Islamic Laws

  • The Difference between Hukm and Fatwa

    By: Hojjat al-Islam Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani Question: What do the terms “Hukm” and “Fatwa” signify? What is the difference between the two? Brief Answer A fatwa is a universally applicable religious law concerning a particular issue that is derived from…

  • Legal Imitation of a Mujtahid

    By: Hojjat al-Islam Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani Question: What do the terms “marja’iyyah” and “taqlid” mean? Brief Answer Marja’iyyah is a legal term that means “the issuance of a legal ruling (fatwa).” Conceptually, it is coupled with the term taqlid (legal…

  • Hoarding and Black-marketing is a Greater Sin

    By: Shaheed Ayatullah Abdul Husain Dastghaib Shirazi Hoarding of essential items like wheat, barley, rice and oil etc during periods of shortages with the intention of selling them at higher rates to people who are compelled to purchase them is…

  • Islamic Method of Slaughtering Animals

    Al Shaddad Bin Aous has quoted this tradition of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) “God calls for mercy in everything, so be merciful when you kill and when you slaughter, sharpen your blade to relieve its pain”. Many allegations have been…

  • Difference in Blood Money between Man and a Woman in Islamic Jurisprudence

    By: Hojjat al-Islam Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani Question: Why is the blood money of a woman half of that of a man? Brief Answer According to jurisprudential and historical studies, blood money is an economical matter. It has been legislated in…

  • Why do Shias Prostrate on Mud?

    Abu Sa’eed used to relate that he had seen the Prophet doing his prostration (Sijdah ) on wet mud, so much so that he could see the stains of mud on his forehead. Saheeh Bukhari, Part I, p. 104 The…

  • The Jurisprudential Methods of the Two Trends in Islam

    By: Sayyid Ali Al-Shahristani Earlier in this book, the recordation of the Had?th has been thoroughly demonstrated from the viewpoint of the school of through compliance with the sacred texts as well as from the viewpoint of the school of…

  • Venerating the Holy Ka’ba

    By: Shaheed Ayatullah Abdul Husain Dastghaib Shirazi After the Holy Qur’an there is nothing more respected and venerated than the Holy Ka’ba. Every Muslim is well-aware that not only is the disrespect of Ka’ba a greater sin, in some cases…

  • The Status of Masajid

    By: Shaheed Ayatullah Abdul Husain Dastghaib Shirazi Every building that is designated as a Mosque by one or other sects of the Muslims is deserving of respect. Its respect is Wajib and its disrespect, like demolishing it or making it…

  • Importance of Hajj

    By: Maulana Sadiq Hasan Among all the acts of worship (furoo-e-deen), Hajj is the only worship, for which a complete surah (Surah Hajj) is revealed in the Holy Quran. Hajj is also mentioned in Surah Ale Imran and Surah Baqarah…

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