The ruling about eating giraffe, kangaroo, and penguin meat/the Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s answer

The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered questions about eating giraffe, kangaroo, and penguin meat. Question: What is the ruling about eating giraffe, kangaroo, and penguin meat? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: Avoid eating giraffe meat according to Wajib precaution. According to Wajib precaution eating kangaroo meat is not allowed. Penguin is considered as a bird, so if it has maw or gizzard and/or thorn behind the heel is Halal, otherwise it is ...

( 2024-04-10 06:11:52 )

What is the difference between Mojtahid and Marja’a? The Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadeq Rouhani’s answer

The Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadeq Rouhani answered a question about the difference between Mojtahid and Marja’a.

Question: What is the difference between Mojtahid and Marja’a?

The Grand Ayatollah Rouhani: Marja’a must be A’alam (highest ranking scholar of Islam) and being Mojtahid is not enough to be a Marja’a.

( 2024-04-09 06:39:51 )

Business

1 Question: Is business through goldquest or other such activities permissible. Answer: Entering such transactions is not allowed. 2 Question: A Muslim works in a non-Muslim country, in a private office, or in a government office, or on contract for a specific project where he is paid by the hour. Is it permissible for him to waste some hours or work negligently or intentionally delay the job? Does he deserve the full ...

( 2024-04-09 03:30:27 )

The traditions in Ṣaḥīḥ and Musnad books are too many to be mentioned in this (concise) book. Therefore, Muslim scholars and exegetes agree on the idea that mut‘ah was decreed in the early period of Islam and in the lifetime of the Holy Prophet (ṣ).

The traditions in Ṣaḥīḥ and Musnad books are too many to be mentioned in this (concise) book. Therefore, Muslim scholars and exegetes agree on the idea that mut‘ah was decreed in the early period of Islam and in the lifetime of the Holy Prophet (ṣ).[1][1] The question which is worth considering here is: Has the purport of the verse on mut‘ah been abrogated [mansūkh]? Perhaps, those who have doubt about the principle of ...

( 2024-04-09 00:48:17 )

Endowment (Waqf)

1 Question: I am searching for information regarding the governing of Waqf and the terms by which such property under the Waqf can be distributed and whether there has to be a trustee for a Waqf property. I have read the information provided by your site and while this is most helpful, I should be grateful for any further information you may be able to provide me. Answer: Waqf or Endowment means that an individual sets aside a property ...

( 2024-04-08 04:12:41 )

Then, the narrator adds: “If prostration on the garment worn by someone were permissible, it would be easier than keeping a gravel (in one’s hand).

Then, the narrator adds: “If prostration on the garment worn by someone were permissible, it would be easier than keeping a gravel (in one’s hand). Ibn Sa‘d (d. 209 AH), in his book, Aṭ-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā, thus writes: “.السّفينة في عليها يسجد بلبنة يخرج خرج إذا مسروقُ كان” “Whenever Masrūq (ibn Ajda‘) traveled, he used to keep a mud-brick with him on which to prostrate while ...

( 2024-04-06 03:25:24 )

Why is Surah Al-Baqarah called by this name?

The Surah Al-Baqarah is referred to by this name because the story of the cow of the Israelites in verses of 67 to 71 is repeated several times. (وَ إِذْ قالَ مُوسى لِقَوْمِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ یَأْمُرُکُمْ أَنْ تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةً قالُوا أَ تَتَّخِذُنا هُزُواً قالَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ أَکُونَ مِنَ ...

( 2024-04-05 05:31:57 )

Is it recorded in history that Prophet Abraham (AS) and his wife Sara were brother and sister to each other?

Was Sarah and Ibrahim half brother and sister? Is it true? When did it change and which prophet explicitly forbade incestuous marriages between aunts or uncles and nephews or nieces?..Concise answer It has not stated in the main authentic Shia sources that Abraham (AS) and Sara were brother and sister to each other. Indeed, it has been reported in some Sunni sources and then in some Shia books that when Nimrud threw Abraham into the fire ...

( 2024-04-05 04:31:31 )

What are the sources of Shī‘ī jurisprudence [fiqh

Reply: Following the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet (ṣ), the Shī‘ah infer religious laws from four fundamental sources: The Book of Allah (Qur’an); The Sunnah of the Prophet (ṣ); Consensus [ijmā‘]; and Reason [‘aql]. Now, we will take a glance at the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the ...

