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What is the Islamic law about hanging pictures of human and animate beings inside a mosque?
9945 Laws and Jurisprudence 2011/04/06To reach the answer to your question, it is necessary to take notice of the following points: 1 – The jurists have said: Offering prayers is makrooh (abominable) at certain places including "facing the picture or statue of living creatures, unless ...
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What is the Islamic law about following a Sunni prayer leader?
6739 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/12/08This question doesn’t have a brief answer. Please click on the detailed answer. ...
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I live outside of Iran, my elderly mother resides in Iran and is facing problems related to old age that have made her restless and agitated. Is it a sin to leave my spouse to go and be with my elderly mother so that I can arrange for her comfort ...
5702 برخی احکام 2012/04/14The office of the Grand Ayatullah Khamenei: The cases differ. The office of the Grand Ayatullah Sistani: The rights of a wife, such as: the right for intercourse or the right to sharing a bed [with the spouse] are amongst the ...
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What is the Islamic law about using and transplanting animal organs to humans and also making other uses of those organs?
4548 شبیه سازی و سلولهای بنیادی 2018/11/03As per the Islamic law, there is no problem in using an animal organ to transplant it to a human body. However, it should be noted that the animal should not be tortured or left unprotected in the nature to live on itself when it might be ...
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What is the ruling on transacting and interacting with the Baha’is?
5430 Laws and Jurisprudence 2012/02/15The office of the Grand Ayatullah Khamenei (may Allah prolong his life):A1) All followers of the misguided and deviated Baha’i faith are najis and all transacting and interaction with them must be refrained from.A2) It is not problematic per se.A3) It suffices and there is ...
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Isn’t it self-pride for scholars to introduce themselves as ayatullahs or hujjatul-Islams?
5375 Practical 2009/08/29Humility is a very praiseworthy virtue that helps a person develop spiritually. On the other hand, arrogance and self-pride are exactly the opposite. Self-pride means for one to show him/herself to others higher and greater than what he/she actually is. Therefore, if one introduces him/herself as he/she really ...
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I needed some information on the Ithna’Ashari sect in West Africa.
6021 Modern 2008/06/17We apologize for the delay in responding to you. Information like that which you are looking for can only be found in specific centers, and although our researchers tried their best, they weren’t able to get the desired results for your request. At the same time, we will introduce some ...
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Why does God command us not to prostrate for anyone other than Him but He contradicts His Own saying by commanding angels to prostrate in front of man?
6686 Traditional 2011/02/13Servitude to anyone other than God is undesirable and prohibited and similarly prostration is not permissible, if it implies glorifying and worshipping someone other than God. However, if the very prostration in front of man and to respect him is done in compliance with God's order and to fulfill ...
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Can anyone other than the fourteen infallibles be khalifatullah?
7161 Traditional 2010/11/22Before engaging in exactly who the examples of khalifatullah are, it is necessary to define the khalifatullah and what his/her characteristics are:In addition to their literal definitions, the terms vicegerency and representation and khilafah carry and entail this meaning: that they are actually the manifestation of the one ...
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What is the basic difference between spirituality in Islam and spirituality in Christianity?
21296 قابلیت های عرفان 2012/12/16The value and credibility of spirituality in every religion are connected directly to genuineness and validity of that religion itself. The religious sources of Christianity present such doctrines that are opposed to reason in such a stark way that even Christians themselves acknowledge not to mention the ...
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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?
95311 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 ...