Sayed Saleh Qazwini

1- They don’t have to say the niya, they can make the niya in their heart. They need to know what they are doing and who they are doing it for. That is sufficient.

2- They have to perform the full ghusl correctly after the niya. The washing before the niya does not count towards the ghusl.

It is okay to eat it.

Know the truth and then follow the people of the truth.

My advice is to always double check what people are saying, especially if it’s regarding a controversial topic. See what the other viewpoints are and don’t accept what you hear immediately.

If it is connected with a main line of water, and washes away all of the najasa, where you don’t see anything it should be considered pure. However, usually there may be some najasa on the side of the toilet that does not get flushed away.

Being a practicing Muslim means you have to fulfill your obligations. Pray your prayers on time, try to contemplate about God every once in a while, remember the afterlife. If you do this, you will always have God in your heart despite the many distractions. As for halal wealth, you should know that having less wealth and it is halal is better than having more wealth which is haraam. At the end of the day, God will not leave you hungry. He created you and He will send you your sustenance.

When you want to not disappoint God you are acting out of fear. We have narrations that say a believer should be between hope and fear always. Hope on the mercy of God and fear from the punishment.

Some scholars have questioned the reliability of sulayms book. However, even if that is weak, we have many corroborated narrations from Sunni sources which prove that there was an attack on the house of Lady Fatima.

Fasting is an obligation and praying is an obligation. Both are required. Your fasting is accepted, however, prayer is the pillar of your faith. You have to make the intention to make up the missed prayers.

During Ramadan a sin is multiplied just as a reward is multiplied in reward.

If you have not committed zina, and you see that she is fit for you. Why don’t you make it halal? If you see there is no compatibility you can end it.

Did he know you have this problem before the marriage, or did he find out after you two got married? If he knew, then it would not be wrong for you to keep that condition if both of you agreed to it. However if he did not know, that condition is not valid, and he can even end the marriage. If this is a marriage where he cannot have penetrative sex, he does not have to abide by that condition that was made.

I encourage you to seek treatment as best as you can so you can save your marriage and have a more healthy marriage.

You can pray for his maghfira, ask Allah to forgive him and have mercy on him.

Our narrations say that Jesus will return after the Imam and be his supporter.

Recite Surat Nas and falaq, say Mashallah when you see something nice, and read dua Makarim Akhlaq

If it is done as a legislated act of worship it becomes Bida. If a person just wants to spin in circles and remember God it would be okay, if it is not a part of the faith.

The Quran is comforting the prophet because people harassed him and abused him and despised him for no reason. The Quran is a mercy and guidance. The Quran shows mercy to all, not only to the prophet. God invites everyone to His mercy. God forgives everyone’s sins if they are sincere. Spirituality is not a switch that one can turn off and on. You have to turn away from distractions and anything that sways you away from the remembrance of God, so you will begin to enjoy the connection with God.

1) Listening to jokes is halal. If those jokes become harmful to you or someone else then they become haraam.
2) A believer should abstain from listening to something that may impact them in a bad way.
3) We should not encourage indecent behavior.

No we long as you started and there was still time you are fine.

If you are not eating or consuming it and it is not intoxicating it would be okay

Recite this dua:

سبحان من لا يعتدي على أهل مملكته، سبحان من لا يأخذ أهل الأرض بألوان العذاب، سبحان الرؤف الرحيم، اللهم اجعل لي في قلبي نورا وبصرا وفهما وعلما إنك على كل شئ قدير)

It is known by God but it is up to you to change your destiny

If it’s not in their control it’s not haraam

Solomon was a prophet and a king. He could have taken over her empire through his political power. At the end of the day, he didn’t force her to become Muslim, when she saw his power and that it is from God she chose to believe.

A political power can conquer another power, however it cannot force the conversion, that needs to be through conviction and that is what happened with Solomon and RasulAllah

Yes if you have not been married before you need your fathers permission. You have to apologize to him and talk to him. Permission can be given on the phone, it doesn’t have to be in person.

Allah created Satan, and was merciful to him. However Satan even though still receives the general mercy of God because he is alive, he is not liked by God because of his evil nature and his oppression. He will not receive the specific mercy of God in heaven

That should be halal

You can pay it over a long period of time.

If you are sure the meat is halal and not mixed with the alcohol you can eat.

Not bow to idols. Bowing is a sign of worship. You have to not do that.

Yes the marriage would be valid. If a person was married and committed adultery with another person, they would not be able to marry the person they committed adultery with. However if they were not married and committed zina then they can get married. You have to continue doing istighfar and he needs to do istighfar as well.

It is not haraam to meditate and exercise. If a person starts practicing and believing in something other than Islam than it becomes haraam. However I don’t see yoga as a Hindu thing. It’s become common practice in many cultures. Of course the rules of hijab would have to be practiced.

You can give him two names. Pleasing your father has a lot of reward.

It’s good to give him but if you feel he is taking advantage of you, you don’t have to. You should not end the relationship with him. You can also give him something minimal if you feel that he doesn’t need anymore.

The prophet celebrated his birthday by fasting on mondays
The Quran celebrates the birth of the prophets Jesus, Yahya, and Ismail by speaking of their birth. The fact that the Quran is talking about it means it is an important event. If God discusses it and talks about it why can’t we? When we talk about the birth of the prophet we are celebrating his birth.

Yes if the hair does not show and neck

1) Yes it is permissible and the prayer is valid.

2) Part of the hands is enough

No you are doing it correctly. You can do the niya and then wash the soap off

1) Everyone has equal free will. No one had more freewill than others. Everyone is judged by Allah, and Allah knows what’s in the hearts.

2) People are different, some accept the truth some don’t. Just like we see in this life.

3) We are all created with different potentials, but we all have the capacity to accept the truth or reject it.

1) Yes you become Baligh as soon as one is the signs show, even if it is before 15.

2) They have to count from the age signs of puberty showed. Not 15, but rather 11 or 12, the time they are sure they were baligh. They have to make up those prayers and fasting.

3) If you are not aware there is no kafara.
4) Yes if the fasting was missed intentionally and knowingly they have to pay kafara. The kafara can be paid whenever. Even many years later. The day that was missed must be made up too.

5) They can make up the fast whenever. It does not need to be done consecutively.

Cursing the enemies of God is a dua. It is asking Allah to remove His mercy from the evil Individuals. If this is done with the intention of a dua then it is allowed.

Yes you need to make up the wudhu and the prayers.

Material is a creation of God. Your imagination can only imagine that which it knows and sees. God created all material and therefore cannot be trapped within something He created. He does not have a physical body and does not resemble anything. His power and authority has encompasses everything. He is aware of everything. He is everywhere the same way light is everywhere. The light is not confined to a place, it just lights everything.

The prophethood did come to an end. The job of the imam
Is not to receive divine message but to interpret the message of the prophet and the Quran. There is no issue against Imamate with this.

Yes angels comes to lady fatima doesn’t mean the revelation of the Quran is still coming down. The angels used to speak to maryam too, and she is not a prophet.

She needs to inform him and receive his consent if her going out with take away from his rights, or if she is going somewhere that he has not agreed to initially.

He does not need his wife’s consent.

It is halal to see a picture or photo of your wife. It is haraam to masturbate to those pictures or any pictures. If one ejaculates without touching themselves, there is no problem.

No it is not an Islamic concept. Imam Ali lived on his own. Respecting parents is an Islamic duty.

No, husband is not responsible to take care of the wife financially in muta. His responsibilities are what they agree upon in the marriage contract. If that was a stipulation then it becomes obligatory.

If the brush is wet then the face becomes najis. You would have to wash the face.

That is for someone who does not pray. If someone prayed and they are having trouble concentrating, their prayer is still accepted.

There is no need to divorce the prophet from Aisha since the prophet had passed away. Divorce is something that ends the marriage and death does exactly that.

We don’t have many details of the events. What some narrations say is that the Imam will be killed and Imam Hussayn will wash his body and bury him. Some narrations suggest he will be killed. If we are alive at the time perhaps we will see.

This issue has different opinions based on marji you follow.
Sayed Sistani says classical and soft music are allowed. Those that are used in inappropriate atmospheres are forbidden.

If qalel water gets on it, you need to pour it several times to make sure the Sperm is removed

It’s better not to do so. Unless doing so bad some sort of benefit.

If it is not intoxicating and non alcoholic it is fine to drink

You just make the intention to follow him. No need to do anything else. For Islamic laws refer to sistani.org

If she is wearing proper hijab yes.

Everyone makes their own decisions in life, otherwise it would be unjust for God to create us and force us to go to heaven or hell.

Gods knowledge does not impact the decision we make. Imagine yourself on a hill watching a car driving and it is going to hit another person on the other side. You can yell and tell the driver to slow down and the driver does not. You know there will be an accident but you are not responsible for it. This is the same, Gods knowledge of things does not mean He is forcing them. He has knowledge because He is not trapped in time and knowledge is His essence.

Your intentions are correct. It’s better than giving an impression of a non-religious person which many people are doing. Do it with the intention of spreading knowledge and guiding people including yourself. If everyone was afraid of what others think then there would be no one doing anything good.

Inshallah you can benefit the imam. No we will not go back to old age. The new modern era will be a life of happiness and bliss.

Yes she is your wife.

نعم يجوز و هذا عمل جيد وان شاء الله يكون في ميزان حسناتكم والوالد رحمه الله

Gambling or playing Fam fling cards is haraam. Maybe he made money but many lose. The money is also not pure.

The salary is pure

غاية التقرب - رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): قال الله عز وجل: ما تقرب إلي عبد بشئ أحب إلي مما افترضت عليه، وإنه ليتقرب إلي بالنافلة حتى أحبه، فإذا أحببته كنت سمعه الذي يسمع به، وبصره الذي يبصر به، ولسانه الذي ينطق به، ويده التي يبطش بها، إن دعاني أجبته، وإن سألني أعطيته (6).

A mujtahid cannot be followed in matters of ideology. The mujtahid must be qualified and perhaps the most knowledgeable. He must be a man and does not sin and do things wrong.

You can put it in a box or just put the letter without a box. We have narrations that the Imams encourage people to write them letters. This is to strengthen the ties and relationship with the Imam. Even if you do not write an Ariza, the Imam knows what is in your heart because God informs him.

If him looking at you is causing fitna yes you should do so. (Fitna meaning) Is it making you fall in haraam? If not then it is not mandatory.

Everyone is equal in the eyes of Allah, means that everyone has an equal opportunity to reach God and attain his satisfaction. Everyone is tested by God, the prophets are tested and the normal people are tested.

