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Important questions of faith, worship, family, behaviour, money, cleanliness, society, and other aspects of life are collected here. If you are interested in a specific question, simply follow the relevant link.
Quick Route To The Most Common Questions
- How to accept Islam and what to believe: Embracing Islam, Shahada, Foundations of faith.
- How to pray: Salah, Rak'ah, Qibla, Sunnah prayer, Witr.
- How to fast: Fasting in Islam, Tarawih, Tahajjud.
- How to give charity: Zakat, Charity, The nisab threshold.
- How to perform the pilgrimage: Hajj, Umrah, Ihram, Tawaf.
- What you need to know about family and marriage: Marriage in Islam, Marriage contract, Mahr, Divorce in Islam.
- What you need to know about cleanliness: Ritual purification, Minor ablution, Wiping with wet hands, Dry purification with earth.
- What is lawful and unlawful to eat: Ritual slaughter, Alcohol in Islam, Pork in Islam.
- How Islam views money and trade: Usury, Cost-plus sale contract, Banking in Islam, Retention.
- What people's rights are: People's rights, Etiquette, Mahram.
Faith And Worship
This section gathers the foundations of faith, prayer, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage.
- Ritual practice
- Shahada, Salah, Rak'ah, Qibla
- Sunnah prayer, Tarawih, Tahajjud, Witr, Voluntary prayer
- Fasting in Islam, Zakat, Hajj, Ihram, Tawaf, Umrah
Politics And Governance
This section gathers topics of leadership, authority, allegiance, protection, and people's place in society.
- Islamic leadership, Caliphate, Consultative council, Imamate
- Pledge of allegiance to the amir, People under covenant, Concept of security
Family And Domestic Life
This section is about marriage, family, the duties of spouses, children, and breastfeeding.
- Marriage in Islam, Marriage contract, Mahr, Traveller's marriage, Nikah halala, Customs, Marriage concluded for a limited term
- Polygyny, Divorce in Islam, Dissolution of marriage at the wife's initiative, Waiting period after divorce
- Adoption in Islam, Breastfeeding
Sexual And Bodily Matters
This section gathers topics of maturity, modesty, the body, and forbidden acts.
Society And People's Rights
This section gathers topics of relations between people, justice, and social obligations.
- People's rights
- Sharia Constitution
- Sharia Criminal Code
- Sharia Criminal Procedure Code
- Sharia Labour Code
- Sharia Civil Code
- Sharia Commercial Code
- Sharia Civil Procedure Code
- Sharia Arbitration Procedure Code
- Sharia Code of Administrative Offences
- Sharia Family Code
- Sharia Housing Code
- Sharia Land Code
- Sharia Commercial Code
- Sharia Tax Code
Criminal Law And Accountability
This section gathers questions of punishments, crimes, strife, harm, and compensation.
- Serious crimes against religion, Blasphemy, Games of chance, Apostasy, Sorcery, Spreader of immorality, Conspiracies
- Stoning, Retention, Retaliation, Compensation for killing or injury
Etiquette And Behaviour
This section gathers topics of good conduct, the boundaries of interaction, and everyday etiquette.
Economy And Property
This section is about charity, taxes, common property, inheritance, and trade.
- History of the economic rules of Islam, Poll tax, Minimum property threshold, Charity, Retention of property, Public treasury
- Banking in Islam, Usury, Murabaha, Mutual guarantee, Cheque, Inheritance in Islam
Purity, Hygiene, And Food
This section gathers questions of purification, ablution, bodily cleanliness, and lawful food.
- Sexual matters, Ihram, Ablution, Wiping with wet hands, Full ritual washing, Dry purification with earth, Miswak, Impurity, Ritual purification
- Ritual slaughter, Alcohol in Islam, Pork in Islam, Comparison with kashrut
Military Matters
This section is about war, truces, protection, and the status of prisoners.