Ayatollah Sistani (192)
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousCan I eat fish in a non-Muslim restaurant?
There are some conditions to eat fish in a non-Muslim restaurant that Ayatullah Sistani has pointed to them.
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousCan we give up fasting in a hot season of the year when the days are long?
If fasting prevents him from doing work as the sole source of earning of his livelihood i.e. it causes him weakness to the extent that he is unable to fast or causes excessive thirst, making…
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBreaking fast thinking it is not obligatory on you
If someone was certain that fasting is not obligatory on him, there is no kaffara on him nor is any fidya payable. However, Qadha is obligatory on him.
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Islamic laws:
It is permissible to deposit [money] in non-Muslim banks?
It is permissible to deposit [money] in non-Muslim (private or state-owned) banks? Even if to gain interest?
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousIs khums on depositing money obligatory?
Khums is payable on what has surpassed his annual needs, except in the case of a government employee in a Muslim state that deposits his salary into a state or private bank.
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousWhat is the duty of a person who has a lot of doubts in Wudu’, Prayer, Ghusl, etc.?
Some individuals experience significant doubt in their religious matters to the extent that it disrupts their lives, particularly their spiritual practices. What is the duty of such individuals…
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Islamic laws:
Religious'Iddah is not necessary if no sexual intercourse has taken place
A woman who took divorce from her husband (the wedding ceremony was not held) is not necessary to perform `Iddah.
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousThe need for two witnesses while divorce is recited
The presence of two just Mo'men (believer) male witnesses is required; without their presence the divorce would not be in order.
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NEWSGrand Ayat. Sistani’s Representative Supports Women’s Education
In an unprecedented move aimed at supporting female students, the representative of senior cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai, issued special orders for free…
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousChild Custody 2
A wife who neither obeys her husband nor fulfills her marital duties, does not deserve spousal maintenance from a shari’a point of view. But her mahr (dowry) and her right of custody of children…
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousDoing a job with a degree achieved through cheating
What is the law about someone who is doing a job with a degree he has achieved through cheating?
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousTo write a thesis on behalf of another person
If writing a thesis on behalf of another person is against the university's rules, this action and receiving money for it are problematic.
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousContraceptives - Birth Control
It is permissible for a woman to use Intrauterine Devices (IUD) and other birth control devices provided that they do not pose serious harm to the woman’s health and that the insertion of the…
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousCongregational prayer behind a Sunni Imam
It is permissible to offer prayer in Sunnis' congregational prayers.
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBlood seen in the yolk or the white part of the egg
The clot of blood inside the egg is pure, but it is Haram [Forbidden for consumption].
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBlood mixed with the saliva of mouth
The blood, which comes from inside the teeth, vanishes as it gets mixed with the saliva, the saliva is Tahir (pure), and it can go down the throat.
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBusiness 2
There is no problem in praying in places or offices about whose ownership we have no idea nor in using the water for wudhu as long as it is not known to have been usurped.
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBribery
If someone's duty is to do a job without getting money but he does not do it without receiving it, giving money to get something done is permissible but it is haram for the recipient to use the…
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBlack Magic 2
Magic in all its shapes and forms is forbidden [even that which is used to undo magic] unless the matter rests upon a greater benefit such as saving the life of a respected person.
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SCHOLARSSenior Cleric Opposed to Iraqi PMU’s Dissolution
Iraq’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is opposed to the dissolution of the country’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBlood Donation
There is no Ishkaal (objection) in transfusion of blood from Non-Muslim to Muslim.
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBlood money - (Diyyah) 2
In case the mother aborts the child, she must give the blood money (Diyyah) to the father or other heirs. And if the father carries out the abortion, the blood money (Diyyah) is obligatory on…
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBlood money - (Diyyah)
If a person hits another person on the face and his skin turns red, the blood money (Diyyah) is 1.5 Dinar and if he beats him on the body and his body turns red the blood money (Diyya) is half…
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBackbiting
To listen to someone who is backbiting is not Haram in it self, however the listener must act in accordance to enjoining the good (Amr bil Marouf) and forbidding the evil (Nahy anil Munkar).
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBurial of the Dead 3
There is no problem in placing the corpse in a coffin when burying him in the ground. However, the religious requirements of burial must be fulfilled.
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Islamic laws:
ReligiousBurial of the Dead 2
If the deceased has no heir or the heir is refusing to fulfill his duty or is not capable, it is obligatory, on the basis of kifã’i, upon other Muslims [to bury the deceased in an appropriate…