Jurisprudence & Religious affairs
Gifting bank clerk by a customer
Some bank customers, due to certain current customs give the bank employees festive presents and think otherwise the employees would not perform their works in a proper way. What is the ruling in this matter?
The virtue of women’s offering prayer in the masjid
Is it more preferable for women to perform prayer in a masjid or at home?
Criterion of a ribā-based transaction
What are the boundaries of ribā-based transactions? And is it true that ribā is confined to loans?
A wound or a fracture in the wuḍū' organ
What is the duty of someone who has a wound or a fracture in one of his body parts involved in wuḍū’?
Khums on carpets and utensils
A set of dishes or carpet is not used for the entire year but it is needed for guests, is it liable for khums?
To wipe the head with one hand
A person broke his right arm and it is now in plaster, so he cannot wipe his head or right foot with it in wuḍū’. Can he wipe his head and right foot with his left hand? Or should he ask another person to do it for him?
Connecting with congregation through women
In congregation prayer, sometimes men are connected to the congregation via women, e.g. in the shrine of Imam Riḍā (a.) in Mashhad or in some Friday prayers, is it problematic?
An obstacle in the row of congregational prayer
If there is a gap – of one person – in the row of congregational prayer, is obstacle materialized so that the connection in the row is cut?
To forget the prostrations of inadvertence
Somone forgets to perform the two prostrations of inadvertence and starts the second prayer. What is his duty if he notices during the second prayer?
Blood in the clothes of a praying person after prayer
They are slaughtering an animal and a person passes by them. He guesses that some blood has been sprinkled on his clothes but he does not investigate. After prayer, he comes to know that the amount of blood is more than the exempted one. Is his prayer valid?
Not considering bismillah … as a verse in āyāt prayer
In āyāt prayer, is it enough to say "bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm" and bow for rukū‘ or should one recite another verse as well?
Manner of replying to others’ greetings when engaged in prayer
Assuming someone has greeted you whilst you are in prayer, ought one to reply in eloquent Arabic?
To put small wall between male/female rows
Can we use a partition between men and women in the rows of congregational prayer in a prayer room?
Compensation for prayer missed during anesthesia
If a doctor anesthetizes the patient by the latter's order, should the patient perform qaḍā’ of the missed prayer?
Doubt (more than 50 percent) regarding no. prostration / rukū‘
In the following issue, do you mean obligatory caution or mustaḥabb one? If one guesses (more than fifty percent) about the number of prostrations or rukū‘, he should – by caution perform prostration/rukū‘ again and say the prayer again as well.
Intentional negletion of prostrations of inadvertence
One does not perform the two prostrations of inadvertence intentionally?
Doubt in reaching imam’s rukū‘
If a person doubts whether he has joined the congregational prayer before the imam lifts his head from rukū‘, what will be his duty, then?
To turn away from qiblah after salām
What is the rule on turning the head to the right/left after saying the salām of the prayer? Is it mustaḥabb or not?
