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A Sunni brother has performed Hajj and then converted to Shia. Considering that he has not done Tawaf al-Nisa, what is his duty? Is his child illegitimate by birth?

8283 2013/12/19 طواف نساء

1. Some jurisprudents have not mentioned any special obligation or duty for the pilgrim who has performed hajj but some jurisprudents are of the view that the farewell circumambulation ( tawaf al-weda
If a man and a woman have illicit sexual relationship and after sometimes they marry each other and have a child after legal marriage contract, is the child legitimate or illegitimate by birth?

10733 2013/01/20 Laws and Jurisprudence

1. Assuming that their sexual relationship had been illegal according to Shari ah law and that the woman had conceived before legal marriage, the child is illegitimate by birth. However, the child is
How can a person, who comes to know later in his life that he had been an orphanage child, know that he is legitimate by birth? What is the Islamic law about his inheritance, parental relationship and mahramiyah?

5837 2012/07/07 Laws and Jurisprudence

The only answer we have received for your message, which we had forwarded to the offices of the grand religious authorities, is the following: Office of Grand Ayatollah Khamenei ( may Allah grant hi

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