In fact the test of the prophets and Imams are more severe and more difficult than the test of normal people.

The reason they were chosen as Prophets and Imams is because God knows through His knowledge (which is not limited by time) that these prophets and Imams are the greatest and most obedient of Gods creation. We are limited by time and place so we know who the victor of a test is after the test results come out. Allah created time and place so Allah knows who the victor is even before the test.

The reason the Prophet and Imams are greater is because of the knowledge they have. They have been given the knowledge by God because they accepted the knowledge. We all have access to signs of God and knowledge but we look past these signs most of the time. The prophets and Imams have knowledge, however they are also tested based on their knowledge, that is why their tests are more severe.

God tested the souls in a previous realm, and tests is again to show us and prove to us on the day of Judgement our own actions. Although He knows who goes to heaven or hell, our actions will be displayed in front of us so no one questions the Justice of God.
Just because we don’t remember the test doesn’t mean we were not tested. We forget a lot of things in this life, it doesn’t mean that didn’t happen. Also, the test in the previous realm was a simple test not something as extensive as in this life.

This applies to Shia mosque where the prayer is prayed in the correct fashion.

1) If you missed the juma prayer, you would have to do zuhr prayer.

2) Eid salat as well, however eid is recommended so it is okay to enter half way. Juma prayer takes the place of zuhr and therefore must be done correctly.

Entering into any other prayer, a person would have to follow along the imam while counting where they are in the prayer.

Of course living a lifestyle while refraining from sin is much healthier and better for a person. First of all no one knows if their repentance is fully accepted. It is only accepted if a person is sincere.
Second, living a sinful lifestyle becomes addictive. It becomes very hard to get out of it and change your life. This is like someone doing drugs which damage the body, then going into rehab. It is obviously must healthier to not go drugs from the beginning.

The third point is that no one knows when they will die. Perhaps they die while they are sinning and this will be their end. So it is much better to refrain from sin because sins destroy our life and afterlife.

If you follow sayed Sistani, you count from 9 hijri.

You can pray the midnight prayer or recommended prayers and make up the missed prayers at the same time. Pray your missed prayers after midnight then do the shaf’ and witr on their own.

It is Kur however it is not Jaree (running water). Hence ayatollah Sistani says that a person must wash 2 times and not just once as one does in the running water

If the house cleaner is Muslim, then you can consider it pure and they cleaned it. The law of purity should apply

That is the verse of the cave.
No this verse shows God is supporting the prophet. Not necessary enough to prove that he deserves the caliphate.

As long as they are married it is halal to have a relationship and conceive a child. Everything is halal unless it is clearly stated that it is haraam.

If it is prescribed by a doctor yes

That is fine. You have to discipline him with out harming him.

No you do not need to make up the prayers.

Revelation stopped as the Quran was complete however angels can speak to someone who is not a prophet. The angels spoke to Maryam, she was not a prophet and it was not a revelation.

We have hadith that angels spoke to the Imams.

If nothing inappropriate is being fine yes.

No a persons will is separate from their essence. The will changes based on desires and moods.

As for eid, also because God has ordered so. Perhaps it’s because the pilgrims are in the hajj and that gives them more time to do the slaughtering and rites of hajj.

Recite Ayatul Kursi before you sleep

If the husband has an illegitimate relationship he will be punished. However if it is done in the halal way, it is halal. She can demand a divorce if she had out a condition earlier.

It’s not haraam however if it will affect you in a bad way then it can become haraam

You consider it pure

This book
https://www.al-islam.org/principles-marriage-family-ethics-ibrahim-amini/part-1-duties-women

Zina is haraam because it is entering into a relationship without an agreement which guarantees the rights of both individuals.

A lady can get pregnant, who will guarantee her rights and the rights of her child? In a marriage the rights are declared and known. Marriage provides responsibilities and rights and duties. Zina doesn’t do any of that. It is just fulfilling a pleasure and then moving on. It means there is no commitment to the relationship.

Yes you can scratch it out or put whiteout. However even after doing so, one should not throw it in the trash and discard it in a way which would not seem to be showing disrespect to the Quran.

The responsibility is on the biological father. If he went into the marriage having made an agreement with his wife that he will take care, then he must abide by that agreement.

Yes you can do ghusl at the end of the shower and there is no need to dry yourself.

If you are not certain you wiped correctly you can wipe it again to make sure you are certain. Once you are certain you should not do it more.

Jesus Christ means Jesus the messiah. We believe that he was the messiah. There is no problem with saying just that. However if it is said to imply in anyway that he is God or the son of God then it would be haraam.

Recite Quran and gift it to their soul.
Give charity on their behalf
Do good deeds in general in their name.

Hijab just means you need to wear modest clothes where your body is not revealed. You can decide what you want to wear and you are your own judge. I would recommend a skirt or long dress and below it pants. That way it is loose and body would not be revealed.

1) Yes it is allowed

2) No

Yes

1) Contradictions happen for many reasons.
A- Sometimes people lie and make up things in the name of prophet

B- Sometimes mistakes can be made which bring up a contradictory message.
C- Sometimes the understanding of a hadeeth is contradictory. One example the prophet saying who ever I am his mowla Ali is his mowla. Shia understand mowla as leader while Sunnis understand mowla as friend.

2) That’s why Allah gave you the power of intellect and reason. You have to comprehend, not just follow blindly.

The nafs doesn’t die. It just transforms. It can be a nafs that is after evil, it can change to nafs that is after God and afterlife. It requires training.

If making the website is promoting the haraam it is haraam.

A restaurant is okay but not something that is directly aiding and supporting haraam acts.

He loses his rights if he is not giving her rights. However, this should be through counseling and judgement would be passed. She shouldn’t take matters into her own hands.

No unless you know they do not allow, you cannot pray in a place that you do not have permission to pray but if you don’t think they wouldn’t allow you you don’t have to ask.

In this hadith the Imam is talking about the best things in this dunya. He points out 7.
As for the منكوح he means that which is penetrated and he refers to the female reproductive organ with the male reproductive organ مبال لمبال - as opposed to penetrating anything else.

I don’t know how authentic this hadith is, but it is in no way showing disrespect to women. The Imam has many wise sayings and he clarifies and discusses a variety of topics.

Their are several “loopholes” which make it halal.

One is one they refer to as Inqath mal al kafir- this works when the financial institution is a non-Muslim one.

If they are offering you money, you are allowed to take it, not with the intention of loan. Then later they ask you to pay it back, with some fees you do so in order to save your house. But the initial taking of the money was not with the intention of a loan, even though technically it is a loan.

Another is to consider the interest as fees given to the bank, they did paperwork, etc for your needs to be met. That extra you are giving is to pay for those fees.

Another would be to not consider it a loan, you are buying a house, the money goes directly from the bank to the house owner. So technically you are agreeing to purchase the house from the bank at a more expensive price.

1) You are not obliged to remind them. It’s on them to remember.

2) Yes if they do not go through with an oath it is haraam. You can remind them if you like.

However if they were not serious when they said Wallah, they will not be held accountable for it.

No it is not permissible. It is up to the court or those in power to issue the punishment sentence.
The judge decides what the punishment is.

You have the option of reciting those in whisper or loud.

You don’t need to do anything. You just follow his rulings and if there is an issue that comes up you refer to his opinions. You can find his opinions on the website Sistani.org

If several experts tell you sayed Sistani is the most knowledgeable, you can take their word. Today sayed Sistani is the most followed marji, therefore you can follow the suggestion of the experts and follow him. If you choose to do your own research you can.

This is the ruling of Allah. It doesn’t always cause sickness.

They are meant to be done during the day. If you couldn’t do it during the day you can do it after. Since it is a recommended act, we can be more lenient with the timing.

This lecture states the rights of the husband and the wife in a marriage.

https://youtu.be/bU0wNBpafqw

Marriage is a sacred relationship according to Islam, my advice is for you to always put God first when making any decision. If you do that you will find happiness in this life and in the next.

Long distance marriages have many challenges. It’s best to be together because that is the purpose of marriage. If financial stability is an issue now, that will go away as long as you both work hard and remain patient.

No, culture does not override the laws of God. If the henna will be regarded as makeup and attract negative attention it can be considered haraam and should be covered in front of non-mahram men. If it is not regarded as seductive then it would be okay.

There is a specific meaning for Ahlulbayt, that is the 5 ahlul kisa. The general meaning of Ahlulbayt is family of the Prophet and that includes them. However generally speaking when we say Ahlulbayt we mean the infallible masoomeen

1) The rights of the wife are
A- Nafaqa- which covers the expenses of clothing, living place, and food
B- The right of intimacy - at least 1 every 4 months, or based on the need of the wife.
C- The right of sharing a bed at least one out of every 4 nights the husband has to share the bed with his wife.
D- Be treated fairly.

2) If the husband does not give nafaqa she can inform family members to counsel him, if that doesn’t work she can inform the Muslim jurist who would admonish him, if that doesn’t work, the jurist can carry out a divorce.

The above answer works for the 3rd and 4th question.

That is haraam. He has to work, he can’t show aggression and violence to family. He needs to seek therapy.

If those tight clothing are provocative and could attract negative attention they become haraam.

If she can force her and has authority over her she should. However your sister should not wear the hijab because of force, she should understand it and know it’s significance.

The madhabs of these individuals were propped up by the governments who wanted to oppose the Imams. They had different opinions, which was normal at the time but the governments raised them to bring down the influence of Imam Sadiq and the Imams of Ahlulbayt

The washing machine, if it is connected to running water should purify it. As long as you rinse it, which the washing machine does, it becomes tahir

If looking at a man will cause some sort of fitna (test for them) yes they have to lower their gaze

As long as the person you are talking is halal upon you there is no problem with having that conversation and no problem with arousal without touching oneself.

Yes you can place those conditions. If someone has an addiction problem they need to address them before going in the marriage. However, marriage would also be a way to confront those issues.

1) If they are directing the jokes at each other it is not a group anymore. It is haraam to joke with the opposite gender, especially a joke that can be interpreted as flirting. As the atmosphere is appropriate it would be allowed. If it turns inappropriate it would not be allowed.

I don’t know of a dua that specific. As you mentioned there is a dua for family in Sahifa Sajadiya.
You can recite this verse in Qunut (Furqan 74)

وَ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنا هَبْ لَنا مِنْ أَزْواجِنا وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِنا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَ اجْعَلْنا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِماماً

It is allowed if the harm of not neutering is greater

Recite Surat Yaseen everyday, Aytul Kursi 4 times, Inshallah Allah will protect you and your baby.

No, as long as a portion of the sustenance they make is halal, you can consume and benefit from that halal portion.

