Imam Ali Foundation - London

Liaison office of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Al Sistani (L.M.H.L) in London, Europe, North and South America.

Islamic Laws

Following a mujtahid (Taqlid): - Taqlid: Following a Mujtahid
Taharat: - Pure and Mixed Wate; - Najis things; - Mutahhirat; - Wudhu; - Obligatory baths (Ghusl); - Janabat; - Istihaza; - Hayz; - Nifas; - Ghusl for touching a dead body; - Rules related to a dying person; - Mustahab Ghusls; - Tayammum
Rules of Namaz: - Introduction; - Obligatory Namaz; - Time for Zuhr and Asr prayer; - Namaz-e-Jumuah; - Time for Maghrib and Isha prayers; - Time for Fajr prayer; - Rules regarding Namaz times; - The prayers which should be performed in sequence; - Mustahab prayers; - The timings of daily Nafilah prayers; - Ghufayla prayers; - Rules of Qibla; - Covering the body in prayers; - Place where Namaz should be prayed; - Adhan and Iqamah; - Obligatory acts relating to Namaz; - Niyyat; - Takbiratul Ehram; - Qiyam (to stand); - Qir'at (reciting the Surah Al-Hamd and other Surah of Holy Qur'an); - Ruku (bowing); - Sujood; - Tashahhud; - Salam in the prayers; - Tartib (sequence); - Muwalat (maintenance of succession); - Qunut; - Translation of prayers; - Ta'qib (Duas after prayers); - Salawat on the Holy Prophet; - Things which invalidate prayers; - Things which are Makrooh in prayers; - Occasions when obligatory prayers can be broken; - Doubts in the prayers; - Doubts which make prayers void; - Doubts which may be ignored; - Doubts about an act whose time of performance has passed; - Doubt after the Salam; - Doubt after the time of Namaz; - One who doubts too much; - Doubt in Mustahab prayers; - Doubts which are valid; - Method of offering Namaz-e-Ihtiyat; - Sajdatus Sahv (Sajdah for forgotten acts); - Addition and omission of the acts and condition of prayers; - Prayers of a traveller (Musafir); - Qadha prayers; - Qadha prayers of a father is obligatory on the eldest son; - Congregational prayers; - Namaz-e-Ayaat; - Method of offering Namaz-e-Ayaat; - Eid ul Fitr and Eid ul Azha prayers; - Hiring a person to offer prayers
Fasting: - Introduction; - Niyyat for fasting; - Things which make a Fast void; - Things which are Makrooh for a person observing Fast; - Obligatory Qadha Fast and Kaffarah; - Kaffarah for Fast; - Occasions on which it is obligatory to observe the Qadha only; - Rules regarding the Qadha fasts; - Fasting by a traveller; - People on whom fasting is not obligatory; - Method of ascertaining the first day of a month; - Haraam and Makrooh fasts; - Mustahab fasts; - Mustahab precautions
Khums: - Introduction; - Profit from earning; - Minerals; - Treasure - Trove; - When Halal property gets mixed up with Haraam property; - Gems obtained by sea diving; - Spoils of war; - Gems obtained by sea diving Zimmi from a Muslim; - Disposal of Khums
Zakat: - Introduction; - Wheat, Barley, Dates and Raisins; - Minimum taxable limit of gold; - Taxable limit of silver; - Zakat payable on camel, cow and sheep (including goat); - Minimum taxable limit of camels; - The minimum taxable limit of cows; - Taxable limit of sheep (including goats); - Zakat on business goods; - Disposal of Zakat; - Qualifications of those entitled to receive Zakat; - Intention of Zakat; - Miscellaneous rules of Zakat; - Zakat of Fitrah; - Disposal of Fitra; - Miscellaneous matters regarding Fitrah
Hajj: - Hajj
Transactions: - Rules regarding purchase and sale; - Mustahab acts; - Makrooh transactions; - Haraam transactions; - Conditions of a seller and a buyer; - Conditions regarding commodity and what is obtained in exchange; - Formula of purchase and sale; - Purchase and sale of fruits; - Cash and credit; - Contract by advance payment; - Laws regarding advance payment contract; - Sale of gold and silver against gold and silver; - Circumstances in which one has a right to cancel a transaction; - Miscellaneous rules; - Laws of partnership; - Orders regarding compromise; - Rules regarding lease/rent; - Conditions regarding the property given on lease; - Conditions for the utilisation of the property given on lease; - Miscellaneous rules relating to lease/rent; - Rules regarding Ju'ala (payment of reward); - Rules regarding Muzari'ah (temporary sharecropping contract); - Rules regarding Musaqat and Mugharisa; - Persons who have no right of disposal or discretion over their own property; - Rules regarding agency (Wakalat); - Rules regarding debt or loan; - Rules regarding Hawala (transferring the debts etc.); - Rules regarding Mortgage (Rahn); - Rules regarding Surety (Zamanat); - Rules regarding personal guarantee for bail (Kafalat); - Rules regarding deposit or custody or trust (Amanat); - Rules regarding borrowing and lending (Ariyat)
Marriage: - Introduction; - Marriage formula; - The method of pronouncing the marriage formula; - Conditions of pronouncing Nikah; - Occasions when husband or wife can nullify Nikah; - Women with whom matrimony is Haraam; - Rules regarding permanent marriage; - Mut'ah (temporary marriage); - Looking at non-Mahram; - Miscellaneous rules concerning marriage; - Rules regarding suckling a child; - Conditions of pronouncing Nikah; - How to breast feed a child; - Miscellaneous rules regarding nursing a child
Divorce: - Introduction; - Iddah of Divorce; - Iddah (waiting period); - Irrevocable and revocable divorce; - Orders regarding return (Ruju'); - Khula' divorce or Talaqul Khula'; - Mubarat divorce; - Various rules regarding divorce
Usurpation (Ghasb): - Usurpation (Ghasb)
Slaughtering and hunting of animals: - Introduction; - Method of slaughtering animals; - Conditions of slaughtering animals; - Method of slaughtering a camel; - Mustahab acts while slaughtering animals; - Makrooh acts; - Hunting with weapons; - Hunting with a retriever (hunting dog); - Hunting of fish and locust; - Rules of things allowed to eat and drink; - Eating manners; - Acts which are unworthy to do while taking a meal; - Manners of drinking water
Vow, Covenant and Oath: - Rules regarding Vow (Nathr) and Covenant; - Rules regarding oath (Qasam)
Waqf: - Rules Regarding Waqf
Rules regarding will (Wasiyyat): - Introduction; - Inheritance; - Inheritance of the first group; - Inheritance of the second group; - Inheritance of the third group; - Inheritance by the husband and the wife; - Miscellaneous rules of inheritance