The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.332- A person who is unable to control his flatulence should act according to the rules applicable to one who cannot control his urine or faeces.

Issue No.1144- If a nomad travels for ḥajj, trade or any other journey, which is not a part of his routine life, he should shorten his prayer.

Issue No.414- If a mustaḥāḍah knows that before the time of prayer ends, her bleeding will stop completely, or the blood will stop for the time required for prayer, she should wait, as an obligatory precaution, and should do the ghusl or perform wuḍū and perform the prayer when she becomes ṭāhir.

Issue No.1147- If a person whose profession is travelling, travels for another purpose, e.g., for ḥajj and Zīyārat (pilgrimage), etc., he should, like other travellers, shorten his prayer. However, if the driver hires out his vehicle for pilgrimage, and at the same time performs pilgrimage himself as well, he should offer complete prayer.

2- When Wuḍū Becomes VoidIssue No.1006- If a person, intentionally or by mistake, or uncontrollably, performs an act which makes his wuḍū void, his prayer is regarded void. However, the prayer of a person who is incontinent will not be void if he acts according to the rules explained earlier in the section relating to wuḍū. Similarly, if a woman sees blood of istiḥāḍah during prayer, her prayer is not invalidated if she has acted according to the rules of istiḥāḍah.

Issue No.465- If women with regular periods see blood for more than ten days, only the blood which is discharged in the days of their regular period is considered as ḥayḍ, even though it does not have the signs of menses, and the blood which comes after the days of her period is istiḥāḍah even though it may have the signs of menses.

Issue No. 1218- The obligation of a dead person will be discharged if one who hires a person is certain that the hired person has offered the prayer, and if he doubts about it, it would not be sufficient. However, if he is sure that he has offered the prayer, but does not know whether or not he has performed it correctly, there would be no problem in it.

Issue No.52- If an original najāsah falls into well water, causing its smell, colour or taste to change, and later this change vanishes by itself, the well water will not become ṭāhir, unless fresh water springs from it and mixes with it.

Issue No. 1599- If the weight of wheat, barley, date and grape reaches the taxable limit when they are wet, and becomes less when they dry, payment of zakāt on them is not obligatory.

Issue No.352- If there is no wound or fractured bone in the parts of wuḍū, but the use of water is harmful for another reason, one should perform tayammum. However, if it is harmful only to a part of the hand and face, it will be sufficient to wash the parts surrounding the wound or fracture, and as an obligatory precaution, tayammum should be performed as well.

Issue No.315- If one finds that using a minimum quantity of water is not harmful to him, he should perform wuḍū with the same quantity, or if, for example, cold water is harmful, he should use warm the water.

Issue No.625- If a person has access to water yet fears that if he uses it he will become sick or the illness from which he is already suffering will be prolonged or aggravated, or the treatment will become difficult, he should perform tayammum in all these cases. However, if he can avoid the harm by using warm water, he should perform wuḍū or ghusl with warm water. It is not necessary for one to be sure of harmfulness, rather, fear of it suffices.