It is normal to worry and be concerned about what people think. The most important thing is that your intention remains for Allah. Whatever you do in life which is good, let it be for Allah. The hadith says the reward is all through the intentions. You know your intentions are for God if you are not sinning or prioritize what people think over God.

It depends on the marji you follow. Some maraji like sayed Sistani, and Khamanie say the crescent needs to be sighted in your area. Others like Khoie say as long as you share the night with a city that witnessed the crescent, you can go with what they sighted.

If you cannot wash the book you can laminate it or cover it so the najasa does not spread.

1) If you are urinating on your self 24 hours non-stop you can do wudhu and pray and disregard what happens. However if you have a few minutes of time between each urine, you have to do wudhu and pray as soon as you can without any mustahab.

2) You have to pray and stay connected with God. Even if you don’t have wudhu you can recite Quran without touching the words, you can recite dua, you can listen to the Quran being recited.

3) You don’t need to always be in the state of purity to study religion.

I advise you to see a doctor who can give you medication to treat this issue.

The Imam is not stating that one gender is better than the other. You can ask God whatever you want in the dua. He says amongst my children grant me males. He is not asking for only males and not asking to not have girls.

Although there are numerous narrations that if a person has daughters and raises them properly, those daughters will be the reason the parents go to paradise. The prophet was a father of daughters. However, typically a father needs a son to help him with the physical labor and the duties of running the family. So the Imam is saying the dua that many people have in mind. It is in no way against women.

If it does not cause fitna yes it is ok.

This is a fatwa from Sayed Sistani. Someone is asking him about marriage with non-sayed from sayed. He said if their is not other reason to block the marriage and the person who is proposing is a good person but not sayed, and blocking the marriage means they get older without getting married, it is haraam.

السؤال: هناك كثير من الشباب العوام يشتكون من ظاهرة عدم قبول السادة بتزويج بناتهم من غير السادة، حيث يتقدّم بعض الشباب لطلب يد الفتاة العلوية لكن أهل الفتاة يرفضون الموافقة لمجرّد كون المتقدّم عامياً (ليس سيداً)، فما هو ردّ سماحتكم؟
الجواب: إذا كانوا يمنعون من زواج بناتهم من غير السادة من دون مبرّر شرعي حتّى يكبرن ويفوتهن الزواج فهذا حرام بلا إشكال، وفي الحديث الشريف: (إذا جاءكم مَن ترضون دينه وخلقه فزوجوّه إن لا تفعلوا تكن فتنة في الأرض وفساد كبير).

1) If you still consider your parents house as your house you pray full. If you don’t consider yourself living there in the future then it’s not yours and you have to break the fast.

2) If you go to the Imambargah regularly you pray full.

3) If you truly consider it a home that you sleep/live in yes

Contemplation is just sitting and thinking about the words, the signs of God.

Interpretation is giving a meaning to what is said. This can be accurate and it can be wrong and forbidden. The interpretation of the Quran must be from the prophet and imams.

It should be enough. Unless you know she didn’t mean it.

Are you paying to play? If yes it is most likely haraam.

1) Allah is one of the names of God and it literally means God- which applies only to God. It is a name that no one else can name because it is the description and the name of God at the same time.

2) اله is God; ال before it is a title for the only God
So it is الله

You can ask for anything as long as it’s not something haraam. There is no problem with asking Allah to forgive you for all your sins, as long as you don’t go back to those sins.

It is meant to be for food. You can give the person money and don’t ask what they do, but if you want to buy an item you have to give food.

Heaven is made in a way where who ever is in it will feel content with whatever level they have. So they would not feel the need to elevate to a higher level.

We have proof from some verses that the believers whose family also entered paradise but at a lower level, will be able to have their family raised to their level to be with them. This is an indicator that perhaps people can elevate in levels of paradise.

This is the hadith you mentioned and it’s source.

عن أنس، عن عمر بن الخطاب: أن علياً "عليه السلام" رأى حية تقصده وهو في المهد، وقد شدت (وشدت) يداه في حال صغره.

فحول نفسه، وأخرج يده، فأخذ بيمينه عنقها، وغمزها غمزة[1]، حتى أدخل أصابعه فيها، و أمسكها حتى ماتت.

فلما رأت ذلك أمه نادت واستغاثت، فاجتمع الحشم، ثم قالت: كأنك حيدرة [حيدرة] اللبوة، إذا غضبت، من قبل أذى أولادها

مدينة المعاجز ج2 ص35 ومناقب آل أبي طالب ج2 ص287 و 288 و (ط المكتبة الحيدرية) ج2 ص120 وبحار الأنوار ج41 ص274 والإمام علي بن أبي طالب "عليه السلام" للهمداني ص611.

Haydara means a fierce lion

Just because the hadith is mentioned doesn’t really mean it is authentic. However, we know that Imam Ali was brave from a young age, and just as Allah chose certain prophets to show signs of greatness from a young age, that could very much be the case with Imam Ali.

The part of Arabs had a custom to check legitimate birth of child, I have never heard of.

Once the sun rises fajr time is over. You can check the exact time of sunrise everyday

1- You have to stand normally as you usually do. Don’t try too hard to put them together or spread them apart. The feet must not be more than 4 fingers apart from one another. Some people spread their feet apart too much.

2- al-Afuu- there is no difference. It goes back to Arabic grammar. If you are continuing and not taking a pause you can say al-Afwa al-Afwa

If you are stopping after each one you say al-Afuu

3- You have to try to recite it in the correct you to the best of your capabilities. Listen to how it is recited and recite like that. If you couldn’t then it’s ok.

Both are correct, however it is mustahab for a man to put hands first then knees.

You should always ask Allah to protect you. Make sure you fulfill obligations and stay away from sins.

1) Yes

2) No it’s always good to pray salaat al Layl and do good deeds because just as a door opens it can close due to actions and sins.

You can choose to have children with your wife when you are both ready. Your father cannot force this upon you.

Yes we have verses in the Quran and traditions which state that the souls were tested.
See Sura Araf verse 172

Allah chooses who goes to heaven. The important thing is we do what is expected of us and leave the judgement up to God.

You can always listen to manqabat

It depends on what you are doing in the exercise. If it is just thinking and contemplating and going over your life there is nothing wrong with that. From the way you are explaining it, it doesn’t seem wrong. You can sit at home and have mental observations in your room.

It depends on what other traditions are. If they are contrary to our beliefs no. If it is telling you to have observations there is nothing wrong with that as long as you are fulfilling your religious duties and not doing something wrong.

The original ruling for any item is that it is pure unless you know knowledge/certainty that it is najis.

If you believe that it is najis based on what they said you should treat it as so. If you think there was a mistake or they are speaking about something else, you can consider it pure.

First of all leather in cars may not be najis. You have to know for sure that it is from a najis or animal that is slaughter in a non halal way to consider it najis. If you do not know that you consider it pure.

If you know for sure that it is najis, then their jacket has also become najis.

If it is najis then it will make a second item it touches najis if it is moist. If there is reason to believe that the jacket has been washed… which is most likely the case, or it got rained on and purified; you can consider it pure.

He died soon after

1) It’s not haraam to recite nafila loud,

2) No it does not break the fast if you fell asleep with it, but once you realize you have to take it out.

3) You are not sinful if a dog licks you but you become najis and can’t pray with najasa.

4) Dog is najis, if it’s wet and it touches you you become najis.

You can recite the shorter one ziyarat warith. It is not obligatory. If you couldn’t do it you don’t have to. It’s good to send salaams to the prophet and the 12 imams everyday. It can be a short salaam or the long ziyara. After tasbeeh zahra there are daily supplications after each prayer. You can find them on duas.org

It is also recommended to recite Aytul Kursi after each prayer 2:255

No it does not, unless you do something which invalidates the wudhu

1) Khums is not whether you own a business or not. It is paid on the extra surplus each year. Say you make 50 thousand and you spend 40 thousand. The ten thousand is the extra surplus. You would have to pay 1/5 of that, which is 2 thousand. You have to also pick a date to give Khums. You refer to that date every year when you make calculations.

2) If you will do your taxes soon you can do your Khums
Calculation after that.

You don’t need to look at all transactions. Just see what you own after the expenses are taken out.
Then give 1/5th of that which is left. When you are ready I can direct you to organizations that take the Khums.

Also according to sayed Sistani if you have a house mortgage you can deduct it from the Khums. (However it’s not that simple, there is a specific calculation)

First and second Raka are Fatiha and a Sura

Third and fourth Raka is the 4 tasbeeh
سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا اله الا الله والله اكبر

Saheefa sajadiya dua for children

You marry the one you want. Marriage is a life choice you make not your father.

By increasing Marifa

It is a metaphor to show the greatness of Yusuf and the greatness of his father, mother and brothers as well.

1) No that is not true. God decides how a persons life is, and their own work and determination. Size of forehead does not matter at all.

2) No it’s good to plan, but always rely on Allah. Things may not go as you planned, but planning is good.

No, hajj is only Wajib once you are fully capable. Having a home and income stability comes before hajj. It’s not just money that defines stability.

I suggest following Sayed Sistani. His rules are very accessible and he is followed by the majority of the Shia. I say this because his website is in English and the rulings are easy to find. If the children come to the understanding that another scholar is more knowledgeable they can follow the other scholar.

No, it does not exonerate them from tax and giving to a government is different from giving to the imam and Islamic cause. The 20 % is only for the surplus. If a person does not have any surplus they don’t have to pay anything.

They consider the Fatiha as a dua, that is why they say Amin.
We have hadith which says say Alhamdulila after Fatiha.

Also, saying Amin is speaking in prayer and if it not done with intention of dua it can be considered as speaking in prayer which can invalidate the prayer.

Yes it is permissible to travel any halal travel and stay for less than ten days. You cannot fast if you are staying less than ten days. You would just have to make up the fast after Ramadan. No need to pay anything since you are excused for breaking the fast due to travel.

We are sure that the Quran we have today is the same one that was revealed upon the prophet because the Quran was memorized during the time of prophet. Many Muslims had memorized the Quran including Imam Ali. It was passed on where thousands of Muslims memorized it, including the Imams of the Ahlulbayt.

The chances of the Quran being changed are very weak because the Quran was and is recited everyday by Muslims. Furthermore the Quran was written during and after the prophet. Yes the dialectical markings were added later but it was orally transmitted and memorized, the markings were added to help non- Arabs recite the Quran.

If there would have been a change to the Quran people would have noticed.

Yes the prophet did participate in the battles and he would fight. He did not hide in the back, this was used to cover up the others who were hiding in the back. He did carry weapons to defend himself as well.

