Rules of Taqlīd .............................................................. 6 Options: Caution, Ijtihād, and Taqlīd .................................................. 6 Conditions of Taqlīd ........................................................... 8 Methods to Know Who Is Mujtahid / the Most Learned Mujtahid, and to Obtain His fatwās ................ 10 To Change from One Marji‘ to Another ............................................... 11 To Continue with Following a Deceased Marji‘ .......................................... 12 Miscellaneous Issues of Taqlīd .................................................... 15 Marji‘iyyah and Leadership ...................................................... 16 Authority of the Jurist Leader and the Edict of the Authorized Religious Authority ..................... 17 Rules on Purity ............................................................. 20 Rules Concerning the Different Types of Water .......................................... 20 Rules of the Lavatory .......................................................... 23 Rules of Wuḍū’ ............................................................. 25 The Rules for Touching the Names of Allah, the Glorious, and the Verses of the Qur’an .................. 31 Rules of the Ghusl of Janābah ..................................................... 34 Rules of an Invalid Ghusl ....................................................... 38 Rules of Tayammum .......................................................... 40 Rules Pertaining to Women ...................................................... 43 Rules of the Dead ............................................................ 45 Rules of Najis Substances ....................................................... 51 Ruling of Intoxicants .......................................................... 56 Obsession and Its Treatment ...................................................... 58 Rules of Non-Muslims ......................................................... 60 Prayer .................................................................... 64 Importance and Conditions of Prayer ................................................ 64 Prayer Times ............................................................... 66 Qiblah ................................................................... 69 The Place of Praying .......................................................... 70 Rules of a Masjid ............................................................ 73 Rules Regarding Other Religious Places ............................................... 79 Clothes of the Praying Person ..................................................... 80 Wearing and Using Gold and Silver ................................................. 82 Adhān and Iqāmah ........................................................... 84 Recitation [of the Fātiḥah and the Other Chapter] and its Rules ................................. 86 Dhikr of Prayer ............................................................. 90 Rules of Prostration ........................................................... 92 Things that Invalidate Prayer ..................................................... 94 Rules of Greeting in Prayers ...................................................... 96 Doubt in Prayers ............................................................. 97 Qaḍā’ Prayer ............................................................... 99 Qaḍā’ Prayers of the Parents ..................................................... 102 Congregational Prayers ........................................................ 104 Rule of Incorrect Recitation by a Congregational Prayer Imam ................................ 109 Congregational Prayer Led by a Person Lacking a Body Part ................................. 110 Women’s Attendance in Congregational Prayer ......................................... 111 Page 1 / 443 Performing Congregational Prayer behind Sunnīs ........................................ 112 Friday Prayer ............................................................. 113 The Two ‘Īd Prayers .......................................................... 117 A Traveler’s Prayer .......................................................... 118 Someone for Whom Traveling Is a Job or a Preliminary for the Job ............................. 119 Rule of Students ............................................................ 121 Intent of Traveling the Shar‘ī Distance and Staying for Ten Days ............................... 123 Tarakhkhuṣ Limit ........................................................... 126 A Travel for the Purposes of Committing a Sin ......................................... 127 Rules Regarding the Watan ..................................................... 128 Wife’s and Children’s Following as far as Watan Is Concerned ................................ 132 Rules of Large Cities ......................................................... 133 Prayer Performed by Hiring ..................................................... 134 Āyāt Prayer ............................................................... 135 Nāfilahs ................................................................. 137 Miscellaneous Issues of Prayers ................................................... 138 Fasting .................................................................. 140 Pregnant and Nursing Women .................................................... 142 Illness and Restriction by a Physician ............................................... 143 Fast Invalidators ............................................................ 145 Remaining Junub ........................................................... 147 Masturbation .............................................................. 149 Rules of Breaking Fasting ...................................................... 151 Kaffārah of the Fast and Its Amount ................................................ 152 Making up Missed Fasts ....................................................... 154 Miscellaneous Issues on Fasting ................................................... 157 Sighting the New Moon ....................................................... 159 Khums .................................................................. 162 Gift, Present, Bank Prize, Dowry, and Inheritance ........................................ 162 Loan, Monthly Salary, Insurance, and Retirement Pension ................................... 164 Selling a House, Means of Transportation, and Lands ...................................... 167 Treasure, Mine, and Ḥalāl Mixed With Ḥarām Property .................................... 169 Ma’ūnah ................................................................. 171 Mudāwarah, Muṣālaḥah, and Khums Mixed with other Things ................................ 175 Capital ................................................................. 178 The Method of Calculating Khums ................................................. 184 Determining the Khums Year .................................................... 187 The Authority in Charge of Khums ................................................. 189 Sayyids’ Share and How to Be Considered as a Sayyid ..................................... 190 Areas in which Khums Is Spent ................................................... 191 Miscellaneous Issues Related to Khums .............................................. 194 Anfāl .................................................................. 196 Jihad ................................................................... 198 Enjoining the Good and Forbidding Evil .......................................... 199 Conditions under Which Enjoining the Good and Forbidding Evil Becomes Obligatory .................. 199 Page 2 / 443 How to Enjoin the Good and Forbid Evil ............................................. 202 Miscellaneous Issues of enjoining the good and forbidding evil ................................ 204 Ḥarām Gains .............................................................. 207 Trading in Inherently Najis Merchandises ............................................. 207 Getting Wages for Obligatory Actions ............................................... 211 Chess and Gambling Instruments ............................................... 212 Chess .................................................................. 212 Gambling Instruments ........................................................ 213 Music and Ghinā’ ........................................................... 215 Dancing ................................................................. 222 Clapping ................................................................. 224 Non-maḥrams’ Pictures and Films ............................................... 225 Satellite Television Equipment .................................................. 230 Theatre and Cinema ......................................................... 232 Painting and Sculpture ....................................................... 233 Magic, Conjuring, and Evocation of Spirits and Jinn .................................. 234 Hypnosis ................................................................. 235 Lottery .................................................................. 236 Bribery .................................................................. 237 Purchasing and Sales Agents ..................................................... 239 Medical Issues ............................................................. 241 Contraception ............................................................