Food Prepared by Non-Muslims
A Muslim is under no obligation to ask about or verify food prepared by non-Muslims — whether they happened to touch it, or whether it contained alcohol during preparation.
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Eating Meat from Non-Islamic Countries
If the manner of slaughter is known with certainty, eating that meat is haram. If, however, one does not know the manner of slaughter with certainty, the meat is regarded as pure.
Touching the Written Name of Allah Without Wudhu
A person who is not in a state of purity (wudhu) may not touch the name of Allah, even where it occurs within a derived name (such as Abdullah and the like).
Artificial Hair and Wudhu
If the artificial hair takes the form of a wig, it must be removed for wudhu. But if the artificial hair is implanted into the skin and removing it is not easy, one may perform wudhu without removing it.
Is Leaving a Will Obligatory?
If a person is holding property belonging to someone else, or holds property to which an obligation attaches — whether an obligation towards people or a religious one — and they have not had the opportunity to discharge…
Is It Permissible to Shed Blood for the Sake of Islam?
Under Islamic law it is not permissible to shed blood without right, and to do so runs contrary to the rules of Islam brought by the Messenger of Allah SAAW. It therefore makes no sense that killing someone should be…
Fasting for Pregnant Women
If a pregnant woman has strong grounds for believing that fasting may harm her pregnancy, fasting is not obligatory for her. If she fasts even after becoming convinced that fasting may harm her or her unborn child, and…
Smoking While Fasting
One is not permitted to smoke while fasting.
Swallowing Phlegm While Fasting
Swallowing phlegm before it reaches the mouth places no obligation on a person. Once the phlegm has reached the mouth, however, it may not be swallowed. If one swallows it deliberately, one must make up the fast and, as…
Ruling on One Who Does Not Fast
If a person does not fast, they must make up as many fasts as they omitted. If they break the fast deliberately and without clear cause, then kaffarah is obligatory upon them in addition: fasting for sixty consecutive…
Covering the Feet for Women
If a non-mahram is present, a woman is obliged to cover her feet entirely. It is not obligatory for her, however, when no non-mahram is present.
Eating Food from the Sea
Of all the creatures that live in the sea, only shrimp and scaled fish are halal. Anything other than these two kinds is haram.
Ruling on Narcotics
It is haram for a person to use narcotics in any manner, because of the harm they can do to personal and social health. For the same reason it is haram to deal in narcotics in any manner — carrying, storing, selling,…
White Gold for Men
There are two kinds of white gold: 1. Platinum, which men are permitted to wear. 2. Ordinary gold alloyed with nickel or another material. Men are not permitted to wear this kind, and it invalidates the prayer — unless…
Shaking Hands
Shaking hands with a non-mahram is haram. There is no problem, however, in shaking hands while wearing gloves or something similar, unless the clasp is a firm one.
Which Parts of the Body a Woman Must Cover
It is obligatory for a woman to cover her whole body when someone who is not her mahram is present, except the face and the hands as far as the wrists. The clothing she wears must not arouse desire in that non-mahram.
Fatwas of Ayatullah Khamenei on Zionist Products
1. Is it permissible to import Israeli products and advertise them? If this is done out of necessity, is selling them permitted? All forms of transaction that benefit the occupying Israeli regime, the enemy of Islam and…
Occupying Official Housing After the Term Has Ended
A person used to live in official housing; the term of their residence there has now ended and they have been told to vacate it. What is the ruling on their prayer and fasting from the date set for vacating? Imam…