There is an opinion that says he did not personally kill anyone. He would fight without killing. This is perhaps due to his mercy.

No if you did not know then it is okay.

Since she was in a temporary marriage it is not qazf, however it is a lie and lying is forbidden. Qazf, is accusing someone of committing a sin which is adultery or an illegitimate relationship

These are all considered sins, it falls under the category masturbation.

Looking at haraam whether it is men or women is also forbidden.

Repent by not going back to it.

Aqeeda is important because it is what you believe in. Your actions are a reflection of what you believe in. It composes the belief in God, Prophet, Day of Judgment. Etc. these are the foundations of faith and hence aqeeda is important.

According to sayed Sistani they cannot do a temporary marriage without the permission of the girls father. If she is independent and does not rely on her father in all cases and makes wise decisions in life that can be an exception. However when it comes to marriage you should try to seek your parents blessings as it is a major decision in life. If she does Muta with another guy without her parents permission this can potentially ruin her reputation. If her parents excuse is not justified she can have someone talk to them. Or she should do the permanent marriage and not the temporary, that way it is a solid relationship and chances of abuse would be less.

There is a book which I enjoyed reading. It is written by a non-Muslim however well written.
The author is Lesley Hazelton. She had a book about the prophet, I believe the title is The First Muslim
And a second one which I enjoyed more was After the Prophet.

Al-Islam.org has some good books

I don’t see a problem with it.

Many scholars have written full books about this or given full lectures.

https://youtu.be/V2CmU_0Jafo
https://youtu.be/GWuAsFJWqvk
https://youtu.be/GWuAsFJWqvk

Yes

1) Her father and paternal grandfather are her Wali amr. If they are dead she can make her own decisions. However it is recommended for her to seek advice from other family members.

2) If she has done muta without her fathers permission, she would have done something wrong but it is not considered zina.

3) Yes she does

Maybe he is going through personal issues. Give him his space but also let him know that you are available for him if he needs help

This means that if you are not sure who the Ulul amr are- refer to God and the prophet. Ulul amr means those who have authority- this is referring to those who God has given authority. Some understand it to mean any person of authority, however that is wrong, because that would mean God is ordering us to follow oppressors and people who are misguided. It means those appointed by Allah.

You just point or use your eyes

I don’t think we have that hadith in our books.

We have hadith which state the the cat in the house is a blessing ( Baraka) and also that it is pure and one can do wudhu from a bowl it drank from, as opposed to other animals. There is a hadith which says it is from the people of the house, meaning it is pure.

Ismail the son of Imam Sadiq is praised and considered to be a devout believer. He is not to be blamed for the sect that emerged because it emerged after his death and he had nothing to do with it. The cause of his death is not really mentioned.

You can take courses online. Many howzas offer online courses. You have to always seek knowledge, wherever you may be, the more knowledge you have the closer you will be to God.

You are allowed to disassociate from people who are hurting you or will hurt you. If they are against your faith, you don’t have to love them.

You can use it but don’t sell it. If using it is considered breaking the law and it can get you in trouble than don’t use it either.

Allah is involved in our lives however the bad things that happen are a cause of other people. Allah has laws in this universe and He does not intervene every time someone does something bad. However Allah will reward and compensate the believers for everything they do and punish the non-believers for the bad they do. This life is a test. God is aware and watching but if He keeps intervening it won’t be a test.

Yes you can by repenting and making up the prayers. It takes time but you need to be determined to do so.

Yes, sins have consequences. Some that we notice, others that we don’t notice. However that hadith you mentioned is in fact a reality. The reason is to have us fear sins, so we may return to Allah.

A man told imam Ali i missed praying at night, imam Ali told him it’s because of something you must have done during the day.

Sometimes it’s dua not being answered. Sometimes it is getting hurt.

Follow the life of the prophet and the Ahlulbayt. Try to emulate them. One part of it is Quran but there are many other parts.

Yes you can do good deeds on their behalf and ask Allah to forgive you and them.

It all depends on the intentions and other actions of a person.

Since they are family it is haraam to cut off with them. If they are being disrespectful they will deal with the consequences of their actions. On the day of judgement God will ask you what you did. Helping out family is also a way to receive mercy. If you are able to help out, do it for God not for them. If you can’t help out then that is another issue.

If something is haraam it’s haraam. We should not be ashamed of our religion nor should we always try to appease others.

1) It is mursal, meaning the chain is cut off. However generally speaking the content is accepted because it does not contradict other narrations.

2) Say it is narrated from the imam

You have to maintain ties with them, however you are not required to spend so much time with them.

There are multiple narrations. Some scholars say that it could have been several times and not just one incident.
Lady Fatima was born 5 years after bitha, and the narrations say she was conceived after that incident.

However other narrations suggest it was after year 5.
To say it was several times works according to both narrations.

Since the marriage was lawful and you are both consenting adults, you both made the decision to sleep with one another. It is haraam to terminate a pregnancy.

Both of you or who ever made the decision to terminate it should seek forgiveness from Allah.

Listen to this lecture I have a few days ago.
https://youtu.be/vriVhlI10zc

Yes one of the methods is going to places that Allah likes to be asked. Like a masjid or at the shrines of the prophet and imams.

You should pay sadaqa on their behalf if it’s late.

No, it goes back to your intentions. However you have to try to not hurt the feelings of others.

Your father in law is mahram

Your brother in law and his son are not mahram.

Unless you are the aunt of the son then he would be mahram upon you

Yes you can pray on behalf of your parents even though you are not the oldest. You can hire someone to pray as well if you choose to do so.

For a Wajib hajj, you can only perform it on behalf of one person. Also in order for you to perform the hajj you need to have performed the hajj on behalf of yourself in a previous year. You can give money to someone to do the niyaba as well.

There are many acts of sadaqa, one can recite Quran, give charity, do righteous deeds and pray for parents. These are all good.

You should make sure you are empowered with knowledge before engaging with an atheist.

Yes there is nothing wrong with believing that as long as we believe God gave him that knowledge. His knowledge is not independent of Allah, it is from Allah.

There are several verses in the Quran that allude to this meaning.

وَ رَسُولاً إِلى‏ بَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ أَنِّي قَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِآيَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ أَنِّي أَخْلُقُ لَكُمْ مِنَ الطِّينِ كَهَيْئَةِ الطَّيْرِ فَأَنْفُخُ فِيهِ فَيَكُونُ طَيْراً بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَ أُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ وَ الْأَبْرَصَ وَ أُحْيِ الْمَوْتى‏ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِما تَأْكُلُونَ وَ ما تَدَّخِرُونَ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ إِنَّ فِي ذلِكَ لَآيَةً لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
Al-Imran 45 Jesus tells people I can tell you what you hide in your homes, raise the dead, cure the sick all by the permission of Allah.

If this is allowed for Jesus, it is definitely allowed for Imam Mahdi who is a savior for all mankind.

وَ قُلِ اعْمَلُوا فَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَ سَتُرَدُّونَ إِلى‏ عالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِما كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Towba 105

This verse says do good deeds, God will see it, his prophet, and the believers.

The tafsir of believers are the imams of the Ahlulbayt.

So not only does the imam see our actions but the soul of the prophet according to the Quran.

God is the creator, and we were created. That means there was a time we did not exist. We can’t be eternal if we did not exist at one point. If we remain it is because God has kept us. Independently we are nothing.

When she got married what was the agreement? If it was agreed upon that they live in Iraq from the beginning she has to go to Iraq with her husband. If the agreement that they live somewhere else, then they can stay. However generally speaking a wife should follow her husband.

You are still young and that dua will be answered too Inshallah. Sometimes it’s not the dua but it’s us that need to change. You have to look at things from all angles and try to find a solution. Inshallah you will get married and that dua will be answered as well.

It is not necessary. However the 2 Raka is recommended.

If the post is viewable by the public, it means this person is doing whatever they are doing publicly, so they don’t care if it is shared.

However if it was private, or it is being shared by someone and other things are added which were not in the post, it would be backbiting.

You have to break your fast when you are sick and the pain becomes unbearable. If you know you will have pain or a doctor recommends you don’t fast you would be excused from fasting. However if the pain is bearable, you should try to fast and if it becomes too difficult You can break your fast. If you break the fast you would have to give the fidya, which is 3/4 if a kilo of food to the poor for each day (that is if you were not able to make it up within one year).

My advice is to practice the fast before the month of Ramadan. As in train your body to fast in rajab and Sha’baan. You have to try to wake up for suhur, have your tea or coffeee and maybe even take the pill. I know people who had this problem and they treat it this way by eating at suhur and starting the fast before the first day of Ramadan.

If it is an instrument that is used in haraam music, it is forbidden to use.

It is recommended to do anytime. But typically it is fine after the second Raka

1) Yes it is recommended

2) Yes, think about God. Go over your sins and hold yourself accountable.

Because he was buried without a kafan. Even in death he was oppressed.

1) If you are not staying for ten days straight you pray Qasr. You start counting from the end of the city.

2) Then you pray Qasr, you have 30 days to make up your mind.

Worshipping God is for our own good. We benefit when we worship God. Even if we did not choose to be here, our intellect tells us to protect ourselves and remove any harm that may come our way. When we worship we are protecting self in this life and in the afterlife. We are putting our soul in a state of comfort by fulfilling our duties to our Creator.

If she approves of that there is no problem. She should not feel pressured to allow.

Not everything that is fermented becomes haraam.

Scholars of tafsir mention a hadith from Ibn Abbas- in which he says one of the pagans used to call the prophet Abtar - then the Quran says your enemies are abtar.

Fakhr al-Razi says it is the progeny of the prophet. Other scholars have understood it differently.

However just the hadith of Ibn Abbas is clear to understand that the reference is to lady Fatima.

The fact that a Sunni is narrating a hadith in praise of Lady Fatima makes it greater in proof. We prove the Imama and greatness of Ahlulbayt from their books. There is no issue with that. This is admission from them, so it can be accepted.

Sayed Mohammad Kadhim Qazwini has a book (Fatima from the cradle to the grave) he addresses this issue thoroughly and gives both opinions. I believe the book was translated into English as well. You can find the PDF in Arabic online.

Yes we have several verses in the Quran and hadith from the Imams that say the suffering we see in this world is a consequence of our own actions. Sins do have impacts on our lives, our spirits and our physical being is impacted by the way we live our lives.

Quran 2:225
Quran 2:225
Quran 30:41

Yes they are still Muslim, it depends on whether they ignored the Ahlulbayt on knowledge or ignorance. God will judge them.

