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Why aren't we allowed to commit suicide?
5963 PracticalThis question doesn’t have a brief answer. Please click on the detailed answer. ...
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Does committing some sins like suicide automatically entail entering Hell?
3919 PracticalSome sins, due to their quality, leave no opportunity to repent and will lead their committers to the irreversible path of Hell, the same way falling from heights without employing a parachute or landing equipment will lead to the disintegration of the body or the same way falling ...
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Was the present Quran compiled by the Holy Prophet (s)?
6807 Quranic StudiesThis question doesn’t have a brief answer. Please click on the detailed answer. ...
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Do Shiite scholars consider Sulaym bin Qays\' book as authentic and reliable or not?
5671 Science of narratorsSulaym bin Qays Helali Koofi is known for the book he has left behind, a book which has given rise to different controversies over the centuries with a great many scholars talking for and against it. Generally, the viewpoints about Sulaym's book can be categorized into three ...
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How is Imam Mahdi’s food and clothing?
4215 TraditionalThe imam (aj) lives a normal life just like everyone else. What can be concluded from hadiths about his food and clothing, is that they are at a minimum.Nu’mani, in his book of Gheybah, narrates a hadith from Imam Sadiq (as) and Imam Ridha (as) about Imam Mahdi ...
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Is abortion permissible in cases other than medical and sickness related ones?
4470 Laws and JurisprudenceContinue... ...
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I am in Saudi Arabia. Here at time of Salah, I feel afraid of offering my prayers in Shia way. Can I fold my hands during prayers?
4586 Laws and JurisprudenceOffice of Grand Ayatollah Sistani (may Allah grant him long life):If Taqiyah (dissimulation) requires you to fold your hands, you can fold them during prayers.Office of Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi (may Allah grant him long life):If a person ...
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Is it permissible to eat chips containing porcine enzymes?
3792 Laws and JurisprudenceThe grand maraji’ responded to this inquiry like this:The office of the grand Ayatullah Khamenei:In the case of the question it isn't permissible.The office of the grand Ayatullah Makarem Shirazi:It isn’t permissible.The office of the grand Ayatullah Safi Golpaygani:If ...
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The Quran says, "We have revealed the clear Book." What is meant by clear? Why does God say that He sent down a book after He sent it down?
5342 ExegesisThe word clear or perspicuous is one of the adjectives qualifying the Quran. With this qualifying word, God wants to make His book further known to people. Thus, the aim is to tell people that this Book is distinct from other heavenly or non-heavenly ...
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Can I buy shares of a bank that does not practice the Islamic banking system?
3510 Laws and JurisprudenceWe asked your question from the office of different scholars and marja’s, and two of them have answered till now:The office of Ayatullah Khamenei:You can't.The office of Ayatullah Makarem Shirazi:It isn’t permissible.We will let you know as soon as we get a reply from the rest of the ...
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Is lobster, clam, oyster and octopus halal?
85803 Laws and JurisprudenceEating 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 ...
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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?
79600 Philosophy of Religion and LawAlthough 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 ...
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What is the definition of "Muslim" according to the Quran?
68188 ExegesisAccording 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 ...
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Why hasn’t Imam Ali (a.s.) been mentioned in the Holy Quran?
65646 ExegesisOne 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 ...
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What is meant by Sidratul-Muntaha that the Quran has mentioned?
65095 ExegesisThis question doesn’t have a brief answer. Please click on the detailed answer. ...
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Why do we the Shia pray at three times while the Quran tells us to pray at five times?
47327 Laws and JurisprudenceThe 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 ...
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Which animals and insects have been named in the Quran?
47123 ExegesisApproximately 35 animals have been named in the Quran; the birds and insects of which are:Salwa (سلوی)=The quail (Baqarah:57), Ba’uth (بعوض)=Mosquito (Baqarah:26), Dhubab (ذباب)=Fly (Hajj:73), Nahl (نحل)=Honeybee (Nahl:68), Ankabut (عنکبوت)=Spider (Ankabut:41), Jarad (جراد)=Grasshopper (A’raf:133), HudHud (هدهد)=Hoopoe (Naml:20), Ghurab (غراب)=Crow (Ma’idah:31), Ababil (ابابیل)= probably ‘Swallow’ (Fil:3), Naml (نمل)=Ant ...
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Is there any problem in sweeping and cleaning one”s house at night?
42996 Hadith1. 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 ...
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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?
42434 ExegesisThere 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 ...
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How do you prove that Imam Ali (as) was imam and khalifa after the Prophet (pbuh)?
41527 TraditionalThere is no doubt that in order for Islam to survive, it needs a keeper and guardian and individuals to deliver and express the teachings and guidelines of religion for the people, and carry them out. Since one of the reasons of creation is the ...