( 2024-04-02 18:02:05 )

Do All Muslims Pray the Same Way?

These differences arise because of lack of consistency in the reports that describe the praying style of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP). However, these differences are usually very minor. All Muslims pray to the only God, Allah. We all pray facing the same direction (the Ka'ba in Mecca). We all have the same number of obligatory prayers, with the same number of units in each prayer. We all have to recite Qur'anic verses in our prayers, and ...

( 2024-04-02 15:55:38 )

Nose bleed and the blood entering the throat when fasting/the Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s answer

a) Can this act make fasting void (Baatel)?b) Does it make a difference the blood enters the mouth or passes the ...

( 2024-04-02 03:31:49 )

Please explain for me the procedure of acquiring education in the Islamic Seminary (Hawzah) and in its stages?

In the name of the Ultimate Truth, Salamun Alaykum,My friends and I have launched a series of classes dubbed in as "Hawzah or University" to discuss about the nature of Hawzah studies and its procedures. We request you to kindly help us get answers to the understated questions:What is Hawzah? What is it like? Why? What are the Hawzah educational methods? What are the subjects taught in the Hawzah? What are the different scientific stages or ...

( 2024-04-01 23:21:22 )

Getting rid of sputum at the time of performing Salaat whilst fasting/the Grand Ayatollah Makarem’s answer

Question: What is the duty of a person who is fasting and performing Salaat when sputum enters his/her ...

( 2024-04-01 22:21:07 )

Do the Shia consider Abu Bakr and Umar as Kafirs?

The Shia say that Abu Bakr and Umar were kafirs, but on the other hand, we see that Ali (as), whom the Shia believe to be infallible, accepts their caliphate and does bey'ah with them and doesn't rise against them.This means that Ali is not infallible because he has done bey'ah with two oppressive Nasebi kafirs, and has verified them through such; this is a flaw in his infallibility and a form of helping oppressors in their oppression, something ...

( 2024-04-01 22:21:06 )

Please explain about the Arbaeen of Imam Hussein (AS)

The signs of a true believer are five: Sayyid bin Tawas quotes: When the women and children of Imam Hussein (AS) returned from the Shaam town and arrived in Iraq, they said to their guide: take us from Karbala. When they got to the place where Imam Hussein and his companions were martyred, they saw Jaber Ibn Abdollah Ansari with a group of people from Bani Hashem and a man from the family of the messenger of Allah who had come to visit Imam ...

( 2024-04-01 21:17:24 )

What was the first fruit eaten by Adam on earth?

The story of Adam and Eve residing in Paradise and their expulsion from there occurs in the Holy Quran. For information about this topic, read the following answers on our website:"The Sin of Adam and Eve", question 203."Angels Prostrating Themselves before Adam as Narrated in the Quran", question 8399."Reconciling between Various Reports about the Banned Heavenly Fruit", question 47119.As for where Adam lived after he was expelled from ...

( 2024-04-01 17:11:12 )

Three answers about perfumes from the Grand Ayatollah Sistani

Question 1: Is eau de cologne clean, and can Salaat be performed after wearing it? Question 2: Is it a problem to use foreign eau de cologne which contains alcohol? Question 3: I wanted to know the ruling about the use of perfume by ladies outside the ...

( 2024-04-01 14:03:09 )

Why should creature be obedient to their Creator?

Obedience of one person from another one has different forms. Sometimes an ignorant person obeys another ignorant one, and sometimes a wise person obeys another wise one and a wise person obeys an ignorant one and these are all absurd and irrational examples. But according to the wisdom, Following and obeying someone who has little knowledge or is completely ignorant of the affairs from someone who is All-Aware and knowledgeable is a desirable ...

( 2024-04-01 13:02:55 )

Grand Ayatollah Sistani explains rules regarding Oath Taking

Grand Ayatollah Sistani explains rules regarding Oath Taking: 2679. If a person takes an oath that he will perform an act (e.g. that he will fast) or will refrain from doing an act (e.g. that he will not smoke), but intentionally does not act according to his oath, he should give Kaffarah for it, which means he should set a slave free, or should fully feed ten indigent persons, or should provide them with clothes. And if he is ...

( 2024-04-01 11:34:55 )

What is meant by this saying of Imam Ali, "Do you suppose that you are only a small body, while the macrocosm is placed within you?"

( 2024-03-29 05:57:14 )