Yes they are Muslim as long as they say the Shahada.
Yes you can ask Allah to guide them, you should also continue to enjoin the good and forbid the evil.

Everyone is tested. Test can be a good thing, because that’s how you gain paradise and elevate in ranks. You should ask Allah not to test you with a test that you would fail in.

Yes there is no problem with that.

Yes

This is a disputed issue amongst scholars. Although the majority of the scholars say a girl becomes mukalaf at age 9, there are some scholars like Shaykh Ishaq Fayadh and Sayed Taqi Modaressi and some others who say she becomes mukalaf at 13.

Read this book

https://www.al-islam.org/tags/companions

You have to repent to Allah.
Keep yourself occupied. Don’t treat the act lightly. Make consequences for yourself each time you sin, for example fasting for 3 days. That way you would think twice before committing anything.
Don’t sit alone.
Ask Allah for guidance and help.

Yes there are some days that should be avoided and some days recommended.

If it is blended you can wear it

Looking at the body of a female with lust is haraam.

It depends on the circumstances of the relationship. Some cultures accept it others don’t . This is a personal decision you have to make.

Yes that is allowed as long as it is not encouraging others to commit the same sin. If someone looks up to you and you tell them you used to commit a particular sin, this person will see that it is okay for him to commit that sin and repent later. You should always make it seem as if someone committed this sin and not yourself.

It is recommended to wear a ring in the right hand as it is the sign of the Shia. It is not haraam to wear it in the left hand.
The ring by itself does not have any power. It is only God who has power.

Yes generally it is okay. If you feel that this layer is too thick and you are not doing sujud on the soil anymore but on that layer you should clean it or change it

Holes in clothes do not invalidate the prayer. If you’re a man you just need to cover your private parts. A female should cover her body with the exception of face and hands. She can wear something above ripped clothes.

If it is an intoxicant, it is haraam to use. If it just relaxes a person without taking away the ability to make sound decisions it would be okay.

If it is used as a medication it would be okay regardless. However for recreational reasons, it would be haraam if it takes away the intellect.

If there is a thick layer of oil on your face which is water resistant you would have to remove it before doing wudhu. If you believe the water reaches the face you are okay.

You have to continue the fast for another 15 minutes. You need to tell your father you are doing precaution.

1) Yes it’s always mustahab.

2) One time is enough

What he did is correct. He is not liable to pay Khums for the amount that he paid towards the hajj. Since the year before he has paid for the Khums, and his money towards the hajj was from money that Khums had been paid on. The hajj is valid and there is no issue. Khums is due on whatever is extra. The money he paid towards hajj was not with him and couldn’t have possibly been with him since he had to pay for the hajj expenses a couple of months before the hajj.

Yes if a person repents sincerely Allah will forgive. The best thing is to not talk about it and and bring it up and repent of that act. If a person repents, they can change their life.

This is not the correct method of divorce. She is still your wife.

Divorce is the hands of the husband, unless he gives her power of attorney to perform the divorce, or a jurist conducts the divorce if the husband is not fulfilling his duties. However the jurist must reach out to the husband before conducting the divorce.

From what you say it seems your wife has not done any of those and therefore the divorce is not valid.

Because Allah wanted a chance to test him and to show him mercy for some of the good he did. There is a hadith that says pharaoh used to feed people because he thought he was God. He kept feeding less and less, until the punishment came to him when he stopped feeding people.

Yes that’s when shaytan works the hardest to distract you. You have to be stronger and choose God over Satan.

Muslims are encouraged to socialize and spend time with one another. Staying alone, eating alone and sleeping alone is makrooh. However for the cause of quarantining and preserving your life and the lives of others, there is no problem.

No that is not shirk. Shirk is associating a partner with God and believing in that. Just having thoughts is okay.

Prayer is valid, but when losing concentration in prayer, one loses the benefit of prayer.

Wasting water is haraam. If that is regarded as wasting water it would be problematic.

You can do the prayer of istikhara. That is making a decision to do something then praying 2 rakas and after the prayer ask Allah sincerely to give you what is best.

You can also make the decision of what you want to do after the 2 Raka prayer.

Yes washing the left before the right voids the wudhu he would have to make it up. If the wudhu is void the prayer will be void as well.

If the atmosphere is one that would encourage them to fall in haraam no.

If there was odor yes.

If it is misleading and causes harm you should tell him it was a lie. If it is just an example then it is okay

A person must not look at something would ignite his lust. He is to decide if that is a wrong look or not.

A description of events is not necessarily gheeba unless it’s something that happened in private and that person would not want to be exposed.

No if it’s involuntary it is not a sin, however the person needs to do ghusl

You should introduce yourself to the Ahlulbayt and to the followers of the Ahlulbayt. If you are able to interact with fellow Shia, I would recommend you do that. Believers are encouraged to be together.

We cannot be infallible because we were not chosen by Allah. This is a position only for those chosen by Allah. You can be sinless if you choose to live that life. Infallibility is not only not committing sin, it’s being chosen by Allah.

Yes they were able to see his face and he could see his face

You can read it but with a soft voice. It doesn’t have to be one or the other, either in the head or loud.

I recommend refraining from sins. If a person is indeed able to fully control all desires and block out Satan, they will reach high levels of spirituality. In addition to that, I would recommend doing some recommended acts in addition to the obligations. For example fasting when possible, doing the duas after each prayer.

Finally, I recommend seeking knowledge. The more Marifa we have of our religion, God, Quran, Prophet and Imams, our worship will carry more meaning and value.

The Prophet had already told people what to do on the day of Ghadeer. His real will was with Imam Ali. This letter was for those people to hear from the Prophet. However they accused him of hallucinating and therefore he kicked them out. He did not continue because they had already questioned his mind and he wanted to show that his last interaction with them was kicking them out. The test for the Sahaba was not only the last minute. It was always. That was just one instance of it. The prophet is a messenger he had to make sure the message has reached everyone and his role is to remind people. So obviously on his deathbed he wanted to remind them. Even if he knew they will not accept, as a messenger he has a duty to deliver the message. That’s like saying a teacher knows the students will fail so he should not teach them. The fact that they disobeyed causes disunity not the prophet. Writing it down in their presence would have made it impossible for them to change the meaning or wording of the prophet. Imam Ali was not in that group or even if he was, they began to quarrel in the presence of RasulAllah, they wouldn’t have cared for Imam Ali being present or not. Imam Ali is the subject of the will. The prophet wanted those who he knows would cause fitna to listen to the will. If Imam ali tells them this is the will of the prophet and this is what he wanted they would reject him just as they did. There were other companions but they were overpowered by Umar. Abdulla Ibn abbas says he was present and he witnessed how the prophet was not allowed to write his will, hence he calls it a calamity. It can also mean that the prophet was reiterating what he had already said. In an oral culture things were not written down, even the Quran was initially just memorized and transferred orally, however the prophet had told them about Imam Ali on the day of Ghadeer and on the Thursday calamity, because his message was so important he asked for it to be written down? What should strengthen the Sunni belief is that the Sahaba did not let the prophet say what he wanted to say, whatever it may be they were in the wrong for not allowing him to speak his mind and accuse him of being delirious. As for appointing a successor, he clearly appointed imam ali on the day of Ghadeer. Whether he says it on his death bed or not is not an issue, he just wanted to reinforce what he had already told them. The prophets job is a reminder. انما انت مذكر

This is not jibrail, this is a verse in the Quran

لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ وَ يُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ وَ يَهْدِيَكَ صِراطاً مُسْتَقِيماً

Second verse of Surat al Fat’h

However the Ahlulbayt interpret this verse differently from the Sunni view. We believe the Prophets are infallible and inerrant.

The sins that are forgiven are the sins that were in the eyes of people. The people of Mecca viewed the prophet as a wrongdoer, magician, and other things. So after the conquest of Mecca when people joined Islam, that view that they had of the Prophet was removed.

1) It is generally considered one of the reliable books.

2) it is a respected book. However our scholars analyze each hadith individually

3) We can’t give a blanket statement saying everything is right or everything is wrong. We measure what is said and judge based on that.

They choose not to sin because they have knowledge and know the consequences of sinning.

Yes it is permissible. When the senior scholar delivers a lecture they are doing it to guide people and so others learn

1) In the eyes of God men and women are equal. However in terms of running a family there must be a balance and system of power so the family functions properly. Just as a government cannot have two presidents, a family cannot have two heads. The husband has specific duties and the wife has specific duties.

2) She controls matters of the house and the husband controls matters outside the house. This system creates a balance of power and a system that the marriage functions properly.

As for God, men and women are equal. Both have equal and same chance at attaining Gods satisfaction and entering into paradise.

1) The rulings in the Quran are generally for men and women unless specifically pointed out. Since there are some laws pertaining to women only there is a sura in the name of women.

2) God is referred to as He in the Quran not because God has a gender but because of the Arabic language which has a natural masculine gender. Some languages like French and Arabic have nouns as naturally masculine. English doesn’t have that natural masculine because it has It- as opposed to He. Whereas the Quran used the word هو which means He for gender or It for an object that is gender less (as it is used for God)

Yes as long as it’s known that it is a joke or sarcastic

Yes as long as the talk is appropriate.

Whether it is a boy or girl they are held responsible if they steal.

Puberty isn’t for common sense things. Puberty just means salaat and other obligations become Wajib.

A girl and boy have to both be praying by the time they are 7. According to the majority view it becomes Wajib for girls at 9 and boys when they go through puberty. They have to do it to the best of their ability.

1) It goes against Islamic morals. Would you use it in front of a respected person? Most likely the answer is no. God wants you to be at your best behavior at all times.

2) One should abstain from profanity.

1) One should definitely avoid that kind of talk even if it is jokingly.

Sayings about what other people believe like the belief in Zeus is a different issue. You are saying what they are believing in not what you are believing.

2) Shirk is associating a partner with God. That means believing in other Gods. Anyone who fits in that category is a mushrik.

To discipline the person not to commit the sin again. To make it more difficult to sin

However not all sins have Kafara. There are some, most notably is the breaking of the fast in Ramadan.

God can forgive the sins however one of the conditions for forgiving is sincerity. A person who is sincere will quickly take care of the kaffara.

The majority of the sins don’t have kafara. A person just does repentance with sincerity and God forgives.

Scholars of hadith in the field of rijal study several points to determine whether a hadith is authentic or not. First and foremost is the truthfulness of a narrator. The faith and truthfulness determines the reliability.

Scholars of hadith say that as long the narrator is reliable, it is okay if there is some variance in the wording. Scholars acknowledge that some of the narrators have recorded narrations in meaning not in wording, and as long as the narrator is deemed reliable the hadith is accepted.

