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 )

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 )

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 )

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 )

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 )

Is it not makrooh (abominable) for a menstruating woman to recite the Holy Quran in the month of Ramadhan?

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( 2024-03-29 01:16:22 )

What is the \'proof of the veracious\' (burhan al-siddiqin)? Is it the most correct, apposite and strongest proof for the existence of God?

$What is the \'proof of the veracious\' (burhan al-siddiqin)? Is it the most correct, apposite and strongest proof for the existence of God?$

What is the \'proof of the veracious\'? Is it considered to be the most apposite and strongest argument for the existence of God?Concise answerIn the history of Islamic philosophy different explanations have been given for this proof [burhan] the first of which has been presented by Bu Ali Sina (Avicenna) in his Isharaat. Meanwhile, one of the best of explanations has been established by Mulla Sadra, the founder of Transcendental ...

( 2024-03-28 06:06:13 )

A Pakistani government organization offers interest to their employee in exchange for some money the employee should invest, but with a term in which the probability of returning back their investments is small. Is it permissible to take such interest?

Salam. I am a government employee and the government organization offers interest based on incentive for its employee if they submit specific sum of money monthly. So, is this permitted or not? In its term and conditions, one clause says, in case of war your money will be used with no refund. So, can you please reply to my question with reliance on authentic references, if it is permitted or not? Wasalam.Concise answerAccording to some scholars, ...

( 2024-03-28 06:06:13 )

To what level a non-Mahram man can hear a woman’s voice? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s answer

The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about the level a non-Mahram man can hear a woman’s voice.

Question: To what level a non-Maharam man is allowed to hear a woman’s voice?

The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: There is no problem in hearing a non-Mahram woman’s voice if it is not out of enjoyment or fear of falling into Haram.

( 2024-03-28 03:29:02 )

Do Muslims Believe in Saints?

Friends of God Intercession and Miracles Imams and the Hierarchy of Saints Relics and ...

( 2024-03-27 08:20:16 )

Fasting

1 Question: We are in Boden city in northern Sweden where the night in this place does not exceeds an hour and a half, that is from about 12am to 2am with the visibility of the redness of the sunrise is present, clear and polish and there is no evidence of darkness of the night, so we are in confusion in terms of the timings of the Maghrib, Isha’a and morning prayers. This is in terms of the timings, in terms of the month of Ramadhan, if it ...

( 2024-03-26 01:53:17 )

Fixed-time Marriage

1 Question: Is it permissible for a Muslim man to marry a non-Muslim woman who is still married to a non-Muslim man? Is there an ‘idda period for her when she separates from her non-Muslim husband? What is the period of that ‘idda? Is it permissible to have sexual relations with her during the time when she is in the ‘idda from her non-Muslim husband? If she embraces Islam, how long will her ‘idda be, if she intends to marry a Muslim ...

( 2024-03-25 06:45:46 )

Did Prophet Lot offer his daughters to homosexual men? Did he commit incest with his daughters, as the Bible says?

Several questions have come up regarding the story of Lot recounted in the Bible: 1. Did Prophet Lot offer to marry his daughters to homosexual men? 2. Did he commit incest with his daughters, as the Bible says?Concise answerThe two accounts of the story of Prophet Lot (pbuh) in the Holy Quran and Bible contain many commonalities. It can even be said that they share the same fundamentals; the only difference lying in the incest of his daughters ...

( 2024-03-25 03:36:15 )

The Holy Qur’an and Messianism (Mahdawiyyat)

QUESTION:Which verse of the Noble Qur’an can be cited regarding the authority (wilayat) of the twelve Imams (peace be upon them) and the just government of Imam Mahdi (may Allah hasten his return) and the supremacy of Islam over the world?ANSWER:The verses from whose purport it is understood that the twelve Imams—may Allah elevate their word—have authority and Imamah are many in number.Among them is the verse:إِنَّمَا ...

( 2024-03-24 09:28:06 )

Can you please introduce some methods in which we can improve and optimize our memory according to the traditions (Ahadith)?

( 2024-03-24 09:28:06 )

The baby who is born from a Muslim couple, primarily is he a Muslim or a human?

Human,s humanity is inborn, for this reason, contrary to his being Muslim which is not inborn and it is given to him, his humanity is indispensable in him. Moreover, a human can imagine that he is not Muslim like many other Muslims that are living in this world.so the child who is born from a human is innately human, but so long as he is not seven years old and hasn,t accepted Islam officially, he is not Muslim, however if his father, mother or ...

( 2024-03-24 08:21:14 )