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Q 780: A person breaks his fast by masturbation, ḥarām sexual intercourse, or taking ḥarām food/drink. What is the ruling?A: In the given case, he should fast for sixty days or feed sixty poor persons. It is a mustaḥabb caution to do both.Q 781: S...

Q 780: A person breaks his fast by masturbation, h...

Q 741: A pregnant woman does not know whether fasting will harm the baby or not. Does she have to fast?A: If she has reasonable grounds to fear that fasting would harm her baby, then, it is not obligatory for her to fast, otherwise she must fast.Q 74...

Q 741: A pregnant woman does not know whether fast...

Q 768: If one remains junub (because of some difficulty) until the morning adhān, can he/she fast the following day? A: There is no problem if one is performing a fast other than that of Ramadan or its qaḍā’. However, while performing Ramadan fast, ...

Q 768: If one remains junub (because of some diffi...

Q 713: Should nāfilah prayers be recited loudly or quietly?A: It is mustaḥabb to perform the daytime nāfilahs quietly and the nightly ones loudly.Q 714: Is it permissible to perform night prayers as follows: two four-rak‘ah prayers instead of four t...

Q 713: Should nāfilah prayers be recited loudly or...

Q 705: I am unable to perform prayer. May someone else pray on my behalf? Is there any difference between taking a representative for a wage and without it?A: According to Islamic law, it is obligatory for every living mukallaf themselves to perform ...

Q 705: I am unable to perform prayer. May someone ...

Q 703: What is your opinion concerning large cities with respect to the conditions of the intention of making them a watan or of staying there for ten days?A: There is no difference between a large city and an ordinary one in respect of the traveler’...

Q 703: What is your opinion concerning large citie...

Q 700: Should the wife follow her husband with respect to watan and ten-day stay? A: Matrimony alone does not make the wife follow her husband involuntarily. Therefore, the wife may choose not to follow the husband with respect to the adoption of wat...

Q 700: Should the wife follow her husband with res...

Q 678: My birthplace is Tehran but my parents are originally from the city of Mahdishahr. They usually travel to Mahdishahr several times a year, and I go with them. As I do not intend to return to my parents’ town to live there, but have decided to ...

Q 678: My birthplace is Tehran but my parents are ...

Q 675: If one knows that they will be engaged in sinful and ḥarām conduct during the journey they are about to make, will their prayer be full or shortened?A: If their journey is not for the sake of neglecting an obligatory act or committing ḥarām,...

Q 675: If one knows that they will be engaged in s...

Q 671: In Germany and some other European countries, the distance between some cities (that is, the distance between the exit sign board of one city and the entry sign board of the other) is not even a hundred meters, and the houses and streets of th...

Q 671: In Germany and some other European countrie...

Q 653: I work in a place which is less than the shar‘ī distance from the nearby city. Since none of the two places is my watan, I make the intent to stay ten days in my place of work in order to perform full prayer and fast there. When I decide to s...

Q 653: I work in a place which is less than the sh...

Q 637: A person travels as a preliminary to his job, should he perform his prayer complete, or does this rule apply only to someone whose job is traveling? What do marji‘s such as Imam Khomeini mean by the phrase "one whose job is traveling". Is ther...

Q 637: A person travels as a preliminary to his jo...

Q 595: Is it permissible to perform one’s prayer behind a Sunnī imam?A: It is permissible to perform one’s prayer in congregation behind them for the sake of maintaining Muslim’s unity.Q 596: I work in an area which is predominately Kurdish. Most Fri...

Q 595: Is it permissible to perform one’s prayer b...

Q 591: Has the Divine Legislator encouraged women to take part in congregational and Friday prayers in masjids in the same way as it has done in the case of men? Or is it considered more preferable for women to perform prayers at home?A: There is no ...

Q 591: Has the Divine Legislator encouraged women ...

Q 583: Is there any difference in the ruling regarding the correctness of recitation undertaken by the imam, the followers, or a person praying individually? Or do the rules apply to the cases in the same manner with regards to its correctness?A: Whe...

Q 583: Is there any difference in the ruling regar...

Q 535: My father had a brain stroke. As a result, he remained ill for two years and was unable to distinguish between good and bad. That is to say, he lost his mental senses. During this two year period, he was not able to perform his prayers or fast...

Q 535: My father had a brain stroke. As a result, ...

Q 512: A person in the third rak‘ah of his prayer doubts whether he has performed the qunūt or not. What should they do? Should he complete the prayer or should he break it when the doubt occurs?A: The doubt should be ignored. His prayer is correct a...

Q 512: A person in the third rak‘ah of his prayer ...

Q 485: What is the ruling on performing prostration and tayammum on cement or concrete tiles?A: There is no problem in doing prostration, and tayammum on it, although it is a caution to refrain from doing tayammum on cement and concrete tiles.Q 486: ...

Q 485: What is the ruling on performing prostratio...

Q 454: What is the rule regarding the prayers in which our recitation of al-Fātiḥah and the other chapter is not loud?A: It is obligatory for men to recite the chapter the Fātiḥah and the other chapter loudly in the morning, maghrib, and ‘ishā’ pra...

Q 454: What is the rule regarding the prayers in w...

Q 438: What is the rule of wearing gold rings by men, (particularly during prayers)?A: A man is not allowed to wear a gold ring at all, and the prayer he performs while wearing it is void as per obligatory caution.Q 439: What is the rule of wearing w...

Q 438: What is the rule of wearing gold rings by m...

Q 337: What is the rule concerning a person who intentionally refrains from performing prayers or someone who belittles prayer?A: The five daily obligatory prayers are among the most important obligations in Islamic law; rather, they constitute the p...

Q 337: What is the rule concerning a person who in...