It takes patience, time and determination. When you know the value of something you will dedicate more effort for it.

Yes you can.

There are several good ones. Al-amthal is good by Shaikh Nasir makarim and al-Mizan by Tabatabaie

We believe in Absolute truths that exist. Right is right and wrong is wrong. These concepts are not superficial and a creation in our minds.

These absolute truths do not limit God but rather make God complete since without these truths there would be oppression and God is not oppressive. Without them God would be ignorant and that is not the case with God. God would be unjust if He expects us to live with certain truths and He does not implement them.

The Quran says كتب على نفسه الرحمة

God made mercy incumbent upon Himself, since without it God wouldn’t be complete.

Do towba again, feel the guilt and plan on not doing it anymore. That attitude is much better than not feeling shame and continuing the wrong.

The Kaba is the direction that we pray, we don’t worship the Kaba. It’s different with idol worshippers who worshipped and pray to the idols. Furthermore, the idols were something that people made up. They have no holiness other than people saying this is holy. The Kaba is the first masjid of worship and it’s a place designated by God.

Focus on prayer. Know that God is constantly watching. Know who you are worshipping, have your heart present during the worship.

When Jafars hands were cut off in the battle of Mu’ta, the prophet said Jafar will have wings in paradise so they called him Tayar.

Imams of Ahlulbayt said the same thing about Abbas because his hands were cut off while defending Imam Hussayn.

No it’s not wrong to draw a heavenly image of them in wings.

1) It is not haraam to turn the ring during the qunoot however it is not proven to be from one of the mustahab acts of Qunut or prayer. It can be done with the intention of raja’ almatloobiya, meaning you hope for it to be accepted.

2) Yes you can say bismillah, or recite anything however the purpose of Qunut is to ask God. If a sura or aya consists of dua that is better to recite.

3) The qunoot is not Wajib.

4) It can be said in a different language. However it is best to say a few words of Arabic first like reciting salawat then ask Allah in a different language to gain the thawab of the qunoot.

You can find your answers in these lectures

https://youtu.be/h5duIZcTvvg
https://youtu.be/9N3e7Fhv2fU
https://youtu.be/9N3e7Fhv2fU
https://youtu.be/1SbhCF8eIYY

Yes when God forgives, He forgives all of the sins.

It’s a sin to do it. However if they say Shahada they are Muslim.

The one who is bearing it should not believe in it. It’s haraam to believe in something other than God influencing your life. They should just do dua

In order to consider it najis you have to have certainty that it came in contact with a najis object, either the glove or the pepperoni or anything else.

Have them listen to the Quran. When in the car, in the house, before they sleep. Give them reward for reciting the Quran.

Yes there is no problem as long as you are taking your information from a scholar. You don’t want to do something that may end up confusing or misleading you.

Yes there are some Sunni scholars that have documented that Imam Mahdi was born.

https://www.alrasd.net/arabic/islamicheritagee/1485

This link has a list of the scholars and what they have said.

One should always thank Allah, because whether it is answered or not God knows what’s best for us.

I don’t know about rooms but I do know there are places that are better to pray in, like a mosque or a place of worship.

As for in the home you can pick a room, remove the distractions in it like pictures. Turn off the television and any sound that my disturb your prayer. Pets should also not be in the room. The room should be clean. Some narrations say a filthy room angels don’t enter in, a room house with dogs and music as well.

Legally it must be at his house. However if it is anywhere else it does not invalidate the divorce.

The hair by itself from an animal is pure unless the animal is najis like a dog or pig. Using a brush is okay. The problem is with wearing the leather of an animal not slaughtered in the halal way. Otherwise just using a brush is okay as it is not worn during salaat.

Sayeds need to have a family tree to prove that they are sayed. Without a family tree it’s difficult to prove.

Most likely those people are not descendants of prophet Yusuf. If they are they need to have a family tree to prove it. They are not Sayeds either.

It’s good to repeat the Shahada. We repeat it in prayer. However you should ignore these thoughts.

It is a sin to commit suicide. Islam will not say it’s halal because that would encourage many people to commit suicide. We believe that Allah is fair and will judge people with equality. If they are truly sick, and are not making proper decisions, Allah will only hold them accountable for what they know.

One should not look at anything inappropriate

1) If she has a health condition yes she can refuse. The husband should also respect that excuse just as he would like his health excuse to be accepted.

2) No

1) If it has scent it may invalidate the rule of not applying scent during Ihram. You have to use one that does not have a scent.

2) The kafara for using scent on purpose is slaughtering a sheep. Based on obligatory precaution according to sayed Sistani

Reading them is okay as long as they do not believe in the magic.

https://www.al-islam.org/maqtal-al-husayn-sayyid-abd-al-razzaq-al-muqarram

1) 2 times, it’s better 3 times for qaleel water

2) If the one is attached to kur, one spray is sufficient.
There is no need to use hands to wipe unless the najasat is visible

I recommend reciting some of the duas in Saheefa Sajadiya.

Yes you can. Investing in the bank itself is not forbidden. Even taking a loan from a non/Muslim bank is allowed.

If you feel that it makes you turn away from the spirit of remembrance of Imam Hussayn you should avoid it. The purpose of Latmiya is not for entertainment but to be inspired and to lament the martyrdom of Imam Hussayn.

The other meaning is Strike from them, meaning show your objection just as workers go on a strike. Another meaning is walk away, ضرب في الارض means travel in the land.

A husband is supposed to treat his wife with respect, care and love. However based on the meaning of hitting, those who choose that meaning say that it must be gentle where it is not intended to cause hurt or pain but it is intended to send a message. This is also only for the wife that is being disobedient and not providing the right of the man.

If the man does not provide the right of the lady, she can object to the jurist who will discipline and reprimand the husband.

It seems this is allowed as the alcohol is a byproduct of the fermentation. According to our scholars if it is a very small percentage and it is not meant for intoxication it is allowed to be used. If it’s a preservative and it is very little there is no problem.

My advice to you is to prove to him asking Prophet Muhammad is okay. Once you do that then move on to Imam Ali. Use this verse Nisa 64

وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ جَاءُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا (64)

Also, the fact that Allah tells us to pray in the Maqam of Ibrahim

Both are recommended. In doing Umra, you visit RasulAllah which is the greatest ziyara

If his wife is happy and he has an agreement with his wife that is okay.

1) If you have extra money left over after one year or on the day your Khums date passes you have to pay Khums on it. If it’s apart of the expenses then you spend it on the expenses. Khums is just on the surplus, that includes student financing money. My advice is that if it is surplus return it to the institution that gave you the money.

2) If you start working yes you pay for all that is extra

3) If you are in debt you can’t go to hajj according to Sayed Sistani

Refer to this for more explanation

https://www.sistani.org/english/book/48/2285/

Write it down on a note where your food is.

A hypocrite is someone who deep inside does not believe in faith and just shows to others that they believe.

If that’s the case you need to see why you don’t believe.

You wipe all of it. However just the outer layer of the beard needs to be washed.

The difference between God and Imam Ali is that God is God and Imam Ali is the slave and servant of God. One is the worshipped the other is the worshipper.

Imam Ali is called that because he is the leader after the prophet. He is the leader of all.

1) Wali is the religious guardian.

2) They care for the well-being of the child. For a girl the father also oversees her marriage.

3) She can for the first few years if a child’s life.

Check this

https://www.al-islam.org/revolution-imam-al-husayn-shaykh-muhammad-mahdi-shams-ad-din-al-amili/rites-remembrance-al-husayn#ii-public-rites-remembrance-al-husayn

No it’s not from an actual ziyara.

I recommend salaat alayl. Wake up just to pray to God. If you do that you will rebuild the spirituality.

There are several reasons:

1- We have shortcomings with God.
2- We are not asking correctly
3- We are asking for the wrong thing.
4- Our dua is accepted, just not at the time we want.

No.

Khalid Ibn alWaleed was a man who waged wars against the Prophet, then he converted to Islam.

He was named sword of Allah by Abu Bakr. In the Shia opinion, he carried out crimes and killed Muslims like Malik Ibn Nuwayra.

If you are praying in your house and there is no stranger man, your body just has to be covered with the exception of your face and hands. The top can be above your knees, and the hijab can just be only up to the neck, as long as the shirt is covering your body.

If you are in public then the garment must be loose and not revealing and preferably up to the knees.

You can pray with long nails. It is important to keep clean always regardless of prayer or not.

He would have to let his future wife know before getting married. He can also seek medication which may increase testosterone levels.

No one really knows exactly how he died. There are different opinions. Some say hunting accident, others he died drunk in his sleep

Probably al-Wildan al Mukhaladoon

While other obligations can be excused at times, there is no valid excuse to miss prayer. If you can’t pray standing you can sit, if you can’t sit you lay down.

Prayer is the most important obligation we have as Muslims and should never be missed.

Imam Ali was about 25 years old. Lady Fatima was around 10 years old The marriage of Imam Ali and Lady Fatima took place in the second year after Hijra

If you believe that you can change their mind then you can talk to them
politely by showing them the manners of Ahlulbayt. If you think they will not listen to you then it’s best to ignore them.

If they attacked you personally yes God will reward you for your patience.

Repent to Allah and don’t believe that any of that has an impact on your life.

Yes it’s halal and conditions are similar to chicken

We don’t always know the exact reason behind each rule. Allah knows best. However perhaps it is to differentiate the looks between men and women and keep the men looking masculine.

Yes.

You have to treat them as non-mahram, means you have to practice laws of hijab with them.

You can do ghusl while showering regularly with soap. However you just not forget the order of the ghusl. You have to remove any najasa while you are washing that part of the body.

1) Yes expiation is required since you are a Muslim and laws of Islam apply.

2) Try to estimate how many days you missed. You have to make up the days you missed and feed 60 poor people for each day missed on purpose without an excuse.

3) For the kafara most likely they have to be Muslim.

4) You can’t mix kafaras, but you can pay to feed people in poor countries where it is fairly cheaper.

1) Before noon time. You can make intention for all at once or for each one.

2) No. The Quranic verses must be recited in Arabic. The Dua can be done in English.

3) Yes it’s permissible to hold your phone.

4) No

You just believe in the Ahlulbayt and follow their teachings.

If you don’t see anything najis you can consider it pure. The idol itself is not najis unless there is najasa on it

Those narrations are understood to imply that it is makrooh (disliked) since there are narrations that allow it. So when we have a narration that allows and another that speak bad of it, we understand that it is makrooh.

https://www.al-islam.org/new-perspective-women-islam-fatma-saleh-sayyid-moustafa-al-qazwini

Different scholars have different views on this issue.

