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Is it permissible for women to expose their feet the same way they are allowed to expose their hands?
7450 Laws and Jurisprudence 2009/10/22This question doesn’t have a brief answer. Please click on the detailed answer. ...
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Marja'eyah in the sense of giving a fatwa is a jurisprudential term which is antonymous with the word "Taqlid". In Islamic legal terminology taqlid refers to the practice of following the decisions of a religious authority without necessarily examining the scriptural basis or reasoning of that decision. In Islamic jurisprudence ...
6526 Laws and Jurisprudence 2011/04/06Marja'eyah in the sense of giving a fatwa is a jurisprudential term the opposite of which is the term "Taqlid". That is to say, whoever is a Marj'a, others are his muqallid (followers). In order to analyze the concept of Marja'eyah, we must explain the ...
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How can perfection be attained?
5944 Practical 2011/08/15This topic needs to be discussed in three parts.1. Definition of Kamal (Perfection) and How It Differs from Tamam (Completion) and ProgressCompletion applies when speaking about the parts of a thing, as in the case where a thing is composed ...
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Why is rabbit meat haram?
50159 Laws and Jurisprudence 2009/02/08There are hadiths that tell us rabbit meat is haram. Therefore, this is Allah’s (swt) rule on the matter, and we have to follow Allah’s (swt) orders because they are His orders, not because in some cases we might know the some of the many reasons behind them. ...
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Who was Salah al-Din Ayyubi? How did he become the champion of the wars against crusaders? What was his origin? Why and how did he destroy the Fatimid government?
11962 تاريخ بزرگان 2015/08/04Salah al-Din Yusuf bin Ayyub who later became known as Salah al-Din Ayyubi, better known in the Western world as Saladin, is one of the most famous Muslim rulers and commanders in the Islamic middle centuries (or in the 12th century of the English calendar). He achieved ...
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When Allah gives His creation certain qualities, does that mean that they have become partners with Him in that given quality?
5203 Traditional 2012/03/10When a creation is in lack of a certain quality such as power, and is then given it by God, even at the time when it seemingly bears that quality, it has no independence whatsoever. It isn't the case that for a certain time, it possesses a ...
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Can I buy shares of a bank that does not practice the Islamic banking system?
5328 Laws and Jurisprudence 2008/08/18We 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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Did the Prophet maintain his ties of kinship with Abu Lahab?
9428 The infallibles 2009/11/25Silatul Arham is an act that results in family ties. Its importance in Islam is to the extent that cutting ties even with a kin who is not a believer isn’t permissible. Of course maintaining ties with a blood relative is not allowed if a he/she intentionally is ...
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Why did Islam expand and spread in Asia more than it did in Europe?
12484 Traditional 2012/04/02Islam emerged in Asia and it spread across the Arab world and Asia. There are multiple factors behind the fact that Islam did not spread in Europe. Those factors include the internal discord and conflicts among Muslims themselves and their failure to introduce the true and beautiful image of ...
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Is there a problem in paying off one's debt in the evening or after dark?
5439 Laws and Jurisprudence 2009/03/12Continue... ...
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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?
125774 Exegesis 2012/01/15There 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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Is lobster, clam, oyster and octopus halal?
104550 Laws and Jurisprudence 2012/02/18Eating 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?
101860 Philosophy of Religion and Law 2012/03/18Although 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 meant by Sidratul-Muntaha that the Quran has mentioned?
95312 Exegesis 2010/04/07This question doesn’t have a brief answer. Please click on the detailed answer. ...
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Is there any problem in sweeping and cleaning one”s house at night?
91203 Hadith 2015/06/071. 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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Can a Sunni girl get married to a Shia man and why? Please list the reasons.
88340 Philosophy of Religion and Law 2009/04/20The popular viewpoint amongst Shia scholars and jurisprudents is that a Shia man can get married to a Sunni woman, but there is a difference of opinion regarding the marriage of a Sunni man with a Shia woman; most scholars see it as impermissible.The reasons behind the first ...
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Why hasn’t Imam Ali (a.s.) been mentioned in the Holy Quran?
83811 Exegesis 2008/05/11One 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 the definition of "Muslim" according to the Quran?
83533 Exegesis 2010/04/06According 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 do we the Shia pray at three times while the Quran tells us to pray at five times?
73175 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/08/14The 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?
57534 Exegesis 2009/12/16Approximately 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 ...