Islamic Laws

Basic Human Rights in Islam

By: Allamah Abu al-‘A’la Mawdudi The first thing that we find in Islam in this connection is that it lays down some rights for man as a human being. In other words it means that every man whether he belongs…

Human Rights the West and Islam

By: Allamah Abu al-‘A’la Mawdudi Before I discuss the human rights in Islam I would like to explain a few points about two major approaches to the question of human rights: the Western and Islamic. This will enable us to…

Islamic Views on Organ Donation and Transplantation

By Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi Introduction One of the new problems faced by the Shi‘a mujtahideen (the jurists) is the issue of organ donation and transplantation. The human body, in life as well as in death, is governed by Divine laws…

Six Disputable Questions

By: Allamah Sayyid Abdul Husayn Sharafuddeen 1. Wiping the ears The Shia agreed, according to their infallible imams, upon that wiping the ears was not a part of wudu’ at all because neither the Quran nor the Sunna or the…

Rulings of Devotional Acts

By: Ayatullah Ali Meshkini 51. It is obligatory upon any ceremonially impure person to obtain purity by means of minor ablution (wudhu’) in order to be allowed to do the following acts: (1) performing daily prayers, (2) performing obligatory tawaf,…

Laws Pertaining To Matrimonial and Family Affairs

By: Ayatullah Ali Meshkini 134. It is obligatory upon unmarried mature men or women to marry, even with the minimal financial ability, in the event that not getting married causes him or her to sin. 135. It is obligatory to…

Laws Pertaining To Financial and Ownership Affairs

By: Ayatullah Ali Meshkini 221. It is obligatory upon every man and woman to engage in work and other lawful ways of earning, in order to provide their living expenses and that of their dependants and to settle their debts.…

Laws Pertaining To Contracts and One-Side Decisions

By: Ayatullah Ali Meshkini 272. It is obligatory upon every duty-bound person to fulfill his/her pacts and commitments. In Islamic law, pacts are of three types: 1. Pacts that God has made with His servants, such as the obligations and…

Miscellaneous Laws Pertaining To Mental and Physical Issues

By: Ayatullah Ali Meshkini 293. Haughtiness is forbidden, meaning to see oneself as superior and to regard other believers as inferior. To have this quality and not to restrain it in one’s inner self is a sin, whether we consider…

Laws Pertaining To Authority over Muslims and the Muslim Community

By: Ayatullah Ali Meshkini 365. It is strictly obligatory upon the well-qualified to take charge of the position of authority and leadership over the Muslim community during the Occultation Age (‘asr al-ghaybah; the period between the disappearance and the reappearance…