
The English translation of the Risalatul Fiqh (text of Islamic Laws) of Grand Ayatullah Nasir Makarem Shirazi, with a helpful addition of a glossary of Arabic terms appended at the end for the benefit of non-Arabic speakers.
- A Summary of Rulings
- Preface: Our Religious Ideology
- The Rules of Taqleed and Tahaarah
- Types of Water
- 1) Kurr Water
- 2) Small Quantity of Water, Qaleel Water
- 3)Flowing Water, Jaari Water
- 4) Rain Water, Ghayth/Matar Water
- 5) Well Water, Bi’r Water
- Rulings of Water
- Rules of The Lavatory
- Istibraa’
- Impurities (Najasaat)
- Methods of Establishing Impurities
- Reasons for the Spread of Impurities
- The Rules of Impurities
- Purifiers (Mutahhiraat)
- Water
- Physical Change (Istihaalah)
- The Issues of Wudhu’ and Ghusl
- The Method of Performing Wudhu’
- The Rules of Wudhu’ With a Bandage (Jabeerah)
- The Obligatory Baths
- The Rulings of Janaabah
- The Rulings of Haidh
- Rulings of the Deceased
- The Rules of Tayammum
- The Rules of Prayer
- The Importance of Prayer
- The Obligatory Prayers
- The Obligatory Daily Prayers
- Timings of The Five Daily Prayers
- Covering the Body in Prayer
- The Place of Worship
- 1. Intention (Niyyah)
- 2. Takbeeratul-Ihraam
- 3. Standing (Al-Qiyaam)
- 4. Recitation (Qiraa’ah)
- 5. Bowing (Rukoo')
- 6. Prostration (Sujood)
- 7. Things upon which Prostration is Proper upon
- The Obligatory Prostrations in the Noble Qur’an
- 8. Tashahhud
- 9. Sequence (Tarteeb)
- 10. Continuity (Muwaalaah)
- Supplication (Qunoot)
- Ta’qeebaat As-Salah
- Invalidation of Prayer
- Instances in which it is Permitted to Break the Prayer
- Doubts in Prayer
- 1. Invalid Doubts
- 2. Doubts That Are Not To Be Paid Attention To
- 3. Proper Doubts
- The Method of The Prayer of Precaution
- Instances in Which The Prostration of Forgetfulness is Obligatory
- The Method of The Prostration of Forgetfulness
- The Qadhaa’ of The Forgotten Prostration And The Forgotten Tashahhud
- Defects in the Parts of the Prayer and its Conditions
- Prayer of the Traveler
- The Prayer of Qadhaa’
- The Obligation of The Qadhaa’ for the Lapsed Prayer of the Parents upon the eldest Children
- The Prayer of Congregation
- The Prayer of Signs
- The Prayer of ‘Eidul-Fitr and ‘Eidul-Adhha
- The Rules of Fasting
- The Obligation of Fasting
- The obligatory matters of fasting
- Actions which render the fast invalid
- Actions Which are Makrooh for the Fasting Person
- Instances in which the Qadhaa’ and Kaffaarah are Obligatory
- Instances in which only qadha is required
- Rules of the Qadha Fast
- Rules of fasting of a traveling person
- Persons upon whom fasting is not obligatory
- The method of Establishing the Beginning of the Month
- The forbidden Fasts
- The Rules of Khums
- The Rules of Zakah
- The Rules of The Pilgrimage (Hajj)
- The Rules of Selling and Buying
- Obligatory and Recommended Business Transactions
- Disliked (Makrooh) Business Relations
- Unlawful and Invalid Transactions
- The Conditions of The Seller And Purchaser
- Conditions of the two Exchanged Items (The Payment and the Commodity)
- The Wording (Seeghah) of a Sale
- Cash and Credit (Transactions)
- Advanced Payment (Salaf) and its Conditions
- Instances in which it is Permissible to Cancel a Transaction
- The Rules of Leasing- Renting- Hiring (Ijaarah)
- The Rules of Loans (Qardh)
- The Rules of Securities (Rahn)
- The Rules in Matrimony and Marriage
- The Method of Performing the Seeghah of Permanent and Temporary Marriage
- Conditions of The Matrimonial Contract
- Defects For Which it is Permissible to invalidate The Contract
- Women With Whom it is Forbidden to Marry
- Rules of Permanent Marriage
- Temporary Marriage (Mut’ah)
- The Rules of Viewing (Nazar)
- Miscellaneous issues of Marriage
- The Rules of Breastfeeding
- The Rules of Divorce
- The Rulings of Lost Property (Luqtah)
- The Rules of Slaughtering and Hunting
- The Rules of Food and Drink
- The Rules of Vows and Covenants
- The Rules of the Oath
- The Rules of the Will
- The Rules of Inheritance
- The Rules of Defense And Enjoining Good And Forbidding Evil
- Modern Issues
- A Glance at the Life of his Eminence Ayatullah al-‘Uzma Makarim Shirazi
- A Glossary of Terms