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  • What should a single person, who marriage is difficult for, and has committed masturbation do?
    8578 Laws and Jurisprudence 2007/01/14
    Masturbation is haram (forbidden); this prohibition extends to all people and no-one is allowed to offer any type of excuse for committing such a sin. Those who experience difficulty in executing a canonical marriage contract, ought to weaken their sexual appetite and inhibit all predisposing factors to masturbate by means ...
  • How do Shias prove that all must obey the Imams through the Quran? Also, how do they know that they were all appointed by Allah?
    15681 Traditional 2010/07/22
    The word Imamah means to lead and an Imam is anything that is followed, whether it is a person and individual or something else, and whether it leads to the right path or the wrong path. But in Islamic terms, it denotes the leading of people by Allah ...
  • Is paying khums obligatory on my wife’s dowry?
    4907 آنچه خمس بدان تعلق می گیرد 2017/01/25
    According to most of maraja’, since dowry is considered as gift or it will be used in the future, payment of khums is not obligatory on it. However, it is regarded as those things on which payment of khums is obligatory, according to some of maraja’
  • Why shouldn’t women offer prayers and observe fast when they are in their menses?
    9388 Laws and Jurisprudence 2012/08/15
    Although there is wisdom behind all divine laws, it is for the major part hidden to us. In fact, no divine law has been enacted or legislated without a rationale or reason but it remains concealed to us. It is not permissible for women to offer prayers ...
  • Does belching out what one has eaten invalidate the fast?
    6334 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/08/01
    If one who is fasting belches out something and it comes into the mouth, if he swallows it again, it will invalidate his fast no matter how little it is and he has to make up for it and also make kaffarah (either fast 60 ...
  • What is the Islamic ruling about stealing from a protected building?
    6043 Laws and Jurisprudence 2014/10/27
    Among the conditions for cutting off the hand of a robber are the following: 1. Puberty, 2. Sanity 3. Freedom or free will 4. Not being compelled, 5. The thief should break into a protected area alone or with someone else, 6. Take out the object from ...
  • Is God subjugated to natural laws?
    6089 Traditional 2012/03/10
    Allah is the one who has set all natural laws, and the only thing He is under the influence of, is His own will. The one thing to keep in mind is that His will is that things take place through their natural causes. In addition to ...
  • What is the philosophy behind prostrating on earth?
    14723 Laws and Jurisprudence 2011/12/31
    The essence of prostration is humility and it is one of the obligations we must perform, as the Quran says: “O you who have faith! Bow down and prostrate yourselves…”.There is an important point here that must be kept in mind, and that is that the Shia ...
  • Who are the Akhbaris and the Osolis?
    9575 Philosophy of History 2010/04/19
    The Akhbaris are the adherents of the ahadith whom the Shia call Akhbaris. They do not believe in Ijtihad and only follow the ahadith. On the other side there is a great group of Muslim scholars known as the Osolioon, they believe that the rulings of Islam should ...
  • How does Islam solve the collision between religion and science?
    7690 Modern 2008/07/20
    This issue (the collision of religion and science) is one imported from Christianity. To find the answer to such a question in Islam, one must pay attention to the following points:1- When studying religious texts, one must pay close attention to all things that will help to understand ...

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