Saturday, 12 July 2025
Random questions
-
Can I use the money which I have in Turkish banks to purchase savings bonds and receive interest?
6756 Laws and Jurisprudence 2011/10/29Office of Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (may Allah grant him long life): There is no problem in conducting transactions which are permissible according to Shari'ah rules. However, interest-based transactions and taking interest from Islamic banks and financial institutes is not permissible except for when the assets ...
-
What is meant by justice as one of the fundamentals of faith?
5195 جبر یا اختیار و عدالت پروردگار 2017/01/21Justice has been discussed and debated in detail covering all its meanings. However, what has been very much a matter of controversy and heated debate is the difference between Imamiyah and Mu'atazilah on the one hand and Ash'arites on the other. Justice in the sense that each ...
-
What is the ruling on having a relation with a non-mahram girl?
11304 Laws and Jurisprudence 2011/10/02Any form of relationship before marriage, let it be speaking intimately, touching and caressing etc. is haram. If one speaks with a girl with the intention of seeking pleasure or if he fears that he might fall into a sin with her, it is not permissible for him ...
-
Whose saying is this: "Death is sweater to me than honey."
8044 تاريخ کلام 2011/01/10This saying is widely ascribed to Qasim son of Imam Hasan Mujtaba (a.s.). It is said that when his beloved uncle, Imam Hussein (a.s.) asked him "My child, my nephew, tell me, how do you regard death and what do you think about getting killed?" He promptly answered: ...
-
How can we keep the thought of death and the Day of Resurrection in our mind?
2912 تجسس 2021/03/30
-
What is the husband's duty when there is a disagreement between his mother and wife?
11150 Practical 2010/09/05Even though parents have a great status in Islam, but every member of the family, whether it is the mother, father or wife, has his/her own rights which should all be respected.If there is a contention between the parents and the wife, the husband should try his ...
-
Does looking after the rights of parents have priority over the rights of children, or vice versa?
2745 احکام فرزندان 2021/03/30
-
How can there be a religion that contains all of man’s needs for salvation?
8255 Modern 2008/10/12The first question that needs to be answered is: Is man truly always experiencing change in his life and is it true that every aspect of his life is usually going through alteration? Or can one say that behind man’s outer self and appearance which is always changing, ...
-
Is it believed by the Shia that the creation of Adam was carried out by the hands of Imam Ali (as)?
17312 Traditional 2010/06/21If some people believe that Imam Ali (as) independently created Prophet Adam (pbuh), it will be against the Quran and considered shirk. Not to mention that the creation of Adam by the physical body (hands) of Imam Ali (as) doesn’t comply with existing realities, because ...
-
Are there any Sunni sources that have spoken of the alteration of the Quran?
11896 Quranic Studies 2009/04/20Many hadiths can be found in Sunni references [some of those references being the Sihah Sittah, which are the most authentic books of the Sunni school of thought] that say some verses of the Quran have been omitted, namely the verse of stoning. Nevertheless, although these hadiths exist ...
Popular
-
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?
156599 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 ...
-
Is lobster, clam, oyster and octopus halal?
111667 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 ...
-
What is meant by Sidratul-Muntaha that the Quran has mentioned?
110712 Exegesis 2010/04/07This question doesn’t have a brief answer. Please click on the detailed answer. ...
-
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?
110038 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 ...
-
Is there any problem in sweeping and cleaning one”s house at night?
109912 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 ...
-
Can a Sunni girl get married to a Shia man and why? Please list the reasons.
104709 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 ...
-
What is the definition of "Muslim" according to the Quran?
91922 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 ...
-
Why hasn’t Imam Ali (a.s.) been mentioned in the Holy Quran?
90242 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 ...
-
Why do we the Shia pray at three times while the Quran tells us to pray at five times?
82467 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 ...
-
What is the way of preventing Ehtelam (having wet dream) during sleep?
68557 Laws and Jurisprudence 2015/01/05According to Islamic teachings and experience of others, for decreasing concupiscence and preventing Jinabat, please refer to the following recommendations: 1. Avoid dreaming and try to make yourself busy with good things such as reading books (non-sexual ones), heavy exercise, etc. Moreover, remember that idleness can lead ...