Questions on Religious Matters

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To, Grand Ayatollah Noori Hamedani (may he live long) and the board of scholars in His Eminence's office, I have a question which I would like to ask as follows: 1- There is a dead body whose head, hands and feet have been completely and partially cut o

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It is obligatory to offer funeral prayer on the dead body just as it is obligatory to wash, shroud and bury it. The position is the same with any parts of the body which includes the chest. Likewise, prayer is necessary to be offered, as an obligatory pre

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Is Khums payable on the amount which is deducted from an employee's salary and deposited in his account?

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Khums should be paid from the amount which is deducted from an employee's salary and returned to him later but if it is not deducted from his salary and the money is given to him as a gift, Khums is not payable on it.

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A pregnant woman has died due to a deadly accident. The embryo in her womb which had been eight months old has also died along with the woman. How much would be the blood money if it is not known whether the child was male or female.

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If the embryo had developed into a person and it had heartbeat, it is necessary to pay the blood money of a complete human being. In case it is not known whether it was male or female, it is necessary to give half of the blood money of a man and half of t

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If a man is married permanently to a woman but he commits adultery when his wife gets her monthly period. Is this considered to be a kind of muhsina adultery by the man?

Answer

It appears that muhsina adultery does not take place in the said case. God knows best.

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There is a man who is temporarily married to a woman. He does not have a permanent wife. The woman who is married to him is his temporary wife. This man has committed adultery with another woman. Is the adultery considered to be one committed by a married

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In the said case that the man did not have but a temporary wife, muhsina adultery has not take place on the part of the man.

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Salamun alaykum. Is it permissible to use both portions of Khums (Sahm-e Imam and Sahm-e Sadāt) on elections and electoral affairs?

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It is not permissible.

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There is a woman who has committed fornication with another man before legally separating from her husband. Following the fornication, she got her monthly period and became pure from menstrual blood. Then she was divorced by her husband in the same period

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Such a divorce conducted in the period of cleanness in which no sexual intercourse has taken place is valid even though she might have committed illicit intercourse with another person.

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There is a singer named Shahin Najafi. He has committed a blasphemous and shameful act insulting the Infallibles particularly the Imam of Age (may Allah hasten his reappearance) and Imam Hadi (peace be upon him). Please, let us know if the law of apostasy

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Flagrant insult, defamation and cursing of the holy Prophet of Islam, Hazrat Fatima and the Infallible Imams, peace be upon them, leads to apostasy and causes one to become an apostate. The blood of a person who curses or defames the Prophet (S) and the I

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What is the Shari'ah law on insulting and cursing the Infallible Imams, peace be upon them?

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It is forbidden, and he who curses the Holy Prophet (S) and his holy daughter, Lady Fatima (SA) and the pure Imams (AS) is an apostate.

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Who is supposed to pay the Zakat al-Fitra of soldiers who are in garrisons and students who are in dormitories?

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If they are dependent upon their fathers, it is obligatory upon their fathers to give their Fitra. In case, their expenses are paid by the concerned organization, Fitra is not obligatory upon anyone.