
A Guide To Religious Laws
According To The Religious Verdicts Of Imam Khomeini With Verdicts Of Sayyid Ali Khamene’i
A concise and summarized version of the verdicts of Sayyid Khomeini and Sayyid Khamenei, this text elucidates upon laws concerning every-day issues for the modern Muslim. Effectively divided into 8 chapters, the contents not only cover verdicts concerning Furu' al-Din such as Prayer, Fasting, Khums, Zakat, Jihad and 'Amr bi 'l-Maroof, but also various matters encountered by Muslims on a regular basis such as Taqlid, Tahara and other miscellaneous issues.
- A Guide To Religious Laws
- Chapter 1: Ijtihad And Taqlid
- Knowing The Religious Laws
- The Conditions Of Being A Mukallaf
- Classification Of The Islamic Laws
- Another Classification Of The Islamic Laws
- Ijtihad
- Taqlid
- The Ways To Find Out If A Person Is A Mujtahid Or To Find The Most Knowledgeable
- Ways Of Receiving A Verdict From A Mujtahid
- Switching From One Mujtahid To Another
- Some Rulings
- The Duty Of One Who Acted Without Taqlid Or His Taqlid Was Void
- Precaution
- The Duty Of One Who Tells Verdicts To The Public
- If There Are Differences In A Religious Verdict Due To Different Ways Of Obtaining The Verdict
- The Duty Of A Mukall Af Towards The Differences In The Fatwas Of A Previous Mujtahid And A Present One
- Some Questions
- Test Yourself
- Chapter 2: Tahara (Purity)
- Preliminaries Of Prayer
- Rulings On A Dead Body
- The Limits Of A Battlefield
- Animal's Dead Body
- The Following Cases Should Be Ruled As Tahir
- Rulings Of Leather
- Dairy Products
- Questions And Answers
- Rulings Related To Blood
- The Following Cases Should Be Considered Tahir
- Alcohol
- Unbeliever
- Some Rulings
- How Something Tahir Becomes Najis
- Some Rulings
- Things That Purify Najis Things
- How To Wash Najis Ground With Water
- The Ground
- Sunlight
- Conditions For Sunlight To Purify Najis Things
- Changing
- Transferring
- Conversion To Islam
- Taba’iyya (Consequentiality)
- Disappearance Of The Najis Substance
- Istibra Of An Animal After Eating Something Najis
- Absence Of A Muslim
- Rulings Of Using Water Closet
- Questions
- Chapter 3: Preliminaries Of Prayer
- Wudu’
- How To Do Wudu’
- Explaining The Parts Of Wudu’
- Wudu’ Irtimasi
- The Conditions Of Wudu’
- The Conditions Of How To Perform The Wudu’
- The Conditions Of The Water And Vessel Used In Wudu’
- The Conditions Of The Organs Of Wudu’
- The Conditions Of The Way Of Performing The Wudu’
- Conditions Of The One Performing Wudu’
- Wudu’ Of Jabeera
- The Doubts In Wudu’
- Things That Wudu’ Must Be Performed For
- How Does Wudu’ Become Invalid?
- Some Recommended And Makruh Acts Of Wudu’
- Ghusl
- Tayammum
- The Time Of Prayer
- Kinds Of Prayer
- The Rulings Of The Prayer Time
- The Qibla
- The Clothes Of One Offering The Prayer
- The Place Of Prayer
- The Rulings Of The Mosque
- Adhan And Iqamah
- Questions
- Chapter 4: Obligatory Acts Of The Prayer
- Obligatory Actions Of The Prayer
- Rulings On The Obligatory Acts Of The Prayer
- Recitation
- Some Recommended Acts Of Recitation
- Dhikr
- Ruku’
- Sujud
- Some Recommended Acts Of Sajda
- The Obligatory Sajda Of The Qur’an
- Tashahhud
- Tasleem
- Orderliness
- Successiveness
- Qunut
- Things To Be Done After The Prayer (Ta’qeeb)
- Things That Make The Prayer Void
- Rulings Of Nullity Of Prayer
- Things That Are Makruh In The Prayer
- The Doubts In The Prayer
- The Kinds Of Doubts In The Prayer
- Note
- Some General Rulings
- Precautionary (Ihtiyat) Prayer
- Questions
- Chapter 5: Miscellaneous Prayers
- The Traveller’s Prayer
- Qadha’ Prayers
- Congregational Prayers
- The Importance Of Congregational Prayers
- Conditions Of The Congregational Prayer
- Joining A Congregational Prayer
- Different Cases In Joining The Congregational Prayer
- Rulings Of Congregational Prayer
- The Ma’moom’s Duty In The Congregational Prayer
- How The Ma’moom Follows The Imam
- A Ruling
- Some Recommended And Makruh Acts In Congregational Prayer
- Friday Prayer
- The Prayer Of Signs
- Recommended Prayers
- The Eid Prayer
- The Nafila Of Daily Prayers
- The Midnight Prayer
- The Time Of The Midnight Prayer
- Ghufayla Prayer
- Questions
- Chapter 6: Fasting
- Definition Of Fasting
- Kinds Of Fasting
- Obligatory Fasts
- Some Of The Prohibited Fasts
- Recommended Fasts
- Makruh Fasts
- The Intention Of Fasting
- Acts That Invalidate Fasting
- The Rulings Of Things That Invalidate Fasting
- Acts That Are Makruh For A Fasting One
- Qadha’ Fasting And Fasting Of Kaffarah
- Qadha’ Fasting Of One’s Father And Mother
- Fasting In Travel
- Zakat Al-Fitra
- Questions
- Chapter 7: Khums, Zakat, Enjoining The Good And Forbidding The Wrong, Jihad And Defense
- Khums
- Zakat
- Enjoining The Good And Forbidding The Wrong
- The Importance Of Enjoining The Good And Forbidding The Wrong
- Definition Of Good And Wrong
- The Conditions Of “Enjoining The Good And Forbidding The Wrong”
- Steps Of Enjoining The Good And Forbidding The Wrong
- The Rulings Of Enjoining The Good And Forbidding The Wrong
- The Manners Of Enjoining The Good And Forbidding The Wrong
- Jihad And Defence
- Questions
- Chapter 8: Eating And Drinking, Looking (At The Other Sex), Marriage, Eating And Drinking
- Chapter 1: Ijtihad And Taqlid