Sahar time is seconds before Fajr.

Fajr is the horizontal light that emerges out of the darkness. Before that is a vertical light which is called the False Fajr.

Zuhr is when the shadow of the sun disappears when you have a stick. Sometimes it may not totally disappear depending on where you are, however it is the moment it reaches its lowest and starts growing after.

Asr is about 4 minutes after Zuhr time. The first 4 minutes are dedicated for Zuhr only.

Maghrib is when the redness in the eastern horizon disappears.

Ishaa is about 3 minutes after maghrib. The first 3 minutes are exclusively for maghrib.

Ishaa prayer becomes Qazaa with midnight, which is the point between sunrise and sunset.

The midnight according to sayed Sistani is between fajr and sunset

While sayed Khoie says it is between sunrise and sunset

1) Scholars divide the Usul al Din into 2 categories. There is one category that Islam relies upon, that is Towhid, Prophethood and belief in Judgement day. The other 2 beliefs (Adela, and Imamate) are Usul al Din of the Shia. It means a person with complete faith beliefs in those, however not believing in the latter two does not make someone not a Muslim.

However we have many hadith from the Imams of the Ahlulbayt that discuss the importance of the position of Imamate. The Imam is the one who guides to Allah.

Zurara narrates from Imam al Baqir that Islam was built upon 5
عَنْ زُرَارَةَ ، عَنْ الإمام محمد بن علي الباقر ( عليه السلام ) أنهُ قَالَ : " بُنِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ عَلَى خَمْسَةِ أَشْيَاءَ : عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، وَ الزَّكَاةِ ، وَ الْحَجِّ ، وَ الصَّوْمِ ، وَ الْوَلَايَةِ " .
قَالَ زُرَارَةُ فَقُلْتُ : وَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ ؟
فَقَالَ : " الْوَلَايَةُ أَفْضَلُ ، لِأَنَّهَا مِفْتَاحُهُنَّ ، وَ الْوَالِي هُوَ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَيْهِنَّ

ما نودي بشيئ كما نودي بالولاية

The Imam says Islam was built upon 5, salaat, zakaat, hajj, sawm, and Wilaya. Then the Imam says the wilaya is the most important because the Imam guides people to all of the other acts of worship.

Furthermore the faith was complete on the day of Ghadeer after the appointment of Imam Ali.

2) We don’t really know that the world would have ended. Perhaps the Imams would have lived longer lives like Noah. Things happen for a reason, however the fact that life continues should not justify the disobedience of God.

He has to be patient with his parents. The Quran keeps instructing believers to care for and respect parents. Even if it’s difficult he must be patient with his parents.

You have to focus on consistency and try to understand your faith more. Know the purpose behind worship and try to do the duas after each prayer.

1) If sushi does not have alcohol in it or anything else that is haraam it is permissible to consume.

2) It’s not haraam. Unless it causes harm to a person and that has not been proven.

No you should just repent and not repeat that. Also, you do not need to tell her.

Yes it is.

There is no age where it becomes haraam to breastfeed the child, however it is recommended to stop at 2 years. If a child goes on further than 2 years it is allowed.
The verse in Quran says mothers suckle for 2 years

Any dua is allowed during Qunut.

Yes.

Many of Bani Hashim did not attend karbala. They had their own excuses, some tried to tell Imam Hussayn not to go. Ibn Abbas is accepted as a righteous companion.

Everything is planned by God nothing is a coincidence. God chose for us to be in this realm

The actual event of Kisa is agreed upon by all Muslims, as it is narrated through Sunni chains as well. The wording of the hadith that we recite now may be questioned (not saying it's weak), however since the context is agreed upon we read it and there is no problem with it.

Many duas have not so strong narration. Many of the sermons of Imam Ali. However our scholars say that we are certain these are from the Infallible Imams for various reasons and therefore they are accepted.

Perhaps the reason why Ashab al-Fil were destroyed was because they had a personal problem with the Kaba, while in the other cases Kaba was destroyed was an accident and not a purposeful intent to destroy the Kaba itself.

Help them for the sake of Allah to the best of your capabilities

I have seen some scholars wear yellow shoes in the Hawza.

We know for a fact that colors do have an impact on our moods and the energy we give off. Perhaps the Imam is trying to tell the companion to not wear black and instead wear yellow because it is a bright color which would improve the mood. I believe that if we can implement some if these orders, it wouldn’t hurt to do so.

Yes some scholars have allowed preemptive attack if it will save the Muslims or the oppressed. Sayed Khoie, Sayed Khomenie have allowed it. Even Sayed Sistani allowed the fighting of ISIS in Iraq.

If they are monotheists and believe in God, then a person can ask God to forgive his parents. If they are idol worshippers no.

Keep yourself occupied with something else that is good.

1) Their are several theories about the Dajjal. Some say it is a person others say it is a system. Either way we have to focus on building our faith so that we can protect ourselves and our faith from the Dajjal.

2) The Dajjal system will make its way in Mecca and Madina as well. There won’t be a location that is secure from the Dajjal.

3) If refusing the covid vaccine will cause harm and anger to your parents then yes it becomes haraam to not take it. Furthermore it is the wise thing to do as the grand scholars are asking people to take it.

As long as you are not interfering with your office work it is okay.

Islam is regarded as a message that completed Judaism and Christianity. That is why it comes last. It is the final update.

All of the prophets who were sent by God had the same message, since the source was one.

Islam is a continuation of Judaism and Christianity because it builds upon what was already taught by the previous prophets. The Previous prophets told their people that there will be a prophet who will come at the end of times and he will complete the faith, referring to RasulAllah. This is why several tribes of Jews and Christians settled Arabia to anticipate the new prophet. When he came many accepted him and many rejected out of arrogance.

We follow the way the Prophet told us to. Our scholars are not making this up on their own. All Muslim scholars agree that the Islamic calendar is a Lunar calendar.

There is a famous hadith of the Prophet- Fast when you sight the hilal and break the fast when you sight the hilal.

وعن سعد ، عن العباس بن موسى ، عن يونس بن عبدالرحمن ، عن أبي أيوب ابراهيم بن عثمان الخراز ، عن أبي عبدالله ( عليه السلام ) قال : قلت له : كم يجزي في رؤية الهلال ؟ فقال : إنّ شهر رمضان فريضة من فرائض الله فلا تؤدوا بالتظنّي ، وليس رؤية الهلال أن يقوم عدة فيقول واحد : قد رأيته ، ويقول الآخرون : لم نره ، إذا رآه واحد رآه مائة ، وإذا رآه مائة رآه ألف ، ولا يجزي في رؤية الهلال إذا لم يكن في السماء علة أقل من شهادة خمسين ، وإذا كانت في السماء علة قبلت شهادة رجلين يدخلان ويخرجان من مصر .
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The Quran states that the months are 12

إِنَّ عِدَّةَ الشُّهُورِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ اثْنا عَشَرَ شَهْراً فِي كِتابِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ مِنْها أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ ذلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ فَلا تَظْلِمُوا فِيهِنَّ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَ قاتِلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَافَّةً كَما يُقاتِلُونَكُمْ كَافَّةً وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الْمُتَّقِينَ

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هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِياءً وَ الْقَمَرَ نُوراً وَ قَدَّرَهُ مَنازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّنِينَ وَ الْحِسابَ ما خَلَقَ اللَّهُ ذلِكَ إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ يُفَصِّلُ الْآياتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

He is the One who has made the sun a glow, and the moon a light, and determined for it stages, so that you may learn the number of the years, and the calculation (of time). Allah has not created all this but for a rightful purpose. He elaborates the signs for a people who understand.

Allah does talk about the sun however the Quran also talks about the moon. The verse says it’s through the moon you can calculate time.

The Earth revolves around the sun and it takes one full year. It’s easier to keep track of the months using the moon rather than the sun because that’s a much longer circle.

So it is actually more difficult to rely on the sun alone. Furthermore even the solar calendar has leap years and some months are 29 days others are 30 or 31

We have an easy system where a month is either 29 or 30 days.

As for the solar calendar making it difficult to fast, scholars say if someone is in extreme difficulty they can break their fast, they can also travel. People have been fasting for 1400 years, it hasn’t been that big of a probleM.

Sometimes the Imams would have to practice Taqiya, in order to preserve the order and preserve their life. Imam Ali would go to the masjid and pray behind the others sometimes for those reasons.

Imam Ali was saddened that Zubair was killed. However Zubair did not truly repent. He just left the battlefield. If he had repented he would have joined the side of Imam Ali.

1) A virgin needs her father's permission or her grandfather (father's father). Those are the two that can give permission for marriage.

It is not necessary to go to a shaikh for the marriage contract, it can be done by the man and woman.

2) Protesting is not haraam. It can even be obligatory at times as enjoining the good and forbidding the evil is an obligatory act upon all Muslims.

If you give it to her Khums does not apply until she is a baligh. If you decide to keep it, You don’t need to pay the Khums if the difference is a few days from the Khums date. You cannot save it for years.

Here is the ruling from Sayed Khamenei

Q 882: Does khums apply to the money saved gradually intending to buy a house or other life necessities?
A: If, according to the financial status of the person, buying their life necessities depends on saving annual earnings and they decide to spend these savings to purchase such things within several days, then such savings are not subject to khums.

It is permissible to wear it on the index finger.

There is a hadith which Imam Sadiq says it’s makrooh to wear the ring in the pointer finger and the middle finger because it was the action of the people of Lott. Meaning it’s the acts of homosexuals.

Another hadith says don’t leave the ring finger without a ring.

فقد روي عن الصادق (عليه السلام) قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): أنهى أمتي عن التختم في السبابة والوسطى.

وروي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) أنه قال: يا علي لا تختم في السبابة والوسطى فإنه كان يتختم قوم لوط فيهما، ولا تعر الخنصر.

ومعنى لا تعر الخنصر : يعني لا تترك الخنصر عارياً بدون خاتم، يعني أمر محبب عند أهل البيت (عليهم السلام) التختم بالخنصر.

المصدر: وسائل الشيعة (آل البيت) - الحر العاملي - ج ٥ - الصفحة ٩٧

As long as you try your best to clear your conscious you should be okay. This is why it’s important to do istighfar everyday and ask Allah to forgive you for everything.

Seeking knowledge in itself is a form
Of worship. My advice is to focus, be dedicated in what you do and Inshallah the blessings will come from God.

As for prayer, try to be in the state of wudhu so when it is prayer time you can pray quickly. If it is at the masjid that’s good, otherwise try to pray in an empty classroom or some corner in the school.

