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Can you please explain the criteria for distinguishing between haram and halal music?
8697 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/11/21This question doesn’t have a brief answer. Please click on the detailed answer. ...
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If kurr water is poured on a najis hand, and some of this water splashes off, what is the ruling of such splashed water?
7647 Laws and Jurisprudence 2011/05/22According to the view of all the maraje’, in the case of kurr water coming in contact with a najis substance, or something that has become najis because of coming in contact with a najis substance, it won't become najis, given that the splashed water doesn’t contain any ...
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Is the marriage of a virgin without her father’s permission valid? In the case of her doing such and now wants a divorce, what should she do?
9480 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/05/26This question doesn’t have a brief answer. Please click on the detailed answer. ...
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Is there any hope for revoking capital punishment and prohibiting corporal punishment within Iran?
7056 Laws and Jurisprudence 2009/12/28The legal source of capital punishment and other forms of punishment is derived from the Quran and hadith (narrations from the Infallibles). For this reason, it is not possible to completely revoke that which has been instated there. Milder punishments may be enacted in cases such as qisas ...
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Can one take narcotics during the holy month of Ramadan to be able to wake at dawn?
6582 مواد مخدر 2012/04/171. Generally speaking, anything that has a considerable harm for the body is haram to consume.[1] Considering the substantial individual and societal harms of drugs, they are haram.[2] Therefore, you shouldn’t be using such things, although they ...
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Is it permissible for a woman to dance in a wedding?
7417 Laws and Jurisprudence 2011/10/04There is no doubt that it is forbidden for a woman to dance for men.[1] As for a woman's dancing for women in parties or weddings which are not likely to be frequented by men, the opinions of the grand jurists are as ...
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I lack spiritual presence in my prayers, what should I do to change this?
7058 Practical 2010/04/20Prayer consists of physical and spiritual aspects. Like the physical aspect, the spiritual aspect is also characterized by a series of conditions and disciplines.Therefore, in the same way certain conditions define the proper physical aspect of prayer (such as purity of one’s clothes, facing qiblah, and being ...
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What is the meaning of Labbayk?
16257 Laws and Jurisprudence 2012/05/21Labbayk means to answer in the affirmative, to agree with and accept an invitation[1], an acceptance accompanied with honor, respect and praise. This term was originally "Labbayna" plus "Lak", and turned to "Labbayk" through combining the two words into one (Idghaam).[2] ...
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If a person can conduct a research into some practical religious issues, can he act upon his own method in religious laws?
7215 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/12/02Here are two points that need to be taken into consideration as a brief answer to your question:1) The science of jurisprudence (ilm al-fiqh), like all other vast sciences, has a number ...
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What are the outcomes and consequent rulings of liwat?
11976 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/12/21The ugly act of liwat is one of the greatest sins which the Quran introduces as the sin the people of Prophet Lut (pbuh) that brought about their punishment and annihilation from God.[1] This sin entails two types of outcomes; one is taklifi (has to ...
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How is Prophet Adam’s (A.S.) creation (about 5,764 years ago) make sense when fossils found from human beings are almost 25 million years old?
140923 Exegesis 2012/01/15There is no inconsistence between these two. If we have heard that Prophet Adam has been created six to seven thousand years ago, this might refer to a different and new generation of human beings which started with Prophet Adam (A.S.) and might ...
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Is lobster, clam, oyster and octopus halal?
107063 Laws and Jurisprudence 2012/02/18Eating lobster, clam, oyster and octopus is haram. According to religious resources regarding halal and haram meat, there are general rulings and numerous standards; for instance, a set of rulings has been given for land animals, sea creatures, birds and so on.The condition for halal meat sea ...
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Why are shrimps halal and crabs haram? What makes one of them halal and the other halal despite the fact that both of them are from the same category?
104494 Philosophy of Religion and Law 2012/03/18Although all Islamic laws are a result of the benefits or disadvantages and harms that back them, and there is a particular reason behind each and every one of them, discovering the exact reason in detail for every one of them is extremely difficult. The most we ...
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What is meant by Sidratul-Muntaha that the Quran has mentioned?
100468 Exegesis 2010/04/07This question doesn’t have a brief answer. Please click on the detailed answer. ...
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Is there any problem in sweeping and cleaning one”s house at night?
97606 Hadith 2015/06/071. Having conducted a research into Hadith (scriptural) sources, we found out that the narrations about cleaning, dusting and sweeping a house are absolute and unrestricted in the sense that they include both day and night. There is nothing to indicate that dusting and cleaning are forbidden ...
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Can a Sunni girl get married to a Shia man and why? Please list the reasons.
97563 Philosophy of Religion and Law 2009/04/20The popular viewpoint amongst Shia scholars and jurisprudents is that a Shia man can get married to a Sunni woman, but there is a difference of opinion regarding the marriage of a Sunni man with a Shia woman; most scholars see it as impermissible.The reasons behind the first ...
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What is the definition of "Muslim" according to the Quran?
86978 Exegesis 2010/04/06According to the Quran a Muslim is one who has absolutely surrendered to Allah and his commands and believes in pure Tawhid (the oneness of God) that isn't tainted with any Shirk and this is why the Almighty has introduced Prophet Abraham as a true ...
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Why hasn’t Imam Ali (a.s.) been mentioned in the Holy Quran?
86479 Exegesis 2008/05/11One should be aware that although the imam’s names, )especially Imam Ali’s(, haven’t been mentioned in the Quran, nevertheless, their names, )especially Imam Ali’s(, can be found in the Prophet’s sayings. One very good example is the hadith of Ghadir which is considered the official announcement of the appointment of ...
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Why do we the Shia pray at three times while the Quran tells us to pray at five times?
76794 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/08/14The reason the Shia perform their prayers in three times is the Quranic verses and traditions on the matter. Although the Quran has mentioned that prayer is wajib several times and hasn’t gone into the details, it has spoken of its times: “Maintain the prayer from the sun's ...
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Why do the Shia pray with open hands while the Sunnis pray with their hands closed? How would the holy prophet of Islam pray? Are there any hadiths on this subject?
60183 Laws and Jurisprudence 2008/12/21Because of the many hadiths they have regarding this matter, the Shia pray with open hands in order to have followed the tradition of the holy prophet (pbuh) and the imams (as). These hadiths express that the prophet (pbuh) and the imams (as) would pray with their hands open ...