which Imam

This is zeyarat is narrated by Imam Baqer A.S.
He taught it to his companion Alqama

Would like to know regarding this following ayah. Tried searching for which surah, hadith, or dua this Ayah is in but didn't find an appropriate answer. Please help me. And would like to the meaning to it in english please.
The ayah is:
Ridham bi kadha-ihi wa tasliman li amrih.

I am patient for your rule O Lord, no God but you, O helper of distressed, I have no god but you, and no other idol, I am patient with your judgment. O helper of those who have no helper.
These are the words said by Imam Hussain, last moments before he was murdered.

I would like to know if I can go for laser hair removal for my face while fasting?

No problem.

Can I pay my khumus to pay my mortgage

No

We have purchased a house, for which we had to pay in installments ,over four years. Now the house is in our name since two years,2017, but unfortunately due to some unavoidable circumstances we are not living in that house since it became in our name. My question is that do we have to pay khumus of this house and if yes, can we pay that in installments . If we have to pay khumus, please tell me on what amount do we have to pay, is it the total amount what paid to builder during those four years.

And we have collected some jewelry for the kids marriage, do we have to pay khumus for that.

Why you are not living in the house?

If collecting gold is necessary for the girl's marriage, that it can not be done at the time of marriage, then no khoms is required

Because we had to move to other country for the safety and education of our kids.

Are you planning to go back and stay in the house?

Yes we are planning to go back and stay in that house but if the conditions are not favorable in near future, then we have kept an option of selling it also. We will wait for few years, and keep an eye on the situation, if we are alive. If things improve, we will go back or otherwise we will sell it off.

You need to pay the khoms as per it's value today.

Please tell me if we are not planning to go back and live in that house, and we are selling it in near future, then what is the ruling.
We don’t want to live in the house in near future.

Once you sell it, pay 20% of the amount.

I have a question about the ?????. If we assume the a hadith from ahlulbayt is 100% sahih/coreect sanad can we say that this hadith can be have the same status as an ayah from the Qur'an?

If we are 100% certain that its words are from them, then yes.

How are 10 days calculated when travelling? Would it be 24hours times 10 days? Or is it calculated by arriving relative to salah timings? Ie one Fajr to the next?

My specific example is that I am arriving at a city 31st May at 9am and leaving it 10th June 11am, am I able to fast/pray full?

There are two ways to calculate:
1- If you arrived after Sunset, then the calculation starts from the dawn of next day, till the sun set of the tenth day. Hence, if you will travel before the Sunset, it is less than ten days.
2- If you arrived after dawn, as it is in your example, at 9 am of 31St of May, then the ten days will complete by 9 am of June 10Th.

Please can you clarify the significance of the sufro of our 6th holy imam celebrated, and any resources please. In India culture I think it’s a sort of dinner hosted in the name of that Imam, I think something similar is usually hosted in Iran as well

It is a tradition.
There are no sources for it.

If there is a water filter that puts fragrance into the water in small quantities, does ghusl with such water become invalid?

If the quantity of the fragrance is very minimal, that it does not effect the purity of the water, and changes it to added water, although there is a smell in it, then,, there is no problem in performing wodu or ghusl with it.

Since I've been baligh, I've prayed and fasted on and off and I have no idea how many prayers/fasts I've missed. I'm pretty sure some years I haven't missed anything, and other years I've missed the majority.

How do I determine how many prayers/fasts I have to make up? Also, some of the fasts missed were intentionally broken while some weren't, so how do i determine how many i have to do kaffarah for?

You have to make up the number you are certain about.
That is, if the number of missed days is either 40 or 50 days, you can assume that it is 40.
The same thing applies to the kaffarah.

Many times it happens with me that when i wake up after sleep, I find white kind of liquid on my underwear and also some sticky liquid on the tip of my penis(if i rub it with water). My question is that is it semen ejaculation which will make ghusl e janabat wajib on me? Or is it just the premature ejaculated fluid discharged because of the erection because i didnt even feel it in the night that i ejaculated. Moreover, this stickiness and white stain on my innerwear is found in the day also when I am awake and when I haven't ejaculated but just had an erection.

If you are in doubt about it, you don't need to perform ghusl.

In my case i myself don't know if that could be just the premature ejaculated fluid or semen. Because in the morning, both would give me sticky liquid on the tip of my penis (when rubbed with water). But one thing is that, I don't remember experiencing swiftness or orgasm in the night. So it wouldn't be semen right?

As long as you are not sure that it is semen, you do not need to perform ghusl.

1.) While doing any type of ghusl, if i talk with someone or speak anything, my ghusl will become void?

2) While doing ghusl, after washing the head, the neck is to be washed and then the right side of the body and then remaining left. So traps are included in neck, or remaining body parts?

1- No.
2- You need to wash the head and neck, with a little bit of the chest, shoulders and back, then get out of the shower, then wash the body, with little bit of the neck.
It is preferred that you wash the right side of the body first, then the left side.

I wanted to ask I have a necklace with a pendant which has the name of Allah, the prophet and the ahlulbayt on it. Is it okay to wear it while in the washroom?

No problem, as long as the name does not touch your skin. However, it is preferable to take it off.

I might be in the first or second week of my pregnancy but i am not sure yet as all my tests are negative but my periods are missed by 7 days now. Is abortion at this stage permissible?

No

Can one invest in Term Deposits (Fixed Period investment) in an Islamic Banking Bank which is located in a Gulf Country, the deposits return a variable profit after every month and the profit is declared at the end of the month.

The bank is jointly owned by Government organisations + Shareholders which are institutions from different countries (Mainly in Gulf).

The bank says the following;

-Based on the concept of mudarabah
-The depositor provides funds as ‘rabb-ul-maal’ and bank invests these funds as ‘mudarib’
-Based on this relationship, the depositors and bank become beneficiaries of the profit earned
-When the joint investment pool earns profit, it is distributed in a pre-agreed ratio between depositors and bank
-Profit at competitive rates credited to your account at maturity of the deposit

According to the description given in the query, the transaction is legitimate.