It is not wrong to want things. You just have to control what you want, try to be moderate in what you have and not waste too much. Too much attachment to this dunya brings us away from God, however that doesn’t mean we can’t be comfortable and enjoy the worldly blessings. One thing I do is if I buy something new, I give away something else. For example if you buy a shirt, give away an older shirt. That will make you always do something good.

If it doesn’t cause fitna between them there is no problem

لا اله الا انت سبحانك اني كنت من الظالمين

Follow the ways of Imam Ali and the Imams of Ahlulbayt.

Recite ziyarat Ashura everyday, Inshallah you will have the opportunity to visit in person.

Keeping your self clean and maintaining yourself is okay. It’s haraam for a man to make himself look like women.

The blue evil eye has no Islamic significance. It’s okay to have it as long as you don’t believe that it will change your life. It is God only that has an impact on your life. You can seek protection from God through dua.

1) Surah Anaam: 21 - The slaughtering must be from a Muslim and the name of God must be mentioned over the slaughter

2) That is okay from non Muslims. Just the meat must be slaughtered correctly by Muslims.

3) If they are idol worshippers they are considered najis, and if they touch the food while it is wet then it becomes najis as well. However if you did not see them touch the food or if they touched it with a spoon then you can consider it pure.

4) If it’s non-meat food yes you can. For meat it must be halal and from a Muslim.

You have to purify it. Wash it with water. You don’t need to remove all of the old charcoal. As long as you spray it with water. If you have reason to believe that the charcoal is najis you should remove it.

This hadith is not talking about materialistic belongings as the Quran is clear that they do leave behind material inheritance. This hadith is talking about the prophets not focusing on wealth but rather focusing on educating others.

Even if you use detergent, the process of washing machines is that first they wash with the detergent then they rinse away the detergent and the last few cycles are only water. In the last cycles the clothes and the full inside of the washing machine gets purified.

If a man teaches a lady the Quran or a sura in the Quran that can be counted as Mahr. The Mahr has to have a monetary value according to the Urf, (the common understanding of people). If the thawab of a sura has monetary value it is accepted. If it doesn’t then he has to give her another dowry of an average Mahr

No. Her real father and her fathers' father have wilaya only.

The duties of the wife towards her husband are
1- The right to intimacy
2- Not leaving the house without his permission (unless there is a legitimate excuse)
3- Not bringing anyone in the house without his permission
4- Not taking anything out of the house without his permission.

She does not have a duty to the in laws.

As for the kids, she has to care for them until they are 2. She is also the first teacher. She also is not responsible for feeding the kids, it is the husbands responsibility.

Also if she chooses to use birth control, she has the right to do so.

1) Scholars say that Imam Hussayn told his sister that because he did not want her to lament at the moment of his martyrdom. He wanted Sayeda Zainab to show strength so the enemies would not deem the Ahlulbayt as weak and humiliate them.

However after Ashura, there is no problem with mourning. We have many traditions that encourage people mourn Imam Hussayn.

2) All of the Imams did. We have several hadith that the Prophet lamented in sunni books.
Ahmad Ibn Hanbal narrates the hadith of Um Salamah.

As for the Imams, we have multiple hadith of Imam Sadiq, Imam Rida with Dibil al-Khuzai.

https://www.al-islam.org/revolution-imam-al-husayn-shaykh-muhammad-mahdi-shams-ad-din-al-amili/rites-remembrance-al-husayn#ii-public-rites-remembrance-al-husayn

This book is a good source

1) You have to try to find good friends that leave a positive impression on you. Even if it’s one friend that is better than many bad friends.

2) Secrets of Divine Love By A. Helwa

Yes there is no problem with that.

The Imam will resort to an Islamic system of governance, which is neither capitalism nor socialism. The Imam will end the world of poverty, while people will have abundance access to resources. The hadith states that people will not be interested in money as the Imam will reveal resources on earth which will make everyone live comfortably. This has not happened with capitalism, socialism, communism or any other system out there.

If you can be rest assured that it is coming from a Muslim source and the Muslim source gives the certificate that it is halal you can eat from it. The general rule is that as long as a Muslim informs you it is halal you can take their word. If you have reason to believe that they are untruthful then you should be careful.

Yes the evil eye does exist. The Prophet used to protect Imam Hassan and Imam Hussayn by reciting Surah Falaq and Naas. Chili and eggs don’t protect from evil eye, God protects through dua and Quran and sadaqa. Ayatul Kursi is good.

The son, whether oldest or youngest doesn’t matter, must fulfill the needs of the parents and be there for them. He does not need to live with them, however he needs to make sure the needs are met.

If the makeup was thick enough to block the water from reaching your face, yes you need to make up the ghusl.

Yes as long as you don’t make it sound like you are singing

If you prayed correctly you do not have to make it up.

Our scholars say it is precaution to wait until the redness in the East has disappeared. That is about 15 minutes after sunset. If you see that it has disappeared then you can pray at that time.

There are many factors, however we believe that God tests the souls before they are born. The souls that show Iman end up being people with Iman.

This goes back to the topic of predestination or freewill. As Shias we believe that we were neither predestined nor do we have total free will.

There are some narrations referred to as حديث الطينة , the narrations of the soil which indicate that because God knew what kind of decisions we would make in the future (since Gods knowledge is not limited by time), He placed us in the category that we belong. That means if God knew I would be a Muslim he made me a Muslim. If he knew someone who reject it then He made this person far from it.

Before the creation took place the souls existed and each soul showed its own potential, some souls were pure others were not.

I don’t know if an English source on this, there are Arabic sources that discuss it under the topic of حديث الطينة

They guide us to worship Allah. We should think of God and they are the servants of God.

Lying is always forbidden and highly discouraged as it can mislead a company to hire the wrong individual.

However the income would be considered halal if the company did hire and one was performing the job correctly.

It is narrated from Imam Baqir that you should wipe your hand on your head and say the above dua 7 times.

أعوذُ بالله الَّذي سَكَنَ لَهُ مافي البَرِّ وَ البَحْرِ وَ ما في السَّماواتِ وَ الارْضِ وَ هوَ السَّميعُ العَليمُ.

Say astaghfurallah and not do it again. Repentance is about feeling guilt and not doing the same act again

Self accountability is the best way to control actions.

Many people who have no control of their desires do so because they don’t regard what they are doing as wrong and they don’t keep track of the sins. If a person begins to hold themselves accountable things would be very different.

Furthermore, remembrance of Allah during times of desire is also important. It will bring you away from the sins.

By seeking knowledge about faith, meditation through salaat al-Layl, and forgiving others

After ziyara of the Imams you can pray a 2 Raka prayer and gifting the reward to them.

Yes it’s allowed.

1) If you are not in wudhu you should not touch the Quranic verses. If it is hidden in the ring or in a place that you cannot touch easily it is okay to wear.

2) We have some hadith that says stones do have an impact the best of which is probably Aqeeq.

3) Hadeed is also good.

I have not seen that as he was a child and the Imam during that time was his father. Out of respect for his father he does not say anything.

Yes he is praised by Imam Sadiq. He revolted against the Umayyads and he was killed. Imam Sadiq says if he was successful he would have stayed with the Ahlulbayt and he was not calling people to follow him as opposed to the Ahlulbayt.

That does not invalidate the wudhu. The face has already been washed and a part of the head just needs to be wiped. There is no issue with that.

You don’t need to step aside and go back in. You make the intention and begin washing your head even if it’s wet.

You can move out. You have to just make sure your mom is pleased with you by visiting her and staying connected with her even if you are not living with her.

If you did not say Wallah you will read it for 40 days you do not need to continue the reading as it is not Wajib. It was just a promise you made and it’s ok to break it as long as not bringing the name of God. It is recommended to complete the 40, even if you missed a day you can continue until you reach 40. Or you can read it twice in one day to catch up.

الجواب المفصل في هذا الرابط

https://www.islam4u.com/ar/shobahat/الفرق-بين-سبح-لله-،-ويسبح-لله

You would have to suction the najis water, or remove it with a towel. It can be squeezed out, suctioned out with a machine or absorbed into a cloth. Then the next time you pour Qalil water it becomes pure

We have two proofs.

1) One is through hadith, which there are several from the imams of Ahlulbayt.

2) There is also a logical argument which is if the prophet forgets then he would forget the Quran or other things. It would not make sense for God who is perfect to send someone who either sins or forgets and makes mistakes. If a teacher forgets and makes mistakes several times the students will also make mistakes.

The lashes are not up to people to decide. Whether this hadith is sahih or not, this applies to the Islamic jurist. It does not apply to normal people. Even if someone knows they said something like that, they should not try to apply this hadith to their lives. They can just say istighfar and not do it again.

She signaled to them that she is fasting through hand gestures. This was a common fast that was done before Islam. Zakariya also did it after God informed him he will have a child.

No it not a sin unless someone acts upon it.

Do istighfar as much as you can. Pray salaat alayl.

Riba is forbidden however there are ways to make the transactions by avoiding the haraam riba. There are ways to make it halal.

A) If you are taking a loan from the bank because you don’t have money for education or to buy a house there is no problem if it’s not from a Muslim owned bank.

You can consider the money you take as a gift given to you and the interest you pay is the transaction fee.

B) Or you can consider the money you take yours as it is given to you by a non-Muslim. Then in order to keep the house or whatever you are getting with the money you have to pay the mortgage.

C) You can also consider the money you are receiving as money going directly to the house. If you buy a house they don’t give you the money. They give it to the house seller. Then you just make payments to the bank as if you are a renter.Then you just make payments to the bank as if you are a renter.

There is a shorter ziyarat. You can read that one and you can find it in the books of dua. It’s called Ziyara Ashura the shorter version. Also you do not have to recite all 100 salaams and La3n if you didn’t have time. Do what you can

In the past it was the norm to grow hair longer. The prophet and Imams did also have that however they maintained it clean and tidy. When they perform the hajj they would shave it all off as it is Wajib for first timers and highly recommended for pilgrims after the first time.

There are certain things that were performed in the past because they were socially acceptable for men. Today they may give off a different impression. For example the long hair or the eye kohl which men used to practice. Today this may be regarded as imitating women. If that is the case then it becomes haraam and unacceptable. If the intention is purely to follow the Sunna of the prophet and there is no attempt to look like or imitate individuals whose values are against Islam then it is okay.

Wth istighfar and seeking nearness to God everything can be compensated. You just have to keep trying and not give up.

1) Yes women should also educate people as there is no problem with that.

2) Men can listen if the talk is appropriate and she is not changing her voice.